Its a He. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:57 AM, rayrai2k <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > 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 > > > > >
