Slumdog Millionaire

Awards

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Trivia

Album

• While accepting the Oscar for Best Original Score for this film, A.R. Rahman dedicated the award to his mother saying "Mere paas Ma hai" ("I have mother" in Hindi), the famous line from the film "Deewaar" (1975).[1]
• The lead character of this film was asked in a quiz to identify the poet who wrote the song "Darshan Do Ghansyham" and answered Surdas. The quizmaster accepted the answer. In reality, the song was written by Gopal Singh Nepali, inspired by the words of the poet Narsinh Mehta, for the film "Narsi Bhagat" (1957). The composer of the song, Ravi, sued the makers of the film for Rs. 20 crores for using the song in the film without permission. Gopal Singh Nepali's son, Nakul Singh Nepali, also sued the filmmaker's for Rs. 5 crores for defamation/loss of reputation of his father.[2]
• This film is based on Vikas Swarup's debut novel "Q & A".

Song

• Jai Ho - It was Interscope Records' Jimmy Iovine's idea to make the Pussycat Dolls version of this song. This version was released separately as a single.
• Jai Ho - Gulzar had originally written this song for the film "Yuvvraaj" (2008). The director of "Yuvvraaj" (2008), Subhash Ghai, had thought that the song's lyrics were too refined for the film and asked him to write another song instead. A.R. Rahman had then sought Ghai's permission to use the song in this film. When Ghai agreed, Gulzar made a few changes to the lyrics and Rahman then recorded it.[3][4]

1. ^ Deewaar (1975)
2. ^ Darshan Do Ghanshyam (Narsi Bhagat, 1957)
3. ^ Gulzar interview
4. ^ Yuvvraaj (2008)