Slumdog Millionaire!

Today in class we watched slumdog millionaire. We began to see what the movie was going to be about. We learned about the main character, Jamal Malik. Him and his brother lived a hard life. The movie has a lot of flashbacks. Jamal is on a game show and they think that he has cheated. The show is Who Wants to be a Millionaire. The people are investigating. We looked up two terms before watching the movie.

- A shanty town which is is a slum settlement.
- Kaun Banega Crorepati  (popularly known as KBC) is an Indian reality/game show based on the UK game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? which offers a maximum cash prize of $1 million.

1. Mumbai:
-  The population is 18 million, projected to reach 28.5 million by 2020.
- Marathi, Hindi and English are the main languages.
- Mumbai is the capital of the state of Maharashtra.
- Bombay was renamed Mumbai in 1996.
- Mumbai's literacy rate is 85.6%. Females: 82.7% Males: 90%. India over all is 65.4%.
- Tropical Climate
- Commercial and entertainment capital of India.
- 2 out of 3 people are Hindu
- Musliums are 1 out of 5
- 15% are Christians
2. Dharavi:
-is a slum and administrative ward, over parts of Sion, Bandra, Kurla and Kalina suburbs of Mumbai, India.
3. Shantytown:
 - It is a slum settlement of impoverished people who live in improvised dwellings made from scrap materials: often plywood, corrugated metal, and sheets of plastic.
4. How many poeple live in shanty twon world wide?
- One billion people worldwide live in slums and the figure will likely grow to 2 billion by 2030.
5. How much is a rupee worth in the U.S?
- In America 1 rupee is worth .02 dollars.1 dollar in America=48.47 repee's.
6. Who is Amitabh Bachchan?
-   Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad. He is an Indian film actor and producer.
7. What is Bollywood?
- Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India