The 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire centers on Jamal Malik's incredible millionaire run on the Indian version of the TV quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Despite his lack of formal education, Jamal, a “slum dog” from the poor streets of Mumbai, is able to answer each of the difficult questions posed to him during the game show. With only one application to win 20 million rupees, the show stops for the evening and Jamal is arrested by the local police on charges of cheating. He is interrogated, and over the course of the interrogation, flashbacks detail events in his life that explain how he came to know the answers to the questions he was asked. Main characters who play substantial roles in Jamal's life are introduced through flashbacks; most importantly, his older brother Salim, his lifelong love Latika, and Maman, a criminal who deceives children into believing she is a father figure and saving grace. The film follows Jamal, Salim and Latika from early childhood to adolescence and, finally, to old age....