Slumdog Millionaire literally means "jhopdi ka kutta bana crorepati".
Ever since this movie has come into the limelight, people have been expressing their biased views about it. No one in India had even heard about the movie till it actually won Golden Globe awards and I am sure people in India need much more than just being "nominated" to get up from their beds and their daily life of not doing anything to start expressing ignorant views about the movie.
I do think certain characters and scenes of the movie were exaggerated to reinforce the story, but this is a fair portrayal. As a native of Mumbai, I know what the slums there can be like. It is easy to say Mumbai as one of the most developed cities of India, but still there are parts where child abuse and extreme poverty are dominant and more so intimidating. People in India have started blaming the director and cast directors of the movie. Director Danny Boyle has really made something out of the ordinary here for the masses. And what's not to forget is that the movie's co-director who was responsible for all the shootings in Mumbai is Loveleen Tandon, an INDIAN herself !
And to top off, her's the icing on the cake, the movie is based on a novel "Q and A" written by an Indian diplomat in South Africa, Mr. Vikas Swarup and that novel was published in 2005 !! hey were there no voices raised against him ? Why was this issue not out in 2005 ? Why did the journalists who are now criticizing the movie, not talk anything about the novel. I admit there will be subtle changes in writings and potrayal, but the gist still remains the same.
What's surprising to hear that some guy in Patna has sued Anil Kapoor and A R Rahman for calling slum dwellers "slumdogs" and Indians "dogs" in the movie and this guy hasn't even seen the movie !! Do these kind of people have really no work whatsoever. Our very own Mr. Amitabh Bachchan has criticized the movie's "western" qualities. Ask him whats Indian about the movies made today.....especially Nishabd..:). Some people call it a "vile-poverty porn". Now come on people. Get a life. Just truly enjoy the movie keeping aside your differences
I saw the craziness that gripped the country when "Kaun Banega Crorepati" was launched in 2001, and I don't think that is exaggerated in the movie. The depiction of the class hierarchies that run India also rings true. Renowned filmmaker Krishna said "To me Slumdog Millionaire is the perfect marriage of British story-telling and the style of Bombay masala movies, which always culminate in the romantic leads finding each other." Now that makes sense.
All in all, the kids win, the villian gets his due and love prevails. What's different than any other Indian movie that has been made !!
And despite some Indian and British controversy about the film's take on Mumbai life, I would embrace director Danny Boyle's feel-good epic about a teen who wins Kaun Banega Crorepati...Enjoy
Sanx
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Live life king size
Isn't this a standard complain that people usually have everyday.
"But I can't find free time. Life has become hectic. It's rush hour all the time."
Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.
Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it complicated.
Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit. That's why you are not happy.
Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.
Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.
Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer. With that experience their life become better not bitter.
In every terms, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.
Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons (to) Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you! are free from problems.
If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.
Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work with the clock
Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.
when people suffer they ask, "why me?" When they prosper, they never ask "Why me" Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few want to be on the side of the truth.
Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not a process of discovery but a process of creation.
Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.
Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve. Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that took our breath away!
"But I can't find free time. Life has become hectic. It's rush hour all the time."
Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.
Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it complicated.
Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit. That's why you are not happy.
Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.
Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.
Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer. With that experience their life become better not bitter.
In every terms, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.
Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons (to) Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you! are free from problems.
If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.
Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work with the clock
Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.
when people suffer they ask, "why me?" When they prosper, they never ask "Why me" Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few want to be on the side of the truth.
Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not a process of discovery but a process of creation.
Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.
Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve. Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that took our breath away!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Virus Warning (Hilarious)
So I got this email from someone which had a virus warning.
I just tweaked it a little and added some stuff to make it funny...
There is a new virus going around, called "work".
If you receive any sort of "work" at all, whether via email, Internet or simply handed to you by a colleague...DO NOT OPEN IT.
Work has been circulating around our building for months and those who have been tempted to open "work" or even look at "work" have found that their social life is deleted and their brain ceases to function properly.
If you do encounter "work" via email or are faced with any "work" at all, then to purge the virus, send an email to your boss with the words "Sorry...I'm off to the pub". The "work" should automatically be deleted from your brain.
If you receive "work" in paper-document form, simply lift the document and drag the "work" to your garbage can. Put on your coat and skip to the nearest bar with two friends and order three pints of beer.
After repeating this action 14 times, you will find that "work" will no longer be of any relevance to you.
Send this message to everyone in your address book. If you do not have anyone in your address book, then I'm afraid the "work" virus has already corrupted your life.
Happy reading
Sanx
I just tweaked it a little and added some stuff to make it funny...
There is a new virus going around, called "work".
If you receive any sort of "work" at all, whether via email, Internet or simply handed to you by a colleague...DO NOT OPEN IT.
Work has been circulating around our building for months and those who have been tempted to open "work" or even look at "work" have found that their social life is deleted and their brain ceases to function properly.
If you do encounter "work" via email or are faced with any "work" at all, then to purge the virus, send an email to your boss with the words "Sorry...I'm off to the pub". The "work" should automatically be deleted from your brain.
If you receive "work" in paper-document form, simply lift the document and drag the "work" to your garbage can. Put on your coat and skip to the nearest bar with two friends and order three pints of beer.
After repeating this action 14 times, you will find that "work" will no longer be of any relevance to you.
Send this message to everyone in your address book. If you do not have anyone in your address book, then I'm afraid the "work" virus has already corrupted your life.
Happy reading
Sanx
Monday, January 7, 2008
Australia vs India
As many of you might think...this is no cricket or hockey or any other sport...
