All those who are shouting at west for enjoying a slum india movie, go get a life. Why are you so irritated tht a foreigner tuk a move abt slums in india? what have you done to a poor man ever in your life?? one guy opened the world to india. now its indians responsibility to eradicate poverty and slums in india.. now take your chance and show west tht from today india will nt hve slums. Can you do that??? think positiv of what can be done to erase slums rather than sitting at ur A/c rooms and complaining on some guy who is a professional who tuk a movie and gave india a little fame! you narrow minded loosers! if sombdy else had taken an oscar winning movie on uganda slums in africa , wouldnt you go and see it in a A/c theatre wasting your money?? huh! get a life
Most undeserving film.... in the history of academy awards nominations..... all the indian critics have double standards.... same film by an indian director.... would ve been bashed black and blue..... but here they are " weeeee epic movie of our times".....
Re: BUNCH OF LIES WRITTEN NICELY...
by XP on Feb 25, 2009 10:48 AM
I am soooooooo sorry for your GHAJINI, RBDJ, JODHA AKBAR and many more masterpieces (Mostly copied from Holloywood) from Bollywood for not making it to Oscars.
Over 70% of Indians don't have their own house and therefore they pay 40-50 % of their income in payment rent or EMI. How can one think of economy revival without providing affordable house of millions of Indians. Real Culprit - Builders, Banks and Politicians nexus in artificially jacking up Property prices and therefore depriving a large chunk of Indian population with their basic need i.e House.
Re: India- In the hands of Realtors
by anand rajamanickam on Feb 22, 2009 12:15 PM
what you thing abt the consumers.Take your building of people say 100 houses.Stop purchasing Egg@3.00 rs.Just see after a week it will be 1.50 Rs.Its applicable for anything.So we people need to change.But if you ready to change or not you decide
Re: Re: India- In the hands of Realtors
by historyrepeats on Mar 05, 2009 08:45 PM
People have virtually stopped investing money in property and first time house buyers are postponing their plan to purchase flat/bunglow. Change is the only constant in life.
i hate this hype about oscar awards. why should we be so obsessed about the need for western appreciation for our films which are great to us. please do not forget that the films are a reflection of our society to a small extent only and the western nations like to always see us as the underdogs even though in reality it is not so very true. true we have problems but who does not have? for a nation which has had independence only for a period of sixty years after foreign rule of 800 years, we have progressed. but not to the extent maximum possible. and that we have only ourselves to blame. and it would be sad if every director starts making films keeping the oscars or the other international awards in mind . that would kill the indian spirit of our movies.
Re: slumdog
by Devdutt Nayak on Feb 21, 2009 08:16 PM
1 But I think slumdog is out to conquer not to prove, as the author thinks :-) India has stuff that others value - not cheap labour - Americans now know that their luxurious lifestyle was actually just a prolonged, elaborate set - a national Truman show - and when the chance was given to the people who ran the show, they looted and pillaged without end. Some say this started with the Reagan era - all that I do not know - what I do know is that today's America knows that their lifestyle was a bubble and it has burst. India has the answers to all their big questions. They gave so much power to companies and politicians (who built and ran an elaborate film set) that those two together robbed away culture from mainstream society. Hence the rise of countercultures, cults, and what not. Corp Politics did not spare Jesus Christ either. He must be crying at what Bush went around telling the believers - what Bush actually preached meant that Jesus is a despot, who orders things around - not the subtle skillful engineer and playwright who plays a cosmic game with extremely dense interconnected stories and events. Then there is Sept 11. "Loose change" is all I will say. Many in the US realise that inspite of not knowing English, the average Indian is born with a set of social traits and society has many systems to maintain our culture intact and accumulate their modifications. They're realising this. Slumdog is the key to the *cultural treasure* called India. Next is Africa.
VERY TRUE SOME INDIANS FROM MEDIA/POLITICS/NGO/HRAS WILL SELL THE COUNTRY TO EARN EXTRA PETRO DOLLARS NOT ONLY SDM NANDITA DAS 'F LATEST FILM FIRAQ IS ALSO ONE GOOD EXAMPLE ARAVIND ADIGAS BOOK WHTIE TIGER... JIA HO INIDA
Slumdog movie has given an opportunity to all political leaders/ corporators/ ministers especially from Mumbai to CLEAN up Mumbai. Today crowds are flowing to Mumbai like cats and dogs from all states of India. 500 families come to Mumbai everyday, especially from North states. The Govt needs to put some kind of restriction from allowing this flow. They are all from poor families from North who come and reside in Mumbai creating new Slum areas. All our other states need to create job opportunities in their respective states and stop this flow to Mumbai. Also many illegal Bangladeshis stay in Mumbai in these Slums. Strict action needs to be taken and send them back to B.G. Enough of the Mess created in Mumbai. JAGO INDIA JAGO !
Re: Politicians -Open your eyes
by Zainans on Feb 21, 2009 06:13 PM
you are in a wrong position, you look only yourself not the all bharath. open your eyes buddy...........
this is a movie made by a westerner using indian material. and that is the reason the westerners have liked it so much acccording to their point of view. i am sure the same story directed by an indian wouldnt have appealed to them, and not a single nomination in their awards. basically all their awards are for films which appeal to their senses. so even though it might not be a great movie in the "indian " taste , it has created a hype basically because we indians feel proud when a foreigner (read as whites) appreciates anything indian. this only reflects the low level of confidence we have in ourselves and the constant urge to be praised by the western media and their approval. vice versa the english media loves talking about poverty porn.
watching this movie, my 4 year old brother asked me whether Mumbai is like this (full of slums and blinded beggers)? i dont want to go there,he said.......
Re: slumdog m
by Rash b on Feb 21, 2009 09:49 PM
ohh so sad! next time make sure, ur kid dont think animals talk english after watchig a cartoon movie. which part of world are you from? be ashamed to be such a father! teach him dude.. teach him gud things. in this case am sure u never allow ur child to watch tv, or watch any other movie.kid will jst learn whtever he sees in front of him! as long as there are stories and people, movies will be made. its ur skill to teach kids to learn and grasp good things from what they see.
Re: Test the Westerners
by munno patel on Feb 21, 2009 12:55 PM
title might seem little offensive (it's not like it says "slumdog indians"? then you have a point) but movie truly depicts the real india. slums as well as the fast pace modern india. nothing wrong in it.
So far it is full of fantacies and idealities which do not exist in real world. This is why our most of the films have a long list of songs, little low-lev comedy and a lot of weeping and tragedy. Such type of films may win audience in Indian cinema halls but have no value at the world level.
I think this scene may change a little by 'Slumdog millionaire' and few film makers may accept it a a challenge to make purposeful films showing realities and of course solutions to real world problems.
Re: Bollywood needs to change
by munno patel on Feb 21, 2009 12:52 PM
and only if they could act, that might help along with taking the songs out. Put the songs in the back ground but please don't dance to the tune. They will never work to an outside audience. and again only if the bollywood actors (all of them) could act at par with hollywood.
