Most of the English Channels have covered the movie quite well! They have even branded it as an 'Indian' film, which is good and bad.
NDTV had a show 'The Slumdog Phenomenon'. CNN-IBN covered it in bits. Ditto with Times Now. Headlines today, cared more about SRK handing the award, even though they did talk about the movie for a while. Most of the HINDI (so-called) News channels havn't covered a bit of the movie, they have absolutely no clue about it. They even might not have heard about the Globes. The Print (In Mumbai) have covered it quite okish. Obviously Anil Kapoor has appeared in the front page of Bombay Times about 3 times in the last month talking about the movie. No AR interview there. DNA and HT Cafe have done their bit. Overall, am not too happy nor too sad. I just don't give a Damn! *Wow It rhyms* :P --- In [email protected], "Reformed Sinner" <reformedsin...@...> wrote: > > Folks, > > As ARR fans, we all know SDM the movie & the music is winning accolades the > world over. ARR has already won 4-5 international awards for SDM music. He > has also been nominated for the Golden Globe awards. > > As far as i know, winning international awards for music score is something > not much Indian composers have done before. This is really a first of its > kind achievement and shoud be given its due importance. but i dont see much > people talking abt in india. its only we the fans who talk abt sdm music. if > i'm not following this ARR fans group, i would not have know about ARR's > nomination. > > I'm really disappointed at our Indian mainstream media (read tv & print) > media's poor coverage for SDM music. today is golden globes awards, but i'm > sad to say i could not find even a single mention of ARR's name in any of > our tv channels. > > No mentioning by TV newsreaders. No scrolling news at the bottom of the > screen. > > NDTV - They said SDM is being nominated for the best film at the globes. > they had spl interviews with the lead actors of the movie - Dev Patel, > Frieda Pinto & Anil Kapoor. thats it. no mention of ARR's name anywhere. > > CNN - IBN - A passing mention of SDM (the movie). they gave more importance > to Shah Rukh Khan presenting an award at the globes!!! they had an audio > interview with Shah Rukh and they ask "how does it feel to be presenting an > award?". > > Times Now - they were more concerned abt what dresses our celebrities will > be wearing at the awards. they ask Frieda Pinto abt what dress u going to > wear tonight. Again ARR is ignored. > > whats the problem with our media? dont they think being nominated for Golden > Globes is not a news item? Up to my knowledge, no Indian has ever > won/nominated at golden globes (which is next only to Oscars in world > stature). All thru the day, our news channels were repeatedly showing Satyam > computers scam, SomDev Varman playing the chennai open, etc. Agreed these > are also important. but then being nominated for golden globes in a great > achievement, right? why are they ignoring the music alone? if they can hype > up SRK presenting an award, waht abt ARR who has been nominated for the > award? > > Guys - can we do something about this? can we contact any of these media > channels and seek for an explanation for this ? Do any of your friends work > in any of these media houses? Can we approach them and find out why they > dont think this news item worthy of coverage? > > Arun >
