Monday, March 23, 2009

Slumdog - sure, but why?

So yesterday I saw Slumdog Millionaire again - twice over the last two weekends but still the questions which elude answers remain - "why did the movie become such a big sensation?" "what's so different from any other usual Bollywood movie?". I watched the movie the second time mainly to try to see if I missed something the first time but unfortunately I am still clueless.

All my western friends love it and I also find the film an interesting one just that I can't seem to figure out why any other similar movie was not even nominated let alone win the big prize.

Rahman won the Oscar for the musical score as well as "Jai Ho" which is great news for him. I do believe he really deserves the accolades but again I felt he has provided much better scores which were not acknowledged earlier so what was so special about this piece of work from the master?

Maybe as is mentioned in the movie towards the end -
D. It is written

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