Cast
- Dev Patel as Jamal Malik, the protagonist, a Muslim boy born and raised in the poverty of Bombay/Mumbai. Boyle considered hundreds of young male actors, and he found that Bollywood leads were generally "strong, handsome hero-types." Boyle's daughter pointed Dev Patel out from his role in the British television ensemble drama Skins.
- Ayush Mahesh Khedekar as Youngest Jamal
- Tanay Chheda as Teenage Jamal
- Freida Pinto as Latika, Jamal's love interest. Pinto was an Indian model who had not starred in a feature film before. Regarding the "one of a kind" scarf she wears, designer Suttirat Anne Larlarb says, "I wanted to bookend the journey—to tie her childhood yellow dress to her final look."
- Rubina Ali as Youngest Latika.
- Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar as Teenage Latika
- Madhur Mittal as Salim K. Malik, Jamal's elder brother.
- Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail as Youngest Salim.
- Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala as Teenage Salim
- Anil Kapoor as Prem Kumar, the game show host. Boyle initially wanted Indian actor Shahrukh Khan to play the role, but things did not work out. Khan had hosted the 2007 series of Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Kapoor has also starred as a guest on the show with Amitabh Bachchan and won Rs 5,000,000.
- Irrfan Khan as the Police Inspector
- Saurabh Shukla as Head Constable Srinivas
- Mahesh Manjrekar as Javed Khan, the crime boss and the main antagonist.
- Ankur Vikal as Maman
- Rajendranath Zutshi as the Millionaire show producer
- Sanchita Choudhary as Jamal's mother
- Mia Drake Inderbitzin as Adele, American tourist
- Shanjei Ramanathan as Arvind, blind beggar boy
- Arfi Lamba as Bardi
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