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• What is Kaun Bangega Crorepati?
• Kaun Banega Crorepati (Hindi: कौन बनेगा करोड़पति '; popularly known as KBC') was an Indian reality/game show based on the UK gameshow Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? This version's title literally translates to "Who will be a ten-millionaire?" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaun_Banega_Crorepati)

• What is a shanty town? How many people live in shantytowns worldwide?
• a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties (wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn)
• One billion people live in shantytowns worldwide and the figre will probaly grow to 2billion by 2030.

• Who is Amitabh Bachchan, and what does he have to do with Slumdog Millionaire?
• Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor and producer.
• He is the host of who wants to be a millionaire.

5 facts about Mumbai

• Mumbai's literacy rate is 85.6% (female: 82.7%, male: 90%) compared with India's overall literacy of 65.4%. (http://blog.monsterindia.com/my/manojmehta78@gmail.com/Little-known-Facts-about-Mum-16699.html)

• Bombay was renamed Mumbai in 1996. (http://www.mumbaihub.com/facts-and-figures.html)

• The population is 18 million, projected to reach 28.5 million by 2020. (http://www.mumbaihub.com/facts-and-figures.html)

• Mumbai singlehandedly handles about 25% of the domestic and 38% of the international air passenger traffic in the country. (http://www.mumbaiproperties.com/Mumbai_-_Fact_File/page_748140.html)

•    Mumbai is located in India, the second-most populous country in the world (http://www.trails.com/facts_12182_interesting-facts-mumbai-india.html)

Dharavi

•  One of the largest slums in the world. 

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/world/06/dharavi_slum/html/dharavi_slum_intro.stm

•  Lies on a  prime property right in the middle of Mumbai http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/world/06/dharavi_slum/html/dharavi_slum_intro.stm

• Home to more than a million peoplehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/world/06/dharavi_slum/html/dharavi_slum_intro.stm

• Rents can be as low as 185 rupees ($4) per month. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/world/06/dharavi_slum/html/dharavi_slum_intro.stm

Bollywood

• Indian moviemaking industry that began in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the 1930s and developed into an enormous film empire.

• The film industry based in Mumbai. Can also called Hindi cinema. Song and dance is a big deal in Bollywood and the films are multi- million dollar productions. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood

How much is 250,000 rupees (or any amount of rupees) in American dollars?

• 250,000 rupees is equal to 5,522.79 US Dolars.