[Assam] Slumdog Millionaire

Mon Dec 22 21:50:57 PST 2008

Alpana-ji,

It was a movie about a SlumDog so thats what is portrayed. Why would anyone expect it to portray other aspects of India. You should see Darjeeling Express for a artistic touristy outlook of India - in the royal train Palace on Wheels - another Hollywood movie.

Umesh 

--- On Tue, 23/12/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani <absarangapani at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Alpana B. Sarangapani <absarangapani at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [Assam] Slumdog Millionaire
> To: umesh.sh05 at post.harvard.edu, assam at assamnet.org
> Date: Tuesday, 23 December, 2008, 12:34 AM
> > *** I think it was a very realistic portrayal of people
> living in slums and also of the beggar children some of whom
> are blinded/ maimed to get more alms. 
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> That's why I said, "as a person of Indian origin,
> I found the movie very very depressing and somewhat
> unrealistic".
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>  > Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:46:41 -0800> From:
> jaipurschool at yahoo.com> To: assam at assamnet.org>
> Subject: [Assam] Slumdog Millionaire> > Alpana-ji
> wrote:> > 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.> -------------------> *** I think it was a
> very realistic portrayal of people living in slums and also
> of the beggar children some of whom are blinded/ maimed to
> get more alms. > > ***A guy getting unrealistic
> windfall -- getting hauled up by the police -- first scene
> -- it was very realistic. Infact I was reminded of my
> hauling by the Jaipur Police in June 2004 - called in for
> questioning about my going to Harvard. Some retired Chief
> Engineer Mr Chandra had complained to the Chief Secretary of
> Chhatisgarh that I was "begging through press"
> when I advertised in many national dailies including Indian
> Express, Times of India, Dainik Bhaskar (Jaipur's
> homegrown Rajasthan Patrika's advt chief refused to
> publish even after seeing a copy of my admission letter from
> Harvard - and I knew their advertising agency personally as
> ex-media guy). > > I did escape any beating perhaps
> because I was not a real slumdog - but I caused some alarm
> there when I mentioned I was the son of an army officer who
> was well known in the area. I could also have called the
> Director General of Police (one of the DGP's was a close
> family friend - his children studied in my father's
> school ) and perhaps even the Chief Minister (through my
> media contacts -as ex-Indian Express guy) . But a real
> slumdog has to suffer the beatings - however rich or
> knowledgable s/he may become -- unless s/he has contacts in
> the establishment.> > --------------------------->
> 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.> >
> > ***I recall angst on Assamnet etc when in some Indian
> show - I think SaReGaMaPa - when someone in the jury
> excalimed that the NE contestant is going to win not because
> he sings well but because all NE India will vote for him..
> > > Here it is: " >
> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060214/asp/opinion/story_5818055.asp
> " In the midst of all this began the rumour that some
> people associated with the contest were hatching a sinister
> plot to oust Debojit by underhand means. The conspiracy
> theory received support when Zee TV aired nearly unedited
> footage of verbal duels between the mentors, and among the
> audience on the set.. The format of the show dictates that
> the regional voting pattern be disclosed. This has
> intensified the zonal war. The North-east is clearly pitched
> against the rest of India. More than 80 per cent of the
> votes polled for Debojit come from the region. Extreme
> regional bias in the voting pattern has been questioned by
> the other contestants and their mentors, Himesh Reshammiya
> and Aadesh Srivastav. And this has further angered the
> people of the North-east.> > > Samujjwal
> Bhattacharjee, chairman of the NESO and adviser to AASU, saw
> in it an evil ploy to spoil the chances of Debojit."
> > > ---------------> > 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.> > *** Riots are shown in every
> Indian movie - so whats wrong if a Hollywood movie shows
> it?> > ----------------------------> 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.> > > Umesh
> Sharma> > Washington D.C. > > 1-202-215-4328
> [Cell]> > Ed.M. - International Education Policy>
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> University,> Class of 2005> >
> http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info)>
> > http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info)> > >
> > > www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are
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> > http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/> > > > >
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