SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008) - Directed by Danny Boyle

Directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy.

The directer Danny Boyle directed many famous movies like: "Trainspotting", "28 Days Later", "Sunshine".

This movie was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay and so on.

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008) - Directed by Danny Boyle

Cast: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto & Saurabh Shukla Budget: $ 15.000.000• Filmed: India

Country :United Kingdom

BOLLYWOOD:Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the largest centres of film production in the world.Bollywood is also formally referred to as Hindi cinema.There has been a growing presence of Indian English in dialogue and songs as well. It is common to see films that feature dialogue with English words (also known as Hinglish), phrases, or even whole sentences.

It is a hybrid type of film because it contains a mixture of crime/drama/romance/thriller, e.g. Maman being shot; love between Jamal and Latika; in the end of the film they ended up together and murderers

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The effects used in the film are enhanced sounds to emphasize the content of the film and presented to make a specific storytelling; slow motion used for a artistic effect, e.g. when the children in the movie were jumping in the roofs; close up shots to focus on emotions and reactions, mid-shots and slide changing

A Mumbai teen who knows all the answers in the Indian version of “Who wants to be a millionaire?” In the beginning of the film, he is one question away from 20 million rupees, the biggest prize of the contest. He works at a call center, serving tea to the telephone operators. The officials interrogate him to find out, how on earth, an uneducated teenage boy like Jamal knows all the answers to the questions. Is Jamal cheating? Is he purely lucky or does he have enough life experience?

ambitious - he takes risks that others would never take to achieve his goals. he dives into a hole full of excrement so that he could get out of the toilet in order to get an autograph of his famous singer. He introduces himself as a cook so that he can enter Javed’s house which is another big risk.

uneducated – grew up in the slums of Mumbai where children are forced to work at an early age. Even if there are opportunities, children have to make a living instead of going to school.

romantic - for Jamal, love is more important than money. In the police station, he admits Latika is the reason why he joined the competition.

Jamal’s older brother He is hungry for money; - He sells Jamal’s autograph when they are little kids. - He gets angry to lose his customer because Jamal

doesn’t get out of the toilet. He is hungry for power; - Killing Maman is easy for him and he starts to work for

Javed, another gang leader. - He says “He says I do anything Javed asks” - He points a gun at Jamal’s head and threatens him: “I

am number 1 now... “ “The man with the colt 45 (a type of gun) says ‘Shut up’”

Facts about Mumbai:The city Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) is oneof the largest cities in India. The lure of jobs in thecity is a huge pull on those living in rural areas.Migration into the city of Mumbai continues to grow atexponential rates each year. As a result, there hasbeen a disproportionate rise of slums and overcrowingin the city.• Mumbai holds the dubious record of being theslum capital of the world. Source: UN-HABITATThe population of Mumbai is approximately 12million people.• In Mumbai, almost 60% of the total population livein slums. - Source: UN Habitat• The some of the scenes in the movie were filmedin Dharavi, the largest slum in Mumbai.- Source:Director’s interview• In Mumbai, the rich own 90% of the land, whilethe poor are overcrowded in the remaining 10%.Source: Planet of Slums by Mike Davis

What does the title mean? How does the title and the contrasts within it provide symbolic summary of the film?

CONFLICTCONFLICTConflict is the struggle Conflict is the struggle

between opposing forces.between opposing forces.

A story is not a real story without A story is not a real story without a conflict. There must be some a conflict. There must be some kind of a problem for the action to kind of a problem for the action to develop.develop.

Conflict is one of the most Conflict is one of the most important elements of stories important elements of stories asas it causes the action. Without a it causes the action. Without a conflict, the plot would not be conflict, the plot would not be

realistic.realistic.

There are two types of conflictThere are two types of conflict

1. External 1. External ConflictConflictIt is the struggle which It is the struggle which occurs between a occurs between a character and an character and an opposing force. This opposing force. This opposing force is called opposing force is called the the antagonistantagonist. The . The antagonist might be antagonist might be another person, an another person, an animal, a natural forceanimal, a natural force or or societysociety. .

For example...For example...

