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Slumdog Millionaire
Release date: 9 January 2009
Running time: 120 mins
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Dev Patel, Irrfan Khan, Madhur Mittal, Freida Pinto, Anil Kapoor
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Before a hushed audience, 18-year-old Mumbai slum kid Jamal (Dev Patel) faces the final question on India's 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' - his chance to win 20 million rupees.
The show's host Prem (Anil Kapoor) has little sympathy for the contestant. Having clawed his own way up from the streets, Prem doesn't like the prospect of sharing the Millionaire limelight, and refuses to believe that a kid from the slums could know all the answers. When the show breaks for the night, Prem has the police waiting to arrest Jamal, who he is sure must be cheating. Interrogating the contestant through the night, the Inspector (Irrfan Khan) finds that Jamal is as confused as anyone else by how far he has come in the contest. Revisiting the questions one by one, Jamal explains how he came to know each answer. As he does so, his extraordinary story begins to emerge.
Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy
Distributor: Pathe
You should see it because: It's an inspirational love story from the director of Trainspotting and the writer of The Full Monty.
See it if you liked: The Namesake (2006), Starter For 10 (2006), The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
