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"SlumDog" excitement!!!

The Golden globe award for A R R ; 10 Oscar nominations - real excitement on air! But the flip side which hits me
  • the title "slum dog"
  • the film shows the dark side of India - 'the slums' to the whole world
  • not wholly an Indian film to Oscars

So what are we excited about? ARR for sure, no doubt about it, if the sound designer gets recognised, yes a feather in the cap to already acclaimed technical competence we have. Beyond that i dont see any reason why we need to create so much hype for a film made by Mr. Danny Boyle going to oscars, (ofcourse produced by our Anil Kapoor). Thats we, the people.......

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  1. Nizam CollegiansJanuary 23, 2009 at 12:59 AM

    Typical British; "Dogs and Indians are not permitted", this was the placard British establishments used to display while ruling India.

    Today another British born Hollywood Director portrays the slums and the dark side of India. We the People seem to celebrate and happy showing our rotten side to the world. When does this saga stop?

    The only positive side is ARR getting 3 Oscar nominations along with Gulzar and Resul Pookutty – Sound Engineer.

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  2. SREEJanuary 27, 2009 at 2:22 AM

    ok sandy, calm yourself! cool!! I can see the reminiscence of the british rule after-effects in your post. Like Obama entered the white house and added a turning point in america's history and changed the way the world would look at Africans, so also an indian origin will become a British Prime Minister. Just wait, it is a matter of time!!!

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  3. brand-commFebruary 12, 2009 at 2:25 AM

    Yes Sandhya,
    I understand your sentiments. Its just a movie where script writers, actors directors and entire crew brings in their talent on screen. Today people are proud of an Indian winning Oscar and not about the dark side of our society.
    The world is just not seeing us through these firms, but through other media too. Lets cherish the feat and hope that in future better movies would be made that would show developed india:)

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  4. Sreekar Reddy TakemalFebruary 19, 2009 at 11:38 PM

    Hi Sandhya,

    Good one. Keep it up.

    We have slums, which are being shown to the world viewers. If we don’t want them to be shown, the best way is to convert them into developed colonies. I think it is bit too much on our part to expect to hide the negative side of our society and country.

    One of the success features of the film making is always to show the ordinary person becoming extraordinary.

    I think "Slumdog..." is a step close to international acclaim for India not for slums but for people.

    Sreekar Reddy

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