For me the most important message or impression from the movie is that you never give up, we can see that in the film in the climax, when Jamal won 20 million rupees, he dont imagine that and he dont give up In the game, when the tv host question to Jamal if he want to pass to next question he say yes, already is he dont know the question. They do have houses, but these houses cant be really called like such. Second: In this section of the flashback, Jamal becomes more intent on finding Latika, and sets about searching for her in the city. Was Salim considered a good or bad brother? There is no lawyer, and no Gudiya. Metacritic Reviews. This is caused because there is too much people and no too much jobs. One of the callers asks Jamal to take over his calling duties for a moment, and Jamal reluctantly does so. However, when director Danny Boyle cast the roles of the younger children, he discovered that their English was not fluent enough. Is "Slumdog Millionaire" based on a book? Instead, Jamal chose the way of honesty and hard work. Salim takes that decision seeking for redemption for having once made his brothers life miserable. Latika (Freida Pinto), having meanwhile been helped by Salim to escape from Javed's (Mahesh Manjrekar) "safehouse" and given his cellphone, races back to her car to answer the call. Salim and Jamal shared lots of adventures but he betrayed his own brother in order to earn money. When Salim lost a customer because Jamal was taking too long in the toilet, Salim got back at Jamal by trapping him in the toilet when he wanted to get Amitabh Bachchan's . In what ways does the movie differ from the book. And thats how finally slums are created because of migration. Salim's death Resigned to his fate, the sacrifice he has made for his childhood friend, Salim fills a bathtub with money, the only reward for the life of a gangster, and gets into the tub with a revolver, prepared to meet his fate. And in a way, this is good because guys like Jamal take the right decisions and they become important (in many cases) for the country. "You really thought you could just walk in and take my prize away?" In addition, we can say that Salim wanted to stop working with the Indian mob, but didnt know how, so the only option was to sacrifice himself. The policeman threatens to electrocute Jamal again if he doesn't explain how he knew about the Hundred Dollar Bill and Jamal continues his story. For Jamal, destiny is not simply what happens to you, but a more complicated confluence of events and occurrences with actions one takes. Because he realized he had been doing wrong his whole life and he wanted to have no more regrets. What does it mean that all Jamal desires is just out of his reach?. That also is seen in the movie, this causes corruption, indifference, physical abuse, social impairment. He is rescued from torture by a woman lawyer who calls herself Smita, and who listens to his explanations, given in the sequence of the relevant question number. and he only played because he thought Latika (his true love) would see it and he could find her. Edit, Slumdog Millionaire is based on the bestselling novel Q and A by Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup. In Lima, most the people who live in a slum thing that all their lives they going to be poor, but if they work hard they can change his live. The decision of both affect in their destiny. Faucet: Start the faucet repair process by completely turning off your water supply. The differences are that in India there are confrontations because of the different religions that fight each other, in Peru they fight because of the differences between soccer teams. Salim then shoots the pimp and is killed by his henchmen.As a bartender in Mumbai, Ram steals the revolver of a dead patron and becomes armed for the first time.When Ram becomes a game show contestant, it is pure happenstance that most of the questions have answers in his life experiences. If think that the solution for this big problem here in Peru and probably in Mumbai also is the reorganization of the government. They are focusing on meaningless things like paying more politicians to complete all the political parties when they dont realize that most part of the country needs urgent economical and moral help. Sorry, Slumdog Millionaire is not available on Indian Netflix, but you can unlock it right now in India and start watching! He finds some numbers for Salim and makes some calls trying to find his old friend. Money clearly plays an important role in Slumdog Millionaire because it directly ties to the story's central plot device: the game show. In the beginning, it is insinuated that the reason that he wins Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 1st question. i would give him the wrong answer and finish with my anger that i have inside. Why did Salim put money in the bath? (A) Sachin Tendulkar, (B) Ricky Ponting, (C) Michael Slater, or (D) Jack Hobbs. We can see that Salim (the brother of Jamal) became a gangster. In the city, Jamal and Salim start working at a restaurant. A poor man, called Jamal, who was a slumdog in his younger life, luckily enters to the show Who Wants to be a Millionaire and, by answering all the correct answers, won a million rupees. Edit, Maman (Ankur Vikal) took in orphans and trained them to beg for money. The government has another problem because they mostly spend the money for useless things like buying too much arms because they are preparing the country for a possible war. This is because the government doesnt know how to manage the money and lots of politicians steal it as the corruption increases in the country. Places where people kill for some money and crime is history of everyday. Isolation due to poverty As we see in the movie most of the city of Mumbai is pure