Slumdog millionaire I enjoyed the film did you enjoy it too?

Yes jamal's older brother was soo mean to him, and hated that part too because we know what happened after the door closed it really was unsettling I was like how could his brother do that to him. and yes it had a lot of tragic moments in the film, but at least everything seemed to turn out well in the end.

overrated......my country men have done this movie and this is our first attempt and on our first attempt my state's musician has won two oscars and he dedicated it to our people and said "every honors to god"
and i think somebody should replace the panel of oscar for enlisting the movies oscar awards in Los Angeles, so people should not think that it was overrated...
whatever people say, we dont mind, we have won the oscar...

Ok, first of all, it's not India first attempt in Oscar. Every year, every country are eligible to put their films to compete in the Oscars. As I can remember there is one movie that even nominated in Best Foreign Pic few years ago, I think it 's Devdas? Second, it's not an Indian movie. Mind you, it was made by British director, Danny Boyle who shoots with many Indians. I didn't make opinion about the Indians, I just think as a whole movie, it's not as good as many other great movies came last year. For the score, yes I think it's a great score and song that deserved an Oscar

India is sending films to Oscar whereas the Indian film industry is gigantic inb comparison to any in the world.The industry is surviving,no thriving inspite of all the odds stacked against it.Admittedly it was a collaboration but like Attenborough Boyle got lucky because he worked with the highly talented Indians,no doubt about that.
This is just the start and since more collaborations are in the pipeline you may see the real globalization when popular hollywood movies start taking the Indian flavor and content.
As for the movie itself it was a racy narrative and the music was great,but then we Have seen much better work from AR Rahman.What the world is waking up to now was known to us almost 2 decades back.Very soon Indian cinema will start winning Oscars regularly as the passion here cannot be matched by anyone in the world.
These are exciting times and we are proud to be Indians.

yeah, I wonder why it takes so long for Bolywood industry to conquer US market. Indian movie industry has been there since decades ago. Even my mom and dad used to watch Indian movies back in 50s and 60s where Hollywood movies are very rare to be found in my country. Well, I'll definitely support the movie if it is good. More power to Asian countries:)

Yes that scene was sweet and made me feel uplifted because after all the sad things the character went through it was nice to finally see him with his love

If the film had ended any other way I would have been disappointed but thankfully it had a happy ending.

actually speaking, this is purely an indian movie....director danny belong to irish, but that doesn't sound in this movie....

movie was completely filled by indian actors and the background music and music direction and production was by an INDIAN....

And that INDIAN music Director has won two Oscars In ur State Los Angeles...

Millionaire Programme is an indian Show....so everything belong to india..

and we deserve the oscar and we have won the oscar...

and there is no hype created for this movie, this movie clearly deserves...

It is a collaboration. You cannot ignore the fact that the director is British based and the novel was taken up to become a screenplay by a British production company.
That doesn't take away from the fact that a great Indian crew, actors, musicians etc helped to create it - you are right to be proud of that.

I don't know whether it deserved the oscar or not, because it is very subjective what people think of a movie.

director alone cannot make a movie, almost all of his associates were indians...
the world have declared that this was an indian movie and an indian has won two oscars...

Yes, I just agreed with you, why are you being so hostile?

hostile?? me?? im not characterized by enmity or ill will...people say that over hype were created for this movie, but i dont think so, because people think that hollywood is only for united states and no other country should participate or win any awards...to overcome this situation in all fields, we younger generation are working forward to improve our quality in education, sports and entertainment, as in sports we are the top spot cricket playing nation...

May I point out that I am not American?! All I was saying is that it was a collaboration and the director IS important since the film is ultimately the directors vision. I am all for recognition coming to the Indian film industry and everything not being centered on America. I am English, and I trained as an actor in England.

Oh TeaDuck, just leave this guy alone. He also making comments to my post about Indians like I'm somewhat insult him about Indians where I don't even mention a thing about Indian in my posts.

i never told that u were insulting my people, i just wanna tell my point that the film was an indian film, it has been brought in india and the director was a irish, i may also accept it was a collaboration, but most of the features belong to india, like the film's music, locations, actors and e.t.c.,
but u were telling that over hype were created for this movie, but i dont know if there was an hype and what made the oscar panel to decide this as the best movie rather than awarding the curious case of benjamin button or the reader or the milk...

they have decided and they have awarded and we have won....this is the result and you have to accept it...if u are gonna tell hype hype, then try to take back the oscars which u cant do...

i love india......

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I never said it didn't deserve the Oscar - I am a big Danny Boyle fan and I am glad it won. But I suppose its wrong to say that because 'it wasn't Danny who won, it was the Indians' right? THEY BOTH WON! Get over yourself....lol

yeah, i accept your point..They Both Have Won....it was a complete team effort...
i too like danny's movies...i have seen all of his previous movies...

