Slumdog Millionaire

Trivia: The human excrement into which youngest Jamal jumps in the "toilet escape" sequence was actually chocolate.

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Trivia: Dev Patel, who plays Jamal the main character, is the only actor from the U.K. After an extensive search in India, the Director, Danny Boyle, went back to England and found his man after one of his kids suggested using "that guy from (the English TV show) Skins".

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.

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.

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Question: What was the point of Jamal explaining the cost of pani puri? Did he really not know the answer to the simple question?

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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