Amitabh Bachchan takes a dig at Slumdog Millionaire. Big B seems to be perturbed over projection of India as a poor third world country in the hugely successful film SlumDog Millionaire.The film has been in the news ever since its launch. It has gone on to win some big time awards including Golden Globe. The film also fetched a Golden Globe award to India’s musical genius AR Rahman.
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But Big B seems to be unhappy over the portrayal of India as a third world nation.
While writing on his blog Big B says, “If SM projects India as Third World dirty under belly developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that a murky under belly exists and thrives even in the most developed nations.
He goes on to say, “Its just that the SM idea authored by an Indian and conceived and cinematically put together by a Westerner, gets creative Globe recognition. The other would perhaps not”.
He is also angry over world cinema bodies not recognizing the Indian cinema. “The commercial escapist world of Indian Cinema had vociferously battled for years , on the attention paid and the adulation given to the legendary Satyajit Ray at all the prestigious Film Festivals of the West, and not a word of appreciation for the entertaining mass oriented box office block busters that were being churned out from Mumbai. The argument. Ray portrayed reality. The other escapism, fantasy and incredulous posturing. Unimpressive for Cannes and Berlin and Venice. But look how rapidly all that is changing. Retrospectives in Paris and New York. Dedicated TV channels running Hindi cinema on prime timings. Premiers at Leiscester Square, the home of all Hollywood royalty, thronged by hundreds on the street in cold biting weather. Affable recognition at most corners of the universe… And a dear friend from Los Angeles wires in that Hollywood is abuzz with India and the phenomenal talent that exists there. We’re talking cinema still” adds the actor.
