Who wants to be a millionaire?

Director: Danny Boyle
Producers: Christian Colson
Writer: Simon Beaufoy
Music: A.R. Rahman
Release Date: Feb 26, 2009 (Hong Kong)
Running Time:  120 mins.
Budget:  US$15 million

Slumdog Millionaire

A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers.

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Police Inspector: [whispering] Doctors... Lawyers... never get past 60 thousand rupees. He's won 10 million.
[pause]
Police Inspector: What can a slumdog possibly know?
Jamal Malik: [quietly] The answers.
[spits out blood]
Jamal Malik: [quietly and gently] I knew the answers.

I have never watched an Indian movie. Like Chinese operas, I don't know how to appreciate the singing and dancing. Watched this one because Alan had insisted. Turned out this one was totally indifferent to what I had perceived. I can't say it's an excellent movie but certainly an interesting one.

Cast

Dev Patel as Jamal K Malik	Freida Pinto as Latika	Irrfan Khan as Police Inspector
Anil Kapoor as Prem Kumar	Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail as Youngest Salim	Ayush Mahesh Khedekar as Youngest Jamal
Madhur Mittal as older Salim