Vikas Swarup, author of the book on which Slumdog Millionaire is based, is also likely to be rubbing his hands together in glee. For not only has the film won eight Oscars, it has ensured that the Swarup's book will on sale across the world.
Swarup's Q&A, the tale of how an 18-year-old boy from the slums manages to win one billion rupees on a television game show, was ticking along at a perfectly average rate before Boyle filmed it for the big screen as Slumdog Millionaire, selling some 35,000 copies since publication three years ago, according to book sales monitor Nielsen BookScan.
Vikas Swarup is currently the Indian deputy high commissioner in South Africa. Swarup's debut novel was a bestseller and has been translated into 40 languages.
Swarup is on record saying that while the film "differs from my novel in some significant ways, but manages to preserve the soul of my novel."
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