I dont think many people present in the Oscar function would have thought of including their mothers name in list of credits. Be it Award reception or nomination. I am not quite sure how they might have received it.. in one way it is a bit girlish or childish from their point of view(the west) but then you are hiding something... you should be wearing a thick mask .And that is one think I like about being an Indian.. we don't! ARR you have made us proud. It was so great of you in having said what you felt!
Choose Love over Hate - This cryptic message really alluded to the mistrust harbored between Muslims and Hindus. A Hindu child is taught to hate Muslim and vice versa.
His message was to the world - to unlearn the mistrust and hate that we have been taught as children, and learn to accept and embrace people from all relegions of the world.
ARR is no preacher. He just gave us his cryptic message. Those who choose to embrace his message good for them and those who will never learn will never learn.
If you fill your heart with all negative emotions and hate, you will not have any space left for positiveness and hope. You will wallow in your world of shallowness.
If you fill it with positiveness, hope will beget hope, and you can raise above all the petty things of the world, and will breathe free, and keep your heart and mind available for bigger things in life - whichever field you may belong to.
Re: Choose Love over Hate
by thunder on Feb 27, 2009 04:28 PM
First of all he doesn't know fully about H1ndu relig, embaracing s-u-f-i for his well fare, GOD is common for all. He never told that you belive in this nor that. It is all relig politics. JAISUS is gr8 politician, MD. PUPPET is gr8 politician they want maximum people to follow them.
I BELEIVE IN GOD, what ever the relig. I am ready to enter mosque, church, temple any where to pray GOD.
I'm of the view that judges of Oscar award might be bribed by the British director of "SLUM DOG" to win the Oscar award. Otherwise I don't see any reason to get these numbers of award for a single film that may not even get a state award if it's judged thoroughly. There were so many good films (both in Hindi as well as other regional languages) made in India which was much much better than SlumDog. The westerners are very clever they know we Indians are fools and very easy to influence. India is a huge market for multinationals so they give awards like Miss world, Oscar and many other awards by this way they can reach out to every nook and corner of India and sell their cheap products in India. We have a tendency of welcoming anything that is foreign origin. We Indians are to blame for this. No other nation can be fooled like this.
Re: OSCAR JUDGES MIGHT BE BRIBED
by yetanotherbrickinthewall on Feb 27, 2009 01:10 AM
Pls try and read how Oscars nominees are selected, and how final winner is chosen
Re: OSCAR JUDGES MIGHT BE BRIBED
by Spiderman on Feb 27, 2009 01:42 AM
Bloody Raju...When you learn to respect others. If you cannot win anything at least have courage to appreciate others for thier hard work.
Re: OSCAR JUDGES MIGHT BE BRIBED
by andrewsmith on Feb 27, 2009 05:01 AM
The 5,500 voting members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences choose the nominees for each award, as well as the winner among the five nominees. All members vote on Best Picture, while peers vote for nominees and winners in the other non-specialized categories (directors vote for Best Director, actors for Best Actor, etc.). But how exactly do these nominees get chosen?
The Academy uses a very inclusive voting system: proportional representation. This is designed to create a diverse slate of nominees that reflects the preferences of the broad spectrum of film artists who make up the organization's various branches.
Each nominating ballot has five numbered slots for each category that the member is eligible to vote in. Although each member only gets one vote, they are entitled to choose up to five potential nominees, in order. In case their favorite nominee is eliminated, their vote counts toward their second choice. There is no need to make calculations about whether an achievement has a realistic chance or not, because voters can't waste their votes. Academy members can support an unlikely candidate, as their vote will count for their second choice if their first choice is eliminated..
Re: Re: OSCAR JUDGES MIGHT BE BRIBED
by andrewsmith on Feb 27, 2009 05:01 AM
Any potential nominee that is supported by 20% of the voters will get 1 of the 5 nominations (that's proportional representation). With more than 5,000 ballots expected to be returned to the Academy in the Best Picture category, the magic number of first-choice votes for a would-be nominee for Best Picture is a little more than 1000.
Note: The exact quota is a bit lower than 20%. In order to find the lowest number of votes needed to win one of five nominations, the Academy divides the total number of votes by six (not five), and adds one more vote to that figure. That is 16.6% plus one more vote.
Picking the winner
Once the five nominees are chosen by proportional representation, another ballot is sent out to all Academy members. This time, preferential voting is not allowed. Whoever gets the most votes wins the Oscar and there is no need to get a majority of votes.
Where else is proportional representation used?
This same inclusive voting system is used to elect the city council of Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Australian Senate and the parliament of Ireland. The plurality voting system to pick the winner -- where you don't have to earn a majority of votes -- is the same system we use to elect the president of the United States.
Re: OSCAR JUDGES MIGHT BE BRIBED
by Anand Krish on Feb 27, 2009 01:12 AM
There are some 4000 judges for osacars only 1200 from film industry, rest politicians, businessmen, academicians, media etc. their identity is also kept secret. Cant bribe everyone it will take tons of money. But they have been asked informally to favor Slumdog and Indians.
Re: Re: OSCAR JUDGES MIGHT BE BRIBED
by raj ganesh on Feb 27, 2009 03:13 AM
that's called lobbying and it's done everywhere from Politics to fund raising. Every studio does that and there is no shame in it. Rahman is a pride of India, Nothing can take it away from us.
