Introducing Slumdog Millionaire - page 2

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Salim Malik - Madhur Mittal

Is Jamal's older brother and hungers for wealth and power.  After being taken in by Maman Salim rebels against the gangster in a bid to protect his brother they, along with Lakita, attempt to escape but Lakita is re-captured.

After making a living pickpocketing Jamal insists that they return to Mumbai to find Lakita. When they find her dancing in a brothel they attempt to rescue her but Maman intrudes, and in the resulting conflict Salim draws a gun and kills Maman.

Salim then uses the fact that he killed Maman to obtain a job with Javed, a rival crime lord. Salim claims Latika as his own. Salim ends up a high ranking lieutenant in Javed's organisation.

Lakita - Freida Pinto

Orphaned girl Lakita is befriended by Jamal and Salim when they are children and all three are taken in by gangster Maman.

When they try to escape from Maman only Jamal and Salim get away and Lakita is re-captured and raised as a culturally talented prostitute whose virginity will fetch a high price.

After dancing in a brothel Lakita ends up marring violent crime lord Javid and is attacked by his men when she tries to escape with Jamal.

Maman - Ankur Vikal

Maman, a gangster who runs an orphanage and then uses the children to beg and bring in money as well as grooming children to become part of his operation.

Prem Kumar - Anil Kapoor

The show's host Prem Kumar has little sympathy for this rags-to-riches contestant.  Having clawed his own way up from the streets, Prem doesn't like the prospect of sharing the Millionaire limelight, and refuses to believe that a kid from the slums could know all the answers.

When the show runs out of time and breaks for the night, Prem already has the police waiting outside the studio to arrest Jamal, who he is sure must be cheating.

Slumdog Millionaire is released 9th January

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