Monday, February 23, 2009

More than what meets the eye !!!!

Yesterday nite v had oscars - mother of all awards in motion picture industry... Slumdog millionaire won a landslide 8 awards in various categories including picture & director.. our very own A R Rehman won it for superb original score!! no wonder the movie is gettin all the accolades it is!!!

But it puts 1 question to me... y slumdog only... and not other movies like chak de, lagaaan... vch show india in its other... more beautiful shades... my frnd has also raised this question in his post.

One of the conspiracy theory i can think off is... India is the nxt BIG thing in the world... the huge potential market not withstanding the financial crisis... makes india very attractive... oscars to a movie based out in india can expose indians to foriegn genre of movies.. ppl wud also want to queue up for other international flims vch mite find it a difficult goin in western countries... basically it jst opens up a potential market...

v can draw parallel's vth indians winning beauty contests a decade ago... ash, sush, etc etc... had won major contests close to each other... tht opened up indians to beauty and beauty product... n then started the journey of big names into india...

I dont say tht Slumdog didnt deserve to win... it sure did... but so did past flims... there can surely be more than what meets the eye !!!

2 comments:

  1. Hi.
    I believe the biggest diff between the movies of yesteryears and Slumdog, is the fact that this one has actually seen a team effort from the desi actors, locations & technicians with their foreign counterparts. So the interactions and hence the penetrations of cultures and movie making acumen has made deep inroads and here starts a magical tale of east meets the west, this time in the land of desi cinemaaaa...

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  2. The difference between slumdog and other movies is that it has a global theme whereas other movies you named are very indian and insular. I don't think slumdog won b'cos india is big right now. If you've seen other films by danny boyle, you'll know that he is a great director. Slumdog has everything working for it- thrilling/emotional story, an underdog as a hero, awsome music, great cinematography, cutting edge editing etc. etc. It is truly a global film that happens to be shot in india and has an indian story with all indian actors.

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