Slumdog Millionaire facts for kids
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| Directed by | Danny Boyle |
| Produced by | Christian Colson |
| Screenplay by | Simon Beaufoy |
| Starring | Dev Patel Freida Pinto Madhur Mittal Anil Kapoor Irrfan Khan |
| Music by | A.R. Rahman |
| Cinematography | Anthony Dod Mantle |
| Editing by | Chris Dickens |
| Studio | Celador Films Film4 Productions |
| Distributed by | Pathé Eros Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 30 August 2008 (Telluride Film Festival) 9 January 2009 (United Kingdom) 23 January 2009 (India) |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom India |
| Language | English Hindi |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Money made | $377,910,544 |
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British Indian drama movie. It was directed by Danny Boyle and based on the novel Q&A by Vikas Swarup, although the movie is very different from the book. The movie is set in Mumbai, India and is about a poor boy who appears on India's version of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. It won the following eight:
- Best Picture, Christian Colson
- Best Director, Danny Boyle
- Best Adapted Screenplay, Simon Beaufoy
- Best Cinematography, Anthony Dod Mantle
- Best Original Score, A. R. Rahman,
- Best Original Song – "Jai Ho", Music by A. R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar (lyricist)
- Best Film Editing, Chris Dickens
- Best Sound Mixing, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, and Ian Tapp
Images for kids
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Danny Boyle directed the film
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Stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
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See also
In Spanish: Slumdog Millionaire para niños
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