India Masala
Bollywood and culture in an emerging India
The Slumdog view
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On a recent house-hunting trip in the suburbs of Mumbai, an enthusiastic real estate agent opened the French windows of a tenth-floor apartment and stepped aside to let us enjoy the view.
“It’s the Oscar view ma’am. The ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ view,” he said with a flourish as we took in the rows of slums spread out before us.
I have covered the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ “phenomenon” since December, when it first caught everyone’s attention.Â
I have followed it through the Golden Globe win, the Oscars, the “poverty porn” allegations and all the controversies that have hit the film after the original blaze of glory.
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The Wall
