Hi friends,
Recently i read an article by Anirudam Chaudhary totally denouncing the movie "The Slum Dog Millionaire" but i totally disagree with him for the following reasons:
1)The movie is a treat to watch. The screenplay, Camera work, editing and the musical score is superb. What ever the depiction of India it might put forward, it is magnificient Cinema which is cut above the rest. Mathew Arnold a great critic once quoted that "Art should be for arts sake". If we judge a form of art i.e. Cinema with any other ulterior motive then every movie has its underlying loopholes but on the contrary if we just see it as a medium of art, there is a lot be praised about and appreciated.
2) Secondly whatever the movie portrays about india isnt totally wrong. India might have progressed by leaps and bounds. It might be a IT gaint. There may be graduates from IIM,IIPM and IIT who are drawing mindboggling salaries but there are people who are living in Slums. Every day many people die of hunger, many are malnurished. According to recent WHO report 33% of malnurished peoplein the world live in India. Indian per capita income is less than that of SriLanka. India is a land of extreme disparity. So the India portrayed in the "Slum Dog Millionaire" is the real india and not the rosy India which we see in Karan Johars movie. Ambanis, Mittals, premji, Narayana Murthy does not constitute real india. Poor farmars who are commiting suicide, Malnurished children in Orissa, displaced and baffled tribes, corrupt politicians and bereaucrats, horrible roads, empty taps and stinking slums constitutes real India.
Inconclusion i would like to say that People like Mukesh Ambani and other business magnets should do something to improve or set right the image of India instead of spending 10,000 crores for a posh castle or gifting a boeing worth 367crores for wife's birthday( when the same money can be used to feed millions of children). These businessmen have stashed away billions of dollars in bank accounts abroad. According to Swiss Banking association report they have deposited astronomical $1,456 billion, higher than the deposits from all other countries put together. These businessmen have high contempt for the Indian democracy, pathetic condition and extreme poverty in India.
It is we Indians who can make a difference and restore the past glory of india. It is highly ludicrous to blame a movie and Mr.Boyle for showing what real India is.
Harish.
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Hello harisha, i really liked ur articles on Gaza and on the movie slum dog. It shows a deep sense of understanding and a real intellect i the making.Keep i up and develop ur skill of criticism.Am sure one day u would become some one important.
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