tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post970745304061513516..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Salaam Bombay!: 20 years before Slumdog MillionaireJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-24477242166047244562009-02-23T19:14:00.000+00:002009-02-23T19:14:00.000+00:00Films that really get into the human trafficking i...Films that really get into the human trafficking issue: <BR/><BR/>Born Into Brothels<BR/>http://www.kids-with-cameras.org/bornintobrothels/film.php<BR/><BR/>Rescued from Mumbai Brothels <BR/>http://explore.org/explore/india/films/65Ana Yoerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670319288082889106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-86467855851689179132009-02-20T19:26:00.000+00:002009-02-20T19:26:00.000+00:00Mira Nair as well as her talented screenwriting pa...Mira Nair as well as her talented screenwriting partner Sooni Taraporevala http://www.soonitaraporevala or http://www.avanprojects.com rose above any flak and really changed the course of Indian independent cinema, as Salaam Bombay's now a classic here and there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-40172576773072487482009-02-14T17:33:00.000+00:002009-02-14T17:33:00.000+00:00Mira Nair got the same flak for Salaam Bombay from...Mira Nair got the same flak for Salaam Bombay from mainstream society and the mainstream media in India that Slumdog Millionaire is getting now. Loved both films. And you're right, Slumbog reminded me a lot of Salaam Bombay.chaat paapdihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00521161704259289223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-84041391526942089892009-02-13T18:30:00.000+00:002009-02-13T18:30:00.000+00:00Slumdog Millionaire is certainly very well scripte...Slumdog Millionaire is certainly very well scripted and directed...a spectacular film and a salute to Mira Nair indeed after 20 years ( she was against all odds whilst shooting Salaam Bombay which was a total departure to the staples of Bollywood that only celebrates heros and beauties and fantasies )<BR/><BR/>Bombay may have become Mumbai..but 20 years later, the chaos continues...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-53869458770278038412009-02-11T19:16:00.000+00:002009-02-11T19:16:00.000+00:00Thanks, HE. I have changed it.Thanks, HE. I have changed it.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-26235263325834044112009-02-11T11:54:00.000+00:002009-02-11T11:54:00.000+00:00I don't remember the same outcry from Indians abou...I don't remember the same outcry from Indians about the depiction of Bombay/Mumbai in "Salaam Bombay" as there has been about the more recent film. Perhaps the chattering classes are becoming more touchy with increasing affluence.Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-19805113643470763662009-02-11T10:27:00.000+00:002009-02-11T10:27:00.000+00:00Salaam Bombay came out in 1988 -- there's a typo i...Salaam Bombay came out in 1988 -- there's a typo in para 2, though the headline is right.HE Elsomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03923699019741758255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-7580391463298774272009-02-11T10:07:00.000+00:002009-02-11T10:07:00.000+00:00Don't worry I've not seen it either....Don't worry I've not seen it either....Onlinefocus Teamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380208481112766609noreply@blogger.com