What can I say? Jai Ho!!!

I think Slumdog is the first Oscar winner that I have seen before it got an Oscar for the best picture. Usually it is the other way round where some not so interesting movie will win an Oscar and then I may or may not see it. But due to the movie's word of mouth publicity, we came to know of it much earlier. What can I say? They did rock the Oscars big time!!! 8 Oscars, wow, I would say not too far from Titanic and Ben-Hur ;). Watching the presence of the movie grow in Hollywood from a mere contender to an inevitable juggernaut was fantastic. Also the whole team on the red carpet seemed to have a great time including the kids.

Well there has been a lot of talk on this movie from mis-understood comments from Big B to it not being an Indian movie. I guess the media doesn't have much to say/write about in this economic downturn. Agreed that as much as I love Mumbai and its high profile presence, no body wants to see your favorite city to be shown in bad light. My first reaction to the movie was, why did they have to show the slums. But then, what would the movie be without that. Would an already established millionaire coming on the "Who wants to be a Millionaire" show say that hey, I am here to earn a few extra bucks? I like the movie; I like movies which give you a good feeling after you have watched them, the last time I had this feeling was on seeing "Jo Jeeta Woh Sikandar". It gives you a different kind of a high.

The songs of the movie are catchy but not one of the best scores by AR Rahman. But that should not take away anything from this guy and what he has achieved. Congratulations to him. How much does the success of SM affect Bollywood, we'll have to wait and see.