I watched it twice I like the love story. The poverty in India is almost the same here in the Philippines. India is a crowded country like what I observed in the film. Yes I like the love story of Latika and Jamal. I don't it is really overrated but I Slumdog Millionaire is have a simple story but you can feel the struggle that they have been too to be able to survive.

India is not a poor country as it is thought. When you see the Forbes 2008 top 10 people in the world list,4 of them are Indians. Anil Ambani,Mukesh Ambani,KP Singh and Laskhmi Mittal. And China, india's competitor for asian leadership of ecenomy,There is no chinese on the top 50? or even 100

Yes you are true. The film shows the poverty in a part of country. It is not in the whole country. In the film too they showed the difference of the economic status in the country.

India is not a poor country. There is no man dying in this country of hunger. People with less resources are there, as anywhere else in the country. The film showed a slum, where some economically backward people live. That is not India. That is a good film which deserved the Oscar.

I meant, That's not India. But only a part of India. Noone can judge a country as poor, watching some scenes in a movie.

hey people, we are not poor.....but actually our entire country is not poor, some part may be economically struggling, but most of our people are having enough money to survive and we do not ask anybody to aid us economically, we are pretty strong and we stand and work very hard to make our livelihood easy and i dont want anybody to comment my country as poor...im very much proud to be an indian.....

inspite of challenging conditions India is a free country where you can experience freedom and security.The proactive efforts are overcoming all disruptive forces and you can see india succeeding in sports,trade,arts and cinema.

The film dealt with issues of poverty and morality. How the rich could be and how the poor could be. I think this concept can be seen everywhere, even in my country... there are poor people here too.. even in a modern, cosmopolitan area. Not all are poor and not all are rich, of course..NoT all. It's not even an issue about race or country. It's simply about life......the rich and the poor. Period...

hey there sailor, u can argue anything for our nation, but forget about security and freedom....we do not have freedom to wear our dress of our choice to schools and college...i have been restricted by uniforms in schools and dress code in my college..
we do have more restrictions in the city rather than foreign countries..they have more freedom than us...you see if u walk in the roads after 10.30 in nite, you would be questioned by the local police...but i have seen myself in a foreign country that a pair kissing in the nearby road at 11.00 pm in nite,i was standing in my apartments and witnessing this ...are we allowed here to do like this, oops!!!!in my state colleges are having strict rules that boys should not talk with girls, if they happened to see they would fine them heavily...leading to suspension even in worst cases...
i have seen school students using mobiles in foreign nations, but in our country even college students are not allowed...

man we do not have freedom....

GunaGuhan, he talking about freedom of a citizen, not freedom of a student, For example, A citizen has the right to complain about bad authorities or a citizen has the right to keep a pet. These are some freedoms,some countries put you in jail for littering and keeping a pet

And about those cultural barriers that our country faces,like boys should not talk to girls, it is because of some stupid tradition and religion in our country.
We can overcome these problems when our country developes even more

hi guna
i understand your issues but a true hot blooded Indian will not merely stop at a kiss he will go much further and after that where is the freedom,you get my point,so count your blessings while you can.They are just imposing fines or restricting you but what about places where you can be flogged or beheaded,just kidding.Happy lotting!

I'll just leave this thread for those who wish to converse about cultural bearer and such, but I just wanted to discuss this wonderfully entertaining film and mostly what I enjoyed about it, though I am aware of some of the slightly controversial points as well, but thats probably best left for another topic.

check my name, its GunaGohan...
and a student is also a citizen of our country...
anyway the sailor's vision is very much interesting, not stopping with a kiss and going forward....but people, i belong to south india and we people follow more cultural behaviors ....and i am very young im 19....i cannot do such things like kissing and all...
oops!!!!!!

i am south indian too and i know that GUHAN and GUGAN spell the same in tamil using the letter "ka". We need to break these cultural barriers to bring our country to the front. To break culture, we need to break RELIGION...

oh no!!!!!its not my name.........check it it is 'GOHAN'
its Son Gohan of Dragon ball z ...
since i am a fan of Son Gohan i add this to my name Guna and its Guna\Gohan..
my friends call me Gohan and some Guna..

i know abt the name Guhan...but Gohan is completely different...a letter 'o' has been replaced ....

anyhow which state??? Tamil Nadu???

Awwww yes I heard about the two children and its sad to think that these two adorable children who gave such sweet performances in that film, didnt get what was promised or allegedly promised to them, but I hope that everything works out someday for those children.

Like Gandhi in 77 this film has enjoyed the support of the Indian crew.In the process two Indians got Oscars for their efforts.