Slumdog Millionaire

Yesterday I got to watch the most talked movie of the year 'Slumdog Millionaire'. The movie is all about a person called Jamal Malik. It talks about his childhood and how his life goes and how he wins "Who wants to be a Millionaire". The casts includes Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Irfan Khan, Saurabh Shukla and others. The most confusing part of the movie is how Jamal and his brother Salim, who are from a slum speaking Hindi, starts conversing in English with utmost fluency given the fact was that they are uneducated. Apart from this, I found not much of a flaw in the movie and Rahman's music was as usual awesome. The screenplay was adapted from a Warner Bros movie and it was good. The chemistry between Jamal and Lathika was nice and have taken well. Initially I was skeptical about the movie after listening to reviews from many, but after watching the movie I found it be good but not as great to be nominated for 10 Oscars. I somehow feel that there are many films taken in India which are better than Slumdog Millionaire which deserves more credit that what it had got. Apart from the director, everything else about this movie is Indian and proud to see an Indian nominated for 2 Oscars. I wish him all the very best and hope he brings more glories to India. 

Found a new interest

Offlate I have developed a new interest in the form of photography. Below is one such photo which I like a lot given the fact that I have taken it with my Sony w810i :) I am sure my photos would have been better if I had a better camera. 

Are these awards a mere formality?

The Padma Awardees have been announced for the year 2009. The list really surprise d me with the likes of Akshay Kumar, Helen, Vivek and Aishwarya Rai Bachan. What surprised me the most is that the panel left out Vijender Kumar and Sushil Kumar who brought glories to our nation by winning Olympic Medals. Apart from this, BCCI recommended VVS Laxman and Dhoni for the award, but unfortunately they left out Laxman and instead gave the award to Harbhajan Singh whose name was not recommended. Helen being a vetern actress was given at the same time when Aishwarya Rai was given. Does this mean, these Padma Awards are a mere formality to felicitate people? Moreover, the biggest blunder of all is that the award for given to a shawl exporter mistaking him for a craftsman. This really bemuses me whether the panel is seriously looking into the credentials of recommended people or not? There is no wonder why these awards were refused by many great people. I hope most deserving people receives it from 2010.