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Slumdog millionaire : [screenplay]

The novel opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, India, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all twelve questions on India's biggest quiz show, Who Will Win a Billion? It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school could win such a contest. But through a series of exhilarating tales Ram explains to his lawyer how episodes in his life gave him the answer to each question.

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  • "Q and A"
  • "Q and A"@en
  • "Slumpdog millionaire"
  • "Slumdog Millionaire"
  • "Q & A"
  • "Slum dog millionaire"@en
  • "Slum dog millionaire"
  • "Slumdog millionaire"@en
  • "Slumdog millionaire : originally published as Q & A"@en
  • "Q [and] A"

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  • "The novel opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, India, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all twelve questions on India's biggest quiz show, Who Will Win a Billion? It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school could win such a contest. But through a series of exhilarating tales Ram explains to his lawyer how episodes in his life gave him the answer to each question."@en
  • "Eighteen-year-old Ram Mohammad Thomas is in prison after answering twelve questions correctly on a TV quiz show to win one billion rupees. The producers have arrested him, convinced that he has cheated his way to victory."
  • "When an illiterate waiter takes the top prize on 'Who Will Win a Billion', becoming the biggest quiz show winner in Indian history, is anyone surprised that he is arrested for cheating? But who was to know that 18 years of street-life has equipped him with enough crucial wisdom to send him sailing through with not a single pass?"
  • "Ram Mohammad Thomas answers all the questions correctly on a TV quiz show and wins a billion rupees, but how does he know the answers? Slumdog Millionaire takes us through the major events of Ram's life, from his fight to survive in the slums of Mumbai and Delhi to his final act of love and revenge - and the amazin good fortune it brings!"
  • "Een arme Indiase jongeman doet mee aan een televisiequiz en wint een grote prijs."
  • "Arrested for unbelievably answering all twelve questions on the Indian game show, "Who Will Win a Billion?" semi-literate waiter Ram Mohammad Thomas explains to his lawyer how he knew the answers due to events in his personal life."
  • "Eighteen-year-old Ram Mohammad Thomas is in prison after answering twelve questions correctly on a TV quiz show to win one billion rupees. The producers have arrested him, convinced that he has cheated his way to victory. In his warm-hearted tale lies all the comedy, tragedy, joy and pathos of India."@en
  • ""Stunning a television audience of millions, Ram draws upon a store of street wisdom and accidental encounters that provides him with the essential keys not only to the quiz show but also to life itself."--Publisher description."
  • "Vikas Swarup's Slumdog Millionaire unfolds the story of Ram Thomas, an uneducated orphan from the slums of Mumbai, India. The story opens with authorities, unconvinced that a slumdog could answer all twelve questions correctly on India's biggest game show, Who Will Win a Billion?, holding Ram on suspicions of cheating. Enter Smita Shah, a lawyer bent on rescuing Ram. With Smita as his listener, Ram reveals how his life experiences gave him the needed answers to win."
  • "Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" When the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating. Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up. He describes their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Every chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible questions. When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers watch to find out if he can answer the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love."
  • "Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" When the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating. Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up. He describes their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Every chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible questions. When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers watch to find out if he can answer the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love."@en
  • ""Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's 'Who wants to be a millionaire'. Arrested in suspicion of cheating, he tells the police the incredible story of his life on the streets, and of the girl he loved and lost." [box cover note]."@en

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  • "Lehrmittel"
  • "Feature films"
  • "Roman indien (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise"
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Romantic suspense fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Fiction films"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Beispielsammlung"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Q & A : a novel : now filmed as Slumdog Millionaire"
  • "Slumdog Millionaire"
  • "Q & A : [the original novel]"
  • "Slumdog millionaire : [screenplay]"@en
  • "Slumdog millionaire : a novel"
  • "Slumdog millionaire : a novel"@en
  • "Q and A"@en
  • "Q and A"
  • "Q & A"
  • "Q & A"@en
  • "SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE"
  • "Slumdog millionaire (Motion picture)"
  • "Slumdog millionaire : originally published as Q & A"
  • "al-Milyūnayr al-mutasharrad = Slumdog millionaire"
  • "المليونير المتشرد = Slumdog millionaire"
  • "Slumdog millionaire"@en
  • "Slumdog millionaire"
  • "Q & A : a novel"
  • "Q & A : a novel"@en
  • "Slumdog millionaire : poios theli na ginei disekatommyriouchos"

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