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Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

120 mins

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DRAMA

ROMANCE

THRILLER

The story of the life of an impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik, who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of Who Wants to be A Millionaire?, wins, and is then suspected of cheating.

name	character
Sanchita Choudhary	Jamal's Mother
Mia Drake Inderbitzin	Adele
Anil Kapoor	Prem Kumar
Irrfan Khan	Police Inspector
Ayush Mahesh Khedekar	Youngest Jamal
Mahesh Manjrekar	Javed
Dev Patel	Jamal Malik
Freida Pinto	Latika
Saurabh Shukla	Sergeant Srinivas
Jeneva Talwar	Vision Mixer
Rajendranath Zutshi	Director

name
Simon Beaufoy	screenplay
Danny Boyle	director
Christian Colson	producer
A. R. Rahman	composer
Vikas Swarup	writer (original)

award	category	name	year
Academy Award	Best Director	Danny Boyle	2008
Academy Award	Best Original Score	A. R. Rahman	2008
Academy Award	Best Picture		2008
Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Simon Beaufoy	2008
BAFTA	Best Film		2008
BAFTA	Best Direction	Danny Boyle	2008
Golden Globe Award	Best Director	Danny Boyle	2008
Golden Globe Award	Best Picture		2008
Golden Globe Award	Best Screenplay	Simon Beaufoy	2008
London Critics' Circle Film Award	Director of the Year	Danny Boyle	2009
London Critics' Circle Film Award	Screenwriter of the Year	Simon Beaufoy	2009
London Critics' Circle Film Award	British Film of the Year		2009

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