pls see this one, http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20090128&fname=slumdog&sid=1 *Reading Swarup, Watching Boyle* *Boyle's staggering simplicity of perspective reproduces an "India" always already familiar to the West, an India bereft of history and nuance, which leaves me remembering Swarup's Q & A with more charity than I had for it when I read it.* [image: ...]<dossiersind.asp?id=905> Nivedita Menon <author.asp?name=Nivedita+Menon>
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 8:37 PM, S sanjeev <[email protected]> wrote: > one thing that i found amazing in *slumdog *is that "bharatdarshan" from > trains. > those shots straight away reminds one of gandhi's similar voyage in > attenborough's *gandhi*. > it's also intersting to note that (as t.muraleedharan had pointed out about > *gandhi *in his dissertation on "raj films") while the child actors who > portray jamal's childhood have a black-brown complexion,the adult jamal - > dev patel- has got a perfect WASP look,not to mention the english accent. > (PS: if my information is correct the child actors are from mumbai slums > and dev patel is from US) > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
