Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Slumdog Millioniare - What a crap?

The first time I heard that A.R. rehman won the Golden Globe award for Best Original Score, I was really ecstatic and happy and proud. I have always been a huge fan of Rehman. Right from the days of Roja and Bombay. But when I heard the song "Jai Ho", it looked so fimiliar. Something that I have heard before. Although I dont remember when and where. Lots of people would aggree that it was not exactly "Original". It is a very nice song but not "Original". Nevertheless, the music was really good and thats what matters.Now coming to the movie - Slumdog Millionaire. Very good script and concept. But I thought, these people just made fun of Indians. After watching the movie, the first few things that came to my mind were..what kind of image do movies like these create in minds of western world?? Why do you have to show all that?? ...Crazy people. The crew and cast of the movie seems to be really happy. Most of them are Indians. The world is laughing at you, making fun of you and you are happy. Can't they show what India is doing in field of IT, Science and Space research??..No they can't. Because western world would not like it. They would not want a county like India to grow or rather they would not want to see us grow. How can they see a third world country, who has lots of potential to grow, is going to become an economic super power, sooner rather than later??...Do you really think this is the best movie ever made on Indians??..Movies like Lagaan, Chak De India were far better but because they showed how Indians beat the English cricket team and Australian women hockey team, it didnt please those smart asses and none of these movies could ever win at the International stage. And last but not the least. This movie has been winning all these awards because it was made by a person who is not an Indian (Danny Boyle). Had it been made by an Indian, they would have still not considered it for any of these awards.