I watched the Oscars right from the red carpet till the end and I felt that all the awards were perfectly justified and SDM deserved it! I'm so proud of Rahman, who talked in Tamil at the Oscars.
Criticism about SDM is welcome cos I've not got even a small hint of why Indians are making such a fuss with it's name!??
And Smile Pinki, it's an amazing amazing documentary! I got it from one of my friends and it was really really moving! It tells the story of two poverty-stricken young children (one a girl named Pinki) in India who are born with clefts and have the opportunity to receive free surgery to fix their conditionWatch it if you can, although there are presently no torrents available! :(
I want to puke every time I watch TV..The slumdog mania refuses to die down..
ReplyDeleteOscar or no Oscar, Rahman is a rock star! I hv always been in awe of him.. He has a solid body of work behind him..the memorable rendition of 'Vande Mataram', 'Dil se', 'Roja', 'Bombay'..he is just superb!
and yeah, I want to c Smile Pinki :)
Oh i m so happy tht Rahman has finally made his mark. :) And i want to see all of this in a +ve light. Coz this has done so much of good to us...so i wont want to criticize the movie.
ReplyDeleteI really wanna see this, its showing at all my local cinemas! But I haven't got a chance to yet. :(
ReplyDeleteI'm proud of this film too, cos its British as well as Indian.;)
We brits totally cleaned up at the Oscars this time!
Slumdog Millionaire was amazing, I loved it. I'd even go see it again in the theater.
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ReplyDeleteSlumdog was the most deserving winner in the Oscars.
I watched Slumdog last week and was completely blown away by it. The storyline was simply unique and brought something different to the table. Plus its a really good take of the classic Cinderella story without making it too cliche.
ReplyDeletehey Swats, you should've seen ARR when he returned to Chennai, omg, such a huge crowd near his house!! :)
ReplyDeleteAmazing, and he was clutching to his oscars like a baby! :)
hey Ria, exactly, this has got india more attention and so I personally would never criticize it!
ReplyDeleteHey lelly, see what happens when an Indian story combines with a British director, cleans the Oscar up!! :) Yayy! Cheers to Indo-British combinations! :)
ReplyDeletehey lindsay, a definite nod from me too! One of the best movies of recent times, witha lot of hope! :)
ReplyDeletehey Vasanthan, thanks a lot!! yep, SD sure was deserving!
ReplyDeletehey stanley, thanks for dropping by! Really, it was more of a cindrella story with more reality :):)
ReplyDeleteMaybe we could name it "CINDREALLA" :P
hey Sri, that was an amazing question, but yea, here's my answer!
ReplyDeletewhat I thought about the title was it was apt, what other title can you put?? SLUMTIGER MILLIONAIRE?? would you be happy if it was that?
We, Indians have a negative in slums and this movie was based in the slums. Don't you think people in slums don't have anything and literally equal to dogs, no offence, and this movie just brought out the helplessness of the slum people! This might atleast force the govt to do something bout it !
And why do people want to go into history and stuff, Danny Boyle's great grandpa may have ruled India, does that make him a dictator or something? He's a super cool movie director and we've to appreciate his work!
And for your question if they were Indian movies, it definitely is not! why do you want it to be Indian? It's based here and most of the cast are from India and out of the 8 oscars, 3 go to Indians and 1 to the movie, that makes it 4! This shows that Indians constitute more than half of the movie..
without doubt, SDM was the best movie of the year! what other movie do you think deserves such credit??
and like you said, JAI HO FOR THE OSCARS TOO :):)
Im so so so proud of Rahman. Thou' I couldn catch up with the whole Oscar ceremony, I did see Rahman winning it and his performance.. was deeply moved :)
ReplyDeleteI want to see Smile pinki too ..
ReplyDeleteI am so happy for these brothers and sisters. I loved this film!
ReplyDeleteI am seriously happy for SDM, i think we indians have developed it as a culture to make it a big issue over small topics.. If India is portrayed as bad, then those are parts of reality, there are millions of slums out there, has anyone bothered. No!! So its about that time someone did..
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I've seen this movie now..I cried
ReplyDelete:( I NEVER do that with movies, esp. right there in the cinema! but its very, very good
lelly, you cried?? awww..
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