slums, but this place isnt the only one who is full of them, Lima is also one. Where did Jamal get the $100 bill to give to Arvind? The title in this movie give us a clear idea of what the story or movie will be about, when you read it you instantly know that it will be about a slum dog that became millionaire. Slumdog Millionaire is produced in Britain and hence its a British movie. He couldnt do anything to change it except for one thing. Lots of kids dont have even a basic education and they are becoming people with almost no possibilities of getting a job and working. But the problem is that most of them, act like Salim because it is the easiest way and also because getting into drugs and vices (for them) is the perfect way to go through the trauma they have from the left of their parents which is the cause of all this problem. Freida Pinto Net Worth: Freida Pinto is an Indian actress and model who has a net worth of $14 million. And a millionaire is someone who has a lot of money. They dont have the education and the material to keep forward and get away from their situation. How did Salim earn a living at the start of the movie? (5) For 1,000,000 rupees: On the American $100 bill, there is a portrait of which American statesman? QUESTION: This film weaves together nightmare and impossible dream. he asks, and tells him that he had to leave the hotel all those years ago because Maman's men were searching for him. But no. He stares at him before giving him some moneya hundred dollar bill. They only keep that the poor people increase and they dont care because they want to negotiate with companies for get more money. What is this film staying about the effect of money on culture? Edit, In the book, the first-person narrator and quiz show contestant is named Ram Mohammad Thomas. People who are from a lower social leve are nglected by usl, we dont want to talk to them. During normal use, the caulk will likely never be in tension. Why was this not eligible for the Foreign Film Oscar? In the final scene, we see Salim and the choice he makes - filling the bathtub with money, etc. The script changes the show back to the well-known and globally franchised version. Looks like you're mixed up with both. A poor person cant satisfy his basic needs like eating, having a good hygiene, etc. but since this year theres a program called El Ultimo Pasajero (the last passenger) and this game consist in the competition for 3 schools, each representing a team from a random color (Red, Green or Blue), which compete between to win a vacation trip. I think that the title is obviously contradictory because a slum dog is normally poor, without money; but in the title it sais that this slum dog is millionaire, a thing that its hard to believe. Suddenly Jamal attacks Salim and the boys struggle. Salim's death Resigned to his fate, the sacrifice he has made for his childhood friend, Salim fills a bathtub with money, the only reward for the life of a gangster, and gets into the tub with a revolver, prepared to meet his fate. When he was a little boy he use to protect his brother from the evil man that abuse them. In an underground passageway, Jamal sees a boy from the camp who has been blinded, singing and begging for money. Slumdog Millionaire: Sleeper Hit or Insensitive Depiction? What do you think should be done about this problem? Originally titled Slumdog Millionaire: Kaun Banega Crorepati, the name was shortened for legal reasons. Why does he make this choice? How does the title and the Long-term? Shantaram physically and sexually abuses his daughter until Ram pushes him off the balcony to his death, he thinks.Ram then flees back to Delhi, leaving Salim behind, and finds employment as a houseboy for an Australian diplomat and later as a tour guide at the Taj Mahal in Agra, where he falls in love with a prostitute named Nita who is battered by a customer who leaves cigarette burns on her breasts, similar to Neelima's injuries. Essencially, we are talking about a Slumdog, a little boy from the streets, non educated and without a clue about what is basic culture. Slumdog Millionaire: Sleeper Hit or Insensitive Depiction? In the movie, and in the up-dated quiz show, the top prize is two crore rupees, or twenty million rupees. And dont imagine that he will won 20 million rupees. How many Oscars did slumdog millionaire receive? In the last scene Jamal call his brother, he didnt know that his brother (Salim) gave his phone to Latika, and Jamal use the last lifeguard, called a friend, he called his brother, but Latika answered. How does the title and the contrast within it provide symbolic summary of the film? In the final scene, we see Salim and the choice he makes - filling the bathtub with money, etc. Salim filed up the bathtub with money because he always wants to have money, Salim help Latika even he knows that Javed would kill him, so he decided to filed up the bathtub with all that money so he can die rich like he always wants. But they face a lot of problems because if they want a job first they need a house. (A) Surdas, (B) Tulsidas, (C) Mira Bai, or (D) Kabir. Eventually, Salim picks up and Jamal begins to speak the call center script, but Salim recognizes his voice. The grateful producer paid for Salim's acting lessons, and got him started in the movie business.In the movie, Salim, who is Jamal's older brother, not his younger friend, is the one with the gun. In my opinion the tv owners of this programmes need to change this kind of people and bring fair people, with fair rules and without that descrimination. How do their choices affect their respective paths in life or destinies? By the time pass, that friendship turns to strong loop of love. This angular shooting, often in conjunction with very quick cuts, creates a playful and adventurous atmosphere