Today is a very important day (supposedly) as India considers(as the media suggests) it a great achievement as the film made on our very own Mumbai with primarily a Bollywood caste and AR Rahman at his best wins 8 Oscars.
Slumdog millionairre has bagged 8 oscars and there is a lot of hype in the media.But I doubt whether the same film if made by an indian director and producer on the same theme would have attracted so much of world attention.I though not an expert on the fim industry but definitely a viewer of Indian movies feel that there had been many such movies and infact better movies made by Indians and in India.AR RAHMAN has given many musics better than joi ho but those are not recognised.I consider this to be nothing but utter hypocrisy.
Ladies and Gentlemen please remember Satyajit Roy was not awarded for his immortal creations-Pather Pachali or Agantuk (but they were forced to award the genius with the LIFE TIME AWARD) neither was AR Rehman for his music in Lagaan.
So before we start to celebrate this victory at the OSCARS please try to analyse whether it deserves such attention or not.
Thank you very much.
Bye..........
Amitava Banik
2 comments:
Although i am feeling equally proud with the Oscar celebrations circled around our own Mumbai .but still there is a pain becoz we were not treated this way in the past for many more beutiful movies which i believe deserved international claim.
i totally agree with u .. its a pity for us.. i just dont know why there has to be "Danyy Boyle" or "Richard Attenbrough" attached to a movie based on India to get worldwide acclaim.. We must accept the fact that we are a nation of inferiority complex.. we are so much obsessed with the white skin that we imply cant accept the fact that an Indian can create something good too.. We get bored if we are made to see Bimal Roy's "Do Bigha Zameen" or Satyajit ray's "Pather Panchali" but we appreciate the shallowness of "Slumdog Millionaire".. its a pity on us.. We pose to be patriotic but in fact we are nothing but.... I call it "Pseudo patriotism"
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