[Assam] Slumdog Millionaire

[Alpana B. Sarangapani]

Inspite of all the rave reviews, as a person of Indian origin, I found the movie very very depressing and somewhat unrealistic. Great ending but was also hopeless-ly painful.
 
There are also some wrong attitude problem it showed, like, the show host (Anil Kapoor) putting the young man down saying 'a Chai-wala is gong to win a million' etc, and putting him down every chance that he got was unrelistic. It does NOT happen in today's India. I watch most of the 'reality shows' on TV and have never seen the show-host insulting the guest like this. For example, in all the Music shows like SaReGaMaPa, Chappar Phar Ke, etc., the Music Directors, the judges, the hosts are so encouraging to the participants that the show-host's attitude was totally unacceptable. 
 
The riot scene, and caption on the screen "they are muslim, get them" was not very constructive either. When trying to portray a real life type of story, the media should portray a balanced and real picture. 


BTW, the theater here at Houston had only 7 people (including us two) watching the movie with us. 
I think Seven Pounds was much more realistic and showed a real purpose of life and love. Will Smith showed another side of his acting talent - a flip side of his usual acting style.
 
 
 
 




  
 

 

 
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