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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Irrfan Khan's view on IPL
Friday, May 8, 2009
Freida Pinto and Rohan Antao Enaged?
Freida Pinto and Rohan Antao: Freida Pinto left her fiancé Rohan after Slumdog success.
Now Freida says she doesn’t know anything of this man, at the same time Rohan Antao to whom she was reportedly engaged, says that she has changed colors after Slumdog Millionaire.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Slumdog Millionaire Children's Finance
- Rubina, 9, and Azhar, 10, now attend a UN school to which they are driven in their own rickshaw
- Their trust fund is guaranteed only if they attend school until the age of 18, though they are not obliged to pass any exams
- Each family was promised that funds would be available in emergencies. When Azhar’s home was bulldozed, the producers wired money They also gave £500,000 to the charity Plan, which improves children’s housing in the slum
- Attempts to buy apartments for the children have proved difficult under Indian law
Slumdog Millionaire Oscar child Rubina's father denies the charges
The plot of Slumdog Millionaire may depict a street child’s life being turned upside down by a huge amount of money but the film’s British makers were determined that reality would not emulate art.
They said that they decided not to shower the child actors from Mumbai’s shantytowns with cash for fear of having “a transformative impact on their lives”.
That ambition was in tatters yesterday when it was alleged that the father of Rubina Ali, one of the film’s stars, had offered the nine-year-old for sale for £200,000 in an illegal adoption deal.
“We live in one room, seven of us sleep on the floor. I earn £2 to £3 a day. I have to consider what is best for me, my family and for Rubina’s future,” Rafiq Quereshi allegedly told an undercover reporter from the News of the World, who was posing as a potential buyer from a wealthy
Mr Qureshi reportedly raised an asking price of £50,000 for Rubina to £200,000 at a later meeting.
Justifying the increase, his brother Mohiuddin was quoted as saying: “The child is special now. This is not an ordinary child. This is an Oscar child.”
Mr Quereshi denied the allegations yesterday. His second wife, Munni, who is Rubina’s stepmother, told The Times: “A foreign woman phoned us and offered us money. We turned her down.”
It is not clear from the News of The World article who raised the possibility of payment. The newspaper would only say that its story was “fair, true and accurate”.
One neighbour said he knew of the proposed sale of Rubina. “One and a half crores of rupees \ is such a lot. Anybody here would let their child go to a better home for that sum,” he said.
Slumdog Millionaire, which was made for £15 million, tells the story of a boy from a Mumbai slum who wins the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. It has taken £185 million at box offices worldwide and won eight Oscars, but has also been branded “poverty porn” and criticised for the alleged exploitation of its child actors.
Six months after the film opened to rave reviews in the
The interior of her family’s tiny one-room home is painted bubblegum pink and is scrupulously clean. Directly outside, an open sewer oozes and mounds of smouldering rubbish cloud the air.
In ugly scenes there yesterday, Rubina’s biological mother, Khursheed, demanded that the child be removed from her father’s care. The mother and stepmother reportedly ended up fighting.
Mr Quereshi has said Rubina was paid about 150,000 rupees (£2,000) for acting in Slumdog, a sum he now suggests was not enough.
Christian Colson, the film’s British producer, has admitted being wrong-footed by the intense media interest in the child actors. He insists, however, that Rubina and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 10, another slum child who played a lead part, were paid fairly, and that as soon as they were cast moves were made to safeguard their futures.
The children were found places at an independent school — the first they had ever attended — which specialises in educating disadvantaged youngsters. If they remain in school until they are 18, they will receive a “significant lump sum”. They have also been promised a new home by the film-makers.
“We thought that the parents would be incentivised by long-term benefits to their children. We were wrong,” Mr Colson told The Times this year.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Ring ring ringa (It crawled) from Slumdog Millionaire
Ring ring ringa ring ring ringa ring ring ringa ringa ring
It crawled
Hayeeee!
Aye Ree!!!
Aahahh!!!!
(Chua) x.6
(It Touched me It touched me) x.6
Haye reee
Chua Chua ara ra ra chua chua chua
It touched me oh it touched me
(Chua) x.5
(It touched me It touched me) x.5
Ayi ayi ayi ya mai mai ya
Ayi ayi ayi ayi yi yi yi
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(Ring ring ringa) x.2
(It crawled It crawled) x.2
Ring ring ringa ringa ringa
It crawled It crawled
Khatiye pe mein padi thi
I was lying on my bed
Aur gehri neend badi thi
And was in a deep sleep
Aage kya main kahu sakhi re
How do I tell what happened next, my friend!
