Yawn. On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:10 PM, ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni . < [email protected]> wrote:
> After watching *Slumdog Millionaire*, Aadesh Shrivastava has a question > for Danny Boyle. "How dare you degrade our national icon Amitabh Bachchan?" > > Composer Aadesh Shrivastava has been in and out of the US collaborating > with rapper Wyclef Jean. > > But now after *Slumdog Millionaire*, Aadesh says he's embarrassed to walk > on the American streets. "I'm so upset. They've started calling Indians ' > slumdogs', just like 'coolie' was a gaali in Britain. Now in the US I feel > slumdog is a *gaali* for us Indians. Mumbai has given me everything. To > see the city being shown as a place of dirt filth and crime only is very > humiliating. Even I can make a film on child prostitution and pedophilia. > But it won't get Oscars because I am not a *gora*." > > Aadesh saw *Slumdog Millionaire* in LA this week and he was shocked. "What > f...k right does the director have to show Mumbai as a slum? Now we are > considered a slum city in all parts of the world. *Humlog kahin mooh > dikhane laayak nahin rahe*." > > While applauding A. R. Rahman's music, Aadesh says he'd never be part of a > film that makes India look like a slum. "I'm so upset. It's a disgusting > movie. Being an Indian it was doubly humiliating to be watching the film > with Americans. Even if Steven Spielberg asked me to compose music for a > film that makes fun of India I won't do it. " > > Being a diehard Amitabh Bachchan *bhakt* Aadesh is appalled at the way the > Big B is shown in the film. "I puked when I saw that kid smeared in shit > asking for Bachchan Saab's autograph. What the f...k was that? Does Danny > Boyle know what Bachchan Saab means to us Indians? Who would dare approach > him like that?" > > Spews Aadesh, "We applaud people who come to our city and spit in our > faces." > > > .. > > http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/02/19/12563/index.html > > > .. > >

