[Assam] From TOI: Re Boyle

[Jyotirmoy Sharma]

"husband" disappears in the ghettos -- should read "child's biological
father" ...
Error is regretted.
JS


On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Jyotirmoy Sharma <
jyotirmoy.sharma at gmail.com> wrote:

> That is a very nice script -  a blockbuster in waiting.
> I would like to add some changes  -
> The African American replaced by a white American who belongs to broken
> family( parents separated and untraceable ), she becomes a teenage mum (
> husband disappears in the ghettos ), mum takes drugs and unable to look
> after kid, kid takes to crime... Bacchan hears this story in NDTV and then
> decide to come to NY to save America and Americans. Except the rescuing
> part, the rest is also part of the "real west" that many in India are
> unaware of. It is reality and should not be disparaging for the American
> viewers either.
> I wouldn't mind sending this to Boyle and see his response ( does anyone
> know his email ? )
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> BTW it is not the poverty in Boyle's movie that stinks but it is his
> selective representation.
> Can you forget the scene where the car's wheels are taken off.. the boy
> goes "This is real India" ...and then the American hands him money and says
> "This is real America" ... When did Americans became so benevolent? Do
> Americans give out money for free? I think there has been enough discussion
> on the other parts - Hindus killing Muslims, the host constantly making fun
> of the boy etc etc
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> I never expect Hollywood to do any movie which shows India in positive. If
> anyone hasn't seen "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" .. please do so.
> You will know what I am talking about.
> Russians banned the screeing of the last Indiana Jones film, China would
> never allow any H'wood movie to be shown in China which shows them in poor
> light - eg Seven Years in Tibet. Indians still have a colonial hangover and
> jump for joy if anything is west certified. Oscar is just an American award
> for H'wood movies..nothing much nothing less. Even if SD wins, it is not an
> Indian movie, If it was, it would have been in the foreign catergory.
> JS
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> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>wrote:
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>> Allow me to suggest an alternative to whining:
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>>        Get Amitabh Bacchan, the true representer of the mighty Indian
>> culture and the super-power
>>        in waiting, to make a Bollywood film about an enemy  Western
>> nation's poverty,
>>        discrimination, slavery, drug-culture and all that is bad in it.
>> Pick any country, as long as
>>        it is Western. Have the plot unravel, in true Bollywood style, with
>> some song and dance
>>        sequence, playing hide-and-seek, say in some NY ghetto, where the
>> African American
>>        heroine, roiled in poverty, drugs, sex and violence  will be
>> rescued by an NRI-H1B, brought
>>        home to Pune and made a true desi Bohu after being duly converted
>>  at Tirupati , to live
>>                   happily ever after.
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>> After a few Filmfare and other such awards that are the true measures of
>> modern cinematic achievements and a refusal to enter in the Oscars and other
>> such western, elitist clubs' kangaroo-contests, a massive box-office  hit
>> across the hinterland of India and all other lands where Bollywood reigns,
>>  it would finally redeem India's honor.
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>> That oughtta teach 'em Boyles a lesson! That would be pulling oneself up
>> by the pajama-strings! That would not be begging !!
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>> What do you think :-)?
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>> At 9:06 AM -0600 2/15/09, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
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>>> No. Beggars have nothing.
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>>> So, go ahead, make movies, money, fame and whatever you can get. The rich
>>> will get some pleasure amongst themselves and be thankful to the Almighty!
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>>>  > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:48:56 -0600> To: assam at assamnet.org> From:
>>> cmahanta at charter.net> Subject: Re: [Assam] From TOI: Re Boyle> > *** I
>>> have only one question for all those Indians whose > national-prides were
>>> violated by Boyle's portrayal of life in the > crown jewel of Indian cities,
>>> Mumbai:> > Can beggars be choosers ?> > cm :-)> >
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