I have been listening to all sorts of mind-bogling comments and rave reviews about Slumdog Millionaire,which made me feel even i have some thoughts to share.The fantastic thing about India that fascinates me the most is the freedom of speech that we enjoy.Everyone is entitled to an opinion here. And we are free to buy the other's argument or to outrightly reject it.Where does one stand on a particular issue depends upon which lense one uses to zoom in. Was the movie celebrating India or was it marketing the Poverty in India that sells so well in the theatres ? I mean all this hue and cry about the way the film has potrayed poverty in India is apalling according some intellectuals.I would pride myself in saying that i dont belong to that class of the so called intelligentsia.There have been Indian movies made by Indian directors who have taken the leeway to potray the poverty in India even more starkly. Watch AAMIR for example and see the way the dingy bylanes in Mumbai have been shown.That film has won many a critical acclaims abroad.But no one raised any question about that. The world saw the way an average Indian lives in such a claustrophobic environment in that movie. So why all this fuss now ? I mean do we Indians have a copyright on potraying Indian poverty in movies ?
hey congrats on the new blog thing :) well done for a beginning...nice format and all. and of course quite well written.
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ReplyDeleteCograts on starting a good-looking blog. Of course it is well written. :)
ReplyDeleteIt is heartening to know that you "dont belong to that class of the so called intelligentsia". Really, all this hue and cry from these quarters regarding slumdog, I feel, is rooted in the our escapist mindset, which prevents us from accepting our reality and also causes us to be strongly repulsive to anything that threatens to lay it bare in front of us.
Welcome to the world of Blogging !
ReplyDeleteI do not know what Mr. Boyle wanted to potray in the movie. I would be surprised and sad if this movie gets Oscar(except for Music). He must have been a great Marketing guy now selling stories of poverty to the Western world !!
Thanks for introducing me to Bloggers. I truly enjoyed reading your posts..great going, keep it up...
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