Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film, directed byDanny Boyle. This film is adapted from the famous novel name Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. It was the author 's first novel. Set in India, which tells the story of rags to riches. Slumdog Millionaire was widely celebrated, being praised for its plot, soundtrack and direction. As the novel, it was interpret into twenty-five languages for fifteen countries in the worldwide. This story is about an uneducated Indian boy who is able to answer every stage correctly, he is accused of cheating. He is arrested because he won the reward for ₹20 million (US$300,000) from a game show. He is detained and tortured by the police, who suspect him of cheating because of the impossibility of a simple "Slumdog" with very little education knowing all the answers. Thus, the boy recounts his history, illustrating how he is able to answer each question. Both of a novel and film reflect the dark side of India’s society. It narrates the story through characters’ difficult life in low society. Moreover, there are a lot of differences between the novel and film like plot, questions in the game and characters. Some detail in the novel is disappeared or adapted to be tighten for the film. About characters, the name of characters in the film are different from the novel. The main character in film, Indian boy, named Jamal Malik but in the book his name is Ram Mohammad Thomas. Ram