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...writer, poet and lyricist; actors Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan are among the best in the trade. "I'm super-happy for Rasool [Pookutty], but Rahman and Gulzar are already well-known. They don't need an Oscar to validate their talent," says Mumbai-based assistant film director Tony Deol. Nevertheless, Deol says that alone, all the first-rate Indian talent in the film put together would not have garnered an Oscar nomination. "If you take out the director and producer, it wouldn't even have got a nomination. This film won due to all the Danny Boyle hype." Harjot...
...Since its release here in late January, not everyone in India warmed to Slumdog the way western viewers did. "Initially when I saw the film I didn't like the parts where people spoke English and cracked American jokes," says Tony Deol, a Mumbai-based assistant film director. "For someone in India, living in Mumbai, it rang false." Those who liked the film, however, say they hope the Academy's accolades will help mainstream good Indian cinema. "By recognizing Indian talent, I hope people in the west will realize there's more to Indian cinema than just song and dance...
...vocabulary, he says, is entirely different than western cinema's. "The Oscars are unlikely to change anything for Bollywood. The Oscars have their own cinematic idiom that tells stories in a particular way. It's different from the Indian idiom which is larger than life and melodramatic." Film director Deol adds, "At the end of the day, [India's] big studios and big filmmakers know their market well, they know where the revenues lie. They will continue to make films for India and for the NRI [non-resident Indian] market, but not for the non-Indian market...
...Reviewer Kiran K. Deol can be reached at deol@fas.harvard.edu...
...action begins with two women—the now grown up, “liberated” Victoria (played by Kiran Deol ’05, who was also Betty’s stuffy mother in Act I) and the working class lesbian Lin (Discepolo)—perched on a park bench in what used to be the veranda. Cozzens as Lin’s younger daughter makes for one of the most entertaining and appropriate cast choices, as the six-foot-plus actor has as much absurd physical presence as the rambunctious young girl has energy...