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Slumdog Millionaire Swept The 2009 Oscars – Should It Have?
A quick comment by Richard Robinson about the film which swept the majority of awards’ ceremonies this year. Slumdog Millionaire tells of three Indian children whose lives follows varying but connected paths. This review contains no spoilers, unlike many you may have already read.
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Top 10 Movies of 2008
2008 was hardly a stellar year in the movies, but which movie rose above the others to be in the top 10?
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Revisiting Rays: Pather Panchali, A Violent Movie
I know a boy whose name is Bodhibrata. He was in standard nine in a school when he chanced to watch ‘Pather Panchali’ or ‘Songs of the Road’ for the first time. Pather Panchali was the first venture of Satyajit Ray as a film-maker….I remember the boy as he has told me a different story on the film. When inquired what has made him shed tears such profusely, Bodhibrata has answered: What a violent film!
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“jai Ho” and “bhay Ho”
How a Oscar winning song has been reduced to a mere campaigning tool by the political parties.
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Reflections on the Slumdog Millionaire Poop Incident
Jumping on a mud pool of poop just to get an autograph from his favorite singer is something that many of us may deem imaginable. But for Jamal Malik, the main character in the recent 2008 Academy Award winning film Slumdog Millionaire, getting himself submerged in a pool of waste and feces is the ultimate sacrifice he had to take for a dream come true – his favorite celebrity’s signature!
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Slumdog Millionaire: My Views
Volumes have been written about this film and all film goers across the world are aware of this film and its Oscar triumph.
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Scum Dog Billionaire: Slumdog Millionaire
Plucked from obscurity from the hustle, bustle, filth and poverty of Mumbai’s biggest slum, Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali were cast as the young slum dwellers in Danny Boyle’s latest flick for authenticity of the lives of slum dwelling children. But it is right that they were seemingly paid a pittance for their roles?
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Slumdog Millionaire: Is It Really That Good?
No surprises last week that Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” swept the Oscars scoring eight out of 10 statues. But, is it really that good?
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The Essence of Slumdog Millionaire.
Slumdog millionaire was the correct answer at the oscars on Sunday night not once, not twice but eight times.
