There is a saying that success has a thousand fathers while failure is an orphan.
So it is with Slumdog Millionaire. When Slumdog first hit the screens, people from Asia's largest slum in Mumbai, Dharavi, put up banners saying 'We are not slum dogs'.
Showcasing: Slumdog Millionaire | The Oscars, '09
Elsewhere, they burnt effigies of the director Danny Boyle. But after the film's incredible haul at the Oscars, they are now celebrating the film's success.
Text: A Ganesh Nadar | Photographs: Uttam Ghosh
In the picture: Dharavi residents celebrate Slumdog's Oscar haul.
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