Spiderman has an Spiderman has an external conflictexternal conflict with the with the Green Goblin –because ; Spiderman is a super Green Goblin –because ; Spiderman is a super

hero who fights for the security of the city. hero who fights for the security of the city. Green Goblin endangers the security by Green Goblin endangers the security by

attacking innocent people. So he becomes an attacking innocent people. So he becomes an antagonist for Spiderman.antagonist for Spiderman.

Everyone on the Everyone on the Titanic had an Titanic had an

external conflict with external conflict with the huge iceberg the huge iceberg

because the iceberg because the iceberg was the reason that was the reason that the ship sank which the ship sank which

resulted in the death resulted in the death of many people on of many people on board the Titanic.board the Titanic.

What are the conflicts in the story Slumdog Millionaire?

Jamal with Salim

Jamal with Prem Kumar Muslims with HindusLegal authority with children in slumsJamal with legal authorities

Central ConflictCentral conflict is the problem in the center of the action. There may also be several other conflicts throughout the plot.

The Central conflict is between Jamal and legal authorities. He has to go through a difficult stage to prove that he is innocent. Being an uneducated teenager from the slums, he is belittled by the presenter of the show and the police inspector. He has to make them believe that he knew the answers because of his difficult and often unpleasant life experiences.

Early in the film we see the young Jamal dive into a latrine pit to steal a glimpse at a visiting movie star. How does his single-mindedness to see this movie star reveal his determination?

What other examples do you see in the film of his determination?

In the film, the theme of destiny is a central theme. What does it mean that all Jamal desires is just out of his reach?

(The prized autograph, Latika, his brother, the answers, etc.) Compare and contrast three pivotal choices or decisions

made by Jamal and Salim. How do their choices affect their respective paths in life or “destinies”?

Is ethical decision making possible when one must make choices based on survival? Do seemingly “bad” choices make a person bad?

How would you describe the differences in character between Jamal and Salim?

What are their different goals in life? How do these goals influence the decisions they make?

Jamal and Salim have very different attitudes towards money. What does money mean to each of them?

When Jamal confronts Salim about joining Javed’s gang, Salim replies that he had to do it to protect them both from being killed by Maman’s men. Do you believe him? Does Jamal?

Why does Salim in the end help his brother and Latika? Why does he choose to meet his death in a bathtub full of money?

At the beginning of the film Jamal, Salim and Latika live in one of Mumbai‘s slums, later they become street kids. What does the film tell us about the life of a “slumdog”?

What other groups of people does the film portray? What do you know about them?

Think of all the different jobs the Jamal, Salim and Latika take on to make a living. What possibilities do the three have to overcome their poverty? Which do they choose and why?

Think about the scene in which Jamal and Salim try to steal food from rich train passengers. Would you rather join the boys on top of the train or the kid inside? Why?

Greed, corruption and the misuse of power are highlighted in the film through a variety of characters. How are those who have money and power glamorized in this film? What happens to the victims?

What do you think the film is saying about the globalization of culture through media? We see the game show“Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” adapted in the Indian culture. Is this a sign of progress? Why or why not?What is this film saying about the effect of money on culture?

In one exchange of dialogue in the film during the interrogation of Jamal, the police inspectors discuss the impossibility of what Jamal knows.

Police Inspector: Doctors... Lawyers... never get past 60 thousand rupees. He's on 6 million. [pause]

Police Inspector: What can our slumdog possibly know?

Jamal Malik: [quietly] The answers. Discuss the irony in the film that Jamal “knows

too much” and is suspected of cheating. Discuss the irony

that in the end, his poverty may make him rich. What point is the film making? What is real wealth?

In one pivotal scene, the show’s host tells Jamal his own story about coming from the slums. He then givesJamal the wrong answer written on the mirror in the rest room. Why did he give Jamal the wrong answer?What did Jamal do?

Describe how loss, chance, luck, suffering, and street smarts are also characters behind the scenes. The film explores gain and loss side by side. Triumphs are tempered with loss. Where do you see this evident?

In the final scene, we see Salim and the choice he makes - filling the bathtub with money, etc. Why does he make this choice?

Why does Salim in the end help his brother and Latika?

This film weaves together nightmare and impossible dream. What do you take away as the most important message or impression from the film?