the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from
the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life.
With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a
staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Kaun Banega
Crorepati?" (2000) (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) But when the show
breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a
street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the
story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their
adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of
Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key
to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's
increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's
seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this
young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show?
When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the
Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its
storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know
about life and love. Written
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Eighteen year old Jamal Malik is having an amazing
answering streak on "Kaun Banega Crorepa" (2000), the
Indian version of the television game show "Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire" (1998). He's only one correct question away from the big
prize. However, some, including those associated with the game show, question
how someone like Jamal, a self confessed non-genius who grew up in the slums of
Mumbai, can be doing so well on the show when others who are brighter, more
educated and wealthier than him have failed. Is Jamal cheating? Is it purely
luck that they have asked him the questions to which he knows the answers?
Seeing Jamal's life journey to this point ultimately answers these questions.
His life journey includes being orphaned Eighteen year old Jamal Malik is
having an amazing answering streak on "Kaun Banega
Crorepa" (2000), the Indian version of the television game
show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (1998). He's only one
correct question away from the big prize. However, some, including those
associated with the game show, question how someone like Jamal, a self confessed
non-genius who grew up in the slums of Mumbai, can be doing so well on the show
when others who are brighter, more educated and wealthier than him have failed.
Is Jamal cheating? Is it purely luck that they have asked him the questions to
which he knows the answers? Seeing Jamal's life journey to this point
ultimately answers these questions. His life journey includes being orphaned at
an early age; growing up with an older brother, Salim, who was both his
guardian/protector and antagonist; and having a relationship since childhood
with another orphaned child, a girl named Latika. His motivation for being on
the show also may provide some answers to his success. Perhaps it was all just
meant to be.Written by Hugg
In Mumbai, the eighteen year-old orphan from the
slums Jamal Malik is tortured by the policemen in a precinct accused of
cheating a game show. Jamal, who has no education and works in a call center
serving tea, is close to wining twenty million rupees in the
show "Kaun Banega Crorepati?" (2000) (Who Wants To Be A
Millionaire?) hosted by Prem Kumar, giving precise answers to the questions and
raising suspicion of fraud. The police inspector shows the videotape and after
each question, Jamal tells parts of his childhood with his brother Salim, his
crush for Latika and their fight to survive on the streets to justify each
correct answer, guided by his common sense and past experience, and prove his
innocence. Written
by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazi
Mumbai's Police Sergeant Srinivas and his Superior
detain and interrogate a suspect by the name of Jamal Malik, who they suspect
of cheating a popular Indian TV game show "Kaun Banega
Crorepati?" (2000). They have evidence that Jamal has had no formal
education and has been a career-thief as a youngster, and are determined to
question him using any method to find out how he even came close to winning
anything.
at an early age; growing up with an older brother,
Salim, who was both his guardian/protector and antagonist; and having a
relationship since childhood with another orphaned child, a girl named Latika.
His motivation for being on the show also may provide some answers to his
success. Perhaps it was all just meant to be.Written by Hugg
In Mumbai, the eighteen year-old orphan from the
slums Jamal Malik is tortured by the policemen in a precinct accused of
cheating a game show. Jamal, who has no education and works in a call center
serving tea, is close to wining twenty million rupees in the show "Kaun
Banega Crorepati?" (2000) (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) hosted by
Prem Kumar, giving precise answers to the questions and raising suspicion of
fraud. The police inspector shows the videotape and after each question, Jamal
tells parts of his childhood with his brother Salim, his crush for Latika and
their fight to survive on the streets to justify each correct answer, guided by
his common sense and past experience, and prove his innocence. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de
Janeir, Brazi
Mumbai's Police Sergeant Srinivas and his Superior
detain and interrogate a suspect by the name of Jamal Malik, who they suspect
of cheating a popular Indian TV game show "Kaun Banega
Crorepati?" (2000). They have evidence that Jamal has had no formal
education and has been a career-thief as a youngster, and are determined to
question him using any method to find out how he even came close to winning
anything.
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