In one of my earlier posts, I had noted that while I liked the concept of Slumdog Millionaire, I did not like the way India was being portrayed and that it sent a wrong image of India to the world.
Friends & strangers argued with me and reiterated the point that I should appreciate Cinema. It’s however a little hard to look at how good the camera work is when the image of your country is getting maligned in pretty much every frame.
One of the critics actually said that I am jealous of all the recognition and the awards it’s been getting. I am still confused on that particular critique. Why the f**k would I be jealous of a movie winning awards? Unless I am jealous that it wasn’t me who won the “unreal” Million Dollars in the movie!
Anyways, so this post is dedicated as a slap back to all those ignorant moronic Indians who loved Slumdog Millionaire, couldn’t stop raving about it and thought that SM would do no harm to India’s image in the world.
This is what I saw on the cover of “The New Yorker” magazine at the checkout counter at Barnes & Nobles Bookstore. The headline goes “Slums but no Millionaires” and it goes on to tell the story of a night spent in Mumbai where the writer saw nothing but slums!
That’s all she saw in Mumbai..wow! Fabulous, f***ing fantastic, I say!
Thank you Slumdog Millionaire for giving this awesome reward. Hope the cast & crew would appreciate our role and give the Indian slums a thank you speech at the Oscars.
“Mission Accomplished” – says Danny Boyle
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Hi there
I’ve been hearing a lot of anti-Slumdog stuff. Here is my two bit.
The idea is not to portray a bad India, but to bring to celluloid somethign that was in print.
There are a gazillion movies made IN india that portray India in a shittier (pun intended) light than Slumdog.
Its sweet that most Indians that live outside India kinda get a little possessive about the country and try to hide any negativity. Its sweet really but I dont think Slumdog deserves so much flak. And having said that, though I loved the movie, for its frames, and craft, I didnt think it deserved the hype and hoopla. There.