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Slumdog-indian or brittish??

07:26 AM Feb 26 2009 | Reply

Jinn_daniels

India

Nw tht slumdog has won several awards director danoy boyle has said its a brittish movie,is it really?? As far i c itr a hardcore indian movie,wud a brit producer,director make it a brit movie??just cause it won 8 oscars,do they belng to uk oi india

07:42 AM Feb 26 2009 | Reply

javamanju

javamanju

India

ha ha ha,

If an Indian made the same movie, forget Oscars, it wouldn;t have even won a single filmfare award.

It is just an average A grade Indian movie.

Can;t believe AR rehman won Oscar for such a pathetic songs.

His Tamil compositions are   so beautiful,especially songs of Roja, and also "Vande mataram" song was good.

 

08:18 AM Feb 26 2009 | Reply

Jinn_daniels

India

No java thts a cmpletely diffrnt stry,oscars r 4 hollywood movies n it must have an american or brit director n producer to make it a hollywood film,so indian movies have no chance 4 nominatng in 10 categories,bt i ask does only tht make it a brit movie??

08:27 AM Feb 26 2009 | Reply

javamanju

javamanju

India

I am not just talking about award, it is about fame as well. Would it have achieved such greatness if an Indian had produced it?

The movie was backed by Warner and Fox pictures.

It is a British movies, i.e. a westerners view of India: Poverty, Riots and call center

 

08:32 AM Feb 26 2009 | Reply

Jinn_daniels

India

No no no java,u get it absolutely wrng ,like many othrs,ok let me tell u,u must knw it was adapted frm a book ‘Q AND A’ n it was writtn by an indian writer n the movie is nt abt all indians or true india,its abt a slum kid namd jamal who goes rags 2 richs

08:35 AM Feb 26 2009 | Reply

Jinn_daniels

India

Bt how he wasnt thr 4 the money bt 4 love,it has nthng to do with the real india man(though westerners fancy the idea of india as the cntry of snake charmers n poverty)i dnt c ths movie saying abt whole india by the life of ths 1 character

09:03 AM Feb 26 2009 | Reply

javamanju

javamanju

India

Yes, It is a wonderful book. 

The most important thing in this book is the protagonist;s name i.e. Ram Mohammad Thomas

Ram Mohammad Thomas =  An average Indian

The main reason I do not like the movies is because I have read the book. 

i dnt c ths movie saying abt whole india by the life of ths 1 character

Well that is correct, I was under the same impression as well. Ever since this movies got released, I have been badgered with "your country is soo poor"

 

 

 

10:02 AM Feb 26 2009 | Reply

Jinn_daniels

India

Who says tht??tell those rich ppl to donate a few million $ to the jinn welfare charity,i cn use tht money to charm some snakes,he he he,neway java u knw whts true n whts nt,so dnt listen to thm,(cncentrate on chrming ur snake,he he he),dnt mind

10:33 AM Feb 26 2009 | Reply

Mystery

Mystery

Christmas Island

Wow, thanks guys! It's great to know that India isn't poor. I am so relieved! 

So, I should ignore the reports that over 27% of the population live below the poverty line and that 75% of those people live in rural areas such as Orissa and Bihar where the poverty rates are 43% and 41% respectively which are among the worst rates in the world or that India has a higher rate of malnutrition among children under three than any other country in the world and that 25% of the country earns less than $0.40 a day. I guess those 236 million people earning less than 20 rupees a day shouldn't worry, thanks to you two experts. 

Is there any way you can contact the government directly to tell that everything is ok and that they shouldn't worry about poverty anymore? This will certainly stop the embarrassment you feel when some ignorant stranger describes India as 'poor'.

10:58 AM Feb 26 2009 | Reply

Jinn_daniels

India

Absolutely mistery,u read my mind,u shoudnt belive those stats,tell me 1 thng it must b fun to pass a cment influenced by the west,even those poor chldrn go to schonl now,thore malnutritiond too,tht u mentioned,so yes do blive our expertese thn those crap

11:05 AM Feb 26 2009 | Reply

Jinn_daniels

India

Now i dnt really knw which cntry r u frm ,bt i hope u dnt have poverty in ur li’l la la land,well we also have the richest culture n fabulous toursm,wndrful ppl,bt all u Ppl c r the slums n povrty,u dnt c tht they r trieng hard to rise up,cash on d povrty