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Directed by: Danny Boyle
Written by: Simon Beaufoy (screenplay), Vikas Swarup (novel)
Cast: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Madhur Mittal
Release Date: 12th November, 2008 (US)
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R for some violence, disturbing images and language.
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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Freida Quotes
"I read the script first, and I read little Latika’s spot, Rubina, that’s the girl who plays little Latika. I was like that’s the Latika I can relate to because she’s a feisty stubborn little girl, she’s got this zest for life and she’s playful. And she’s a fighter, you know. And the moment you come to Tanvi, the girl who plays Latika in the middle, she automatically gets submissive, she’s grown before her time, she’s 14, but she looks like she could be 18, 20. So it was really important to watch the kids to see how they had grown so that I could grow beyond that as well. Danny had already shot scenes with the two characters and I watched it and It was such an immense amount of pressure because they were so good and it just seemed so effortless. It just makes it kind of simpler to have watched it so that the growth seems not disconnected, just seems fluid."
"It was really difficult for me because doing the kitchen scene was by far the toughest, because she’s so submissive there and she’s s frightened. The real Freida would fight back and run away the first opportunity she got. And here she’s saying “no no no,” but shes meaning “yes, I want to but I can’t.” After doing the scene over and over again I started getting really submissive by nature and Danny just came and said something and I was like “OK, I’ll do it.” So the fighter in me just died after sometime. I think it was important for the character."
"Dev Patel and I are new; this is our first film. So we supported and encouraged each other. With Slumdog Millionaire, I have reached a different level of professionalism. And since I am starting my career with a Hollywood film, it has given me great exposure. It has been a fantastic experience."
"The whole film was a memorable experience. There was one instance when Dev, Mahesh and I were supposed to make a sandwich and Mahesh will crack some joke and we all start laughing. He will become serious immediately and give his shot right but Dev and I would just not stop laughing."
Memorable Quotes
Jamal Malik: "I knew you'd be watching."
Latika: "I thought we would meet only in death."
Jamal Malik: "This is our destiny."
Latika: "Kiss me."
Latika: "You want to do something for me?"
Jamal Malik: "Anything."
Latika: "Then forget me!"
Jamal Malik: "I love you."
Latika: "So what?"
Latika: "You’re a sweet boy, Jamal."
Reviews
"Slumdog Millionaire’, a film so upbeat and colourful that, by the time you’re relaying its infectious air of optimism to friends, you could forget that it features orphans, slaughter, organised crime, poverty, enslavement and police brutality." - Time Out
"The best old-fashioned audience picture of the year, a Hollywood-style romantic melodrama that delivers major studio satisfactions in an ultra-modern way." - Los Angeles Times
"This is a breathless, exciting story, heartbreaking and exhilarating at the same time." - Chicago Sun-Times
"Boyle and Beaufoy, working from a novel by Vikas Swarup, uninsistently make the case that the most useful intelligence, in all its forms, comes from life experience." - Variety