Ek khatmal tha saiyana
One very clever bug/cockroach
Mujhpe tha uska nishana
Was aiming for me
Chunrai mein gus gaya dheere dheere
He enterd my scarf slowly slowly
Oooooo ohhh
Kuch nahi samjha o buddhu
This stupid didn't understood anything
Kuch nahi socha
He thought of nothing
Reng ke jaane kaha pahucha
But crawled on, doesn't know where he reached
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(Ring ring ringa) x.2
(It crawled It crawled) x.2
Ring ring ringa ringa ringa
It crawled It crawled
Haaye woh sharmaye
Oh he is shy
Haaye Woh lajaye
Oh he is ashamed
Haaye Haaye Kya chupaye
Oh Oh What to hide
Kitna mein taddpi thi
How much i squirmed & suffered
Kitna mein royi thi
How much I cried
Mein to thi acchi bhali
I was so better before sleeping
Kyon bhala soi thi
Why did I sleep then
Nigade ne mujhko chain lene na diya
That idiot really made me restless and didn't let me have any peace
Rona bhi chaha to mujhko rone bhi na diya
I badly wanted to weep but he even didn't let me cry
O ho
Aise us Harjai ki makkari
Such was the trick of the faithless
Mere tan badan mein thi lagi Chingari
My whole body was burning inside
Per aise kya thi lachari
But why were I so helpless?
O O oohoo
Are Haiya Haiya Hoo
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(Ring ring ringa) x.2
(It crawled It crawled) x.2
Ring ring ringa ringa ringa
It crawled It crawled
Haule se Gudgudata
He was tickling me slowly
Dil mein hulchul machata
There was a turmoil in my heart
Mein sharm se thi pani pani
I was getting very shy
Jo usko dhundthi mein
When I tried to search him
Chupke se woh chup jata
He used to hide silently somewhere
Aise thi woh meri kahani
Such was my tale
Yun samjlo Khatmal ka shikar hui thi mein
Just think that I had become a prey of a bug/cockroach
Uske aage haar gai thi mein
I lost against him
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(Ring ring ringa) x.2
(It crawled It crawled) x.2
Ring ring ringa ringa ringa
It crawled It crawled
Note* Though this is not Bollywood Movie, but the song, composer, and musician are Bollywood based, that is why we are stating this as Bollywood Song.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Slumdog Millionaire Spoiler
The opera that Jamal and Salim see a bit of from under the bleachers at the Taj Mahal is Christoph Willibald Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice," which is based on the Greek myth in which Orpheus, distraught at his wife Euridice's death, travels all the way to the Underworld in an attempt to retrieve her.
Jamal's lifelong quest to rescue Latika from the various "underworld" figures who have control of her is an echo of this myth.
Furthermore, the first singer to perform the role of Orpheus (in 1762) was a castrato, which means that while he was a little boy, he had been castrated so as to allow him to continue hitting the higher notes that boy singers can reach before they undergo puberty and their voices drop.
The film's subplot in which children are kidnapped by Maman and mutilated so that they will be more lucrative beggars and street singers is an echo of this opera's history.
Slumdog Millionaire Trivia
- Mercedes-Benz asked that its logos be removed in scenes taking place in the slums. The company, according to Danny Boyle, did not want to be associated with the poverty-stricken area, fearing that that might taint its image.
- The actor whose autograph young Jamal gets is Amitabh Bachchan, who is a very famous Indian actor, the original host of the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire"
- The cricket match being shown on television in Javed's house is the 1st one day international of the Future Cup between India and South Africa played at Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast on June 26 2007. As shown in the movie, Sachin Tendulkar, the Indian batsman, was run out on 99. India went on to score 242 and South Africa won the match by 4 wickets with 3 balls remaining.
- The film used a prototype Digital Cinema Camera from Silicon Imaging. When used in Mumbai, there were SI technicians on set constantly to deal with any problems the prototype had, of which there were many.
