Slumdog Millionaire Themes

Poverty:
Slumdog Millionaire is about poverty and low class people in India who live in colonies called, “Slums”. The movie shows how poverty affects certain groups of people and how Pi came from complete poverty and prejudice to the top of his social class. The central theme of the movie is a mix of discrimination, racism, and poverty.

A second theme of being an underdog was shown throughly in the movie. When Jamal first entered the “Who wants to be a Millionaire” he was taken as a joke by the crowd and host. They thought he wasn’t smart because he worked as a Tea Server in a telemarketing building. Jamal proved them all wrong when he answered every question correctly with events that occured sometime in his life.
Some of the main themes throughout the film, Slumdog Millionaire, are trust and betrayal along with corruption and integrity.

The themes love, romance and Family are also a big part of the movie, by the way the two main characters are brothers (Jamal and Salim) and they lose there mother. Along with  Jamal falling in love with a girl and therefore adding some romantic aspects to the movie.