Amitabh vs. Oscars

India is in a festive mood as Slumdog( कच्ची बस्ती का कुत्ता ) millionaire(SM) gets
nomination in 11 categories for Oscars. Well, don't want to spoil the mood but remember that SM is not an Indian entry, so even if it wins the award doesnt come to India. So what, we Indians always find an excuse to celebrate ( do you remember cadbury dairymilk's advt. - kenya jeet gaya ).With all the Indians goin ga-ga over the academy awards, one person doesnt seems to feel comfortable with the hullabulla, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan and has once again raised the question that is winning an Oscar a true reflection of the perfection of Indian cinema, is it the ultimate goal?? Well, I dont think so. Renowned hollywood actor, Will Smith says," At American film festival, americans are goin to win, at french film festival, french are goin to win." We have an entirely different kind of cinema and thus it isnt necessary that our movies are well understood by the foreign jury. Secondly and the biggest reason I think that Indian movies are not able to make it at Oscars is that, India can have an official entry in only one category, i.e. "Best Foreign Film". Rest all the categories are reserved for Hollywood flicks. Hence the chances of making it to Oscars are very very slim. Given entry in other categories, I dont think some Indian movies will not give a neck to neck fight to hollywood flicks. What is the solution to this then. Cant we have Indian Oscars?? OMG, what have I said. One can jot down thousand points why cant we have Oscars of our own right from political intervention to opaque jury to regional bias blah blah blah. Dont we all know that what is happening to the Goa film festival. Therefore the only option left is to keep shut and let us again be jubiliant about the SM success. Jai ho !!

Well, coming back to our main topic, Mr. Bachchan has a problem the way India is depicted in the movie. Isnt it a reality?? Why do we always run away from the facts. If you really want to eliminate this face of India, you will have to accept that it exists. The solution doesnt exist in running away from the problem but in accepting it. He thinks that if he'll close his eyes, the world will go blind. No sir, that is not happening. And there is nothing wrong with the story, it shows the journey of a boy from a slum to a millionaire. Mr. Jai Prakash Chowksey says that this is the same Amitabh who became Amitabh because of these slumdog fans. These are the people who lifted him from thorn to throne, and now when he has become a king he deny the very existence of these people. Sorry Mr. Bachchan but this is not done.