The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Kaun Banega Crorepati?" (2000) (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.
Dev Patel | Jamal K. Malik |
Anil Kapoor | Prem Kapur |
Jamal K. Malik | |
Saurabh Shukla | Sergeant Srinivas |
Sergeant Srinivas | |
Rajendranath Zutshi | Director |
director | |
Jeneva Talwar | Vision Mixer |
Vision Mixer | |
Freida Pinto | Latika |
Latika | |
Irrfan Khan | Police Inspector |
Police Inspector | |
Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail | Youngest Salim |
Youngest Salim | |
Youngest Jamal | |
Ayush Mahesh Khedekar | Youngest Jamal |
Airport Security Guard | |
Jira Banjara | Airport Security Guard |
Javed | |
Sheikh Wali | Airport Security Guard |
Jamal's Mother | |
Mahesh Manjrekar | Javed |
Sanchita Choudhary | Jamal's Mother |
Mr Nanda | |
Himanshu Tyagi | Mr Nanda |
Prakash | |
Sharib Hashmi | Prakash |
Irrfan | Police Inspector |
Virendra Chatterjee | Slum Man |
Mr Chi | |
Feroze Khan | Amitabh Bachchan |
Man on Fire | |
Sunil Kumar Agrawal | Mr Chi |
Youngest Latika | |
Maman | |
Virender Kumar | Man on Fire (as Virender Kumar Gharu) |
Devesh Rawal | Blue Boy |
Punnoose | |
Rubina Ali | Youngest Latika |
Middle Jamal | |
Ankur Vikal | Maman |
Middle Salim | |
Middle Latika | |
Tiger | Punnoose |
Older Salim | |
Chirag Parmar | Young Arvind |
Nazneen Shaikh | Baby |
Farzana Ansari | Latika's Friend |
Anupam Shyam | Old Villager |
Salim Chaus | Ticket Collector |
Singh Shera Family | Family in Train |
Harvinder Kaur | Family in Train |
Narendra Singh Bhati | Family in Train |
Tanay Chheda | Middle Jamal |
Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala | Middle Salim |
Satya Mudgal | Taj Mahal Guide |
Janet de Vigne | Ada |
William Relton | Peter |
David Gilliam | Clark |
Mia Drake Inderbitzin | Adele |
Kinder Singh | Driver |
Christine Matovich Singh | Opera Singer |
Thomas Lehmkuhl | Opera Singer |
Siddesh Patil | Older Arvind |
Najma Shaikh | Woman at Brothel |
Saeeda Shaikh | Woman at Brothel |
Alka Satpute | Woman at Brothel |
Tabassum Khan | Woman at Brothel |
Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar | Middle Latika |
Sitaram Panchal | Dance Teacher |
Nigel Caesar | Hotel Security Guard |
Ajit Pandey | Javed's Goon |
Kedar Thapar | Javed's Goon |
Amit Leonard | Javed's Goon |
Rajesh Kumar | Javed's Goon |
Sagar Ghopalkar | Javed's Goon |
Pradeep Solanki | Javed's Goon |
Abdul Hamid Sheikh | Javed's Goon |
Dheeraj Waghela | Javed's Goon |
Shruti Seth | Call Centre Instructor (as Shruti S Seth) |
Arfi Lamba | Bardi |
Taira Colah | Nasreen |
Varun Bagri | Call Centre Trainee |
Ankur Tewari | Dave |
Anjum Sharma | Operator |
Madhur Mittal | Older Salim |
Sarfaraz Khan | Autorickshaw Driver |
Syed Fazal Hussain | Autorickshaw Driver (as Syed Hussain) |
Umar Khan | Autorickshaw Driver (as Umer Khan) |
Imran Hasnee | Javed's House Doorkeeper |
Homai Billimoria | KBC Contestant |
Udayan Baijal | Cricket Commentator |
Sandeep Kaul | Floor Manager |
Rufee Ahmed | Double for Irrfan Khan |
Rhea Lawyer | TV Reporter |
Deepali Dalvi | Dancer at Javed's Safehouse |
Anisha Nagar | Dancer at Javed's Safehouse |
Farrah Shaikh | Dancer at Javed's Safehouse |
Mamta Sharma | Dancer at Javed's Safehouse |