Comments on: Is Slumdog Millionaire Golden? YES, YES, YES, YES! http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/01/11/is_slumdog_mill_1/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ami http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/01/11/is_slumdog_mill_1/comment-page-5/#comment-231278 Ami Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:26:45 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5588#comment-231278 <p>I liked Slumdog, okay. Yes (Drekory) it was gritty. But my all-time fav for grit (and heart) is still Salaam Bombay.</p> <p>Partly cos it was underfunded, a first such film project for young Mira Nair and Sooni Taraporevala (the scriptwriter), an original project that started in a real community workshop setting.. .and all the other things about homebrown culture that make activist DesiAmericans go "ahhh". It was something from the motherland that made us activist/artists in the making really feel like hey these desi filmmakers really have a sense of class, hierarchy, and privelege in desi-land and are really doing something with it. Their work (its not just Mira's film) really paved the way for many desi Am filmmakers and artists. Slumdog is powerful, but it just wont do that, it doesnt have that intimate vibe and the knowlege that the filmmakers really hunkered down and got a story out of the people.</p> <p>Talking about getting a story out of the people, stay tuned for something sweet maybe next year. In DC for SALTAF, while watching Sepiamutiny's Anna on a panel, I was treated to Taraporevala's new film (screenwriter turned director) Little Zizou. http://www.littlezizouthemovie.com . No its not set in slums, but is set in Mumbai, and gives you a really different, crazy yet mellow view of Mumbai, its Parsi community and so much more. You can tell the director has a deep history with the city.</p> <p>With Slumdog, I was overwhelmed, okay in a good way. And I could tell the director had a deep love for the city. But a deep love is a really different thing from a deep history. Thats what I always get from Salaam Bombay. And I cant seem to get that from Slumdog.</p> I liked Slumdog, okay. Yes (Drekory) it was gritty. But my all-time fav for grit (and heart) is still Salaam Bombay.

Partly cos it was underfunded, a first such film project for young Mira Nair and Sooni Taraporevala (the scriptwriter), an original project that started in a real community workshop setting.. .and all the other things about homebrown culture that make activist DesiAmericans go “ahhh”. It was something from the motherland that made us activist/artists in the making really feel like hey these desi filmmakers really have a sense of class, hierarchy, and privelege in desi-land and are really doing something with it. Their work (its not just Mira’s film) really paved the way for many desi Am filmmakers and artists. Slumdog is powerful, but it just wont do that, it doesnt have that intimate vibe and the knowlege that the filmmakers really hunkered down and got a story out of the people.

Talking about getting a story out of the people, stay tuned for something sweet maybe next year. In DC for SALTAF, while watching Sepiamutiny’s Anna on a panel, I was treated to Taraporevala’s new film (screenwriter turned director) Little Zizou. http://www.littlezizouthemovie.com . No its not set in slums, but is set in Mumbai, and gives you a really different, crazy yet mellow view of Mumbai, its Parsi community and so much more. You can tell the director has a deep history with the city.

With Slumdog, I was overwhelmed, okay in a good way. And I could tell the director had a deep love for the city. But a deep love is a really different thing from a deep history. Thats what I always get from Salaam Bombay. And I cant seem to get that from Slumdog.

]]> By: Sameer http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/01/11/is_slumdog_mill_1/comment-page-5/#comment-230269 Sameer Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:44:36 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5588#comment-230269 <p>Poverty is everywhere. You don't need see a film of poverty in another country. There are several third world areas in the US. Plenty of cruelty, inhumanity, extreme poverty right here. There are tent cities right now in California with no bathroom facilities. Slumdog USA.</p> Poverty is everywhere. You don’t need see a film of poverty in another country. There are several third world areas in the US. Plenty of cruelty, inhumanity, extreme poverty right here. There are tent cities right now in California with no bathroom facilities. Slumdog USA.

]]> By: starmusicmoe http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/01/11/is_slumdog_mill_1/comment-page-5/#comment-230191 starmusicmoe Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:26:13 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5588#comment-230191 <p>I like the picture on the top of the page.lol you guys need to check this video, It's soooooooo funnyyy</p> <p>http://www.mtviggy.com/video/quicky-dev-patel-vs-mtv-iggy</p> <pre><code> Copy and paste the link in your browser ;) <b>Enjoy</b> </code></pre> I like the picture on the top of the page.lol you guys need to check this video, It’s soooooooo funnyyy

http://www.mtviggy.com/video/quicky-dev-patel-vs-mtv-iggy

          Copy and paste the link in your browser ;) 

                <b>Enjoy</b>
]]> By: NV http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/01/11/is_slumdog_mill_1/comment-page-5/#comment-228975 NV Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:36:29 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5588#comment-228975 <blockquote>India is forced to clean up its inhumane culture. Check out the comments.</blockquote> <p>Admit it, you just want to let the Brits back in don't you?</p> India is forced to clean up its inhumane culture. Check out the comments.

