Suspicious of a chai wallah’s success, the police torture him, demanding to know how he cheated. Jamal’s defense is the film’s spine: He isn't a genius. He isn't a cheater. He simply knows the answers because every question is a trauma trigger, a memory of his brutal life with his older brother Salim and the love of his life, Latika.
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But hold on. The final question is the "Three Musketeers" (Aramis, Athos, Porthos... and D'Artagnan). Jamal doesn't know the answer. He uses his "Phone a Friend" lifeline to call the only phone number he knows: Salim’s phone. Salim is dead, but Latika answers. She doesn’t know the answer either. She guesses "D. D'Artagnan." Jamal guesses "D." Suspicious of a chai wallah’s success, the police
Does the film care about the children of Dharavi, or does it use them as set dressing for a Western fairy tale? He simply knows the answers because every question
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