A poor orphan, Ram Mohammad Thomas, participates on a game show and answers all 12 questions correctly to win one billion rupees, which is approximately six million KD! The show producers did not expect anyone to win this amount of money at this stage of the show, so he is arrested by the police on account of cheating his way. Ram begins explaining how he knew the answer to the questions by telling his life stories to a young lawyer who came to his rescue.
I really enjoyed this fast paced novel to the end. Each question is a chapter, that begins with a snippet of Ram’s life and ends with the show’s question and how he came to answer it. The surprises and unexpected turns are in each story line that keeps you flipping through each and every chapter to reach the show’s question answer roundup.
The great thing, it really added to my knowledge about the Indian culture and way of living. I do recommend this novel and maybe I’ll manage to see the movie, but I’ve always enjoyed the book version everytime.
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