Real-Life ‘Slumdog Millionaire’: Man Wins Indian Game Show’s Top Prize A young man from one of India’s poorest regions won $1 million on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Hmm, where have we heard this one before? No you haven’t woken up in the year 2008 on the set of a Danny Boyle movie, though Sushil Kumar, from the eastern Indian state of Bihar, is pretty much living the plot of Slumdog Millionaire. The 27-year-old newlywed is the first person to win the top prize on India’s version of the game show and just like Dev Patel’s character in the Oscar-winning movie, Kumar is from an extremely poor area. According to the Guardian, he was making $120 a month as a computer operator for the government and tutored on the side to supplement his income. TIME 

Real-Life ‘Slumdog Millionaire’: Man Wins Indian Game Show’s Top Prize

A young man from one of India’s poorest regions won $1 million on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Hmm, where have we heard this one before?

No you haven’t woken up in the year 2008 on the set of a Danny Boyle movie, though Sushil Kumar, from the eastern Indian state of Bihar, is pretty much living the plot of Slumdog Millionaire. The 27-year-old newlywed is the first person to win the top prize on India’s version of the game show and just like Dev Patel’s character in the Oscar-winning movie, Kumar is from an extremely poor area. According to the Guardian, he was making $120 a month as a computer operator for the government and tutored on the side to supplement his income.

TIME 

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    Ooh looking forward to this one, saw the promo for it tonight during the Ram & Sakshi episode.
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