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Slumdog’s ‘dirt’

The word “slumdog” isn’t really a word. And in the best tradition of slangy non-words, it is a word which anyone can guess the meaning of: an underdog (“dog” features in common euphemisms on underbelly existence) who cannot possibly be clean since the dog/ human is from a “slum”. Danny Boyle’s ....Read more

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BollywoodBy: Girija Shanker | Sunday , 8 Feb '09 9:14:46 AM Reply | Forward This is clearly a situation where Bollywood has been unable to get out of its commercial , stupid money making ways and use Cinema as a social medium . A Satyajit Ray could have portrayed this issue far better than Donny Boyle but none of these nincompoops Karan Johars. So, Bachchan's acerbic commentary is arising out of frustation since he's part of this system where mediocrity wins.

Slumdog Millionaire By: Raghbendra Jha | Friday , 6 Feb '09 5:57:08 AM Reply | Forward Some Indians themselves do not have self-respect. How can they then expect others to respect them? Of course, there is an attendant crisis of providing for children of the slum. Some may argue that this film may serve the purpose of highlighting their problems. I doubt this. The Indian bureaucracy will not wake up so easily and, unfortunately, we will continue to be held up to ridicule.

Oscar for RenukaBy: Navneet | Thursday , 5 Feb '09 12:17:17 PM Reply | Forward One Piece of Oscar should be given to The Honorable(?) Minister of Women and Child Welfare Renuka for the INEFFICIENCY of her ministry without which this film wouldn't have had any subject.

misplaced thoughtsBy: aditya | Wednesday , 4 Feb '09 10:55:25 AM Reply | Forward Neha reads to much into the movie the effort of the crew, watching the movie is only dramatizing and nothing else.a riveting movie probably but let us not try to find sense and message out of the movie that is meant foe making money and nothing else.

Who said truth is sweet?By: MVL Sridhar | Thursday , 5 Feb '09 16:51:18 PM Reply | Forward I would beg to differ. I have lived in Mumbai for over 4 months at one time. That was the first time I was ever out of Hyderabad. I find no part of the film 'dramatic' in fact it is nothing but the truth. I accept I have never been to Dharavi, but from my 16th floor apartment I could see all the dirt and indignity used to feel in the lives of people in adjoining slum (and of course some thing the movie goer never gets to feel, the stench every time I passed about that place). Let us not at any moment refuse to see the truth. I for one would not believe that if the film were to be named ‘Slumtiger Millionaire’ it would make any difference to any of the slum dwellers I used to see every day. In fact the popularity of the film is a chance for all of us to demand our government better living conditions to, as the writer puts it, our underbelly.

gkfdgpohkBy: ambuj | Wednesday , 4 Feb '09 5:46:30 AM Reply | Forward all comments are not quite correct. many of the people have faith and have to ragpickers.

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