Why only poor, begger characteirse type of film based on Indian culture, has always nominated to Oscar? This is right from Satyajit Ray to Deepa Mehta. Can these type of ppl can not make the film based on proud and glories part of Indian culture?
RE:Humiliation of Indian thru film
by Maximus Decimus Meridius on Feb 27, 2007 01:35 PM Permalink
Do we ever make good movies about the glories of Indian culture? All we make is overacted song and dance routines that pander to the lowest common denominator, or jingoistic nationalism with songs in between. What's the great film that you saw recently and feel should get an oscar? Rang de basanti, india's official entry? It is mediocre at best, in comparison to The departed or even blood diamond (which is a decent film, but not great).
In general, Oscar nominated movies are dark and brooding. Even films like life is beautiful is quite dark, though funny at the same time. That's the kind of movies the academy likes... Out and out commercial films like Matrix, Spiderman, etc will never win the awards...
The problem is in part due to the censor board and also due to India's intolerance to an opposite viewpoint. Plus, most of the viewers like this kind of cinema as against social dramas. (Most ppl tell me that they go to watch films to get entertained, not feel depressed.)
Regional cinema (esp in the communist states), inspite of poor funding, is way way better than crappy bollywood.
RE:RE:Humiliation of Indian thru film
by Prem Prakash on Feb 27, 2007 03:51 PM Permalink
Ok, you said very correct, but what I mean to say that our very respectful director/producer of Indian cinema always chose subject which features poor or beggars type of character or negative portion of India for the sake of originality. This also include the interest of their name fame within country by so called intellectual ppl as well as in western countries.
