If I happen to meet this lady I will definitely ask her a question? what makes her to be in Whistling Woods despite such a mediocre "Yuvvaraaj". And I will definitely post her answers if I get.
--- In [email protected], Gomzy <gomtesh.upad...@...> wrote: > > *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 >
