Monday, April 27, 2009

slumdog millionaire & oscar

Yesterday night, I saw the movie “slum dog millionaire” and I observed a lot of things about the movie and people’s reaction on this movie.

“Slum dog millionaire”, 2 words, 1 movie who changed the scenario of Indian cinema in whole world. A movie which brought Oscars to home, to India. But

1. Why the name slum dog millionaire”
2. Why its slum dog millionaire who deserved the Oscars?
3. What slum dog millionaire actually mean and tells us but what people are taking it as?
4. What slum dog millionaire expose about Hollywood and Oscars?

Lets start with the Question No.1
1. Why the name slum dog millionaire”
Ans: It’s true that destiny plays a big role in a person’s life and that’s what shown in the movie. Either you are educated or not but yes, circumstances and life do teach you a lot of things which sometimes are not known by people whom we say “intellectuals”
But why the word “Dog”
May be because the movie is made by a British director and britishers have ruled on us for many years and they used to use this name plate infront of their house “Indians and dogs not allowed” means still we are counted the same as we were earlier according to a britisher
OR
Are we still living like dogs in slum means slum is India and we Indians are dogs who are still living the same life which britishers left us with but only difference is that now we wear western dresses and pretend like them. Have we gone intelligent enough to beat them or we are just pretending?

2. Why its slum dog millionaire who deserved the Oscars?
Ans: India is a country of many cultures, languages, societies etc. and so as the world in itself. There have been a lot many Indian movies which are more than par excellence but because been made by an Indian never got that acknowledgement which it deserves.
Same story has been repeated like earlier. That time britishers ruled on us physically ad now they ruled us mentally. They used us to make a story of our life to showcase to whole world and told everybody that “ look, this is what India is at present” and earned a lot of money and but obvious “ oscar”
OR
They have portrayed us the real picture and shown our real face in our own mirror that “look, this is what you are”. May be you are pretending like us but you are not us, not even like us. It gives us a learning that we have showed you your real picture, there is still time. Wake up and improve yourself.
Beauty products/ make-up can work as an add-on to your beauty but real beauty lies within you. How much healthy internally you are and how much positively you carry yourself. That’s the real beauty within which automatically proves itself.

3. What slum dog millionaire actually mean and tells us but what people are taking it as?
Ans. Slumdog millionaire is mirror to us and for Oscars it’s an entertainment show which is shown in a realistic way but in realistic style.
I can’t stop people that how they want to take this movie as, after all it’s India, a democratic country.

4. What slum dog millionaire expose about Hollywood and Oscars?
Ans. I think Ramayana has been repeated again. To kill Ravana, Vibhishan was the helping hand to Shri Ram, in same way, to get Oscars, Its Mr.Danny Boyle who has been the mediator.
But
Truly speaking , its an good story but not told in such a good way in which some of our other movies has been. Because, it is been directed by a Non-India, it deserved to be nominated in Oscars and that’s a true fact. If anybody denies it then he/she is lying to him/herself.
But, I take this movie as a light to remove darkness. If a movie like slumdog millionaire can win so many Oscars then come on Indian Cinema, every Oscars is ours because we already have this potential in us only thing is that now we have got the way, how to run on it, that is to be planned and implemented.

Regards
Rahul Bhartiya

No comments: