In the 1990s at times when Indian parallel movies used to win accolades in festivals in Europe, the seemingly jealous megaphones of the Indian commercial industry used to place a classic criticism. That the Europeans always wished to see Indians picturized as extremely poor and savage beings, and that they appreciated only the films that did so. But I did never feel so about those films.
When a film made in an Indian background, the Slumdog Millionaire, won the Oscars, I was very much excited and in-fact approached it with very high expectations, but to be disappointed. What should I call the white man's act of making films presenting Asians as savage and uncivilized creatures to entertain their own queer selves, and then celebrating their own absurd creation with self given awards and accolades? The only reason I find behind the Americans bestowing their most prestigious award on a film which does not even have a commendable plot or screenplay, and which says an unbelievable TV show story, is that it presents Indian as savages. How will you explain an uneducated kid having precisely enough situations in life equipping him with precise answers for every odd question shot at him in a TV show? That too questions like "name the fourth Musketeer" to an uneducated Indian street-kid? At least the screenplay of the film failed to convince this. The most interesting part of this story is that those commercial megaphones who usually place the usual argument, never did raise such a criticism about this film.
When a film made in an Indian background, the Slumdog Millionaire, won the Oscars, I was very much excited and in-fact approached it with very high expectations, but to be disappointed. What should I call the white man's act of making films presenting Asians as savage and uncivilized creatures to entertain their own queer selves, and then celebrating their own absurd creation with self given awards and accolades? The only reason I find behind the Americans bestowing their most prestigious award on a film which does not even have a commendable plot or screenplay, and which says an unbelievable TV show story, is that it presents Indian as savages. How will you explain an uneducated kid having precisely enough situations in life equipping him with precise answers for every odd question shot at him in a TV show? That too questions like "name the fourth Musketeer" to an uneducated Indian street-kid? At least the screenplay of the film failed to convince this. The most interesting part of this story is that those commercial megaphones who usually place the usual argument, never did raise such a criticism about this film.
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