Proud India celebrates the 8 Oscar for a film with pending court case

New Delhi, February 23, 2009. - A proud India today celebrates eight Oscars obtained for the film "Slumdog Millionaire," praised by politicians and well received by the Indian public but a court case pending for its title "demeaning" to slum dwellers.
"It's a blessing from Allah and His is the credit," said Chennai (South) AR Rehana just know that his brother, the Indian AR Rahman, won two of the coveted statuettes, according to the Indian agencies.
Rahman's family left his home in the Kodambakkam district of the city and handed out pieces of a pie to passersby while 10,000 fans threw firecrackers copyright and other parts of the country multiplied by the party's great victory " Slumdog. "
Dubbed the "Mozart of Chennai", Rahman won the Oscar for Best Original Score and Best Song, the latter shared with lyricist Gulzar, while the sound engineer Resul Pookutty India completed the trio with his Oscar for best mix sound.
Three of the eight Oscars for "Slumdog" are both clear Indian flavor and are the most celebrated by the media in the country.
Television channels have left to spend the tonillos of the winning song "Jai ho" with canned testimonials, profiles and stories of Indian protagonists of the film, which has aroused emotions in the country.
The critical influence that is an example of "pornography of poverty" and even some have taken to court those responsible to withdraw the title the word "dog" ("dog"), considered demeaning. The next hearing of the case in a court of Patna (north) will be held tomorrow.
"It is not appropriate to call them dogs, is a word that is not good in our culture," the engineer told Efe RPBansal delhi, who expressed his satisfaction for the victory at the Oscars.
The student Mehar Jabeen was expressed in the opposite direction and praised the film show the world "there are people in India living like animals," while another part of society does in luxury.
Despite the legal complaint and controversy that the premiere of "Slumdog" broke out in India, where some representatives of Bollywood protested obscene exposure of misery in the country, obtained the Oscars have been received with pride by the political class, starting with Sonia Gandhi.
"His achievement is a tribute to the Indian film industry, which is a multi-disciplinary talent pool ... The winners that India is proud," he said in a statement Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The positive reaction of the authorities went so far that the head of the Government of New Delhi, Sheila Dikshit, approved a tax-free distribution for the film because he "made history in the field of Indian cinema."
Even the icon of Bollywood cinema, Amitabh Bachchan, the first to speak out against the film, today congratulated his colleagues rewarded for achieving "international recognition for Indian film talent." "This is the happiest day for Indians and the industry," he proclaimed, according to IANS.
"Slumdog Millionaire" ("slum dog Millionaire") tells the story of a boy from the slums of Bombay is done with the top prize in the "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire".
Although directed, written and produced by British, the film was shot in India with mostly players from their own country and a soundtrack of clear resonances hindostánicas, the work of the leading composers in the industry.
"No wonder you have obtained the honor (...). Rahman is an internationally recognized talent and Oscar bring world attention to your music and all the Indian movies, "he told IANS agency known lyricist Javed Akhtar on.
Rahman, Gulzar and Pookutty join the list of Indians win an Oscar Bhanu Athaiya, responsible for costumes in the movie "Gandhi" (1982), and best director in the history of India, Satyajit Ray, who earned a honorary Oscar in 1992.
Today, the reasons were twofold celebration cinephile community for india: the Oscar for best documentary went to "Smile Pinky", a story shot in Varanasi (North) which has the fight against discrimination of an Indian girl suffering from cleft lip and also received the official congratulations.

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