*Keep your cool guys! * **
* http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2009/feb/02sl1-why-you-should-not-watch-slumdog.htm * *Shamal Sengupta, who teaches direction at Subhash Ghai's filmmaking institute Whistling Woods in Mumbai, tells us why he disliked Slumdog Millionaire.* ** *'What has Rahman done in Slumdog Millionaire to get an Oscar nomination?'* **S*lumdog* will definitely bag an Oscar or two. But that would be a shame. The sanctity of the Oscars was lost long ago, so *Slumdog* will not the only film that will show it down. There are many other films that deserve it more. I must mention A R Rahman. *What has he done in Slumdog Millionaire to get an Oscar nomination?* He is such a great musician, he has composed better music in other films. I am sure that he knows himself that he has done a very mediocre job here. *The background score is a disaster. The song Jai Ho and its picturisation is another disaster.* Why did the song need to be in the film? What a waste! It was very unnecessary for that song to be in the film; more so, to be shot in Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. *'I don't think a film like this will ruin our country's worth'* *Rahman will get his cheque and continue making music and entertaining us. But the question is why waste your talent for money?* Portraying India this way gives a very bad taste. India has always been looked upon from the fixed viewpoints of poverty, prostitution, crime, superstition and blind beliefs. But let me also tell you what I liked about the film. The technical aspects like camera work, shooting locations, and location management were well done. I will definitely show this film to my students to teach them camera angles. I am not being patriotic, I am just being reasonable. I don't think a film like this will ruin our country's worth. I think the world knows that India is not just about poverty and crime but has much more value than that. Full Article
