Articles with tag: oscars
Demystifying Slumdog
Diditi Mitra Mar 2, 2009 interacts: 33Any film about the ‘East’ that gains recognition at the global level (read: Western), must fit the frames constructed by the West, frames that deny the ‘East’ a place in ‘modernity.’
Slumdog Success Brings Focus on Child Poverty
Riaz Haq Feb 24, 2009 interacts: 12After the well-deserved success of the well-made Slumdog movie, will the lives of poor children in Mumbai improve?
Slumdog Millionaire ... what should movies be like
Shantanu Dutta Jan 23, 2009 interacts: 239Should cinema expose harsh truth or should it portray a carefully sanitized picture of society? This question has again come to the fore front with release of Slumdog Millionaire
