Accused of cheating and desperate to prove his innocence, an eighteen-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai reflects back on his tumultuous life while competing to win 20 million rupees on India's 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' in Danny Boyle's inspirational drama. Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) may not have a penny to his name, but that could all change in a matter of hours. He's one question away from taking the top prize on India's most popular television game show, but as with everything else in Jamal's life, it isn't going to be easy.
This film picturise the actual conditions on the mumbai.And it tells the story about two brothers how they survive to grow in mumbai after loosing their mother.Not only that it also give glance of real love ,and leave the mark that real love survive in any condition.This movie also has wonderful music of the music legend A.R.RAHMAN.
a movie with 8.7 rating on IMDB is always worth watching.... i watched this movie on my computer downloaded from a torrent site... i clicked on play and i go on watching unmoved.... script , acting (especially of dev playing as JAMAL MALIK is awesome).... the best part about the movie is that u cant move your once u started watching it.... very realistic story with awesome direction and gr8 acting make this movie a big success and also a strong contender for INDIAS entry to OSCAR..