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    Judaism‚ Christianity and Islam. India suffers problems with a high level of poverty‚ illiteracy‚ disease and malnutrition. India has 30 languages and 2000 dialects. The Hindi and the English are the official language in the India. 2. Find out about the television show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Discuss in class: What is your opinion of the show? My personal opinion about the show‚ Who wants to be a millionaire‚ is that you don’t need many years of study in an expensive university or

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    Slumdog Millionaire The two brothers Jamal and Samil are orphans who lost their mother in an antiMuslim attack on the slum where they lived. As young children they are left to survive on their own. From the movie we see how brothers with a similar background and upbringing choose two totally different paths for their lives. The movie Slumdog Millionaire is an inspiring story that takes place in Mumbai. Jamal Salik is eighteen years old and is one question away from winning the top prize in

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    In the movie Slumdog Millionaire‚ Salim and Jamal made many choices that affected them very differently even though they were both presented the same obstacles. In fact‚ the decisions that Jamal has made throughout his life helped him to acquire all the answers to the questions presented to him on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”. The choices that they made were sculpted by their poverty and surroundings. Larry Ervin‚ the author of Slumdog Millionaire’s Artful Dodge - Film Review

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    Themes of Slumdog Millionaire What are the Major Story Theme(s) of Slumdog Millionaire? Prejudice: Prejudice happens when people have a false preconception about an individual or a group. It is seen throughout this movie and even in the title of the movie Slumdog. Jamal comes from a one of the poorest areas in India Mumbai. He has no education‚ no family and no means to support himself. His whole life he is categorized as a Slumdog because of his where he raised as a child. Coming

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    Essay In this film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ show what choices and chance does Salim‚ Jamal and Latika choose. Jamal choose love Latika over his brother Salim‚ he choose to join the show to get back Latika. Latika choose both‚ the chance does she choose is to meet up jamal on the train station‚ and the choices she choose is to accept Jamal’s love. Salim he choices to be a gangster‚ he choose to do everything to get rich‚ so he shoot Mammon and give Latika to Javed.

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    Getting to the Bottom of Slumdog Millionaire "The answers… I knew the answers‚" Jamal muttered to the policemen. From the beginning Slumdog Millionaire sends home a central point in the film. Slumdog Millionaire is set in India‚ and centered around an orphan named Jamal from the slums who is on the television show "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?". He is reliving his past to help show that he knew all the answers to the questions on the show. He has flashbacks to many life events‚ that

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    Slumdog Millionaire and Poverty Porn In the article Slumdog Millionaire and the Troubled Place of Cinema and Nation‚ Nadine Chan discusses how the rag-to-riches romance‚ Slumdog Millionaire has more often than not been labeled as “poverty porn” due to the way it exploits a poverty stricken Mumbai society and promotes “slum tourism”. While some critics accuse the film of exploiting western perceptions of India‚ with its depictions of impoverished slums ruled by gangsters‚ as well as other unwholesome

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    their culture – suppression. This idea of colonisers wielding having power over the natives is a common one throughout history and continues to be true now‚ when Western influence is exerted across many less-developed nations‚ including India. Slumdog Millionaire‚ directed by Danny Boyle and produced in 2008‚ is a story that has two parallel cultures‚ Indian and Western‚ and the balance of power between them is quite clear. Through

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    The Slumdog Millionaire is the film to see. Excitement tragedy love and hate it’s all featured together. The film starts by showing the poverty in India. The way that it does this is in a humorous but serious way and therefore still getting the point across. The film then goes onto show how the poor and rich are living together side by side and how there is a large divide between classes. Two brothers Jamal Malik and Salim Malik are taken in by a villain who forces the children to beg so that he

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    Title of film: Slumdog Millionaire Directed by: Danny Boyle Co-directed by: Loveleen Tandan Produced by: Christian Colson Based on: Q&A by Vikas Swarup Year Produced: 2008 ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is a 2008 British drama film centring on the journey of an 18-year-old Indian boy from the Juhu slums (located in Mumbai‚ India)‚ called Jamal Malik. This film focuses on his success in winning 20 million rupees as a contestant on the Indian version of “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” and the obstacles

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