Slumdog Millionaire won a grand total of eight Academy Awards, tied for fourth all time. Not a bad showing. (Source)

Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan, the actor from whom Jamal receives the autograph at the beginning of the film, is the real-life host of the Indian Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. (Source)

Director Danny Boyle reportedly lied to the production company about how much Hindi was going to be used in the film, after they told him to limit the inclusion of the language. (Source)