Slumdog Millionaire
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Danny Boyle
Dev Patel
Anil Kapoor
Irrfan Khan
Madhur Mittal
Freida Pinto
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Today is the biggest day in Jamal Malik's life. A penniless, eighteen year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, he's one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, suddenly, he is arrested on suspicion of cheating. After all, how could an uneducated street kid possibly know so much? Determined to get to the bottom of Jamal's story, the jaded Police Inspector spends the night probing Jamal's incredible past, from his riveting tales of the slums where he and his brother Salim survived by their wits to his hair-raising encounters with local gangs to his heartbreak over Latika, the unforgettable girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out.
Cast
Dev Patel
Anil Kapoor
Irrfan Khan
Madhur Mittal
Freida Pinto
Saurabh Shukla
Tanay Chheda
Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar
Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala
Ayush Mahesh Khedekar
Rubiana Ali
Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail
Raj Zutshi
Jeneva Talwar
Hira Banjara
Sheikh Wali
Mahesh Manjrekar
Sanchita Choudhary
Himanshu Tyagi
Sharib Hashmi
Virendra Chatterjee
Feroze Khan
Sunil Agarwal
Virender Kumar Gharu
Devesh Rawal
Ankur Vikal
"tiger"
Chirag Parmar
Nazneen Shaikh
Farzana Ansari
Anupam Shyam
Salim Chaus
Harinder Kaur
Narendra Singh
Satya Mudgal
Janet De Vigne
William Relton
David Gilliam
Kinder Singh
Christine Matovich Singh
Thomas Lehmkuh
Siddesh Patil
Najma Shaikh
Saeeda Shaikh
Alka Satpute
Tabassum Khan
Sitaram Panchal
Nigel Caesar
Ajit Pandey
Kedar Thapar
Amit Leonard
Rajesh Kumar
Sagar Ghopalkar
Pradeep Solanki
Hamid Sheikh
Dheeraj Waghela
Shruti S Seth
Arfi Lamba
Taira Colah
Varun Bagri
Ankur Tewari
Anjum Sharma
Sarfaraz Khan
Syed Hussain
Umer Khan
Imran Hasnee
Homai Billimoria
Udayan Baijal
Sandeep Kaul
Rhea Lawyer
Deepali Dalvi
Anisha Nagar
Farah Shaikh
Mamta Sharma
Neha M Khatarawalla
Tanya Singh
Mia Drake
Anand Tiwari
Faezeh Jalali
Meghana Jhalani
Rupali Mehra
Anju Singh
Saurabh Agarwal
Crew
Raj Acharya
Hugo Adams
Niv Adiri
Niv Adiri
Prakash Agarwal
Shalini Agarwal
Jamil Ahmed
Rufee Ahmed
Javed Akhtar
Raqueeb Alam
Abid Ali
Raashid Ali
Abhishek Amane
Parmeshwar Anna
Pradeep Arora
Ila Arun
Kunj Bihari Assatti
Raju Atkar
Supriya Bagga
Udayan Baijal
Ben Barker
Telfer Barnes
Maxima Basu
Avani Batra
Simon Beaufoy
Paresh Nath Behera
Udita Bhargava
Aarti Bhatia
Manoj N Bhoyar
Arjun Bhurji
Dharmender Bhurji
Inder Bhurji
Praveen Bhuwaad
Homai Billimoria
Ganesh Singh Bist
Avishek Bose
Matthew Bristowe
Sue Bruce-smith
Keith Bryant
Peter Burgis
Amar Butala
Katherine Butler
Lee Bye
Paul Carr
Stephane Cattan
Bidhan Bipul Chanda
Sanjay Chaturvedi
Alisha Chinoy
Stefan Ciupek
James Clarke
Tonia Cohen
Christian Colson
James Cundill
Matt Curtis
Xavier Peter D'souza
Sachin Dabhade
Khireswor Das
Swapnali Das
Michelle Day
Mulchand Dedhia
Gagan Deep
Andie Derrick
Mrinal Desai
Nitin Desai
Shekhar Devadiga
Pramjeet Dhillion
Chris Dickens
Mark Digby
Anthony Dod Mantle
Gillian Dodders
Nick Drew
Pierre Du Plessis
Monal Dutia
Navit Dutt
Amrit Pritam Dutta
Paddy Eason
Gaia Elkington
David Emeny
Richard Etchells
Arwell Evans
Jennifer Wynne Farmer
Longinus Fernandes
Danny Freemantle
Glenn Freemantle
Glenn Freemantle
John A Frith
Rohit Gaba
Rishiraj Garg
Adam Gascoyne
Manish M Ghadge
Sushil Kumar Giri
Lucie Graves
Paul Grindey
Kaushik Guha
Celia Haining
Jeanette Haley
Matthew Hangar
Topper Headon
Praveen Kumar Hendway
Lee Herrick
Caroline Hewitt
Virginia Holmes
Jakir Hossain
Brendan Houghton
Juliette Howell
Simon Hughes
Ghulam Hussain
Sayyed Tafazzul Hussain
Francois Ivernel
Mahalaxmi Iyer
Vishal Jain
Deepak Jaitely
Laura James
Noel James
Mark Johnson
Jim Jones
Tracey Josephs
Ravindra Joshi
Shiv Prasad Kannaujia
Aditya Kanwar
Seema Kashyap
Sandeep Kaul
Sham Kaushal
Tom Kemplen
Tom Kemplen
Farooque Khan
Nizam Khan
Salim Khan
Sameer Khan
Rahul Khandare
Suniel Khandpur
Vicky Khandpur
Pardeep Khanna
Andrea King
Srinivas Konda
Swapnil Kore
Tanaji S. Kshirsagar
B Durga Kishore Kumar
G Monic Kumar
Sanjay Kumar
Rahul Dilip Kunkerka
Hassan Kutty
Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux
Suttirat Larlarb
Sam Lavender
Rhea Lawyer
Pappu Lekhraj
James Leonard
Begona Lopez
Hugh Macdonald
Ivana Mackinnon
Ollie Madden
Devaputhra Madri
Ganesh Mahadic
Bharat Mandekar
Cameron Mccracken
Diarmuid Mckeown
Rajeev Mehra
Tushaar Mehra
Adam Mendez
Riyaz Ali Merchant
Sadruddin Jiva Mistry
Aditya Modi
Ikram Mohamad
Mehboob G Mohamed
Ishika Mohan
Shivananda R. Mohili
Kerry Mondine
Alexandra Montgomery
Debbie Moore
Onaiza Moosabhoy
Simon Mortimer
Nora Mullally
Srinivas Murthy
Louis Mustill
Satish Nair
Yugandhar S Narvekar
Thomas Neivelt
Sonia Nemawarkar
Sonu Nigam
Chirag Nihalani
Natasha Nischol
Tabrez Noorani
Collette Nunes
Kevin Nunes
Roma O'connor
Gerardine O¿flynn