in the storytelling, and makes the narrative seem very exciting. If Jamal Malik, a slum-dog can become a millionaire, then pretty much nothing in this world is impossible. What are the causes of this phenomena? (2) For 4,000 rupees: A picture of three lions is seen in the national emblem of India. Father Timothy and the Catholic Church do not appear in the movie, nor does Delhi.When Father Timothy is murdered by another priest, Ram is sent to a juvenile home, where, as the only boy who speaks English, he becomes the leader of the 150 residents.After one year, a new resident Salim Ilyasi, age seven, arrives as an orphan when a Hindu mob murders his Muslim family. our school is a very good school, but these type of schools (the private ones) are from rich and normal people who had a normal home, the ones who live in slums are the ones who study in the public schools and we have to inprove the education in the public schools. Edit. It could have also been added because the youngest Jamal tells Latika that one day they'll be together and they will sing and dance, and so it ended the film on a joyous note. Answer: A vegetable sandwich. He wrote his own destiny. But he didnt mind about the money he was about to win, he only wanted to find Latika and when that happen be with her and demonstrate the love that he feels. He is unable to see beyond himself, and his desire for power and wealth.. even if it means selling out his brother. The movie has many messages, but the one I think is the most important, is never lose the hope, because all is possible in this live. what does the title mean? Why does he make this choice? "You're a sweet boy, Jamal," says Latika, taking the towel and going back in the bathroom. She then reveals herself to be Gudiya, from the chawl, whose father had suffered only a broken leg when Ram pushed him from the balcony, and who had stopped raping Gudiya after his fall.Gudiya gets him his prize money, Ram marries Nita, Salim becomes a movie star, and the crippled children are liberated from their imprisonment.In the movie, Jamal never carries a gun and never shoots or threatens anybody. Greed, corruption and the misuse of power are highlighted in the film through a variety of characters. *it's really crowded. Since the film was made in India, the scene was likely added as a tribute to Bollywood. The host, Prem Kumar, has no history with Jamal or his women. The slum that is where poor people live are in around the world but Peru is one who have the most biggest slum in the world, more in Brazil and more in India who is one the countries with more population. is because "it is written." She doesn't know the answer either, but Jamal is more interested in knowing how she is doing and where she is before the call is cut off. In the final scene, we see Salim and the choice he makes filling the bathtub with money, etc. Salim was saved by a man who brandished a handgun, without firing it, and who then hired Salim as his houseboy. In the movie Jamal was a slum person but when he started to play Who wants to be a millionaire and he won he change his life, he started to play because Jamal wanted that Latika take a look at him. Answering to the first question, the title refers to change. What is the summary of Slumdog Millionaire? As we know a slum is ver poor neighborhood, their characteristics are that they dont have electricity, water and almost no food and the worst is that his houses have no roof and are made with cardboard. The differences between Lima and Munbay they are a lot but I am going to explain you only 2 the first one is the people that live in each city Mumbay have 21 255 000 million people an Lima 8,5 million the second difference is that in lima we dont have cast system and in Munbay they have this system . When he fails to convince her that he lives in Scotland like her, she hangs up. He was abandoned at birth in the clothing bin of a Catholic church in Delhi, and raised for eight years by a benevolent English priest named Father Timothy. After his victory, Jamal goes to the train station to wait for Latika. They scavenge on a rubbish dump, where they are lured to a childrens home by an evil Fagin character who later tries to blind one of the boys with acid so he can earn more as a beggar. Boyle is purposefully showing the shots of Latika running towards the phone and Salim layering money in the bath tub to create suspense for the audience as the figure out what will happen, and how each scene pieces into the end game of the movie. When Javed hears Latika on the show and realizes that Salim has helped her escape, he and his men break down the bathroom door. Latika and Jamal were in love but Salim sells her to another evil man: Javed.Insted of feeling happy with his money, he was vary confussed and sad with himself.He realized that money does not bring happines. In an attempt to prove his innocence, Jamal relates his life story, concentrating on the experiences that describe how he came to know the answers to each of the quiz questions. He sealed his destiny when he gave his phone to Latika, he knew Jamal will call to that number and that Jamed will hear Latika on the television and seek for him, but that way Salim will be able to kill Jamed. We can see this it, in most of the movie, especially in the moments were the principal characters, are in the most difficult moments, like being captured by child exploiters, lose your best friend with the possibility of never see again her again or see how your mother is killed and from that moment you are alone in the world. (6) For 2,500,000 rupees: Who invented the revolver? which means that they family wont pass through the same way as he has do it. Another thing was that they did not have roads made of concrete, just dirt. He constructed a very good friendship relationship