Archive for February 21st, 2009

21 Feb 2009 In Slumdog Millionaire, Memories of a Bygone Era

I’m taking a break, promise. This piece just got published on The Women’s International Perspective, and what kind of blogger would I be if I let it go without note?

For all the energy that has been spent on making fun of Bollywood by Indians and foreigners alike, it’s ironic that the contender for the Oscars is one that encompasses the absolute best and worst of it.

For me, an Indian missing home in America, the movie brought back through the director’s lens, a taste of home. A Bollywood of the past, mixed with a vision of the future. In all the clichés, an ode to a cinema of my childhood.

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