'Slumdog Millionaire' is mediocre, trashy

http://www.filmicafe.com/news_detail.php?news_id=9343

" 'Slumdog Millionaire' is nothing but a cheap trashy mediocre version of those commercial films about estranged brothers and childhood sweethearts that Salim-Javed used to write so brilliantly in the 1970s. And please quote me clearly on this. If the Golden Globe and Oscars committees have chosen to honour this trashy film it just shows their ignorance of world cinema," Priyadarshan told a news agency.

"Why has Danny Boyle not taken one shot of Marine Drive? Do his slumdwellers exist only within their slums? And look at the absurdities...A boy becomes a national hero on a game show. One cop takes him under arrest and interrogates him relentlessly. Where is everyone else? Is this kind of confinement possible in this day and age when television cameras enter your bedroom? If one of our filmmakers had made the same film we would have blasted him out of business."

"Let them give as many Oscars as they like. We don't need to be impressed," ends Priydarshan angrily.

Not really surprised he chose now to speak. After all, Billo Barber releases in a week or so.😛

Ok...now I'm really starting to get mad...who on Earth are all these people coming out and trashing Slumdog?!!!! I mean, for heaven's sake...this is the guy who made junk like Bhagam Bhaag...and all those other nonsensical comedies!!! Who is he to comment on world cinema?!!!

Originally posted by: Prenz~13

Ok...now I'm really starting to get mad...who on Earth are all these people coming out and trashing Slumdog?!!!!

People who want attention.

Originally posted by: apux

People who want attention.

After Slumdog Millionaire, India will be portrayed as a slum - Preity Zinta

http://www.filmicafe.com/news_detail.php?news_id=9350

Bollywood's charming and adorable girl Preity Zinta celebrated her birthday yesterday. Since we are all aware that she has always been known to lend a helping hand to social matters this time around too she has a list of priorities through which she will step forward and make changes in the country and city. She will support a campaign called 'Light a Billion Lights' where one can sponsor electricity to a whole village in India. This electricity will be generated by using solar energy. This campaign is the India's first 24 hour Greenathon where one can sponsor electricity through solar energy.

She also feels that we as citizens of India should stop thinking about social matter and start implementing them in our own way rather than depending on others. One major problem she feels that as citizens of Mumbai we need to confront is the problem of illegal immigrants. She feels that the city is bursting to its seams and yet people keep pouring into the city. So to tackle this problem we need to get Citizen Identity cards. She feels that especially after Slumdog Millionaire Mumbai or rather India will be portrayed as a slum altogether.

Maybe, I would take Priyadarshan's views more seriously if he didn't take brilliant Malayalam films and make bad copies of them in Hindi without acknowledging the people, who were the original creators of the story.

Wow! Bollywood sounds jealous.....