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Slumdog Millionaire

  • 2008
  • R
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
915K
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Dev Patel and Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
The story of how impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik became a contestant on the Hindi version of "Who Wants to be A Millionaire?" -- an endeavor made in an effort to prove his love for his friend Latika, who is an ardent fan of the show.
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When a teenager from the slums of Mumbai is interrogated about his suspicious performance on a quiz show, he revisits various events from his past to explain how he knew all the answers.When a teenager from the slums of Mumbai is interrogated about his suspicious performance on a quiz show, he revisits various events from his past to explain how he knew all the answers.When a teenager from the slums of Mumbai is interrogated about his suspicious performance on a quiz show, he revisits various events from his past to explain how he knew all the answers.

  • Directors
    • Danny Boyle
    • Loveleen Tandan
  • Writers
    • Simon Beaufoy
    • Vikas Swarup
  • Stars
    • Dev Patel
    • Freida Pinto
    • Saurabh Shukla
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    915K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,382
    44
    • Directors
      • Danny Boyle
      • Loveleen Tandan
    • Writers
      • Simon Beaufoy
      • Vikas Swarup
    • Stars
      • Dev Patel
      • Freida Pinto
      • Saurabh Shukla
    • 1.3KUser reviews
    • 242Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 8 Oscars
      • 154 wins & 133 nominations total

    Videos14

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    Top Cast92

    Dev Patel
    Dev Patel
    • Older Jamal
    Freida Pinto
    Freida Pinto
    • Older Latika
    Saurabh Shukla
    Saurabh Shukla
    • Sergeant Srinivas
    Anil Kapoor
    Anil Kapoor
    • Prem
    Raj Zutshi
    Raj Zutshi
    • Director
    Jeneva Talwar
    • Vision Mixer
    Irrfan Khan
    Irrfan Khan
    • Police Inspector
    Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail
    Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail
    • Youngest Salim
    Ayush Mahesh Khedekar
    Ayush Mahesh Khedekar
    • Youngest Jamal
    Jira Banjara
    • Airport Security Guard
    • (as Hira Banjara)
    Sheikh Wali
    • Airport Security Guard
    Mahesh Manjrekar
    Mahesh Manjrekar
    • Javed
    Sanchita Choudhary
    • Jamal's Mother
    Himanshu Tyagi
    • Mr Nanda
    Sharib Hashmi
    Sharib Hashmi
    • Prakash
    Virendra Chatterjee
    • Slum Man
    Feroze Khan
    • Amitabh Bachchan
    Sunil Kumar Agrawal
    • Mr. Chi
    • (as Sunil Aggarwal)
    • Directors
      • Danny Boyle
      • Loveleen Tandan
    • Writers
      • Simon Beaufoy
      • Vikas Swarup
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    • Trivia
      Director Danny Boyle placed the money to be paid to the 3 lead child actors in a trust that is to be released to them upon their completion of grade school at 16 years of age. The production company has set up for an auto-rikshaw driver to take the kids to school every day until they are 16 years old.
    • Goofs
      In one scene, when teenage Salim and Jamal are at the Taj Mahal, there is an external shot where a passing guard looks at the camera and says, "Stop filming. Stop filming." This was included purposely by director Danny Boyle for the sake of realism.
    • Quotes
      • Police Inspector: [whispering] Doctors... Lawyers... never get past 60 thousand rupees. He's won 10 million.
      • [pause]
      • Police Inspector: What the hell can a slumdog possibly know?
      • Jamal Malik: [quietly] The answers.
      • [spits out blood]
      • Jamal Malik: [quietly and gently] I knew the answers.
    • Crazy credits
      Several of the cast perform a traditional Bollywood song and dance number set in a train station over the end credits.
    • Connections
      Edited from Kaun Banega Crorepati? (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      O... Saya
      Written and performed by A.R. Rahman and M.I.A.
      Produced by A.R. Rahman
      Published by K.M. Musiq Ltd./Imagen Music
      Guitars by Sanjay Joseph
      Additional Music Produced by P.A.Deepak
      Recorded at A M Studios Chennai
      Music Engineers : P.A.Deepak , Viviane & H. Sridhar
      Song Mixed by P.A.Deepak
      Mixed at Panchathan Rec Inn Chennai

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    FAQ21

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    Details

    • Release date
      • December 25, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • France
      • United States
      • India
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Quisiera ser millonario
    • Filming locations
      • ND Studios, Karjat, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Searchlight Pictures
      • Warner Bros.
      • Film4
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $141,319,928
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $360,018
      • Nov 16, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $378,411,362
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 2h(120 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1
      • 2.39 : 1

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