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7.7

Slumdog Millionaire

R·2008·120m

Drama

Romance

Drama

Romance

Summary

A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".

Cast

Dev Patel

Older Jamal

Freida Pinto

Older Latika

Madhur Mittal

Older Salim

Anil Kapoor

Prem

Mahesh Manjrekar

Javed

Saurabh Shukla

Sergeant Srinivas

Irrfan Khan

Police Inspector

Ankur Vikal

Maman

Tanay Chheda

Middle Jamal

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar

Youngest Jamal

Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala

Middle Salim

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

Youngest Salim

Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar

Middle Latika

Rubina Ali

Youngest Latika

Raj Zutshi

Director

Jeneva Talwar

Vision Mixer

Sharib Hashmi

Prakash

Mia Drake

Adele

Shruti Seth

Call Centre Instructor

Anjum Sharma

Operator

Jira Banjara

Airport Security Guard

Sheikh Wali

Airport Security Guard

Sanchita Choudhary

Jamal's Mother

Himanshu Tyagi

Mr Nanda

Virendra Chatterjee

Slum Man

Feroze Khan

Amitabh Bachchan

Sunil Kumar Agrawal

Mr Chi

Virender Kumar

Man on Fire

Devesh Rawal

Blue Boy

Tiger

Punnoose

Chirag Parmar

Young Arvind

Nazneen Shaikh

Baby

Farzana Ansari

Latika's Friend

Anupam Shyam

Old Villager

Salim Chaus

Ticket Collector

Harvinder Kaur

Family in Train

Narendra Singh Bhati

Family in Train

Satya Mudgal

Taj Mahal Guide

Janet de Vigne

Ada / Mrs MacKintosh

William Relton

Peter

David Gilliam

Clark

Kinder Singh

Driver

Christine Matovich Singh

Opera Singer

Thomas Lehmkuhl

Opera Singer

Siddesh Patil

Older Arvind

Najma Shaikh

Woman at Brothel

Saeeda Shaikh

Woman at Brothel

Alka Satpute

Woman at Brothel

Tabassum Khan

Woman at Brothel

Sitaram Panchal

Dance Teacher

Nigel Caesar

Hotel Security Guard

Ajit Pandey

Javed's Goon

Kedar Thapar

Javed's Goon

Amit Leonard

Javed's Goon

Rajesh Kumar

Javed's Goon

Sagar Ghopalkar

Javed's Goon

Pradeep Solanki

Javed's Goon

Abdul Hamid Shaikh

Javed's Goon

Dheeraj Waghela

Javed's Goon

Arfi Lamba

Bardi

Taira Colah

Nasreen

Varun Bagri

Call Centre Trainee

Ankur Tewari

Dave

Sarfaraz Khan

Autorickshaw Driver

Syed Fazal Hussain

Autorickshaw Driver

Umar Khan

Autorickshaw Driver

Imran Hasnee

Javed's House Doorkeeper

Homai Billimoria

KBC Contestant

Udayan Baijal

Cricket Commentator

Sandeep Kaul

Floor Manager

Rufee Ahmed

Double for Irrfan Khan

Rhea Lawyer

TV Reporter

Deepali Dalvi

Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Anisha Nagar

Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Farrah Shaikh

Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Mamta Sharma

Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Neha M. Khatarawalla

Dancer at Javed's Safehouse

Tanya Singh

Newsreader

Anand Tiwari

Newsreader

Faezeh Jalali

Newsreader

Meghana Jhalani

Newsreader

Rupali Mehra

Newsreader

Anju Singh

Newsreader

Saurabh Agarwal

Call Centre Manager

Mark Boucher

Self - South African Cricketer (archive footage)

Andre Nel

Self - South African Cricketer (archive footage)

Yuvraj Singh

Self - Indian Cricketer (archive footage)

Sachin Tendulkar

Self - Indian Cricketer (archive footage)

Amitabh Bachchan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Danny Boyle

Lyricist

Gulzar

Novel

Vikas Swarup

Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy

Reviews

Geronimo1967

April 2, 2023

Dev Patel is great here as "Jamal", a young man from the Mumbai slums who shot to fame by winning the first ever jackpot on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" only to be accused of cheating. It's not an unreasonable allegation - this lad comes from a background that suggests little, if any, education and yet he is answering some tough questions that, theoretically, he should not know the answers too. It's during this (actually quite brutal) interrogation, which is interspersed with flashback and with each round of the television quiz, that we discover a little of the childhood and upbringing of this young man and about how he has amassed the knowledge to, legitimately, get the answers correct. It's a story about humanity and decency, this - and the ensemble cast, especially the street urchins, help to deliver an authentic glimpse at not just the poverty in which they lived, but of their sense of community and loyalty to each other as they grew up together. Now there's no point in pretending that the writing is great - it isn't. It's doesn't really allow for any in-depth character development. Somehow, though, Patel's sheer screen presence and optimism, coupled with the overall style of the film cover up for that more than adequately leaving us with a solidly entertaining, occasionally thought-provoking, rags-to-riches story that I suspect many people can readily identify with. It's a bit too long, and maybe the romantic elements could have been ditched, but all told it's still well worth watching.