Jai Ho....!

It was quite expected the 'Slumdog Millionaire' will win few awards at the Oscar given that it has won awards in all the major international award show but winning 8 out of 10 nominations is quite phenomenal. As people debate over whether it's an Indian movie or foreign film, to me it doesn't matter. It's an entertaining movie that has a simple message and a mass appeal but what I like most in the film is the way the story is told. I have seen almost all the big releases after i return from London and i can see the change in the way the film is being presented these days be it contemporary Devdas or the classic Dilli 6 and i am sure we are going to see more of this in the coming days. Whether the film is an Indian film or a foreign film there are multiple reason to celebrate the success at Oscar. 1) Celebrate for A R Rahman for becoming the first Indian to win 2 Oscar, tough the music of SM is good but not the best from Rahman till date, we have heard much better music in the form of Roza, Taal or the latest Dilli 6, also the international audience has heard him before and acknowledge his potential on different forums but getting an Oscar is the ultimate thing to happen. People like A R Rahman, Lata Mangeskar, Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar are genius and we should be proud of them and celebrate their success. 2) Same goes for Resul Pookutty, he himself admitted that his work in 'Gandhi My Father' is better than Slumdog. We should celebrate for these people because they have made us proud. I personally think we have to keep on doing the good work getting recognition is not on your hand, it's all about timing and who are judging you. But if you are continuously delivering then sooner or later that is going to be recognized. From the day the film start getting recognition in form of international awards we the people in India started to say ugly things about it, starting from the movie title to the content and now when it has reached where it truly belongs we are still debating whether is it a Indian or foreign film. All this things have only helped the film get more publicity which is ultimately good for the film.I have seen the movie when it released in India and again after it won the Oscar and both the time i thoroughly enjoyed it. May be an Indian director might have made a much better film, with a better title and beautiful location which might have become a block buster in India but have we not seen all those things in every other bollywood movie.Why we always want to see our main actor coming in bmw/merc and having a big bungalow dancing around the tree with the leading lady and finally beating more than dozen anti social element and taking away the heroine.Though the number of such movies made in India has reduced over the period of time and now we are getting to see some quality movies but criticizing SM is just stupid. To me a good movie is one that entertains me for length of the movie with some good message with it. Slumdog is not only a good entertainer but also shows how we can win against all odds.My best movie till date is 'Cast Away' and i can relate SM to it, it's about hope and being optimistic. There are few scenes which even made me feel bad about but then that is the truth and it's not artificial There are still quite a good number of people living in slums and fighting everyday to get their meals, we still fight in the name of god. So instead of criticizing the movie we should do whatever we can to remove these things from society, what baffles me more is that some very senior personality from the film fraternity have criticised the movie what i think only because somebody from outside was able to achieve what we have not and that that in our country. I have no doubt that if a similar movie is being made by an Indian director and a India producer the film might not have achieved half of what it SM has achieved but then that's how it is. Instead of complaining about it we should look at the positive side, it has opened a whole new world of opportunity for Indian artist and technicians and we should look it as a bridge between Hollywood and bollywood and try to make maximum benefit out of it rather being judgemental.When the whole world is going through a recession we are still growing and are least effected by it and i don't think any of us have any doubt that we are going to be more stronger in every aspect we just have to make that little effort to accept few things and do whatever we can to eliminate it and make India more stronger so that next time an Indian director or a an Indian production house get us an Oscar. India is at the center of the world...Jai ho..