In Mumbai in 2006, eighteen-year-old Jamal Malik, a former street child , from the Juhu slum, is a contestant on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and is one question away from winning a fortune. However, before the 20 million question, he is detained and interrogated by the police, who suspect him of cheating . Jamal recounts, through flashbacks, the incidents in his life which provided him with each answer. These flashbacks tell the story of Jamal, his brother Salim and Latika. In each flashback Jamal has a point to remember one person, song, or different things that lead to the right answer of one of the questions. The row of questions does not correspond chronologically to Jamal´s life, so the story switches between different periods (childhood, adolescence) of Jamal. Some questions do not refer to points of his life (cricket champion), but by witness he comes to the right answer. I think it was an excellent movie with fantastic cast and acting
When Jamal was asked a question on the show, there was a flashback showing how Jamal knew the answer to the question he was asked. This gave the audience an insight of Jamal's past, living in the slums of India and all the obstacles he had to overcome. An example of an obstacle Jamal had to overcome was the murdering of his mother by the Hindu's. An obstacle Jamal had to overcome for his love of Latika was when he was forced to leave Latika because of his brother Salim. Jamal didn't go on the show for the money but instead went on for Latika to see him since he knew she watched it. He had to overcome an obstacle of revisiting his most painful memories from all the questions he was asked. He did this all for his love of Latika. Boyle use cinematography to show conflict between Prem, which is one of the obstacles Jamal, must overcome in the film. The two main camera shots used to display this is the bird's eye view and the mid shot
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