your questions answered ..

Rating: 10/10 (17 February 2009)

Many people have wondered how the lead character Dev Patel was able to answer the last question ... well they show it ..the master hitting the boy on his head with "3 musketeers" book .. calling the name of the third musketeer 'aramis' !
Thought I will attempt to answer some questions by user/author "wildsecks" on the previous page ..
Q) How did this kid learn to speak English so well when he lived in the slums of India and never learned to read?
A) The kid was attending school before his mother died in riots
Q)What happened to all of the questions between 16000 and 1000000? Since when is Millionaire a live show?
A)It was movie, we are not saying the movie is based on actual events.
Q)How did they all go from dark ugly kids to light studs at such a late age?
A) They have learnt the art of living, made money, grown up and now they know how to clean their bodies ..
Q)How did they all learn English?
A)The movie is meant to target the west(obviously for commercial reasons), the English speaking audience. Once the viewers mind is set that the show is set in India, it doesn't really matter, that they have to speak Hindi. (Most illiterates in most cities(in India) do understand English and do speak English if not perfect)
Q)How did the girl learn how to drive with an abusive husband?
A)The point is she has to escape, the car was given to her, for her to leave the mobile phone in the car. Also the point is Jamaal, who is about to get the millions is still thinking about her. They wanted to build some tension for the viewers, for the money we paid :)
Q)Why did the brother want to die in a bathtub of money rather than escaping himself?
A) the gangster who had miserable life as child, he found dignity in dying in a pool of money, his achievement.
Q)How did the main character even find the chick in the mansion (why was he even following his brother?)?
A) he was following his brother, coz he believed Latika is not gone, even though his brother tried to save his embarrassment for keepign her It was all about how we feel about each other ..
Q)The second time he came banging on the mansion doors, what was his actual plan if someone had answered the door? I'm supposed to believe this is a smart kid?
A) May be this was 10th attempt, each at different part of the day, with different secuirty personnel in their shift.
Q)Did I mention how did they learn English? How were they able to give tours of the Taj Mahal? How many shoes could they possibly have sold?
A)I know some people who are illiterates, but do speak good English. One can speak language by getting used to it .. though one cannot write
Q)Since when do people tip with $100 bills, and this AFTER the people themselves have been robbed?
A)The kid was winning .. he wanted to snap his host .. for making fun of him that if he has even seen a dollar bill .. again mumbai/delhi in a global village, the dollar is no rarity ..
Q)Why did Amitabh Bachan play himself, but Anil Kapoor didn't? Why was the host such an ass to begin with?
A)The 'amitabh' at the helicopter is not the actual Amitabh, but his look alike. The host envied the success of the boy, coz the host himself took, 30/40 years to succeed and become a millionaire.When the boy was winning, he could not believe that it can be so easy .. then he suspects .. lays a trap ..
Q) Why are all of the questions laid out in the same exact chronological order as his life?
A) well its a story, a bit of incongruity acceptable for entertainment, it may still happen to one in a 20 million .. :)