Rahman: "Make your own movie"

In a rare occurrence, A.R. Rahman has perhaps for the first time in his career chosen to give a reply to critics barely a fortnight before the Oscars are scheduled to be given away at Los Angeles on the 22nd of Feb. He has not been known to react to criticisms before but this time his score for Slumdog Millionaire came under a lot of fire for reasons other

than music. Everyone by now would have heard about the fire that Slumdog Millionaire has had to face due to its portrayal of the slums in Mumbai. Many individuals and groups have come out stating that the film is derogatory to India and shows our country's dark underbelly in an inappropriate way to the Western world. Many high profile film personalities too have made public their dislike of the movie, prominent among them being director Priyadarshan who took a rather sharp view of the way Danny Boyle had chosen to ignore the more beautiful parts of Mumbai. The supposed depiction of India as a land of misery and poverty has irked them and following this lawsuits have been filed against most of the important people associated with the movie which includes actor Anil Kapoor and Rahman. Objection has also been raised against the film's title 'Slumdog' which has been considered to be derogatory to the people who live in slums. Following a non-stop torrent of such comments from a few individuals and organizations which has received a lot of press coverage Rahman finally gave his stand on the entire issue. He does not in any way regret scoring for the movie or sharing the opinion that it shows anyone in poor light. He believes that the movie is about the universal human spirit and its triumph above all odds. Describing the cast and crew of the movie as very sensitive people he said that, if he did not like a particular movie then his natural response as a creative person would be to make another movie to prove his point rather than rant about it in public.

Courtesy: behindwoods.com