Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog millionaire is 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 "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. Intrigued by jamal's story; the jaded police inspector begins to wonder what a young man with no apparent desire for riches is really doing on this 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.