- Director Danny Boyle placed the money to be paid to the 3 lead child actors in a trust that is to be released to them upon their completion of grade school at 16 years of age. The production company has set up for an auto-rikshaw driver to take the kids to school everyday until they are 16 years old.
- Chris Tarrant, the host of the UK version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' featured in Danny Boyle's debut film Shallow Grave (1994). He appears as the host of another TV quiz show 'Lose A Million' but only on a TV screen.
- In the opening chase scene where Jamal and Salim jump down from a building to the ground is an reference to Danny Boyle's Trainspotting (1996) in which the main character Renton jumps down into the frame at a drug dealers to eventually overdose on heroin.
- In the scene where the adult Salim's phone rings soon after the adult Jamal finds him, the ringtone is part of the theme music from A.R. Rahman's work on the Indian movie Swades: We, the People (2004).
- The current exchange rate for 20,000,000 Rupees (the grand prize on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire") is USD$411,600.
- The film was originally intended to receive a PG-13 rating. In the end, it received an R rating because of its intense tone. With no time or money for appeals, the film was released with its given rating.
- Approximately 20% of the movie's dialog is in Hindi (with English subtitles).
- The pile of excreta that the young Jamal jumps into and was made from a combination of peanut butter and chocolate.
- When Salim goes to Javed's den to announce that he has killed Maman, the movie playing in the theatre nearby is the Sunil Shetty starrer Maseeha (2002). Mahesh Manjrekar, who plays Javed, made his acting debut in Kaante (2002), which was released exactly a week after Maseeha (2002).
- This movie almost was released straight to DVD instead of getting a theatrical release.
- A.R. Rahman took just 20 days to compose the entire soundtrack.
- The song "Jai Ho" was originally made for movie Yuvvraaj (2008), composed by A.R. Rahman and lyrics written by Gulzar, but the producer Subhash Ghai did not find it fitting in the movie for the actor Zayed Khan, so he let the song be used for this production.
- In the scene early in the film where Maman approaches Jamal and Salim to give them a cool drink, the "Thumbs Up" branding (the Indian version of Coca Cola) had to be removed on the request of the manufacturers who did not want to be associated with the film.
- The song "Darshan Do Ghanshyam" which is used by the "selecters" to select and train child beggars before blinding them was composed and sung by Surdas, a blind Indian legendary medieval singer.
- Longiness Fernandes was the choreographer of the dance sequence set to the song "Jai Ho", which is played during the end credits. But his name was inadvertently left out in the credits of the film. Upset with this, Longinus skipped the preview parties. Danny Boyle was also upset over this mistake and promised Longinus that he would make it up to him, and made he up in style. While accepting the Oscar for the Best Director, he admitted his mistake before the audience and thanked Longinus. The song "Jai Ho" also won the Oscar for Best Song for A.R. Rahman and Gulzar.
- When young Salim goes to sell the autograph of Amitabh Bachchan to the projectionist of the theatre, the movie being played is Ram Balram (1980/I). The film can be seen running out-of-focus. The voices heard belong to Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan and Ajit. The film also had Ajit beating up and terrorizing kids Ram and Balram, the characters played by Dharmendra and Amitabh - a possible allusion to the treatment meted out to the slum children.
- The children on the film were only paid a little above local wages for 30 days of work. One child's father said, "We have barely got any money from the film-makers. In fact, whatever came, has already been spent."
- Local Indian authorities decided to step in and move the children and their families from slums to new houses.
- Inside the police station, photographic portraits of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Indira Gandhi and Mahatma Gandhi can be seen on the wall.
- The first Best Cinematography Oscar winner to be predominantly shot in digital. This is also the first Best Picture Oscar winner since 1928 not to be shot on Kodak film (35mm segments were filmed on Fuji stocks).
- Throughout the film, particularly in the scenes where Jamal lives as a child in the slums, the word "chaiwala" can be seen. Jamal's is a chaiwala, or tea server at the time he appears on the TV show.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Slumdog Millionaire Awards and Recognition
Slumdog Millionaire is highly acclaimed, named in the top ten lists of various newspapers.
On 22 February 2009 the film won eight out of ten Academy Awards it was nominated for:
Ø Best Picture
Ø Best Director
Ø Best Adapted Screenplay
Ø Best Cinematography
Ø Best Sound Mixing
Ø Best Film Editing
Ø Best Original Score
Ø Best Original Song "Jai Ho"
The film also won all four of the Golden Globe Awards it was nominated for, including Best Drama Film; five of the six Critics' Choice Awards for which it was nominated; and seven of the eleven BAFTA Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Film.
