Slumdog Millionaire, the Globe, Bafta, and a complete Oscar sweep, the so-called breakthrough of "Indians" in the Oscars, in the global picture, is being talked about like anything nowadays. A.R.Rahman, the musical maestro of the country, grabbing 2 Oscars, is being credited as the "Indian Face" and its all "JAI HO, JAI HO" everywhere, even Congress adopted it and is using it in its manifesto. All of this sounds good, as we are Indians and Oscars are considered to be the best movie awards around the world but i would ask to everyone, atleast those who have heard A.R.Rahman's other tracks before, that do "JAI HO" really deserves the Oscar? I guess the maximum's answer is a "NO". I mean, obviously, A.R.Rahman is like one of the greatest names in Indian Film Industry, and he do deserves Oscars for his works, but i think "JAI HO" was really not worth. There are even greater pieces of work by Rahman himself and individually too, "JAI HO" does not deserve.
Moreover, as a film too, i have not found a single person who thinks that it deserved an Oscar, if at all Oscars are considered to be the best. Have not many other, better films on the same theme have been made in India itself. Why do not Indians want to believe that if at all Slumdog was made under an Indian banner, it would definitely not have got the Oscars. Has the jury members of all that great movie award ceremonies as well as the global audience itself appreciated the film just because it showcases the dark side of the country, the side which they want to believe. Why, a film like Swades didnt make it upto there when it was better than Slumdog in many aspects, maybe just because it was by an Indian director and under an Indian banner, a total Bollywood presentation. Why do Indians always go gaga over the Oscars, when many among them do agree that it does not appreciate the ultimate art of the year.
And then they are just into criticizing the biggies like Amitabh Bachchan and SRK that they are kind of jealous with Slumdog's success. After reading Bachchan's firing blog on SM, I personally dont agree with him that the westerners want to show only the worse side of Indian reality, I mean its a movie and a movie can be made by anybody and on any theme, there should be no comments on that grounds atleast. But Indian people as well as the media takes it into the perspective of his jealousy with the movie. Moreover, people comment on SRK that he left the project and then the film did so well and talks like falling time of SRK has begun and it goes on and on. Why dont Indian audience respect him on the fact that he is the only big superstar who haven't worked under a foreign banner despite many offers, just because he wants to remain loyal to Bollywood and also to raise the level of Indian cinema to THAT level. Rather, they should think that it is good for Anil Kapoor that now his brand value will increase and not about what is the effect of only a film over the Hindi Film Industry's biggest stars ever.
I am also happy about the kids and the cast of SM that they got so much of appreciation globally and it obviously resulted as a big thing in their life. But as a film, I dont think that Slumdog deserves.
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Well i dont think swades had better music than slumdog although it was very good. The kind of new sounds and variety which rehman offers in slumdog is not to be seen in swades. While swades's songs and background score does help visuals, slumdog's music completely overpowers you.Slumdog has scenes with lot of diff moods and the music plays a major role in making that quick transaction effectivly.
ReplyDeleteBut ofcourse every person is entitled to have and express his own opinion.So if u liked swades music better then so be it. i just wanted to explain y i liked slumdog's music more. Take care and Keep writing !