How does Salim redeem himself at the end of the film?

Salim, though, is usually only out to help himself. In the end, he has a lot of redemption when he chooses to help Latika find her way back to Jamal. He does a lot of unsavory things throughout the film, but in the end he does what's right and sacrifices himself for that.
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How does Jamal find Salim again?

We flash back again, as Jamal takes the elevator up into a high-rise (still under construction), where he finds Salim. Jamal fantasizes about tackling his brother off the building, but instead makes the much more reasonable decision to punch him in the face.
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What happens to Salim in Slumdog Millionaire?

Javed hears Latika on the show and realises that Salim betrayed him. He and his men break down the bathroom door but Salim kills Javed before he is shot and killed by the gang.
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What happens at the end of Slumdog Millionaire?

Salim kills Javed and is in turn killed by his men, Jamal answers the final question correctly, and Latika meets Jamal at the train station. The final scene, which takes place over the closing credits, is a Bollywood dance number performed to the song “Jai Ho.”
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Why did Salim let go of Latika hand?

The three 'musketeers' are trying to jump on a mobile train when Salim lets go of Latikas hand and they have to leave her behind. Salim tries to feed his brother that he tried all he could to hold on. Salim never had the guts to tell jamal the truth, that he had let go of her hand on purpose.
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Does Latika sleep with Salim?

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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Why does Salim fill the bathtub with money?

Salim's death Resigned to his fate, the sacrifice he has made for his childhood friend, Salim fills a bathtub with money, the only reward for the life of a gangster, and gets into the tub with a revolver, prepared to meet his fate.
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Is Slumdog Millionaire a real story?

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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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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What is the main message of Slumdog Millionaire?

Those born poor tend to remain less well-off, regardless of how smart or hardworking they might be. Jamal Malik succeeds through a combination of talent, hard work and sheer good fortune, but those with whom he grew up are condemned to less bountiful lives -- some turning to crime, others begging on Mumbai's streets.
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How did Salim convince Latika to take the baby?

How did Salim convince Latika to take the baby? He threatens to drop the baby.
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How did Jamal know the final answer Quora?

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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Who is Salim in Slumdog Millionaire?

Salim K. Malik is the main antagonist of Danny Boyle's 2008 Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionare. He is the older brother of Jamal Malik who overtime falls down a dark path of villainy after the many mishaps that face he and his brother following their mother's death.
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How did Jamal know surdas?

Thus, Jamal was able to remember that it was Surdas who originally wrote the song. Throughout Slumdog Millionaire, Jamal connects the memories of his life to the facts he knows to win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The memory he has of the boy being blinded is an episodic memory.
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Who are child beggars?

As per Section 2 (14) (ii) of the JJ Act,2015, a child who is found working in contravention of labour laws for the time being in force or is found begging, or living on the street is included as a “child in need of care and protection”, among others.
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Where do Jamal and his brother Salim sleep during the rains after they lose their mother and home?

She watches as a yellow van appears. Alarmed, she yells to Jamal and Salim, who are sleeping in a tent close by. They wake up only when a few men enter the tent, and pop open a couple sodas for the boys. The three go with the men in their van, arriving at a compound teeming with kids playing and laughing.
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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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What does Latika say to Jamal on the phone?

Latika says that she thought they could "meet only in death". Then Jamal embraces her and says that it is their destiny which has helped them meet and part only to meet over and over again. Latika then urges Jamal to kiss her.
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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 happened to Latika?

We learn that Salim passes Latika along as a trophy to his new boss, Javed Khan. She doesn't appear to have much freedom in this arrangement, but aside from the slumlord's abusive outbursts, she seems to be relatively safe. Jamal manages to find Latika in Javed's compound to convince her to escape with him.
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How old is Latika in Slumdog Millionaire?

She was nine years old when she got the role out of 1,500 children. In the film, Latika and her two friends, Jamal and Salim, live in Dharavi, one of the largest slums in Asia. It covers an area of 2 km² and is perhaps home to a million people, a third of whom are Muslim.
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How did Jamal get on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

A person working in this call center says that the telephone lines to answer the question that the host just asked are opened when he reaches a particular word in his dialogue. Jamal follows this tip and manages to make a call and then answer the question correctly. He got selected and made an entry in the game.
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Why did Salim and Latika leave Jamal?

As soon as they arrive at their hotel room, Salim orders Jamal to leave him and Latika alone. Jamal refuses and Salim pulls his gun on him. 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.
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Is Slumdog Millionaire Hollywood or Bollywood?

Slumdog Millionaire (SDM), which experienced marked global success (Lakshman, 2009). In an age when mass media transcend geographic barriers and blend cultural ideologies, SDM represents a seemingly Bollywood, although not technically Bollywood, production.
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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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