Its the sportsmanship in which the sport is played....Thats where i think countries and their staff should focus their minds on....be it cricket or whatever....nowadays competition is given a new name -- WINNING !!
"Come hail, come storm, we will win ... even if it means stamping over the other team" -- thats what is inculcated amongst players right now..
I am not sure how many of the readers are ardent followers or cricket. But the recent India-Australia match gave us a glimpse of things to follow. If this is not taken care of at this very moment, we could be in for a very purple patch in sports era..
The spirit in which the game is played is all what matters...winning and losing come after that. Everyone likes winning but if it becomes a habit, thats when things can turn upside down. The criticism the players get is immense after the game is over.
Another very famous example is the underarm bowling by Australia in 1981
In 1981 Australia was playing New Zealand in a One Day International, the third of five matches in the final of the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
New Zealand needed six runs to tie the match from the final ball, with eight wickets down. The Australian captain (Greg Chappell) ordered the bowler (his brother, Trevor Chappell) to bowl underarm: rolling the ball along the ground to avoid the possibility that the No. 10 New Zealand batsman (Brian McKechnie) would score a six from the last ball to tie the match.
Australia won the game, but boos were heard from the crowd and the New Zealand batsmen marched off in disgust. Since that day the underarm bowling incident has been a source of discussion, both heated and jocular, between Australians and New Zealanders.
It was described as "the most disgusting incident I can recall in the history of cricket" by the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, Rob Muldoon, who also said that "It was an act of cowardice and I consider it appropriate that the Australian team were wearing yellow".
On February 17, 2005, 24 years after the original underarm delivery, Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath light-heartedly revisited the incident in the first ever Twenty20 international, played between Australia and New Zealand. In the last over of the match, a grinning McGrath pretended to bowl an underarm delivery to Kyle Mills which prompted New Zealand umpire Billy Bowden to produce a mock red card. This drew a large reception from the crowd, which was mostly made up of New Zealand fans, and echoed the good spirits in which the whole game had been played.
Sportsmanship can be conceptualized as an enduring and relatively stable characteristic or disposition such that individuals differ in the way they are generally expected to behave in sport situations. In general, sportsmanship refers to virtues such as fairness, self-control, courage and persistence and has been associated with interpersonal concepts of treating others and being treated fairly, maintaining self-control in dealing with others, and respect for both authority and opponents. Five facets of sportsmanship have been identified:
I do not know what will happen if things go like this, but I am sure they will be better if we stop it right away..
Enjoy reading
Sanx
Its the sportsmanship in which the sport is played....Thats where i think countries and their staff should focus their minds on....be it cricket or whatever....nowadays competition is given a new name -- WINNING !!
"Come hail, come storm, we will win ... even if it means stamping over the other team" -- thats what is inculcated amongst players right now..
I am not sure how many of the readers are ardent followers or cricket. But the recent India-Australia match gave us a glimpse of things to follow. If this is not taken care of at this very moment, we could be in for a very purple patch in sports era..
The spirit in which the game is played is all what matters...winning and losing come after that. Everyone likes winning but if it becomes a habit, thats when things can turn upside down. The criticism the players get is immense after the game is over.
Another very famous example is the underarm bowling by Australia in 1981
In 1981 Australia was playing New Zealand in a One Day International, the third of five matches in the final of the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
New Zealand needed six runs to tie the match from the final ball, with eight wickets down. The Australian captain (Greg Chappell) ordered the bowler (his brother, Trevor Chappell) to bowl underarm: rolling the ball along the ground to avoid the possibility that the No. 10 New Zealand batsman (Brian McKechnie) would score a six from the last ball to tie the match.
Australia won the game, but boos were heard from the crowd and the New Zealand batsmen marched off in disgust. Since that day the underarm bowling incident has been a source of discussion, both heated and jocular, between Australians and New Zealanders.
It was described as "the most disgusting incident I can recall in the history of cricket" by the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, Rob Muldoon, who also said that "It was an act of cowardice and I consider it appropriate that the Australian team were wearing yellow".
On February 17, 2005, 24 years after the original underarm delivery, Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath light-heartedly revisited the incident in the first ever Twenty20 international, played between Australia and New Zealand. In the last over of the match, a grinning McGrath pretended to bowl an underarm delivery to Kyle Mills which prompted New Zealand umpire Billy Bowden to produce a mock red card. This drew a large reception from the crowd, which was mostly made up of New Zealand fans, and echoed the good spirits in which the whole game had been played.
Sportsmanship can be conceptualized as an enduring and relatively stable characteristic or disposition such that individuals differ in the way they are generally expected to behave in sport situations. In general, sportsmanship refers to virtues such as fairness, self-control, courage and persistence and has been associated with interpersonal concepts of treating others and being treated fairly, maintaining self-control in dealing with others, and respect for both authority and opponents. Five facets of sportsmanship have been identified:
- Full commitment to participation (e.g., showing up, working hard during all practices and games, acknowledging one’s mistakes and trying to improve)
- Respect and concern for rules and officials
- Respect and concern for social conventions (e.g., shaking hands, recognizing the good performance of an opponent)
- Respect and concern for the opponent (e.g., lending one’s equipment to the opponent, agreeing to play even if the opponent is late, not taking advantage of injured opponents)
- Avoiding poor attitudes toward participation (e.g., not adopting a win-at-all-costs approach, not showing temper after a mistake, and not competing solely for individual prizes)
I do not know what will happen if things go like this, but I am sure they will be better if we stop it right away..
Enjoy reading
Sanx
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