Originally posted by sandya_rao7
and u talk abt me being pregudices? u certainly need to visit india if u dont knw how much money and how many people have in India.
πI visit frequently enough to know for a fact that upto 80% Indians live below poverty line. The kind of "rich" that you are harping about are not even 1% of the total population. Rest is somewhere in the low to upper middle class spectrum that, like you and me, loves to watch the larger than life escapist cinema.......doesn't mean it makes escapist cinema more creative or any better than SDM.
and if u think that i am the one saying this then just see any news channel where these comments from Ab's blog were flashed even the news reporters agreed to it.
Did I not ask you to watch the movie first and then form your own views? Or is it expecting too much hereπ Shouldn't AB have thought about it before taking up that miniscule "guest appearance" in SDM. Oh, wait....may be B's gripe is coming from missing out on the game show host role that he used to play in RLπ Whatever may be his reasons for bi***ing about SDM now, I personally prefer to know what I am talking about. Don't really go by what celebreties or media is harping on. Once I know what all the hoopla is about, then I go and form my own opinions. But I perferctly understand some like to get carried away by the hearsayπ
Now i am really confused what u r saying is really the crieteria for giving awards by them creativity new concept the way it has been presented of whether it is new to them or not bcoz from all the movies i mentioned each has one thing or the other except slums. so my point is only that they just want to show india is nothing but a big slum and they dont even want to see any other picture of India.
Well, why don't you at least watch the flick first and then make up your mind whether it is all about slum or not!!!
but not to worry we Indians are very stubborn and we will make them see them picture.
i really dont see any new art in it.
How can you see any new or old art in it without even seeing itπ
if u say its the way it has been handled then i am sure a guy from slum becoming rich is something shown in millions of other movies and in a much better way infact. so what is new to this movie i fail to understand .
see it and you'll know what's so different. Best would be read the book firstπ
If an actor is not able to speak hindi also then it shows how much feel they can have of that character and without understanding the character how well he must have played with the help of a non indian director.
There lies the creative genius. The non-Indian director did not get carried away and did not ended up making Anil Kapoor, a known star, role bigger than the main cast of the movie --- like so many Indian directors end up doing.
To all this post u have written i will ask only one thing according to u as u seem to know very well whcih type of movies are liked by the west
Not only NO but HECK NO!!! I am not the one claiming or explaining here how west liked it ONLY because of the slums. Looks like YOU are the one who has the western psyche all figured outπ Can't be turning the "being judgmental" and "ignorant" table on me now. You are the one who's going around harping hopw west likes all movies on poverty and you are the one going around criticizing the movie without seeing it first. Don't be confusing you with me nowππ
if u say genre then SDM had that also very comman to the west like TZP or rest of the movies u shoved away.If u think wednesday was not handled well then that just ur view, i am sure no one will agree to that.
Well, again getting presumptous --- aren't weπ I never said wednseday was not handled well. I only said there was nothing new there.
I really fail to understand still what was new in SDM if u say concept of a slumdog becoming a millionair then that is not new. showing slums that they have seen may a times, if u say love story then that also is not new if u say thrill then that is also not new. if u say creativity and the way all these things were presented then i would go with TZP bcoz according to me its not abt dyslecsia its abt every child being special.
Okay, for the third time in a row --- what's new in SDM --- a slum dweller cracking the game based on his real life experiences in the movie when he takes part in that not to win money, like most non-slum dwellers --- but to get attention of the woman he loves. See the movie and you'd not be asking me this question again and againπ
If the movies is not released yet in india that does not mean i dont have a flick abt it.
Aagin, if you haven't seen the movie then the "flick" that you claim to have about it is all second hand. I wouldn't count much on that. But then, that's just meπ
do u live in india to knw so much abt indian people that u are shoving them away as poor?
It's all in your mind that west will think poorly of India because of how slums are shown in one or the other movie. You can't be shoving your prejudices on me now...okie.
surely u have never been around rich indian people that y u dont knw and is not aware of the current progress of india.
ππ I see that you are jumping to conclusions again. Looks like it's second natureπ
and.I will have same view after seeing this moviesalso.
okie - proves it beyond doubt that it's second natureππ
had it been not for GG no one had even gone to watch that movie u know?
Oh no, had it not been for GG, we wouldn't have numerous Indians literally jumping up and down in excitement claiming SDM to be an Indian movieπ
when i saw the trailor i thought it was some C grade movie.if it is a hit now then u will know we appreciate creativity here in india and not pregudice.
There are many in India that love the movie. Don't be talking for all of them here nowπ
india is as is it famous for hear and pollutions and diseases showing such slums wont make them think twice?
Again, this is your own inferiority complex. Mnay westerners are India bound now a days for treatments, surgeries etc. Most know India is not all about pollution and or slums. Now, if you are ashamed of that part of your country so much that you are ready to shove it under the rug then you are no better than Chinese government --- remember that l'il girl who was not pretty enough to be shown to world --- identify with the communists next doorπ
Again, watch this movie yourself. Then would love to know what you think. You are way too influenced by the opinions of others right now.
No economy can sustain by doing business within its country not even US. and dont tell me if all the indian leave US they wont be affected and it the same with the business india gives to their co.s .
When did I tell you thatπ BUT, I can definitely tell you that US did not begging for us to migrate there. All of us, whether at top notch positions in the US or not, came here out of our own free will and are living here out of our own free will. Now, how about YOU telling me why the lines outside the US embassy are so long in every city in India where there's a consulate office --- since you are now making it a "pride" issue nowππ
i dont think they would wait if they wil get a better deal with some other country than india. as i said they are not doing business with us from the goodness of their heart. its purely give and take.
Thank god you finally got the "symbioticZ" part of my prevous two posts BUT lemme break the bubble here a bit --- Indian labor for all outsourced jobs/functions is very much replaceable. Now, you can bury your head in the sand but it still won't chnage this fact....and I don't even know why you keep going on the economic tangent hereπ What point it scores for you or proves for you given the debate topic is whether SDM is an Indian film or notπ
Well to be frank it did not create terrorism but helped it florish
πππ and your point here is???
oh sure and can we fight alone with US all muslim countries china and counterparts of US?
...and how is it or why it shd be west's fault if India can't? Israel can but India can't....and this is also west's fault now --- ehπ
as u said hame kisi ne mana kiya hai kya? π
Well, I always knew it you are getting so worried about west judging India based on this one movie because somewhere, deepdpwn, you judge others based on what you see on celluloid screen or american talk shows. Thank god most people are not like that --- at least in west...because in India, I still see most people judging america and americans based on what they see on Operahπ
Naheen, aap ko kisi ney mana naheen kiya per apney prejudices doosron per thopna is badπ