Jamal Malik, a penniless 18-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, is one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s “<i>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?</i>” But when the show breaks for the night, suddenly, he is arrested on suspicion of cheating. After all, how could a former street kid with no formal education possibly know so much?

Determined to get to the bottom of Jamal’s story, a jaded Police Inspector spends the night probing Jamal’s incredible past - from his riveting tales of the slums, where he and his brother, Salim, survived by their wits, to his hair-raising encounters with local gangs, to his heartbreak over Latika, the unforgettable girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of Jamal’s increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show’s increasingly challenging questions.<br /><br />But one question remains a mystery: What is this young man, with no apparent desire for riches, really doing on the game show? When a new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the inspector and 60 million viewers are about to find out.