What's the Difference between Q & A the Book and Slumdog Millionaire the Movie?

Drama

Q & A

57%
Released: 2005
Author: Vikas Swarup

Slumdog Millionaire

43%
Released: 2009
Director: Danny Boyle
Characters
Add/Edit a Character
Enter the Characters Name:
In the Book In the Movie
Ram Mohammed Thomas.
Jamal Malik
Portrayed by: Dev Patel
Nita
Latika
Portrayed by: Freida Pinto
Slumdog Millionaire Book vs Movie
Add/Edit a Difference
This Spoils the Ending
In the Book In the Movie
   The main character meets his love when he is a teenager, and she is a prostitute. They meet as young children.
   The main character is relating the events that led to him knowing the answers to his lawyer. He is telling it to a cop.
   The main character hopes to win money on the show so he can pay to have his girlfriend released from her pimp. He goes on the show so he can make contact with Latika because he knows she watches it daily.
   Salim is a Bollywood actor. He is a gangster and gets killed in the end.
   Ram calls an English professor that he befriended for his phone a friend and got the answer to a question about Shakespeare. Jamal knows the answer but uses his phone call to call Salim. It is the only phone number he knows.
   Salim and Ram are both orphans who are not related. Jamal and Salim are brothers.
   Ram works for a Bollywood actress. He works in a Call Center.
   The host of the show is an actor that Ram knew, and who abused his girlfriend. He wanted revenge. The host is an actor, but he has no previous relationship to Jamal.
   Ram goes on a fictional game show called, "Who Will Win A Billion?" It is the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?"
   Ram is older than Salim. Salim is older than Jamal.
   In the book, Ram Mohammed Thomas is an orphan and is collected in a church. And , a monk gaves his name Ram Mohammed Thomas, what influences the name of three religion. In the movie, Jamal Malik is brother with Salim, and his mother is killed during a war of Bombay riots.
1 2 3   Next  View All


Login or Register
You'll Need to be logged in to do that!
Login to your Account or Create an Account
User Name: Username:
Password: Password:
Verify Password:
Email Address:
(Not Required)

Featured Comparison

The Spectacular Now


58 differences

The Most differences

How Many?
The 5th Wave 55
A Dog's Purpose 51
The Lucky One 50
Footloose 43
Serena 42
View All Comparisons