"Slumdog- Millionaire depicts India's gloomy picture"

[cutecherry_15]

i dnt really think that the movie potrays bad picture about our country...It just depicts the truth in a very crude way

[dheerajmah]

whatever, a movie is entertainment so i dont consider it harming the image of india but if anybody has a feeling in other fields they are begging to play in our IPL to fight with their own boards and to come to india bcoz money..........

[gpuneetg]

i thinks movie is gud and they just depicted how much you learn from your daily life..

[ritukalra]

I surely feel it potrays a sad picture of India-which unfortunately is true.

[knightrider_awesome_1783]

I believe slumdog millionare is a good depiction of india...The depiction is perfect in terms of the contrast in images you see in a city like mumbai..ie slums on one side and high rise buildings on the other, where everyone has an opportunity to make it big.

[rachitchaudhary]

I think it depicts India's gloomy picture but to an extent....

[komal nayar]

I fully agree with this topic. First India was projected as land of snake charmers n now its being depicted as land of slums and poverty.

[rishum]

Well... The movie shows what does exist.

Those who haven't witnessed the reality (Mumbai slums) themselves may keep denying it but it doesn't change what's true.

At the same time, the multi-million win of the protagonist may be a little too far fetched but I personally know people who have risen from the slums and even broken through the middle class barrier by the age they were 40+

And almost all of them did it without much of education and a bit of shady deeds as well. But that's what life is all about to them. Survival.

And I hail their spirit and damn the middle class to eternal mediocrity!

[treize]

"No offense meant but you should leave your analytical". I concur with you that movies are made for entertainment, though a variety of entertainment is what i would put it as. Just like Novels are for a good read but then there are fiction as well as non-fiction novels. The movie "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" was also made for pure entertainment and everyone enjoyed it, except Kazakhstan. Not many cared where Kazakhstan was, but most people now know where it is, and its famous for people like Borat, which is definitely not true.

SDM is a British film, with brit directors and the brit lead actor (Dev Patel). It's not a Indian movie. Just because its made in India doesnot mean its Indian. That way Indiana Jones and the temple of doom should also have been Indian movie b'coz it was shot in India and had people eating monkey brains for desserts in money skulls.

The director has shown India according to the book and what would suit his story better. The movie for him is a business contract as is with all other directors. Its supposed to entertain and bring in more money. And from that point of view, he showed neither a good or a bad point of view but the 'required' point of view. Movies like these are often made in Hollywood and are pretty average there. For us its special, because in Indian context, movie are rarely made in such ways - no songs, no religious outlooks, more soundtracks, high kinetics in cinematography, etc. It has romance but not the kind we are so used to. That is the thing which makes SDM, in indian conext different.

Apart from that, we are a poor country. Be in Bombay suburbs, Old Delhi, Ganga at varanasi, Calcutta, etc; slums, filth, diseases, poverty, etc is everywhere. We all know it. Most of us are just justifying in presence in various degrees because no previous movies made it so obvious to the world's elites and gave it proof for over 2 hours in an a/c theatre, that look how dirty we really are.

[auxillary]

When it suits us all the nationalism in the world overflows the brims of our hearts but not when it matters. Its the small things that we do in our life that go on to make the largest impact. "Pay it forward" is a wonderful movie which portrays one such small effort.
Yes, its wishful thinking for some and may be an impractical move too. But human race survives on HOPE as "the architect" in matrix says.
we all love an underdog especially when he wins in the end. I think its just the struggle and conflict in a movie that keeps us glued to the edge of the seat and that exactly what this movie delivers.
Now if its showing India in a bad light, then all the naysayers please go on and take out a morcha or even better force the producers to take out all those parts of the movie, just as what China did for that James bond movie.
But for those who see the reality of street on screen and know its not a lie, just think why it's still so? May that's what would be the greatest accolade for any movie, when it can make its audience THINK.