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  1. Synopsis As 18-year-old Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) answers questions on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," flashbacks show how he got there. Part of a stable of young...

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  2. Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film that is a loose adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup. [6] . It narrates the story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. [7] .

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    In 2006, eighteen-year-old Jamal Malik from Juhu slum is one question away from the grand prize of ₹20 million on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. However, before seeing the final question, he gets taken into custody and tortured by the police, who suspect that he was cheating due to the impossibility of a simple "slumdog" with...

    Dev Patel: Jamal Malik
    Freida Pinto: Latika
    Madhur Mittal: Salim K. Malik
    Anil Kapoor: Prem Kumar

    Critical Reception

    Regarded as a sleeper hit, Slumdog Millionairewas widely acclaimed, being praised for its plot, soundtrack and direction. It was nominated for ten Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight—the most for any 2008 film—including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It won seven BAFTA Awards including Best Film, five Critics' Choice Awards and four Golden Globes. The film has received generally positive reviews from critics. It garnered a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 267...

    Box Office Reception

    The film has a grossing total of $377,910,544, making it Fox Searchlight Pictures' highest-grossing film.

    The Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as portrayed in the film is different from the real version in the following ways:
    This film was also asked to some of the show's contestants:
    In the Russian dub, Prem Kumar was voiced by Dmitry Dibrov, the host of two Russian versions of Millionaire: O, Schastlivchik! and Kto khochet stat' millionerom?.
    In the Czech dub, Prem Kumar was voiced by Vladimír Čech, the host of the Czech version of Millionaire: Chcete být milionářem?.

    A sound track album for the film, called Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture, was released on 25 November 2008.

  3. Nov 12, 2008 · Slumdog Millionaire is Danny Boyle's worst film so far. Boyle tried to ambitiously replicate Fernando Meirelles' City of God - a true modern masterpiece about life on the outskirts of Rio De Janeiro - but he failed miserably.

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    • Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
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    • Dev Patel
  4. Oct 17, 2024 · Slumdog Millionaire, British dramatic film, released in 2008 and directed by Danny Boyle, that won eight Academy Awards, including those for best picture and best director, as well as several BAFTA awards and Golden Globe Awards, including those for best film and best director.

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  5. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (colloquially referred to as simply Millionaire[d]) is an American television game show based on the format of the same-titled British program created by David Briggs, Steven Knight and Mike Whitehill and developed in the United States by Michael Davies.

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  7. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: With Regis Philbin, John Carpenter, Meredith Vieira, Michael Shutterly. Contestants are chosen based on their ability to arrange 4 answers to a question in the correct order the fastest.