Slumdog millionaire - a movie that has been on the winning spree in almost all award functions lately held and might bag the Oscar's too.. Saw this movie last night and at the end of the movie, i tried to summarize how Danny Boyle has portrayed India in this movie. Things that i could remember
- Poverty in the slums
- Communal violence
- Indian men kidnapping kids, making them blind and then making them beg in the streets
- Child labour
- Indian kids stealing from the tourist in Taj mahal and posing as tourist guide.
- A guy stealing his brother's lady love from him
- Prostitution
- Kids who can kill
- Young guys becoming rowdy and wielding guns
- Indian police torturing the innocent
- A corrupt showhost
- Typical call center joke where a chai wala handles a US customer call
The real heights of the movie was the scene where the kids steal all the parts from the car and the kid says "You wanted to see real India - this is real India" and the US tourist says " we will show you real US" and hands a 100$ bill to the kid
Has Danny boyle shown anything good about India in this movie. Nothing that i can remember!!!
Slumdog Millionaire is a typical white man's view of India where they can see nothing good about India. I am not even 1% happy about this film winning all these awards and my heartfelt sympathy to Danny boyle and others who cannot see the real India .
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