Comments on: Every ‘Slumdog’ has its day

By: Imrighter

Imrighter — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:15:17 +0000

How strange; a movie about the horrors of childhood in the slums, and Indians are proud of it?

How about you do something about the deliberate maiming of innocent children to front the ‘Beggers Mafia’ thriving there?

Besides, the movie was only entertaining, and hardly any kind of artistic achievement. It will be quickly forgotten unless it spurs change in a culture dominated by the caste system.

By: SP

SP — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:28:01 +0000

I think Slumdog is a wonderful movie and definitely deserves an Oscar. I am from India and it makes me proud. If there is anything we should be ashamed about is the fact that we as Indians have allowed our own people to live that in our country doing very little or nothing to address it and not about a movie that showed some of it on a silver screen. I also thought that it was so nice of the producer to take the children with him to the Oscars. I dont agree that he has abused anybody… the children were paid well and the director even has a trust fund set up that the children will have access to when they are older. He has also paid for the kids schools. There surely are ONLY 1 or 2 Indian producers who would have done that if it were produced by Indians. It is such a joy that atleast a couple kids really have lived some of their dreams! Slumdog Millionaire is a true winner!!

By: Moumita

Moumita — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:20:02 +0000

I am not demeaning anybody out here.But people we have to admit that this is not an Indian movie.As far as A.R.Rehman goes,he creates masterpiece everytime.And Gulzar Saab? He is a genius we all know.But when it comes to the movie,what kind of approach is it to call people of slums as dogs.Does India has only slums? Or India is the only place where poverty prevails?Dont we have heritage?Culture?We know we are “developing” not “developed” yet but does that mean we let go our self respect?Rahman has given all time classics like ROJA.What about that?RDB was not given the deserved.LAGAAN as well!I think we really need to wake up!

By: Sridhar

Sridhar — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:54:32 +0000

As much as I admire Indians winning at the Oscars we do have to accept the fact that this movie is not Indian. Its about Indians. Its about what a majority of children are put through. Celebrate yes!. But, what are we going to do about the bitter truth this movie has shown us. How many of us even knew that this was the situation. How many of our politicians even knew that our children go through such a life. More than celebration dont we need to introspect as to what went wrong in our country.

By: Farid Desai

Farid Desai — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:56:43 +0000

I am Indian who resides in LA. I have never been so proud to be a citizen of India.
In my opinion, A R Rehman sums it up very well by saying that he is there to receive the award on behalf of the entire country of India because he chose love and not hate.
I urge people of all faiths living in a pluralistic society like India, to cling to his precious words and make India the greatest country.
Let us all live in Peace and Harmony. It is the only solution to unstoppable progress….much like in the United States of America where the talent and content of character supercedes everything else.

By: sarabjit kaur

sarabjit kaur — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:25:56 +0000

SLUMDOG MILLIANAIRE ,YES THEY ARE SAYING INDIANS HAS DONE IT.

BUT AGAIN A DIRECTOR FROM BRITAIN CAME AND ABUSED US VERY POLITELY THAT WE ARE DOGS ,AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO RECIEVE THAT AWARD.GOVT OF ALL STATES MAKING THIS MOVIE TAX FREE INSTEAD FILE A CASE AGAINST THE DIRECTOR.

THE REAL BOOK BY WRITER WAS NAMED Q/A NOT SLUMDOG MILLIANARE ,HE COULD HAVE MAMED THE FILM THE SAME ,WHY SLUMDOG,IT CLEARLY MEANS THAT THE INDIANS LIVE IN SLUMS ,HAVING DREAMS ACTULLY THEY ARE DOGS.

By: rituparna

rituparna — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:51:19 +0000

Let’s accept that “Slumdog Millionaire” is not an Indian movie. Even if we set aside the usual improbable fantasy fares churned out by Bollywood every year, the film does not even compare to some of India’s regional bests. If it had not been for the people of our country who love to own anything with the Indian brand on it and the media that simply loves a controversy, it would not have gone as far as it did. It wasn’t a superb film to begin with, but we made sure it stayed in the limelight.
It’s an entertainer like many many Indian movies that never make it to Oscars or even national awards. It has won eight Oscars, great! What does not mean for India, other than of course pave the way for many other international film makers to beeline here for very cheap extras and free publicity?

By: Bob McCoy

Bob McCoy — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:36:54 +0000

We should all welcome cross-cultural and fusion films such as “Slumdog”, “Memoirs of a Geisha”, and others which present a world platform to actors from various countries.

By: Syswin

Syswin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:48:28 +0000

Good Cast…
Brilliant Team…
A Great Product….

Oscar is another jewel in the crown.
For people making fuss about the movie -

“A foreigner can see the real India and tell a story far better than some Bollywood junk makers. No body cried when DHARAVI was made on the slum.”

By: Piyush Monga

Piyush Monga — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:27:27 +0000

finally i indian movie making history in oscars…………..as we sme one got popular it get covered by controversiets….in the same way slumdog is surrounded by both …….controversies …..but acccording to me movie has smething extra….everthing is good n it deserves to rock oscar