The Oscar for 'Born Into Brothels' offers some valuble lessons for Indian Filmmakers. Focus on India's stinky underbelly, make something that highlights India's poverty, illiteracy, social ills or something like that. May be we'll land some Oscar soon.
Next time you read about an Indian film doing its rounds in the U.S, check the subject, it should reflect a theme on Human Rights violations, abuses against Women, repression of the lower Class, the vice of Dowry, Child labour, a Tragedy, an Epidemic...
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7 comments:
hi hemanth, back to publishing in blogspot eh?...what happened....anyway if you recall the previous oscar given to satyajith ray's film was about poverty in calcutta too....still india is perceived as the land of snake charmers....
Hey Kaatss, yes, back where it all began ;)
The same kind of attitude was earlier critcized by Bill Murray or Robin Williams. They do not recognize comedy or so-called non-serious subjects.
On a personal note, how do you differentiate posting between Teakada & your blog ;;)
(U can reply offline, so it will be a useful guideline... thx)
... Aaahhh!!! just as I was thinking if I should ask you whether you were gonna talk about the Oscars or not...
hmmm... so true... the West just likes to stay suspended in its state of superiority... and what's more look down at other places from there...
Do you think academy awards should recognise films like devdas ?
Kannathil muthamittal was never nominated by india just because it is not a hindi movie. if u have some much bias back home , how do you expect somebody in us to be different ????
Give me a break! We need to put our house in order before we think of Oscars.
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