Admit it, you just want to let the Brits back in don’t you?

]]> By: Kabir http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/01/11/is_slumdog_mill_1/comment-page-5/#comment-228970 Kabir Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:04:39 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5588#comment-228970 <p>Comments on Washington Post's article from yesterday. Looks like the "patriotic" denial and delusion gang is outnumbered here as well. I hope the next movies are about the horrors of widespread child slavery, child prostitution, child hunger and child marriage in India.</p> <p>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/22/AR2009012204082_Comments.html</p> <p>Meanwhile in India the Shiv Sena is going around ransacking movie theaters showing Slumdog Millionaire, and the "government" is helpless to do much about it as usual.</p> Comments on Washington Post’s article from yesterday. Looks like the “patriotic” denial and delusion gang is outnumbered here as well. I hope the next movies are about the horrors of widespread child slavery, child prostitution, child hunger and child marriage in India.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/22/AR2009012204082_Comments.html

Meanwhile in India the Shiv Sena is going around ransacking movie theaters showing Slumdog Millionaire, and the “government” is helpless to do much about it as usual.

]]> By: Kabir http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/01/11/is_slumdog_mill_1/comment-page-5/#comment-228966 Kabir Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:39:18 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5588#comment-228966 <p>The shaming of India has at long last begun? Lets hope Slumdog Millionaire wins the Oscar for best movie and the international shaming escalates till India is forced to clean up its inhumane culture. Check out the comments.</p> <p>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1127056/The-real-Slumdog-Millionaires-Behind-cinema-fantasy-mafia-gangs-deliberately-crippling-children-profit.html</p> The shaming of India has at long last begun? Lets hope Slumdog Millionaire wins the Oscar for best movie and the international shaming escalates till India is forced to clean up its inhumane culture. Check out the comments.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1127056/The-real-Slumdog-Millionaires-Behind-cinema-fantasy-mafia-gangs-deliberately-crippling-children-profit.html

]]> By: samran http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/01/11/is_slumdog_mill_1/comment-page-5/#comment-228955 samran Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:06:50 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5588#comment-228955 <p>The Loveleen Tandan brouhaha (an awareness campaign by film writer Jan Huttner, that Tandan, as credited co-director, should share director awards w Boyle) is still brewing:</p> <p>http://www.thehotpinkpen.com/</p> <p>See her links to stories in WSJ, WBAI, Huffington Post, Newsweek, and several UK papers.</p> The Loveleen Tandan brouhaha (an awareness campaign by film writer Jan Huttner, that Tandan, as credited co-director, should share director awards w Boyle) is still brewing:

http://www.thehotpinkpen.com/

See her links to stories in WSJ, WBAI, Huffington Post, Newsweek, and several UK papers.

]]> By: Garv Se Kaho! http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/01/11/is_slumdog_mill_1/comment-page-5/#comment-228792 Garv Se Kaho! Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:49:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5588#comment-228792 <p><a href="http://www.rediff.com/movies/2009/jan/22call-for-ban-on-slumgdog-millionaire.htm">Yes!</a></p> Yes!

]]> By: baboo5000 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/01/11/is_slumdog_mill_1/comment-page-5/#comment-228790 baboo5000 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:41:52 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5588#comment-228790 <p>10 Oscar nominations, biotch.</p> <p>AMITABHACHCHAAAAAN!!!!!</p> 10 Oscar nominations, biotch.

AMITABHACHCHAAAAAN!!!!!

]]> By: Kumar http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/01/11/is_slumdog_mill_1/comment-page-5/#comment-228761 Kumar Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:05:29 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5588#comment-228761 <p>http://satyameva-jayate.org/2009/01/22/on-slumdog-millionnaire-prejudices-guest-post-by-saurav-basu/</p> http://satyameva-jayate.org/2009/01/22/on-slumdog-millionnaire-prejudices-guest-post-by-saurav-basu/

]]>