The time period is modern day India. The movie starts out with a question. The question is in the form of a trivia: Jamal is one question away from winning 20 repees.
How did he do it?
A. He cheated
B. He is lucky.
C. He is a genius
D. It is his destiny
At the end of the movie the correct answer is given, D. It is his destiny. The definition of destiny is;
des·ti·ny (d
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st-n) n. pl. des·ti·nies
1. The inevitable or necessary fate to which a particular person or thing is destined; one's lot.
2. A predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control:
3. The power or agency thought to predetermine events: Destiny brought them together
Traditional Indian cultural and thinking on "destiny" plays an important part in the movie. All the events that have brought Jamal to the climax of the movie, which is being a contestant on "Who wants to be a Millionaire", are based on that Jamal and Latika are destined to be together. Jamal knows this from an early age. His brother and he refer to themselves as the two musketeers. Jamal acknowledges that Latika is the third musketeer. The last trivia question that Jamal is presented with, to win all the money, is "What is the name of the third Musketeer?" He learned the name of the first two musketeers, but never learned the name of the third. So he has one last life-line and it is a phone call. The call is made. It so happens that Latika has his brother's phone and she answers. Neither of them know the answer, but she tells him which one to choose, and of course, it is the correct answer.
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