Slumdog Millionaire Roles
- Indian actor Ruslaan Mumtaz was almost selected for the role, but the producer of the film "found Ruslaan too good looking for the role" and not the personality they were looking for
- Boyle initially wanted Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan to play the role but things didn't work out. Bachchan and Khan have real life host experience of the Indian version of Who wants to be a Millionaire.
Slumdog Millionaire-Movie vs. Book
Unlike the movie, Ram does not have a biological brother, but Salim is instead his best friend in the novel. He grows up in an orphanage and his only 'brothers' are his fellow orphans.
He never knew his mother. Ram is adopted by a Christian priest as a youth, which is where he learns English, and then is nearly molested by a visiting priest.
The priest scenes were not included in the script for the movie, and the movie does not explain how Jamal learned fluent English.
Latika is not his childhood friend in the book but rather a prostitute named Nita that Ram falls in love with in a brothel when he's 18.
Slumdog Millionaire Movie Review
Synopsis:
A drama centered around an illiterate kid who looks to become a contestant on the Hindi version of Who Wants to be A Millionaire in order to re-establish contact with the girl he loves, who is an ardent fan of the show.
Starring:
- Jamal Malik
- Dev Patel
- Tanay Chheda
- Ayush Mahesh Khedekar
- Latika
- Freida Pinto
- Rubina Ali
- Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar
- Salim
- Madhur Mittal.
- Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail
- Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala
- Prem Kumar
- Anil Kapoor
- Police Inspector
- Irfan Khan
*Grade
A
Even though there is a lot of controversies going on about this movie, but we enjoyed the movie, it really did indeed deserved the 8 Oscar Awards. Each individual played their character roles very well and full of emotions, especially young the young kids. The music was well composed and blended in just right.
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Rated R
*We, Bollywood Songs Translation and Bollywood Facts, gave this grade to this movie, which may be different from anyone and everyone. If you differ, feel free to comment.
Jai Ho (It rocks) from Slumdog Millionaire
(Jai Ho) x.2
(It rocks!) x.2
(Aaja Aaja Jind Shamiyane Ke Tale
(Come on my life, join me under the big roof
Aaja Jariwale Nile Aasman Ke Tale
Come join me under the glittering blue sky
Jai Ho Jai Ho) x.2
It rocks, oh it rocks!) x.2
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Jai Ho Jai Ho
It rocks, oh it rocks!
Ratti Ratti Sachi Maine Jaan Gavayi Hai
Night after night I truly died
Nach Nach Koylo Pe Raat Bitayi Hai
Spent the nights dancing on hot coals
Akhiyon Ki Neend Maine Phoonko Se Uda Di
i blew away the sleep in my eyes
Neele Neele Tare Maine Ungli Jalayi Hai
i burnt my fingers trying to touch the stars
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Aaja Aaja Jind Shamiyane Ke Tale
Come on my life, join me under the big roof
Aaja Jariwale Nile Aasman Ke Tale
Come join me under the glittering blue sky
(Jai Ho) x.4
(It rocks, oh it rocks!) x.4
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Baila! Baila!
Dance! Dance!
Ahora conmigo, tu baila para hoy
Now with me, you dance for today
Por nuestro dia olvidas,
For our day, just forget
Los problemas que sean
Whatever problems there may be
Salud!
Cheers!
Baila! Baila!
Dance! Dance! [1]
(Jai Ho) x.4
(It rocks, oh it rocks!) x.4
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Chakh Le Ho Chakh Le Ye Raat Shahad Hai Chakh Le
Taste it, o taste it, the night is honey, taste it
Rakh Le Haan Dil Hai Dil Aakhri Had Hai Rakh Le
Keep my heart, it is the last limit, yeah keep it
Kala Kala, Kajal Tera Koi Kala Jadoo Hai Na
Dark, this eyeliner of yours, is like a magical spell
Aaja Aaja Jind Shamiyane Ke Tale
Come on my life, join me under the big roof
Aaja Jariwale Nile Aasman Ke Tale
Come join me under the glitter blue sky
(Jai Ho) x.6
(It rocks, oh it rocks!) x.6
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