"Slumdog- Millionaire depicts India's gloomy picture"

whizk ...it isnt the only picture of india potrayed in the movie man..

and this debate doesnt really make sense cuz if u notice tht more than half of the second half is shot in hiranandani for crying out loud and that's not a poor depiction of india at all...they got the best looking buildings in the city for crying out loud...and i live there and i sure know im not looked at as a gloomy picture..

it's just that in the movie they've showed a person's life story from where he's been to where he is..so deal with it .....and just for the record the whole part about the beggars and everything is quiete true.

what about other movies that show only the crappy parts we still whistle and watch them ryt ...so why raise a debate only when a movie gets acknowledged.

i hate pointless criticism , it's a very well made movie and that's just the way it is.
and the person who pointed out that he didnt like the script...i respect ur opinion but may i jusk ask which movie's script have u liked . in general...so i know what ur comparing it with.
 
it is not roght. whatever it is showing is real portrayal of ppl who live in mumbai slums. ppl think that hollywood is more interesting in showing darker side of India, but it is not completely true. it shows darker side of theor own cities too.
 
It doesnt seems that movie tried to smear the image of India, It is just a story of boy 'Jamal' n his journey of being a millionaire...it just a co-incidence that the story is based in india....The director nor the story has the intention of appalling india's image...

Y dont we indians accept the proverty prevailing in mumbai...its true...the movie is not depicting true india..but the fact has too be faced...lets peek outside the locals of mumbai n look at the children begging outside n the slums that we have n if a foreigner directing the movie..i think people like amitabh bacchan is not able to digect that fact...

inspite of commenting on this movie...we should try to change our country..so that people coming from west should not portray our poverty n dirt (we dont have anything else to show...now ...)but will our culture, thus change their opinoins of US....
 
I do agree that it does portray a gloomy picture of India.what's uncomforting is that something like this is still selling like hot cakes.
 
As I saw this movie, Its show the reality of the India. But there is no issue on this movie because when we are not able to protest against real picture So why we are make issue on artificial movie.
 
sid.666 said:
whizk ...it isnt the only picture of india potrayed in the movie man..

and this debate doesnt really make sense cuz if u notice tht more than half of the second half is shot in hiranandani for crying out loud and that's not a poor depiction of india at all...they got the best looking buildings in the city for crying out loud...and i live there and i sure know im not looked at as a gloomy picture..

it's just that in the movie they've showed a person's life story from where he's been to where he is..so deal with it .....and just for the record the whole part about the beggars and everything is quiete true.

what about other movies that show only the crappy parts we still whistle and watch them ryt ...so why raise a debate only when a movie gets acknowledged.





i hate pointless criticism , it's a very well made movie and that's just the way it is.
and the person who pointed out that he didnt like the script...i respect ur opinion but may i jusk ask which movie's script have u liked . in general...so i know what ur comparing it with.
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hello there,

I think the purpose of opening up a topic for discussion in the Debate section here, is to know individuals views about an issue, and not give opinions to others views. I think u need to go back to the main page and read the subject again.

It will be appreciated if u keep it Professional.....ManagementParadise's debate column is not meant to disparage someone personally. dont mix up this column with any routine commentary blogs.

and thnx for informing that some parts where shot at Hiranandani, the place where u stay.
 
well.....story of SM is not tat great but cast selection, direction and acting of all actors is really good.

and best part is the music......
rehman...superb,..man
 
It was an awesome movie which depicted the reality in the slums of India. I really enjoyed the movie for the full 2 hours. It was an awesome love story at the end :).
 
read ur last line if ur talking bout providing opinions ... u want to be sarcastic , i challenge u .

do u know what a debate even means ?
it means countering an opinion you dont agree with and combating it with ur own justification , and that's exactly what i did.

just cuz u have nothing to debate my response with , dont take the beaten path of discipline and want-to-be proffesionalism ,

support your point .

why what happened slumdog isnt a gloomy insulting downgraded movie anymore ?

yeah and ur welcome bout the information as to where the movie was shot , i live in hiranandani and you should come around sometime , i'd love to show u India's gloomy picture.

I think the purpose of opening up a topic for discussion in the Debate section here, is not to know individuals views about an issue, and to give opinions to others views.

just call it an opinion column otherwise.

and what you get points or something to support management paradise ? it's a brilliant web-site but dont get all emotional and touchy about it , keep it proffesional.
 
hello there,

I think the purpose of opening up a topic for discussion in the Debate section here, is to know individuals views about an issue, and not give opinions to others views. I think u need to go back to the main page and read the subject again.

It will be appreciated if u keep it Professional.....ManagementParadise's debate column is not meant to disparage someone personally. dont mix up this column with any routine commentary blogs.

and thnx for informing that some parts where shot at Hiranandani, the place where u stay.



my previous response was in context to the above para quoted by "kalpana"
 
well, imho, the reality is that a section of people in mumbai do face abject poverty. it just so happens that the director happens to focus on this aspect. thats artistic freedom. & yes, no 1 can say that what has been portrayed is unreal or fantasy. its reality - accept it.
& no - the director is not trying to say that all of mumbai is down in the dumps. hes just shown 1 side of mumbai - nothing more nothing less.
so i dont see why people have to take it so hard. why dont people debate ekta kapoor serials
 
wat do u think the real picture of India is. although wat is shown in the movie is only one side but however its the true side. i dont see any reason why we critisize this movie.
 
it depicts a gloomy picture..but dat is the reality of our country...i dont think people would hav created such contoversies if an indian director would hav made this movie...i think we should jus appreciate that the movie is fantastically made nd is winning so many awards...
 
i dont think so..it deserves Oscar [:)] the director of this movies really deserves awards. I think the movie was great .. yeah i did initially feel that they are not really portraying a great picture of india but then after watching the full movie i somehow loved it .
 
guys just tell me what is so great about Slumdog..I know what it is...its depiction...Just imagine the story...ok...If the movie was not shot in Dharavi...but it was shot at a very beautiful place like cuff parade or nariman point or walkeshwar...would it have been the same impact??let's foret about impact..But what are we protecting..we have the largest slum in the world that is dharavi...when prince charles came to india he promised to build 350 sky scrappers in Dharavi slum..i know that can be a political move..but we shouldn't avoid it..lets face it guys..being the 4th economy in the world we are no less to develop such slums...why do we need any prince charles to decide what we have to do..
 
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