"Deewaar" (1975), which Boyle described as being "absolutely key to Indian cinema", is a crime film written by Salim-Javed based on the Bombay gangster Haji Mastan, portrayed by Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, whose autograph Jamal seeks at the beginning of "Slumdog Millionaire".Anil Kapoor noted that some scenes of the film "are like "Deewaar", the story of two brothers of whom one is completely after money while the younger one is honest and not interested in money."