well said! On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:53 PM, karthik subramanian < karthik_su...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Like the bit about "even if spileberg asks me to compose music..." > Let somebody in India ask him to compose music first :) > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Gomzy™ <gomtesh.upad...@gmail.com> > *To:* arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Friday, February 20, 2009 12:21:29 AM > *Subject:* Re: [arr] Aadesh Srivastav takes a indirect dig at AR?! > > Yawn. > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:10 PM, ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva > gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni . <sriramiyer15@ > yahoo.co. in <sriramiye...@yahoo.co.in>> wrote: > >> After watching *Slumdog Millionaire*, Aadesh Shrivastava has a question >> for Danny Boyle. "How dare you degrade our national icon Amitabh Bachchan?" >> >> Composer Aadesh Shrivastava has been in and out of the US collaborating >> with rapper Wyclef Jean. >> >> But now after *Slumdog Millionaire*, Aadesh says he's embarrassed to walk >> on the American streets. "I'm so upset. They've started calling Indians ' >> slumdogs', just like 'coolie' was a gaali in Britain. Now in the US I feel >> slumdog is a *gaali* for us Indians. Mumbai has given me everything. To >> see the city being shown as a place of dirt filth and crime only is very >> humiliating. Even I can make a film on child prostitution and pedophilia. >> But it won't get Oscars because I am not a *gora*." >> >> Aadesh saw *Slumdog Millionaire* in LA this week and he was shocked. >> "What f...k right does the director have to show Mumbai as a slum? Now we >> are considered a slum city in all parts of the world. *Humlog kahin mooh >> dikhane laayak nahin rahe*." >> >> While applauding A. R. Rahman's music, Aadesh says he'd never be part of a >> film that makes India look like a slum. "I'm so upset. It's a disgusting >> movie. Being an Indian it was doubly humiliating to be watching the film >> with Americans. Even if Steven Spielberg asked me to compose music for a >> film that makes fun of India I won't do it. " >> >> Being a diehard Amitabh Bachchan *bhakt* Aadesh is appalled at the way >> the Big B is shown in the film. "I puked when I saw that kid smeared in shit >> asking for Bachchan Saab's autograph. What the f...k was that? Does Danny >> Boyle know what Bachchan Saab means to us Indians? Who would dare approach >> him like that?" >> >> Spews Aadesh, "We applaud people who come to our city and spit in our >> faces." >> >> >> .. >> >> http://www.bollywoo dhungama. com/news/ 2009/02/19/ 12563/index. >> html<http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/02/19/12563/index.html> >> >> >> .. >> > > > >
