Slumdog Millionaire Criticized by India's Amitabh Bachchan

It seems like a good movie. North America is not the West though. I do think that there is still a great difference in perceptions among European and North American.

I've also seen great films by Indian directors about British society. It seems tome that the skills of the director are more important than the nationality of the person.

I have seen this movie. This is an OK kind of movie , but calling this great would be too much.The storyline was good, but there are lot of gaps in it.Acting also average but excellent camera work. This is a typical good end movie with western ingredients. 

I feel why this movie captured NA and EU market is because it shows them what they want to see. Nobody wants to see the bright part of India. Even now , for majority of the NA and EU people, India is a land of Elephants , snake charmers, maharajas and poverty. So movies cater to those sterotypes does succeed. 

There is a scene in the movie the boy jumps into a tank of feces and comes out. This disgusting scene would have entertained the judges, I guess. One analogy I can think of is when tsunami happened and all those bloated deadbodies washed ashore after two or three days. Lot of people went for tsunami tourism taking high resolution pictures of those piles of decayed bodies and published in sites and  sent in mass mails. But now I realise that the market for such ghastly imagery is much much bigger than previously thought.  

gerrypopplestone, I know the movie you are refering to. It is "Salaam Mumbai. ". Yeah, I know that you would have loved that scene where the boy gets beaten up ;).

There is nothing wrong in producing such movies with the right ingredients as the ultimate aim for them is commercial success. Even me and  of my friends enjoyed that movie as we are bit more westernised than an average Indian.

If you want another Indian movie that successfully markets the stereotype India, watch "Outsourced". It show casts it all . Poverty, dirt, Indian English, Chilly and hell, a holy cow inside the call center setup in a remote Indian village. You will love it ;)

IMDB link to that movie is here

Agent. 

"Outsourced" is a bore. I would prefer two and half hours of entertainment like "Main hoon nah" with great music and songs that bring joy. Who wants to be a virtual gutter inspector?

Well... Gutters are a reality in India. Exactly like the mission to moon or the LCA (Light weight Combat Aircraft) or like the IT industry. There is no problem accepting reality. It is not even a problem to show only gutters in a movie. 

The problem comes when people are too naive to believe that whatever shown through the view filters of a movie represents the actual and entire picture. It is a dangerous problem if the deviously cunning people  who are smart enough just acts dumb and start saying things like "Gawwdd,,there is only poverty and misery in India"

In the same note, neigher dances nor songs present the reality. 

Agent.

This is regarding the injustice given to the original music composer from the Bollywood Mr. Laxmikant Pyarelal. As Mr. A.R.Rahman received and accepted the Golden Globe Awards for the 'Best Original Music Score' at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards at Los Angeles on the 11th of January. In actual Mr. A.R. Rahman is a Cheater and a Copier.

He got inspired (lol! wot a word to hide the COPIER) by the already hit and a very Catchy Original Music Composition 'Choli ke Pecche kya hai' from Mr. Subhash Ghai's movie 'Khalnayak'. The music was original made by Late Mr. Laxmikant of Laxmikant Pyarelal's duo. They were brilliant musicians. They have rendered the Original Music Score. I have edited boths songs and I can provide the proof that the singers for Ringa Ringa were the same (Ms. Alka Yagnik & Ila Arun ji- Female Singers) and they sung the song just on the same note (pitch), same style(sensous), same tempo (music rhythm). Only the lyrics writer is different. The lyricist of the original song 'Choli ke peeche kya hai' was the Bollywood famous lyricist Mr.Anand Bakshi. The song should be Played on all the TV channels just to let the upcoming music composers to learn a lesson from the real Music Composers or the Great Guns of the earlier days or times who gave us the evergreen hit and melodious music which is still very famous in Bollywood. Looks like Mr. A.R. Rahman was too greedy for this award.

Not the 1st Indian who COPIED the compostion but also received award by a High Class and a Reputed Authority. Really Strange!

I am not ANGRY with MR. A.R. Rahman BUT feeling strange and shocked dat Y did he accepted dat award. y didn't he speak about MR. LP(laxmi-Pyre) I better bow down infront of MR.RD.BURMAN who was so great and so original as compared to todays music director who just make the background score with the help of electronic sounds.

Sorry Mr. A.R.Rahman, Mr. Shahrukh, Mr. Anil Kapoor etc. as u all must be feeling gr8 but don't forget that the BAAP of all the actors i.e. BIG B is still ALIVE and will be ALIVE in the hearts of the millions of Indians to teach copiers to ACT from heart and brain aswell ;-)

Hope you will give justice to the Original music composer as I don't want any kind of Fame or publicity. I am agreat music lover and a listener too. I do not want any fake music director who did nothing in actual in making of that compostion became the 1st Indian to receive the award for original music score.

Mr. Rahman must be INSPIRED :-D . He was shocked coz he knows THAT HE COPIED. lol!

Take Care guys if you think like me, plz do comment. &
Dont' be so emotional ki INDIA ka hai. India is the THE BEST COZ OF THE ORIGINALS.

V R Not the SLUMDOGS... V originate they FOLLOW US. Be proud of whatever you r. and just smileeeeeeeee...

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