ayushisrocking Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 A man, who claims to fight for the rights of slum dwellers, has taken the Indian artistes of the acclaimed film Slumdog Millionaire to court, contending that their sensibilities have been offended by the movie title that he found abusive of people who live in slums. The case was registered by the chief judicial magistrate on Tuesday against the movie’s music director A.R. Rahman, actor Anil Kapoor and other Indians associated with the film that has won four Golden Globe awards. The first hearing of the petition is scheduled for February 5. Petitioner Tapeshwar Vishwakarma, general secretary of the Jhuggi Jhonpdi Sanyukta Sangharsh Samiti (a group promoting the rights of slum dwellers), has charged those associated with the film of abusing slum dwellers in the name of entertainment just to earn money and fame. “Vishwakarma requested the court to protect the honour and respect of millions of slum dwellers across India,” his lawyer Shruti Singh said. No charge, however, was filed against the film’s director Danny Boyle, who is a British citizen. “Vishwakarma made it clear that he hardly expected anything positive from a British filmmaker as their ancestors described us as dogs. But what hurt him was that even Indians associated with the film hardly bothered to object to calling us slumdogs,” Shruti Singh said, adding, “The name is against basic human values.” SOURCE:Deccan Chronicle weird issue, let's see what happens note: if this topic is inappropriate for the movies&tv sub-forum, then Please move this topic. Peace, Ayush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeperRed Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Nothing will come from it. The guy just has nothing better to do in his life then try to make these stupid acusations about an amazing film. How many films have Black people refferd to as Niggas ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machida Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Vishwakarma, - has charged those associated with the film of abusing slum dwellers in the name of entertainment I fail to see the problem here. Typical peasant mentality. Always after something for nothing. If they didn't always have this mentality that the world owes them something, then they wouldn't be living in the slums in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidowMaker Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Your revolution is over, condolences. The bums lost. My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. THE BUMS WILL ALWAYS LOSE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryuclan Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Nothing will come from it. The guy just has nothing better to do in his life then try to make these stupid acusations about an amazing film. How many films have Black people refferd to as Niggas ? Was that a rhetorical question?? Anyway of course he lost. He's an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarz Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Vishwakarma, - has charged those associated with the film of abusing slum dwellers in the name of entertainment I fail to see the problem here. Typical peasant mentality. Always after something for nothing. If they didn't always have this mentality that the world owes them something, then they wouldn't be living in the slums in the first place. Took the words right outta my mouth. I can't stand those who see an opportunity, treat it as a right / offence against them, and then look to screw someone over to get rich quick. --- AMF --- -= A joke is a very serious thing - Winston Churchill =- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeperRed Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Nothing will come from it. The guy just has nothing better to do in his life then try to make these stupid acusations about an amazing film. How many films have Black people refferd to as Niggas ? Was that a rhetorical question?? Anyway of course he lost. He's an idiot. Yes it was, I was making a statment that if we sued every film that at sometime refered to a culture, race etc diffrently then Hollywood would go out of bussienss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshield Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Your revolution is over, condolences. The bums lost. My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. THE BUMS WILL ALWAYS LOSE! Ah, f*ck it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I kinda think it made the slum dwellers look like heroes and tragic cases that need help... let alone the fact that the filmmakers rescued a couple of those actors FROM the slums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryuclan Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Nothing will come from it. The guy just has nothing better to do in his life then try to make these stupid acusations about an amazing film. How many films have Black people refferd to as Niggas ? Was that a rhetorical question?? Anyway of course he lost. He's an idiot. Yes it was, I was making a statment that if we sued every film that at sometime refered to a culture, race etc diffrently then Hollywood would go out of bussienss Oh ok cause I was pretty confused for a second. The thing about America is, if they let you sue for it, someone will sue for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaboobala Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Hold on... Isn't the whole film about pointing out the dangers of greed while redeeming the tainted name of slum-dwellers in India? ... And then here's this guy from the slums making a shameless cash-grab. Irony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayushisrocking Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 (edited) A.R Rahman(music director) & Anil Kapoor(the quiz-master), got sued by slum dwellers twice in the country. just for the sake of getting famous, the movie kind of showed the way slum peeps live, and in turn these fools are against a movie selected for 10 Oscars. :catspider Edited January 23, 2009 by ayushisrocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girish Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 just for the sake of getting famous, the movie kind of showed the way slum peeps live, and in turn these fools are against a movie selected for 10 Oscars. I believe these slum dwellers have no idea what an Oscar or Golden Globe is. Or maybe they do. They're quite pathetic really. Nothing shown in the movie is fake or fictional. There are slums besides the railway tracks near where I live. These f*cks have colour TVs and music systems even I can't afford. I have zero sympathy for such slum dwellers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayushisrocking Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 These f*cks have colour TVs and music systems even I can't afford lol , hell yeah, i went to Kerala(Kumarakom specifically), via Chennai, there i saw Tata Sky's and Airtel Digital TV Dish antennas!! they have enough money to buy colour TVs with Satellite technology; DVD quality picture, but can't even accept an excellent movie, even though it shows their 'life' ...sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reincarnated Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Jeez, they're living in the slums. Of course they're going to try to get something for nothing; they've got nothing to do or lose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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