Slumdog Millionaire

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/24/oscars-india-slumdog-millionaire-ian-jack

Poverty Porn
This article is about how foreign directors have come to India to make films which have involved Inida as looking like a country full of poverty, cruelty and sqular and this outraged Indians. Now there is a film made four years later which follws similar ideas, (Slumdog Millionaire) but instead has won four Golden Globes and has 10 Oscar nominations. Ian Jack explains how a lot of research was carried out before the film was made, but the fact that some people from the indian industry alone disagree could mean that others may totally disagree with the way the asian lifestlyes and communitys are being represented in this movie.

Danny boyle on India
Boyle talks about how it was for him to go to india and to make Slumdog Millionaire. He talks about how he is not tryning to represent Inida i a negative light, but there are some aspects in the film where it may apper like this. Eg There are scenes shown from the movie of little kids running around through the streets of the indian shanty town areas; he says how this is just talking about the relasim of the film, and just creating awareness, rather then negativity like the media sometimes displays.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jan/18/slumdog-millionaire-british-asian-reaction

This article shows how British Asians are reacting to the film. There has been a mixed view with some saying how it is good that Inida is finally being represented in it's true form and not glamourised as usual. where on the other hand others belive its just too negative against Inida.
(Gundip Judge, 27) says,''It highlights that there's more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood, but I thought it was a bit clichéd in parts, which the book isn't. Some turns of the narrative and styles of shots seemed familiar, like they'd been nicked from other Indian independent films and Indian 1970s cinema. It is significant, however, that it takes an English director to make this type of film mainstream."