How did Jamal know the last answer?

Jamal reveals that he does not know the answer, but he decides to play anyway because he has that can-do spirit. Using his final "phone-a-friend" lifeline, he calls the only number he knows: his brother's. However he's shocked to discover that it's not Salim on the other line, but Latika.
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How does Prem give Jamal an answer Slumdog Millionaire?

Back on set, Prem, shrouded in shadows, whispers to Jamal: "Do the right thing in approximately three minutes, and you will be as famous as me. And as rich as me." He smiles. "Almost."
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Does Jamal get last question right?

Kumar attempts to trick Jamal by feeding him the wrong answer to the penultimate question. However, Jamal uses his 50/50 lifeline and answers correctly, raising suspicion that he is cheating. When the episode ends, Jamal is arrested.
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What is ironic about the final question in Slumdog Millionaire?

The Three Musketeers returns for one last encore in the movie's climax, in the form of Jamal's final question on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. In a moment of irony, Jamal is asked the name of the third musketeer, after Athos and Porthos—a piece of information that Jamal never actually learned.
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Who answers when Jamal calls during the last question of the game show?

43 Jamal called Salim using the 'Phone a Friend' lifeline for the final question. Instead of Salim, Latika answered the phone and assured him she was safe.
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Whether Jamal answered the last question right to become a millionaire



Did Salim sleep with Latika?

Salim raped Latika the night that he and Jamal rescued her from Maman. Its heavily implied but never confirmed that the reason why Salim wanted Jamal out of the room was because that he wanted Latika. After all, earlier he does seem to be attracted to her when she is in dancing for the advert for Maman.
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Is Jamal Malik a real person?

Jamal Malik is a fictional contestant and the main character of the film Slumdog Millionaire. He is portrayed by Dev Patel as an adult, by Ayush Mahesh Khedekar as a child, and by Tanay Chheda as a teenager.
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Why do they blind the kid in Slumdog?

Their anger centres on a scene in which an Indian boy is intentionally blinded by gangsters so that he can earn more as a beggar.
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Who is the third musketeer Slumdog Millionaire?

In Slumdog Millionaire, Jamal Malik's final question was to correctly identify the name of the third musketeer- which was Aramis. Jamal did so and won twenty million rupees.
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What does Latika say to Jamal on the phone?

A flurry of images fly across the screen as Jamal speaks with Latika; Javed realizes Latika is gone, as Salim makes rupees rain into a bathtub, echoing the intro image. The phone call is quick; she says she's safe, but that she doesn't know the answer. "You really are on your own now, Jamal." But Jamal isn't fazed.
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Why did Jamal go on the game show?

Jamal's motive for going on the show is to attract the attention of Latika, with whom he has lost contact (despite her being in the custody of his brother Salim). As in the book, he gets the money and the girl.
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Who was chasing Jamal?

It's revealed by Kendra that Noel had been stalking Jamal because he was trying to recruit him for a job at his company. Kendra reveals that she's the lead intern at Noel's company. Jamal accepts Noel's job offer and decides that he will skip out on college and work for Noel.
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What does Jamal do with the money?

In season 1, Jamal becomes fascinated with the story of RollerWorld and, after being encouraged by Abuelita, takes it upon himself to investigate. Jamal eventually finds the money, which is $250,000 worth of marked bills that he discovers is buried beneath the football field.
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Who was the star in the 1973 hit film Zanjeer explain why Jamaal knows the answer?

Who was the star of the 1973 hit film "Zanjeer"? Amitabh Bachchan. Bachchan became the "angry young man" of Bollywood cinema with his performance there as an honest police inspector.
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Why does Salim let go of Latika?

He leaves after Latika convinces him to go away so he wouldn't get hurt. Maman's men track Salim and Latika to the hotel and they are forced to flee. With that, both are seperated from Jamal for many years.
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Why was Slumdog Millionaire so successful?

Produced on a shoestring budget, Slumdog was destined to go straight to DVD until a US distributor intuited its potential and released it in the US. Through word-of-mouth and Web 2.0-enabled viral marketing, this sleeper film became a mega-hit worldwide.
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Was D Artagnan real?

D'Artagnan, a protagonist of The Three Musketeers (published 1844, performed 1845) by Alexandre Dumas père. The character was based on a real person who had served as a captain of the musketeers under Louis XIV, but Dumas's account of this young, impressionable, swashbuckling hero must be regarded as primarily fiction.
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Who is the fourth musketeer?

The principal characters in the Alexandre Dumas novel The Three Musketeers and its sequels once D'Artagnan is added as the fourth musketeer.
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Was Musketeers a real regiment?

The Regiment of Musketeers were formed in France in 1622, as part of King Louis XIII's personal bodyguard.
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Is there any truth to Slumdog Millionaire?

He was dubbed the real Slumdog millionaire after he became the first person to win the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Like the hero of the Oscar-winning film, Sushil Kumar used his wits to win a fortune - but one year on, his life has changed only a little.
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How was Slumdog Millionaire received in India?

The film received positive reviews from many Indian film critics, though some were negative and others mixed. According to All Bollywood, the film has an average rating of 81% based on an aggregate of 25 reviews from Indian film critics.
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Where is the Slumdog Millionaire now?

The two child stars of the movie, Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, still live in Mumbai's slums. Just like they did in the movie. Both children were found places in a local school and receive £20 a month for books and food.
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What means Slumdog?

Noun. slumdog (plural slumdogs) In India, a person who lives in the slums of cities. quotations ▼
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What is the meaning behind Slumdog Millionaire?

It tells the story, sorely needed in these times of economic despair, of a young man making good in spite of incredible odds. If Jamal Malik can overcome such severe handicaps of birth and circumstance, the film conveys, then despair is unwarranted.
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Why does Salim fill the bathtub with money?

Salim chose the way he wanted to die. He knows that if he didn't go now, there was trouble waiting for him so he chose to lay in a bathtub full of money because that's the way he wanted to go. He wrote his own destiny.
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