Friday, January 23, 2009

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE....makes me cry


I was amazed to see the movie "SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE", the screenplay of the movie makes me wonder the kind of research which has gone into the making of the film pre- and post-production. I am shocked, how can a foreigner (Danny Boyle) just look into India so deeply...i have been in India for 23 years now, we certainly have seen slums here or we see, but never even think of what's happening inside them.We are so busy with our lives that we don't at all care about what's happening around.Suddenly a foreigner like Danny Boyle comes in and makes a miraculous movie like slum dog....Looking at the other side of it, the movie though has bagged 13 Oscar nominations and got 4 golden globe awards, it reflects very dark side of India which should not have been exposed to the global arena...for example a young British boy or girl who has never been to India watches this movie..what's the impact on their mind, they think "THIS IS INDIA"...which is not at all true....the kind of message or the perception which the movie sets is not the true image of India

         I, a proud INDIAN who is happy for the Indian film fraternity as some of the actors and musician's in movie got global recognition, on the other side the movie makes me cry and i wonder....DAT it sends a wrong message for a great country like INDIA.....

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