(1) After winning the Oscar® for Best Picture at the 81st Academy Awards®, Slumdog Millionaire stars Madhur Mittal, 22,(L) and Taney Chheda,12, (R) ride the rollercoaster at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. (2) After winning the Oscar® for Directing and Best Picture at the 81st Academy Awards®, Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle (R) takes direction from Taney Chheda (L) as they enjoy the SIG Alert EV bumper cars at Pacific Park (3) Slumdog Millionaire star Madhur Mittal rides the SIG Alert EV bumper cars at Pacific Park (4 ) Slumdog Millionaire star Taney Chheda rides the SIG Alert EV bumper cars at Pacific Park (5) Oscar winning director Danny Boyle rides the SIG Alert EV bumper cars at Pacific Park (6) Oscar winning director Danny Boyle and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail ride the roller coaster together at Pacific Park. (7) Slumdog Millionaire star Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, 15, (left) Tanay Chheda, 12, ride the Gyro Loop at Pacific Park (8,9) Slumdog Millionaire star Madhur Mittal, 22, (right) and Rubiana Ali, 9, ride the Gyro Loop at Pacific Parkon Tuesday, February 24, 2009.
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle, co-directed by Loveleen Tandan and written by Simon Beaufoy. It is an adaptation of the Boeke Prize-winning and Commonwealth Writers' Prize-nominated novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup.
Set and filmed in India, Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a young man from the slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and exceeds people's expectations. He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers.
Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won eight, the most for any film that year, including Best Picture. It also won five Critics' Choice Awards, four Golden Globes, and seven BAFTA Awards, including Best Film.