so whats the USP of Slumdog Millionaire ???
A White man playing his favorite game " Mock the Brown " or closer home Indians !!
Since its a very popular sport of the influential few, it finds it self winning Golden Globe and being nominated for Oscars.
No wonder "Lagaan" dint make it big on the Oscars or Golden globe front as the story there was of us, the underdogs, bashing some white asses along with the white ego !! Touche !
What really surprises me is not the director's cheek but that of anil kapoor's (the senility of it has hit his head !) , who plays a callous, pompous and arrogant host of KBC. His professional life off late has been a bitch and this role must be the dream one knows will never come true (Shahrukh Khan knows better that even if the dream comes true .. it is red .. read as low TRP). You do stand as the strongest contender to "The Wanna BE celeb of the year" award. So don't whine .. even if you don't win the oscars, (oops you haven't been nominated) but you do win my special award.
Amitabh Bachchan had set an unreachable president of an elegant and endearing host of KBC. Through KBC he again established the fact that his is the true Super star of all times with his distinct charisma, humbleness, wit, aura, well i could go on and on. He won over million hearts again by his courtesy, humane approach,demeanor and respect for each of the participants which came from with in and cannot be faked through the tv lenses.
This surely is an insult to him. His discontent is more than justified.
I quote ABs comment below
“projects India as [a] Third World dirty underbelly developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots”.
No wonder he is the man with million hearts resonating his name.
Well the moral of my story here
We Let the DOGS OuT !!
If we Indians cannot contribute towards making India a better place to live then
Stop being part of Brigade "Defame India!"
BTW this is my reaction to 15 mins of divided view of the movie between my popcorn, my orange juice and comfort of my couch ,, which by the way all of a sudden became more interesting.. (for those white guys reading this, we do have couches in India !!)
So those who have seen the movie.. Poor you !! and those who haven't seen it, please read the book "1000 ways to utilize your time in a better way" or go for the movie Luck by chance !
movies i wanna c now r seven pound, marley and me, delli 6, Dev D .. big list eh .. leave me your comments on them ..
nik send me this link and i loved it .. hope this one throws in more light
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l43Bbn2Xpwk
I had expected something great of out of this movie..after all the brouhaha and hooplah..but the movie proved to be a complete disappointment..plus with the sensibilities of a foreigner at work, the movie cud not capture the city's spirit ..imagine a street boy talking with an american accent..simply not possible Boyle! There are several such gaping holes in the movie..its not surprising that the movie nosedived at the indian turnstiles although it had generated good biz abroad...ur review is good n points out to certain facets that people may not have observed earlier..good job! :)
ReplyDeleteToo harsh a comment gal, i saw the movie and surprise surprise did like it. Why are you seeing the poverty part of it, just happens to be a backdrop.
ReplyDeleteAnyways every one has their own opinion :)
Btw, don't you think the template has too much amount of pink in it :D
[ and do i hear more bashing coming :) ]
cheers
-Rocket Nair
baby u surely missed out the essence of it..
ReplyDeleteit showed indians as bunch of loonies and india as a destitute nation
n i am more annoyed with Indians taking part in such crap movie
btw pink is all bout liberation .. so baby dun worry if u don understand it . . u were not Programmed to anyways :P.. air kisses (some1 was talkin bout bashing eh :p)
Did you read Tarun Tejpal's views...here it is:
ReplyDeletehttp://tehelka.com/story_main41.asp?filename=hub070309the_missionary.asp
I was thinking of you as I read it...
thanks a lot anu .. just read it.. but its written wit so much finesse.. what are your views on slumdog
ReplyDeleteI have been way too many years outside India, I suppose, because I really was totally engrossed in the movie until the kids came to Taj Mahal and then I snapped out of it and began to get critical. For me, the artistry of the movie was something I just couldn't ignore...and 'ordinary shit became candy and peanut butter' :-)
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