Re: Re: Re: OSCAR JUDGES MIGHT BE BRIBED
by extreme on Feb 27, 2009 03:56 AM
Mr. raju, its not the fault of LSumdog maker, its the fault of good movie makers in india who never had guts to make a good movie to target and attract international audiences.. all the big movies with big stars is made based on the suitiblity of indian audience. one cannot take rick.. we say TZP was fantastic movie, but it was fantastic for Indian audience and it was only relevant to Indians where we pressurise our kids like anything to stduy hard and compete with the world.. in west it will look like funny, they dont force their kid and they do understand problem of their kid.. so TZP is not at all a movie to attract western audience... we spoil the movie story with unwanted song and dances and irrelevent logics whihc is only liked by we indians.. thats why no films are shortlisted for oscar... to get oscar.. think globally and release the film globaly.. you tell me how many oscar winning movies in india become blockbuster here in india.. these are watched pnly by young generation in few cities.... I mean to say we have different tastes.. so dont think oscar is ultimate choice for an indian actor.. amitabh would have won many oscars if he has done hollywood movies.. understand stup1d Raju
Re: Now he would get busy in more & more English Films.
by yetanotherbrickinthewall on Feb 27, 2009 01:11 AM
He may or he may not. Its none of our business to speculate
Re: Re: Now he would get busy in more & more English Films.
by thunder on Feb 27, 2009 01:38 AM
May be it is yours ?, he is a public figure anybody can talk about him and raise questions on him. OOOOO you are his b-r-o-ker or wh-at ?????????
I cudn't see anything great in the film. In the past there were many number of good films made in India which was much better than "SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE". Frankly speaking this film doesn't qualify even to win a state award. In the film our country was portrayed in a very bad taste.
Re: I'M SURPRISED HOW THE FILM WON OSCAR AWARD
by Anand Krish on Feb 27, 2009 12:54 AM
You have to understand American - white anglosaxon ingenuinity. Now after Oscars to an Indian movie and osacr to Indians entire India feels elated, happy, proud.. it also feels that Ametricans are very right and ethical. It transaltes into admirationa dn love for America any hatred is almost gone. Now America can get to work .. trade barriers, cutting dowsn HIB Visas and all that.
Who do you think made money out of Slyumdog Milloinare. Dev Patel got 20 lakhs , Frieda Pinto got 10 lakhs.. . Anil kapoor got 50 lakhs , irfan got 25 lakhs. AR rahman got Rs.3 crores (he gets 2 crore for Hindi film but charged less for this film due to recomemndation) The kids got food and $5000 (in total)
DANIEL BOYLE made some 5 million in profits he sold out to "Fox Searchlite" an American film disribution company.
The film has made Rs.820 crores as on today. It will cross over Rs.1200 by next year in DVD/TV/SONGS rights.
The Indians? dream come true, respect, elation. Americans ?everything money - tons of it.. they ahve won the loyalty, admiration and love of India. Will anyone call Americans racist now .. that too with Obama at helm?
Re: Re: I'M SURPRISED HOW THE FILM WON OSCAR AWARD
by thunder on Feb 27, 2009 12:58 AM
True story hats off to you Krish, Indians are always award hungry people and media wants to run there channels for this they need FUEL, this is the fuel to run there channels.
It is shameful that Rahman did not acknowledge Sukhwinder Singh and Gulzar for credits as it is becuase of the beautitufl lyrics of Gulzar for 'Jai Ho' and the soaring voice of Sukhwinder Singh that really made the song memorable. I suspect someone from ARR's camp sabotaged Sukhi's apperance at Oscars. Shameful to say the least. Pesonally, the music of Omkara, Taal and even Musafir are much better than this movie. It is all about marketing..in the end. U.S.
Re: Shameful!
by Raj on Feb 27, 2009 01:45 AM
If you have been Narsimha Roa then you would have never done this but you are Fakir that's why you have this kind of mentality.
Re: Shameful!
by Baburao on Feb 27, 2009 03:11 AM
Shameful is very big word. People like this one are really see bad even in this kind of historic great moment. Where should you apply shameful word, think again?
Re: Shameful!
by sandeep J on Feb 27, 2009 12:26 AM
1. It is not clear why sukhwinder singh didn't go to oscars..May be he was not nominated in any of the categories. We cannot blame Rahman for that. 2. In one of the interviews during oscars, Rahman did acknowledge Gulzar and said he missed Guzar..May be you didn't see that interview. He also acknowledged Shubash gai for coining the word "Jai Ho".
I think, you are just jealous of rahman and trying to spread hatred against him..Try to choose "love"..
Re: Shameful!
by Adnan K on Feb 27, 2009 12:30 AM
Maybe you should have heard Roja, Bombay Range De basanti.. List goes on.. Mr Rao Fakir even if u beg u wont get anything as ur name suggests.. Try to appreciate others sucess if not urs..
Re: Shameful!
by Ajay Agrawal on Feb 27, 2009 01:11 AM
No disrepect towards ARR but he should have acknowledge Gulzar while accepting the award rather than that he thanked danny, acedamy etc. Anyways I guess it was not delibrate..Congrates to ARR.
