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Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British epic romantic drama

 adventure film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon

 Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is

 an adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author 

and diplomat Vikas Swarup. Set and filmed in India, the film

 tells the story of Jamal Malik, a young man from the Dharavi

 slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who 

Wants to Be a Millionaire? and exceeds people's

 expectations, thereby arousing the suspicions of the game 

show host and of law enforcement officials.

After its world premiere at Telluride Film Festival and later

 screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival and the 

London Film Festival, Slumdog Millionaire had a nationwide

 grand release in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2009 and

 in the United States on 12 November 2008.It premiered in

 Mumbai on 22 January 2009.

Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for 10 Academy Awards

 in 2009 and won eight, the most for any film of 2008, 

including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted 

Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA Awards (including Best

 Film), five Critics' Choice Awards, and four Golden Globes.