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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

How does SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE hurt indian sentiments?

Slumdog Millionaire has been appreciated all over but guess who doesn't like it.Mr. Amitabh Bachan decided that the movie in question presents india in bad color.Anybody who has seen the movie would never say anything like that.Since the movie is not yet realesed in India,i hope Amitabh would not have seen it by now(i hope he doesn't buy pirated copies like me).The fact that there is a good chance that he has not seen the movie makes his criticism more unworthy.Everybody knows the condition of slums in india and as Mr. bachan has put it, if condition of slums is as poor anywhere else too as in India.He should move ahead and make a movie on slums of developed countries.Who stops him.The reality is that he simply doesn't have the guts because that does not make any commercial sense.All movies in his life have been outrightly commercial.What right does he have on lecturing other people in what to make and what not to make.He says that foriegners like India to be presented as poor and thats what sells there.Yes may be thats true but thats what you do here too.Bollywood makes sellable movies(most of them).Slumdog never shows that the lead character was ever concerned about his life style in slums.The movie show how people lead there life despite of all the shit around them without ever complaining.Movie never even mentions anything about living conditions in slums in India.It has been portrayed as it is and if somebody draws a conclusion that conditions in slums is not worth showing to others than he must try and improve the conditions according to his capabilities.We cant hide places in our country which are not worth showing to others.Why doesnt the people who have problems with slumdog complain, when each and every UN report shows how bad situaution of hunger,health.poverty and malnutrition in India is.Those reports too show the grim reality of their shining India.Please dont be shy of your own people.People in DHARAVI(slum in BOMBAY) are not ashamed of themselves.They try to live their lives with all the dignity that is possible under their living conditions.Stop feeling pity on them.Just help if you can.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

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