Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire movie poster for sale.

Featured here is a rare surviving original movie poster of the old 2008 British drama directed by Danny Boyle that starred Dev Patel, Freida Pinto and Anil Kapoor in key roles.

Produced by Christian Colson, Slumdog Millionaire (2008) also starred Irrfan Khan, Saurabh Shukla, Mahesh Manjrekar, Shruti Seth, Rajendranath Zutshi, Ankur Vikal and Mia Drake Inderbitzin in supporting roles.

Based on a novel written by Vikas Swarup called Q&A (2005), Slumdog Millionaire (2008) was a a sleeper hit, topping worldwide box office records for the year.

Slumdog Millionaire (2008) bagged a total of eight Academy Awards, becoming the fifteenth film in the history of world cinema to win at least eight Academy Awards.

It is considered the most successful British independent film of all time, making this Slumdog Millionaire movie poster, highly collectible!

Printed and circulated during the record breaking run of the film (somewhere in 2009), this Anil Kapoor poster was designed for publicity of the film’s successful completion of 50 days in Indian theaters, but never ended up being used.

This original Slumdog Millionaire movie poster features a stunning still photo of the lead couple, Dev Patel and Freida Pinto at the top. The two are seen celebrating, with confetti falling on them. The couple is flanked by close ups of actors Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan on the left and right respectively.

Several backup dancers are seen in the background dancing to the song “Jai Ho.” Dev Patel is seen again at the bottom in his character of a contestant on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Kaun Banega Crorepati) seated across the host of the game show, Anil Kapoor.

Typography used in this original Slumdog Millionaire movie poster is entirely in English, with the title appearing at the bottom. A line on the top of the poster announces the milestone run of the film as,”CELEBRATING 50 DAYS.” The subtitle of the film is seen written at the bottom: “BORN TO LOSE. DESTINED TO WIN.”

The soundtrack album of Slumdog Millionaire (2008) was composed by music maestro A.R. Rahman, while lyrics were written by Gulzar among others. It featured the chart topping hit, “Jai Ho” sung by Sukhwinder Singh, which won Best Original Song at the Academy Awards.