Is Slumdog Millionaire A Case Of Poverty Porn? Options

[parag_sankla]

I have not seen the film yet, but have read many reviews. My conclusion based on them is that the western world (British director - the same people who ruled us for over 150 years) has made an excellent piece of poverty porn out of India. The projection of Mumbai and India as a whole is slum (as if there are no homeless people in the developed countries). Using the word dog (even if some one defends that its a newly coined word = slum + underdog = slumdog) is derogatory.

Views most welcome.

Jai Hind!

[oye_sonu]

Parag ji mujhe nahin malooom poverty porn ka kya matlab hai........: p haan magar yeah jaroor keh sakta hoon is movie aur Oscars ko lekar kuchh jayada hi halla bolla machaya hua hai.

Even I havent seen the movie but I feel no matter how good the movie may be , its getting attention because it was produced/directed by an foreigner . INDIANs or dusre subcontinient ke artist bhi aise kaafi achhi movies bana saktein hai. magar wo kabhi notice mein nahin ayengi. hum logon ke emotions, feelings, views etc alag hai Western filmmakers/viewers se . so no matter how much good the movie we might make they wont understand and appreciate our films. I fullly agree with few artists like Amitabh etc who echoed similar views.

Same is the story with Indian music artists. It took one Harrision to make them notice our Ravi shankar.
Ab wo Ravi shankar and company ke peechhe hi haath dho ke pad gaye hain. as if no other artist existed.
Ravi shankar is worldl class artist.....but dont we have many more such artists ??
Zakir hussain won both his Grammys for fusion work. so til you please these Westerners with their kind of music. they will appreciate and award you. but I dont think there are many takers of our music.
( check their reactions on HFM songs. they find them funny mix of diff instruments ! WA BS ! )

Zakir said very well in one interview " These awards dont matter much........biggest compliment I got was from my Guru(his Dad) when he praised my work. only two times in my life he praised my work " ( not verbatim)


So apoon ko koi tension nahin hai..oscars jeete ya nahin. Unki duniya alag apni alag !

......... I feel we People from SAARC countries should have one common Films/music awards !



regards

Sonu