“Slumdog Millionaire has the Hollywood ending 

of a Bollywood inspired film. It concludes 

everything perfectly.”

•How far do you agree with this idea? Consider 

all 

the ways SM could be seen to have a 

Hollywood 

ending and try to apply the equilibrium theory 

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I think that Slumdog millionaire fits the perfect Hollywood ending due to it having an equilibrium in the end and a happy ever after. This is shown through Latika and Jamal, where they've been in love throughout the entire film and then at the end they both get each other, which happens in most Hollywood films. The new equilibrium in Slumdog millionaire is shown through two final scenes where the cast are Bollywood dancing, to fit with the culture of the film, and where Latika and Jamal are reunited. The cutting of the previous time where Jamal had tried to win Latika back before she got taken again shows the contrasting good from bad.