with Latika in regardless his situation and he knows that one person more in the group is one more mouth to feed. The title is Slumdog Millionaire, in this title there are two opposite terms, and they describe to really different lifestyles. the tittle, as already you should know, its Slumdog millionaire, now there are two opposite terms that discribe two different persons, life styles, etc. Sure enough, she shows, and the two finally a share a moment of peace together. He was given the opportunity to play Who wants to be a millionaire? Salim Malik makes the decision of filled up the bathtub with all Javed money, because he want a redemption because from the beginning of his life, he always wanted to be rich, and at the end, he want to know that he was going to die, like he always want, rich. it`s simple to answer that, if someone is born poor he`ll be always poor and that there is no way to change that. (A) Amitabh Bachchan (the rest of the answer choices are not revealed). This fulfills Salim's desire to be the alpha-male and a rivalry between Salim and Jamal/Latika is developed through a series of events. The fragmented and nonlinear structure of the plot heightens the dramatic tension of the film. The title and the contrast in this movie means how a poor man pass to be rich with a simple TV program, Slum means like a very poor zone and is like a young population that don`t have a lot of money, so I think that went the title talk about slum is about Jamal, how with a simple TV program How wants to be a millionaire and in one night or one day he turn to be a millionaire. Why did Salim fill the bathtub with money? The only way that, this can change is giving them education and a place to live in peace and not being exposed to violence. How are those who have money and power glamorized in this film? But the answer is easy, and that person from a lower level have nothing that it is important to me, not the information I want, is not going to be my friend because it is simply a lower level than me, have no education, he doesn`t know important people, he dont have a job, and speak to them, all you get is wasting your time. The police release him to complete the quiz show. First, if the children were well educated the wouldnt have the mentality to steal thing for survive, they will look for a job to earn money and keep studing to get a better job and have a good life. I took it to mean that he was guilting her into being his girlfriend, or more likely, *ahem* "girlfriend", meaning that they did something that would legally be consensual but ethically or philosophically could have been sexual rape. Jamal bursts into the room, where Latika instantly recognizes him. In question number 3 it says: The city of Lima is the capital of Peru therefore; the lure of jobs in the city is a huge pull on those living in rural areas. Being a slum dog is being in one of the lowest social classes in the caste system. Jamal brings Latika a towel while she showers, and Salim leaves the room. In the most graphically violent scene of the movie, a young beggar boy is drugged and blinded with acid while unconscious. But as we saw, thats not true, since it lies to his brother Salim, thought it would be very reliable, but Salim threw Jamal and only thinking about himself. The last think is that we cant solve this problem because we have no power in the country, but the person who can solve this problem is the president, like he is right now but he started in the other parts of Peru and then he is going to pass to Lima and he will solve problem. Meanwhile Salim, back in the safe house, sacrifices himself in order to stop Javed from coming after Latika and Jamal. By doing that he made his brother and his girlfriend happy, kills the chief of the group of the mafi9a and get realised from his chains (of doing bad). Otherwise, the only connections that this film shares with Bollywood is the city of Mumbai and a group dance in a train station during the final scene that echoes traditional Bollywood films. Slumdog Millionaire won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Motion Picture. Part of a stable of young thieves after their mother dies, Jamal and his brother, Salim, survive on the streets of Mumbai. Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), an 18-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, India, is just one question away from winning the grand prize on India's version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Why did Salim fill the bathtub with money? When Maman tells the men to take Salim and Jamal away, Salim pulls out a gun and threatens Maman with it, ordering him to get on his knees, then telling the other men to get on their knees and demanding money from them. Theres this famous saying that the truth shall set you free. While it seems that the climactic eventJamal winning the game showis revealed within the first few moments of the film, the sequence of events that lead to this victory are far less straightforward than one might have imagined. Its a calculated and cold form of fake or improbable hope and also attracts the masses considering in Bombay lived 18 million people. At the same time that Jamal is winning, Salim fills a bathtub with money and sits in it, waiting for the death he knows will happen when Javed discovers what he has done. Jamal came from slums of Mumbai and became a millionaire on the game show. Second provide them jobs, food, etc. Nice, you actually have something constructive to say about the problem. "Bombay had turned into Mumbai," he says, and we see Jamal and Salim walking through large industrial areas. While we have seen him be ruthless and evil previous to this, the blinding incident only confirms how heartless he is in dealing with the children, and this shot of him, at the edge of the