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BY: DANNY BOYLE

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The setting for Slumdog Millionaire is. Mumbai, formerly Bombay, is one of the largest cities in India. As the slum capital of the world, its population is approximately 12 million people.

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As 18-year-old Jamal Malik answers questions on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," flashbacks show how he got there. Part of a stable of young thieves after their mother dies, Jamal and his brother, Salem, survive on the streets of Mumbai. Salem finds the life of crime agreeable, but Jamal scrapes by with small jobs until landing a spot on the game show.

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Assigned to the task of investigating how Jamal cheated on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, the unnamed Police Inspector accompanies us on our journey through Jamal's unbelievable life story.

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Jamal Malik (older): I went on, because I knew she'd be watching.

I think this is really about love. Jamal was very young when he found his true love but they got separated at a young age. he decided to go on a show called " who wants to be a millionaire" he thought she might be watching so they could reunite again.

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The game show host. He is antagonistic and sly and attempts to sabotage Jamal, out of personal hatred. He too is self-serving and values being the only person who was able to make it out of the slums - hence his reason for wanting to prevent Jamal from winning the show.

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The rival crime boss to Maman. He too only values power and money and loyalty. Salim kills Maman and then goes to Javed to pledge his allegiance, therefore going up in his ranks and eliminating Maman as a competitor.

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A crime boss, who uses organized crime through children for his financial gains. He is cruel and power-hungry, and blinds and abuses children to make them more appealing for charity.

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The major character that acts the part in slumdog is Jamal Malik. He is the one that is most important, he

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The themes that were used in slumdog millionaire was love, prejudice and poor vs rich. in the beginning it shows a lot about how Jamal and Salem were living in a community that was surrounded by poverty. Then Jamal and Salem escaped from that and started to hustle on the street to survive.
Jamal grew up and became a contestant on a show called "who wants to be a millionaire".
The audience was being very judgmental because of where he comes from and that is what brings prejudice into this, they thought he wouldn't go far because he wasn't educated enough to know that much information.

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The love interest of Jamal. She is a young girl, who was sold into prostitution by Salim. She has been abused and neglected for most of her life, and only her friendship with Jamal kept her going. She is also under Javed's command and is trapped by him.

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The main protagonist of the movie, Jamal, is an 18-year old chaiwala who decides to enter the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire contest, in order to get closer to finding his beloved, Latika. His answers for each question on the game show, are shaped from his life experiences.

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The brother of Jamal. He is extremely self-serving and desperate to attain to the level of high power and wealth, regardless of who he has to sell-out, even his own brother. However, he atones for his errors by sacrificing himself to free Latika.