Jaidave Panda
Dr. Pankay H. Pandya
George Pank
Vinayak Parab
Martin Parsons
Karam Patel
Raj Patil
Wesley Pentz
Resul Pookutty
Shijoy Prabhakaran
Pradipta Kumar Pradhan
Swapnesh Pradhan
Rohit Ved Prakash
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Director
Best Picture
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of two awards including the MovieSquad Award and the KPN Audience Award at the 2009 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Co-winner of the Audience Award at the 2008 Chicago International Film Festival.
Winner of four 2008 awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Breakthrough Performance (Dev Patel) and Best Adapted Screenplay by the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA).
Winner of seven 2008 Orange Awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Sound by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Winner of the 2008 award for Best Adapted Screenplay by the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
Winner of the 2008 award for Best Cinematographer by the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC).
Winner of the 2008 award for Best Cinematography by the National Society of Film Critics (NSFC).
Winner of the 2008 award for Best Film Editing and co-winner of the award for Best Picture by the Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC).
Winner of the 2008 award for Excellence in Contemporary Film by the Costume Designers Guild (CDG).
Winner of the 2008 award for Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film by the Art Directors Guild (ADG).
Winner of the 2008 award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography by the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
Winner of the 2008 award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing by the Cinema Audio Society (CAS).
Winner of the 2008 award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film by the Directors Guild of America (DGA).
Winner of the 2008 award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture; also nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Dev Patel) by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
Winner of the 2008 Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Awardin Theatrical Motion Pictures by the Producers Guild of America (PGA).
Winner of the 2008 Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) by the American Cinema Editors (ACE).
Winner of the 2008 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in a Foreign Feature Film by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE).
Winner of The Cadillac People's Choice Award at the 2008 Toronto Interntional Film Festival.
Winner of three 2008 awards including Best British Film, Best British Director and Best Screenplay by the London Critics' Circle.
Winner of three 2008 awards including Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Most Promising Performer (Dev Patel) by the Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA).
Winner of three 2008 Satellite Awards including Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director and Best Original Score by the International Press Academy (IPA).
Winner of two 2008 awards including Best Director and Best Music/Score by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA).
Winner of two awards including Best Film and Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor (Dev Patel) and co-winner of the award for Best Adapted Screenplay by the National Board of Review (NBR).
Released in United States Fall November 12, 2008
Released in United States on Video March 31, 2009
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States October 2008
Released in United States 2009
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Gala Presentation) October 16-29, 2008.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 15-19, 2008.
Shown at London Film Festival (Special Screening) October 15-30, 2008.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Spectrum) January 21-February 1, 2009.
Based on the novel "Q&A" written by Vikas Swarup and published by Doubleday April 1, 2005.
Project was included on the 2007 Black List.
Fox Searchlight acquired domestic distribution rights for $2.5 million at the 2008 Toronto Interntional Film Festival.
Released in United States Fall November 12, 2008 (NY, LA)
Released in United States on Video March 31, 2009
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Danny Boyle Tribute) October 30-November 9, 2008.)
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Gala Presentation) October 16-29, 2008.)
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 15-19, 2008.)
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at London Film Festival (Special Screening) October 15-30, 2008.)
Released in United States 2009 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Spectrum) January 21-February 1, 2009.)
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