frame, confirms that he is a villain rather than a savior for these children. I think we should make political institutions, promote social and economic sustainable development to ensure the basic rights of every Peruvian, we must build a political system that encourages citizen participation, who cares about the vast majority who do not own anything, but are part of this country and deserve better opportunities. Well in short term I think that we have to do as we are doing now giving them food clothes for example there are a lot of charities now on this days that help poor people in their own way some of them are schools others are for example houses were people can stay etc. Child trafficking and drugs are still a menace to which such poor people, most times forgotten by law and police, have no defense at all. The man with the gun turned out to be a contract killer. "I owe Latika," says Jamal, and Arvind tells Jamal that Latika is on Pila Street, going by the name of "Cherry." Rahman with contributions by M.I.A., was released exclusively on iTunes in November 2008. The comparison between Lima Slums To Mumbai slums are that, the problems of poverty are not reviewed by the politics and it is a problem that Is not only on Lima and Mumbai, is in all the world, near the school there is a popular slum, they name of that slum is Manchay, is a place that people dont have enough money to build their houses and dont have money for eat all days, they need helps from the people who have money, in Mumbai happened the same thing,, Mumbai have a large population and the government cant give money for everybody so some people need to live by his own ways, that kind of people are the sums. This phenoma is caused because the parents doesnt gave enough education to the children, thats where I think the problem start. And the way Jamal continues his life honestly and working to survive. Edit, Allowed back on the show to play the final round of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, Jamal is faced with a question he cannot answer. The next day, Salim comes back to the hotel and tells Jamal to get out of the room. Edit, The domestic trailer features three songs: "Latika's Theme," from A.R. Give them chances to move on. In one pivotal scene, the shows host tells Jamal his own story about coming from the slums. They would have to buy or transport more things to sell so its not convenient for them. | Since this film is a UK production primarily in the English language, that category was not appropriate. He has to be restrained and the policeman says, "Money and women, the reasons to make the most mistakes in life. This is clearly shown in the story. By scarifying himself to safe Latika he is saving the last thing in this world that Jamal loves. When he answers question #12 and wins the billion-rupee grand prize, he is told that question didn't count and the real question #12 will come after the next commercial break.During the break, both Ram and the host, Prem Kumar, are in the bathroom alone together. Show that soon or late, hardworking gives you a reward and vices just finishes with your life. Slumdog Millionaire essays are academic essays for citation. We could avoid that by creating a project where people from other cities feel comfortable with what they have rather than expecting a better life in the well-known city. I really think that the cause of this is bad education and lack of opportunities. I believe that the solution is to give a good education to these children in the slums. (7) For 5,000,000 rupees: Cambridge Circus is in which U.K. city? "Not for one moment, it's our destiny," he says. They see they need of surviving and start to work in streets to give some little thing to their families. Meanwhile Salim wanders through the streets of the city, eventually finding a group of gangsters and asking after Javed Khan, their leader. This is Jamal's position in the call center where he works when he appears on the game show. This people usually live on the streets or in slums. I believe there is a relation between the title and the movie, because the title is SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE and it deals with the surprise somone gets when he sees that a slumdug has become a millionaire. Salim chose the way he wanted to die. Is Slumdog Millionaire a feel good movie? But also represents some type of brainwashing or mental control because it makes people stop think on their reality and just watch crap on Television. Because here in Peru we have a commercial product equivalent to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? What does the title mean? This decissions are alson taken by people in Lima, for example poor people have to take a decission between robbing or work really hardly for their money, people who are honorable choose to make their money by their own effort, like Salim who decided at the end of the movie to be honorable and fair to Jamal. "This is our destiny," Jamal whispers. By slowing down the images of the memories, Boyle invites the viewer into Jamal's interior life. In conclusion, we can say that slums are caused by the lack of willpower of people who lives in them and that the only solution to this is the effort. Jamal does not leave, and Latika comes up behind Salim and tells him to leave. He dies after getting shot, bathing in a tub of money. They are in most of the cases poor so they can just build a little hut. The tv Host of the progamme who wants to be a millionaireis a famous guy who won that game and its rich. Ram pulls out the gun he took from the dead bar patron and reveals that his motive for going on the quiz show was to get close enough to Prem to kill him for abusing the two women in his life: the actress Neelima Kumari, and the Agra prostitute Nita. and is called La Tinka.