History Film / SlumdogMillionaire

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Salim's StartOfDarkness is killing [[spoiler:Maman, the evil child slaver.]]

* BellyDancer: Latika wears a midriff-revealing outfit and a lot of {{Jewelry}} when she is [[HighClassCallgirl rented]] for the first time when Jamal finds her after being separated from her.

* ActorAllusion: Prem says that he is a former winner. His actor Anil Kapoor was a guest on the real show and won 5 million Rupees.

* BigBadEnsemble: There are plenty of different horrible people who stand in Jamal's way but Maman and later Javed Khan are the ones who qualify for this being crime bosses. [[spoiler: In the third act, even [[TheHeavy Salim]] qualifies, as he has become a gangster and a more personal antagonist towards his own brother and Latika]].

* BoomerangBigot: Perm actively looks down upon Jamal for coming from the slums despite the fact that [[spoiler: he grew up there too]].

* ImagineSpot: When Jamal meets his brother again after a few years, he imagines [[spoiler:rushing him off the roof and killing them both]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Salim's StartOfDarkness is killing [[spoiler:Maman, the evil child slaver]].

* RagsToRiches: Subverted since [[spoiler: Jamal doesn't really care about winning the money, he just goes on the show in order to find Latika]].

* WouldHurtAChild: Maman [[spoiler:blinds the kidnapped children with acid]].

* LastStand: [[spoiler:Salim in a bathtub filled with money.]] Two reasons; [[spoiler:it gives him a chance to get the drop on whoever was coming in first(likely his boss) as they take a few seconds to try and figure out what's going on, and if he has to go out, he'd prefer to go out in a manner people are going to talk about for ''years''.]]

''Slumdog Millionaire'' is a 2008 British drama film directed by Creator/DannyBoyle, based on the novel ''Literature/QAndA'' by Vikas Swarup.

Jamal Malik (Creator/DevPatel) is on the verge of winning 20 million rupees on the Indian version of ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''. There's just one problem: he's a "slumdog," working at a minimum wage job, and nobody can see how he knew ''any'' of the answers. As they go through each question, he shows how events in his childhood and life contributed to his knowing almost every single one.

->'''Latika:''' You've seen me. [[AndThenWhat Now what?]]

* BellyDancer: Latika wears a [[BareYourMidriff midriff-revealing outfit]] and a lot of {{Jewelry}} when she is [[HighClassCallgirl rented]] for the first time when Jamal finds her after being separated from her.

''Slumdog Millionaire'' is a 2008 film directed by Creator/DannyBoyle, based on the novel ''Literature/QAndA'' by Vikas Swarup.

Jamal Malik is on the verge of winning 20 million rupees on the Indian version of ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''. There's just one problem: he's a "slumdog," working at a minimum wage job, and nobody can see how he knew ''any'' of the answers. As they go through each question, he shows how events in his childhood and life contributed to his knowing almost every single one.

Please note, that apart from the dance number at the end, this is not a UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film. It's a Western movie made in Mumbai. It does, however, have several references to Indian culture and Bollywood movies--including songs that have been used in other movies, a credits sequence made to look like old-fashioned movie posters and a reference to legendary Indian film actor Creator/AmitabhBachchan, though it only uses a total of two well-known Bollywood actors in the film. (One of them is Creator/IrrfanKhan, who plays the police inspector that interrogates Jamal.)

* JeopardyIntelligenceTest: The Who Wants to be a Millionaire game show, which shows that Jamal has a very, very good memory to know the answer to every question.

* {{Determinator}}: Jamal.

Please note, that apart from the dance number at the end, this is not a UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film. It's a Western movie made in Mumbai. It does, however, have several references to Indian culture and Bollywood movies--including songs that have been used in other movies, a credits sequence made to look like old-fashioned movie posters and a reference to legendary Indian film actor Creator/AmitabhBachchan, though it only uses a total of two well-known Bollywood actors in the film.

* NeutralFemale: Latika, especially when they're kids and Jamal and Salim are fighting.