But it was pretty clear that he went on the show for Latika and not for the money all along... dude gave not two shits if he got the final answer wrong, so that's why he totally guessed at it with no basis. The host even gave that reminder that he would lose EVERYTHING if he got it wrong. Remember those flashbacks when he was a kid? When he was in the hotseat he realized it was ironic that his life experiences helped him with all the previous questions but for the BIG money question his life experiences came up short. He was *this* close to exposure to the answer several times as a child but never did find it out.

If he DID care about the money then he woulda took the guaranteed 10 mill rupees and bounced the hell outta there.

And to round out the fairy tale theme, this was a kid who's known nothing but strife and struggle his entire life. He was born into poverty, his mother is killed while young, he's got a d-bag older brother, the love of his life keeps getting snatched from him, he keeps getting shitty jobs AND he kinda looks like a goofball.

Let the dude have the cash and the girl in his older years, damn.