First of all i totally admire the little kids who acted in this movie.. I mean these are kids who are actually from slums but still just amazing talent.. I just hope they get the appreciation and limelight they deserve.
Secondly am confused about the whole "selling poverty" abroad debate.I mean i thought movies were something people made to showcase what they felt or wanted to say about something. When Mr.Amitabh does not want us to say a word about his "in"famous movie ZOOM then who gave him the right to comment about a superbly directed movie. I mean may be he should stop shooting in "foreign" locations and see what is actually happening in his own country.
The people who have not heard about our country or never knew what our country was all about might get a wrong perception about us. But sensible people have the capacity to understand that like there exists poverty in any country ( may be in lower percentages) its exists even in India. And the whole concept of selling Indian poverty is baseless because when you can sell Indian melodrama like Kabhi khushi Kabhi gham then why question. If one looks at it .. such type of movies are actually more exaggerated and people who watch it will think Indians are a bunch of emotional fools.. :D and you guys want to talk about selling things.. Bollywood is the biggest business in India and these stars sell themselves and say that Slumdog Millionaire is selling poverty abroad... what losers!!
Anyway i am happy that Rehman was finally honoured.. this should have happened long ago though !!! but as they say.. better late than never :)
