The document discusses scenes from the film "Slumdog Millionaire" that depict urban issues faced by residents of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India. Some of the difficult conditions shown include a lack of basic sanitation like toilets, overcrowding, traffic congestion, and unsafe living environments. Police are also depicted as assuming slum residents are criminals without cause. The film highlights the challenges of living in extreme poverty in one of the largest slums in the world.

1. Slumdog Millionaire: Urban issues in the DharaviSlum, Mumbai
Where is the Dharavi Slum and why has it become famous?
Why do people come to live in the Dharavi slum?
Slumdog Millionaire film review
Watch the Slumdog scenes (on the server) and complete the following table, identifying urban problems.

2. Scene Brief description Problem/Issue
of what happens What are some of the conditions that make living here difficult?
1 They were playing +playing a social game
cricket at an
unauthorized location so -Police assume they’re criminals
the police chased them.
2 The police kept chasing +They found they’re home.
them till the slums and
then they split up so the _ Police kept on casing them
police won’t know
where they’re going but
the police found them in
they’re mothers home.
3 Jamal was in the toilet +He got the Indian actors signature
for so long so his friend
lost a customer. The _ He had to go down the poo hole
friend was sad so a
famous Indian actor
came down from a
helicopter and it’s
Jamal’s favorite actor so
his friend put a chair
across the door and
Jamal had no choice but
to go down the poo hole.
4 The slums from above + They have houses to survive in
were really ruined and
there was a traffic jam _
outside the slums. The big traffic jam outside they’re houses
5 They have to clean their + They work hard
own clothes in dirty
water by them selves. _ They have to wash they’re clothes in dirty water.
6 Bad people go to the +Jamal has a place to stay
garbage place where
Jamal lives. _ Bad people came
7 Jamal and his friend + They got food

3. escaped and got some
food from the market _They have no where to stay
8 Jamal and his friend are + They live in a better place
up on a building and
looking down at where _ They miss they’re old house.
they use to live and
where they live now.
9 Jamal meets his old + Meets his old friend
friend at the train
station. _ There were a lot of people so it was hard to find her
10 Jamal is on who wants to +His whole nation is watching him on who wants to be a millionaire
be a millionaire so his
whole nation is watching _ His friend can’t get a parking place.
on television and his
friend was looking for a
parking space
+
_