Maman is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Salim Malik) of Jamal's flashback storyline in the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire.
He is an abusive crime lord who kidnaps and uses children for the sake of gaining more money. Maman is infamous for always resorting to any methods to get as much money as possible, either by kidnapping Arvid and Latika and forcing them to sing or have sex with him respectively.
He was portrayed by Ankur Vikal.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- When first meeting Jamal and Salim, he pretends to be nice to them by giving them fresh bottles of coke, only to lead them back to his camp where his true nature of being a heartless monster is slowly but surely revealed.
- He has Salim work for him after he sees the potential that he would have, with the latter happily assisting in his operation.
- Once he sees that Arvid has a good singing voice, he proceeds to chloroform and blind him, with the intent of using him for money, this act is so vile that it causes Salim of all people to throw up out of sheer disgust.
- He tasks Salim with blinding his own brother Jamal, after he finds out that the other has a good singing voice.
- He kidnaps Latika and proceeds to use her as a sex slave for presumably, many, many years.
- Even during his last moments, he begs for undeserved mercy instead of showing any form of remorse for his actions.
- While he does have henchmen that remain loyal to him, their relationship is not explored in depth, with Maman likely only seeing them as pawns for his own machinations.
Trivia[]
- Maman is the only character in Slumdog Millionaire to be considered Pure Evil.