It’s almost a year, since I started to write. So, here I stand wishing myself of the feat that I have managed to achieve. Oh yeah, before I forget, thank you also, for reading (and I’m saying it ONLY if you have ever read my posts. No free “thank you”s here)
An anniversary special is about the one thing I always love to do – complain! The victim this time, The Oscars! Ever since 6AM today (you better believe, I watched the Oscars live!) the one movie that is getting on my nerves is – unfortunately – Slumdog Millionaire. It has managed to win 8 out of the 10 awards for which it was nominated. Although I am really proud of AR Rahman being part of 2 of the 8 awards, I really don’t think a movie like the Slumdog deserved such accolades.
When you think of Rahman, the songs that resonate in your mind, is definitely one of the many classics he has created till date. I can safely bet Jai Ho may not even rank amongst his top 10. So, if Jai Ho deserves an Oscar, so did all his previous songs that have kept us humming. Rahman deserves an Oscar for sure, but I don’t think it was ‘the’ movie to do so.
The movies that I had hoped that would stand out in the award ceremonies were The Dark Knight and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (of course, Dark Knight being an action masterpiece, it stood less chances in such ceremonies) While The Dark Knight amassed a billion dollars in box office and other collections, The Curious Case was a great movie. I was equally blown away by these two movies. I was happy to see The Curious Case getting the nod in 13 different categories. But today, it was the Slumdog’s day I guess.
What I have against Slumdog you ask? Well, as a matter of fact, I had liked the movie. But seeing it win so many awards, I started to wonder was that worth so many wins. It was a clear “No” for me. I mean, there are a lot of such movies in Bollywood, right? Taare Zameen Par and Lage Raho Munnabhai were much better a movies than Slumdog. Aren’t there such numerous “Feel good” movies? What made Slumdog so special? I totally agree, Lagaan had somewhat an “Anti-British” ending, but it was so very good. I couldn’t believe Slumdog could beat the likes of Curious Case and Dark Knight in all the categories like Best Movie, Movie Editing and Cinematography. I still don't think it deserved so many of the statuettes.
Huff… I’ve done a lot of complaining by now. How great I feel now… While the whole country is ecstatic for Rahman and Slumdog, I am drawing pleasure by this post, complaining! The only thing I now ask, continue celebrating the success, but please, please stop playing “Jai Ho”. I’ve heard the song a couple of million times now. Oh, that makes me “Song-listener Millionaire”! (Yuk, that was an awful ending to an awful post. I know…)
1 comment:
Yeah I know... the Oscars pissed me off too. The only consolations were Heath Ledger, Kate Winslet and Rahman of course! The 2009 oscars reminded me of our filmfare... the big movie grabs 75% of the award share. And SDM wasn't all that great too. And certainly wasn't Rahman's best. But apparently, over-depiction of India's poverty sells well across the west. And I agree with you on another thing too - your ending - awful :-)
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