Trivia: Jamal's childhood hero, the actor Amitabh Baachan, was actually the original host of Kaun Banega Crorepati (Who Wants to be a Millionaire?) in real life.
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
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Directed by: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
Starring: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla
Factual error: Lord Rama is shown holding the bow in the right hand and raising the left hand for blessings. In Hindu practice the blessings are always given by right hand.
Prem Kumar: Its getting hot in here.
Jamal Malik: Are you nervous?
Prem Kumar: What? Am I nervous ? Its you whos in the hot seat, my friend!
Jamal Malik: Yes, sorry.
Question: What was the point of Jamal explaining the cost of pani puri? Did he really not know the answer to the simple question?
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Answer: I believe it was to demonstrate that as a "slumdog" he knew some things but not others. He obviously did not know the answer to the question asked on the game show that the police chief asks him about, so to defend himself, he proves that he DOES know some things: just things that not everyone knows.
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