London, Jan 17 (ANI): Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has denied criticizing the makers of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ for projecting India as “third world dirty underbelly.”
Dismissing the claims, Bachchan said that the comments posted on his blog criticising the film were made by others.
The actor said that he put up negative and positive opinions from other people about the film in order to generate a debate.
“What a colossal joke this is all turning out to be! Without reading the text of my blog or the purpose behind mention of ‘SlumDog’ an entire machinery of abuse has been directed towards me,” the Daily Express quoted him as writing on his blog.
“Fact is – someone mentioned the film on my blog. Some expressed opinion for it, some against. And yes, they contained some strong assumptions. I merely put both of them up and invited debate,” he added. (ANI)
I saw Slumdog Millionaire today. Boyle has really done a good job with this movie. While the movie deals with the gory details of the underbelly of Mumbai, it doesnt really leave you with a sick feeling. The story feels like a commentary and at the end you just feel good about the whole movie. Very well done I must say.
The music score by Rehman is amazing, the actors who played junior Jamal and Salim were the real stars. They were simply too good.
I agree with Amitabh. He has been quoted out of context. You need to read the entire text. He happened to be in Paris and he was mobbed by beggars. That’s when he made this statement that developed countries also have underbellies