Directed by Danny Boyle Loveleen Tandan Written by Simon Beaufoy   Vikas Swarup   Cast Dev Patel ... Older Jamal Saurabh Shukla ... Sergeant Srinivas Anil Kapoor ... Prem Raj Zutshi ... Director Jeneva Talwar ... Vision Mixer Freida Pinto ... Older Latika Irrfan Khan ... Police Inspector Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail ... Youngest Salim Ayush Mahesh Khedekar ... Youngest Jamal Jira Banjara ... Airport Security Guard (as Hira Banjara) Sheikh Wali ... Airport Security Guard Mahesh Manjrekar ... Javed Sanchita Choudhary ... Jamal's Mother Himanshu Tyagi ... Mr Nanda Sharib Hashmi ... Prakash Virendra Chatterjee ... Slum Man Feroze Khan ... Amitabh Bachchan Sunil Kumar Agrawal ... Mr. Chi (as Sunil Aggarwal) Virender Kumar ... Man on Fire (as Virender Kumar Gharu) Devesh Rawal ... Blue Boy Rubina Ali ... Youngest Latika Ankur Vikal ... Maman Tiger ... Punnoose Chirag Parmar ... Young Arvind Nazneen Shaikh ... Baby Farzana Ansari ... Latika's Friend Anupam Shyam ... Old Villager Salim Chaus ... Ticket Collector Singh Shera Family ... Family in Train Harvinder Kaur ... Family in Train Narendra Singh Bhati ... Family in Train (as Narendra Singh) Tanay Chheda ... Middle Jamal (as Tanay Hemant Chheda) Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala ... Middle Salim Satya Mudgal ... Taj Mahal Guide Janet de Vigne ... Ada / Mrs MacKintosh William Relton ... Peter David Gilliam ... Clark Mia Drake ... Adele (as Mia Inderbitzin) Kinder Singh ... Driver Christine Matovich Singh ... Opera Singer Thomas Lehmkuhl ... Opera Singer Siddesh Patil ... Older Arvind Najma Shaikh ... Woman at Brothel Saeeda Shaikh ... Woman at Brothel Alka Satpute ... Woman at Brothel Tabassum Khan ... Woman at Brothel Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar ... Middle Latika Sitaram Panchal ... Dance Teacher Nigel Caesar ... Hotel Security Guard Ajit Pandey ... Javed's Goon Kedar Thapar ... Javed's Goon Amit Leonard ... Javed's Goon Rajesh Kumar ... Javed's Goon Sagar Ghopalkar ... Javed's Goon Pradeep Solanki ... Javed's Goon Abdul Hamid Shaikh ... Javed's Goon (as Hamid Sheikh) Dheeraj Waghela ... Javed's Goon Shruti Seth ... Call Centre Instructor (as Shruti S Seth) Arfi Lamba ... Bardi Taira Colah ... Nasreen Varun Bagri ... Call Centre Trainee Ankur Tewari ... Dave Anjum Sharma ... Operator Madhur Mittal ... Older Salim Sarfaraz Khan ... Autorickshaw Driver Syed Fazal Hussain ... Autorickshaw Driver (as Syed Hussain) Umar Khan ... Autorickshaw Driver (as Umer Khan) Imran Hasnee ... Javed's House Doorkeeper Homai Billimoria ... KBC Contestant Udayan Baijal ... Cricket Commentator Sandeep Kaul ... Floor Manager Rufee Ahmed ... Double for Irrfan Khan Rhea Lawyer ... TV Reporter Deepali Dalvi ... Dancer at Javed's Safehouse Anisha Nagar ... Dancer at Javed's Safehouse Farrah Shaikh ... Dancer at Javed's Safehouse Mamta Sharma ... Dancer at Javed's Safehouse Neha M. Khatarawalla ... Dancer at Javed's Safehouse Tanya Singh ... Newsreader Anand Tiwari ... Newsreader Faezeh Jalali ... Newsreader Meghana Jhalani ... Newsreader Rupali Mehra ... Newsreader Anju Singh ... Newsreader Saurabh Agarwal ... Call Centre Manager Mark Boucher ... Self - South African Cricketer (archive footage) Andre Nel ... Self - South African Cricketer (archive footage) Yuvraj Singh ... Self - Indian Cricketer (archive footage) Sachin Tendulkar ... Self - Indian Cricketer (archive footage) Uncredited Cast Amitabh Bachchan ... Self (archive footage) Produced by Christian Colson   François Ivernel   Ivana MacKinnon   Cameron McCracken   Tabrez Noorani   Paul Ritchie   Tessa Ross   Paul Smith   Original Music by A.R. Rahman

Additional Info Premiere: August 30, 2008 Theatrical Release: January 23, 2009 DVD Release: March 31, 2009 Blu-ray Release: March 31, 2009 Countries: Distributor: Fox Searchlight Websites: Production Companies Celador Films Film4 Searchlight Pictures Warner Bros. Pathé Distributors Searchlight Pictures   (2008) (USA) (theatrical) Twentieth Century Fox   (2008) (USA) (theatrical) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2009) (USA) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2009) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Disney Media Distribution (DMD)   (2020-) (USA) (TV) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Home Box Office (HBO)   (2009) (USA) (TV) ION Television   (2012) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.2 / 10 Our Rating 6.4 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.4 / 10 Female Users 5.4 / 10 Site Ranking #116 / 20,704 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 2 total ratings Almost Perfect 2 total ratings Average 2 total ratings Site Ranking #112 Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) #113 Iron Man 3 (2013) #114 Scarface (1983) #115 A Clockwork Orange (1971) #116 Slumdog Millionaire (2008) #117 Spider-Man (2002) #118 Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) #119 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) #120 Iron Man 2 (2010)