Sushil Kumar becomes real world Slumdog Millionaire

The Academy Award-winning movie “Slumdog Millionaire” told the story of a youthful Indian man who grows up incredibly poor and wins a lot on a show. Sushil Kumar, a 27-year-old, has become an overnight sensation for having reality surpass fiction. Source of arti-cle: Slumdog Millionaire comes true for Sushil Kumar on game show

Film inspired by male winning prize

The old law about “art emulating life” has been heard by many people, but it is something the oppo-site. The plot of the 2008 Danny Boyle movie “Slumdog Millionaire” quite much came to life by a youthful Indian man. The film is all about a poor Indian man. He goes on “Who Wants to Be a Million-aire” in India and wins the large prize.

The show, which in Hindi is called “Kaun Banega Crorepati,” had a current contestant who mirrored the movie when he won the jackpot, as reported by The Telegraph. Sushil Kumar, a 27-year-old clerk and part-time tutor, answered all questions cor-rectly and was handed a check for 50 million rupees, according to ABC, roughly equivalent to $1 million. His income before the jackpot was about $120 per month.

Sound and simple plans

As reported by ABC, neighbors certain Kumar to try to get on the show after they saw that he knew the answers to the majority of the questions when watching it with him earlier this year. He took an exam to audition in July and was told he would be in the episode on Saturday, October 22 in a notification he received on October 16. He took an airplane for the first time ever to get to Mumbai, which is where “Kaun Banega Crorepati” is filmed. He had never been to a big city either. This was also a first.

Kumar plans to buy a larger house for his fami-ly and pay off his debts with the cash. He also intends to use the cash to support himself while he studies for the civil service exam. The Telegraph re-ports that civil service jobs are some of the best jobs in India to get for pay.

Fiction turned into reali-ty

Kumar was probably excited that the fic-tion ended up becoming real-life. It was a good thing for him and his family. Usually, a pleasant fiction isn't correct when it is based on real events.

As an ex-ample, the 1975 Notre Dame Football team protests their coach to allow a uniform to be worn by the title character in “Rudy” in the last game ever. Joe Montana, a quarterback from Notre Dame, said that did not hap-pen, as reported by USA Today. He did credit the real-life “Rudy” with being a hard worker and get-ting the sack portrayed in the film.

ESPN reports that Muhammad Ali was floored by Chuck Wepner. This was in a match that hap-pened in 1975 between the boxers. In the end, he was knocked out by Ali. A similar story was told in 1976. “Rocky” forgot to credit Wepner for what he did. In 2003, Sylvester Stallone was sued by Wepner. He wanted credit. An undisclosed amount was paid as a settlement.

Articles cited

The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8852988/Real-life-Slumdog-Millionaire-wins-Indian-game-show.html

ABC: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/10/real-life-slumdog-millionaire-first-to-win-big/

USA Today: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2010/09/joe-montana-notre-dame-rudy/1

ESPN: http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/page/IamChuckWepner/chuck-wepner-recognized-rocky-fame