MUMBAI, India (CNN) -- Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor has been catapulted into the global spotlight for his award-winning performance as creepy quiz show host Prem Kumar in the smash hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire." Anil Kapoor: "Slumdog Millionaire is like my story." Kapoor talks to CNN's "My City, My Life" about "Slumdog", his hometown of Mumbai, his own rags to riches rise to stardom and how the recent terror attacks affected the city. CNN: - Did you grow up in Mumbai? Anil Kapoor: I was born in Mumbai, in a suburb named Chembur. In my neighborhood the kids never wore shoes, we always had bare feet. I remember my parents asking me to wear shoes to go and play, but usually I would forget.
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Anil Kapoor played quiz show host Kumar in hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire"
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"Slumdog is like my story. I also went from rags to riches," says Kapoor
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He lives in Mumbai: "The city is pulsating, like a roller coaster" he says
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Kapoor says: "Slumdog is very real -- nothing is exaggerated or downplayed"
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