The name of what literary swashbuckler is the answer to the final question in the Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire?
Slumdog Millionaire free. Jamal's final question is the name of the third musketeer in "The Three Musketeers", which he never learned. Jamal uses his "Phone-A-Friend" lifeline to call Salim's phone, as it is the only phone number he knows. Latika answers the phone, and, while she does not know the answer, tells Jamal that she is safe. Relieved, Jamal arbitrarily picks Aramis, the right answer, and wins the grand prize. Javed hears Latika on the show and realises that Salim has betrayed him. He and his men break down the bathroom door but Salim kills Javed before he is shot, gasping, "God
Reactions from India and the Indian diaspora to Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog..., without taking away anything from Boyle and the kids. But, Indian movies are underestimated there." Filmmaker Mrinal Sen also questioned whether winning the Oscar qualifies "Slumdog Millionaire" as a good film, stating that other great cinematic performers and filmmakers have not won the Oscar. Director and filmmaker Priyadarshan criticized "Slumdog Millionaire" as a "mediocre version of those commercial films about estranged brothers and childhood sweethearts that Salim-Javed used to write so brilliantly in the 1970s." He also stated that he viewed the film at the Toronto Film Festival and that "the Westerners loved it. All the Indian[s] hated it.