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...After teaming up with special-effects genius Ray Harryhausen in the 1950s, film producer Charles Schneer, 88, went on to create a dozen science-fiction and fantasy favorites such as Clash of the Titans and the Sinbad trilogy...
...tales of the beautiful and the wealthy, Slumdog's subject is both familiar and unappealing. "You can't live in Mumbai without seeing children begging at traffic lights and passing by slums on your way to work," says Shikha Goyal, a public relations executive who left halfway through the film. "But I don't want to be reminded of that on a Saturday evening." There's also a sense of injured national pride, especially for a lot of well-heeled metro dwellers, who say the film peddles "poverty porn" and "slum voyeurism...
...film generated controversy in India even before its release there. A Jan. 13 blog entry by Bachchan, in which he asked if the film would have generated such hype if it had been made by an Indian director, led to an avalanche of Bollywood stars and critics taking positions for and against him. On Jan. 22, some 40 slum dwellers protested outside the Mumbai home of Anil Kapoor, who plays the Millionaire host in the film. (The actual Indian show's original host was Bachchan, followed by Khan.) The protesters held banners reading...
This message of hope is something many among India's lower middle class seem to have taken to heart. "The film only shows what is real," says Rakesh Nair, a driver in New Delhi. "It's those who are making lots of money who are cribbing about the film showing the dark side of India. Those left behind are loving it because they can empathize with the film's hero...
...success of this little movie that could a matter of luck or brains or deceit? Maybe what Slumdog says about its hero applies to the film itself. Maybe it's destiny...