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!

[Marcilo]

to isme koi haraane wali baat nahin hai agar wo yaahaan akar poverty per movie baanate hian. ( read post )

Sab log poverty pe banate hai kaya? Kitni bani hai? do you know? ek .. do.. 5 6... 12... 18.19…. ?? whats the count?

Magar, agar film totally slums per hai to ye definately india ki image ko effect karega.

Its just a movie. Let it watch it like that, its not national Ad campaign. India's image is not variable to one movie. As I said earlier there are many here that say you have to be an engineer or a doctor when you are an Indian. So what image does that create?

Read this article. It's interesting read, below are few excerpts
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/cont...gn_id=rss_daily

Sony's love story Saawariya, released in November 2007, was the first movie made by the studio in India.

Sony has acquired a string of Hindi-language movies for release. They include Straight, the quirky tale of a 40-year-old virgin confused about his sexuality, and Tere Saath, a story about teen pregnancy in urban India.

Disney's Roadside Romeo, co-produced with Bollywood's Yash Raj Films and released last October

Warner Brothers has tested the waters with the martial-arts genre. The studio released a $9 million kung-fu comedy, Chandni Chowk to China, with Bollywood's top-billed star Akshay Kumar

All these producers are not Indian companies, these are Hollywood banners and I doubt these are all slum movies.
I am not saying India is all slums, it's just that movie maker is an independent mind that wants to make a movie

2 baje.....gaye ! ......satyanaash thread ka

This post has been edited by Marcilo: Feb 27 2009, 02:34 AM

[oye_sonu]

Its just a movie. Let it watch it like that, its not national Ad campaign. India's image is not variable to one movie. As I said earlier there are many here that say you have to be an engineer or a doctor when you are an Indian. So what image does that create?

Mariclo bhai isme burai kya hai. Agar main movie ke +ve points ko appreciate kar saktoon hooon to uske kisi -ve point ko kyon nahin discus kar sakta. ??? I have already acknowledged whereever we are gaining from that movie or whatever is good abt that movie. so what is objectionable about discussing any -ve point ?? infact I have gone ahead and started a thread on another aspect of SDM- oscars- where does indian talent stand !



Few enngg doctors in amrica dont make all indians in india the same nor does it shows that india as the country of docs or enggs. instead they might be mocking on us saying all engg and docs have come to US to serve them.(brain drain !) . mera uper wala reply dekho usme mein maine aur bhi +Ves ginayein hain . Outroucsing, banglore - IT etc ! they know all !. magar over all image still still ek 3rd world country ki hai ! forgot hayden's comments ? did he called us country of engg and docs? or do the tourists who come here come to country of docs or engs?

All these producers are not Indian companies, these are Hollywood banners and I doubt these are all slum movies. Iam not saying India is all slums, it's just that movie maker is an independent mind that wants to make a movie

This is totally diff case. hollywood companies financing indian masala movies.
we are talking about hollywood directors, producers doing projects of hollywood with indian topics or 3rd world issues !

Main nahin kehta ki kisi contry ki image "SIRF EK" movie se banti hai. but good movies do impact a country's image. good examples are awara or shree 420, ask russians who made it a point to visit the country of Awara or raj kapoor ! or bollywood movies in indonesia. where many make fun of bolly dialogue " bacho bachao"( indirectly shows how women are treated here !). or japanese who now wants to meet rajnikant !

I havent seen the movie. "but if" its totally about slums it will definatly effect India's image w r t slums etc. isme koi 2 rai nahin hai. 8 oscar winner hai log 10 baar dekhenge !

Haan agar aap ko lagta hai ki koi movies se effect nahin padta kisi country ki image ko tab mere hisaab se discussion ka itna fayada nahin hoga.

regards

Sonu