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* SLUMDOG RUNS INTO CONTROVERSY OVER SONG CREDIT - 2 messages, 2 authors
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* The curious case of Benjamin Button - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: SLUMDOG RUNS INTO CONTROVERSY OVER SONG CREDIT
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies.local.indian/t/8b2881c5fdc9c388?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Feb 16 2009 12:09 pm
From: Bholu
On Feb 16, 12:04 pm, "harmony" <a...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> i, and friends, saw this movie this weekend.
> we had to get it out of our system.
> so the same evening we saw pink panther 2 with steve martin as the klutz
> detective. you should see steve trying to help out the pope.
Nikal gai shyshtam se?
Thanks bud.
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 17 2009 11:44 pm
From: usenet@mantra.com and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj)
I have a Director's Cut DVD of the project sitting here somewhere
but haven't watched it yet -- don't know if ever will, unless
a certain party forces it upon those present at a certain after-Oscars
party . . .
Jai Maharaj
http://tinyurl.com/24fq83
http://www.mantra.com/jai
http://www.mantra.com/jyotish
Om Shanti
In article <4999c6b4$0$5487$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net>,
"harmony" <aka@hotmail.com> posted:
>
> i, and friends, saw this movie this weekend.
> we had to get it out of our system.
> so the same evening we saw pink panther 2 with steve martin as the klutz
> detective. you should see steve trying to help out the pope.
> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
>
> > Slumdog runs into controversy over song credit
> >
> > By Meena Iyer, TNN
> > Times of India
> > Monday, February 16, 2009
> >
> > Mumbai - The odds are in its favour at the Oscars to be
> > announced on February 22, but Danny Boyle's Slumdog
> > Millionaire also has a raging controversy dogging it.
> >
> > The song 'Darshan Do Ghanshyam Nath Mori' sung by a blind
> > beggar in the film is credited to 15th century poet Surdas
> > on the show, Who Wants To Be a Millionaire. But, according
> > to N S Nepali, the son of late poet-lyricist Gopal Singh
> > Nepali, the original song was written by his father for the
> > 1957 film Narsi Bhagat.
> >
> > Nepali, who saw Slumdog at a theatre in Mumbai a few days
> > ago, says he is distraught at the makers of Slumdog for
> > "overlooking this fact". "Even in the options to the
> > question 'Who wrote the song 'Darshan do", the film shows
> > the names: Surdas, Tulsidas, Mirabai or Kabir," says
> > Nepali. "They have not given my father's name as one of the
> > options. I'm devastated."
> >
> > Nepali says his father, who was one of the renowned poets
> > of the 50s, died in 1964. "And it is great disservice to
> > his name that he misses out on the credit for a song that
> > he and music director Ravi made famous."
> >
> > Nepali admits that Surdas has over 1,500 poems to his name,
> > but, he says, 'Darshan do Ghanshyam' was definitely not one
> > of them. "Another song, 'Ankhiya hari darshan ko pyasi',
> > written by Surdas, also expresses a similar sentiment and
> > this is the song that should have been featured. But
> > Slumdog clearly mentions 'Darshan do', which is a song from
> > the film Narsi Bhagat.
> >
> > "My father didn't go to temples. Though he may have been
> > inspired by spiritual writings of several poets and
> > writers, this song is definitely an original piece of
> > work," says Nepali.
> >
> > Avid music collector Amod Mehra agrees that 'Darshan do'
> > sung by Hemant Kumar, Sudha Malhotra and Mannadey is indeed
> > a G S Nepali composition.
> >
> > Mehra says, "Surdas, whose original name was Bilwa Mangal
> > (before he poked burning iron rods in his eyes and lost his
> > sight), wrote several other bhajans in praise of Lord
> > Krishna, but the one used in Slumdog is not one of them."
> >
> > Nepali has also emailed Vikas Swarup, the author of Q&A,
> > the novel on which Slumdog Millionaire is based, but he
> > says he has not received any response from the London-based
> > author.
> >
> > Bollywood lyricist Sameer, who has penned over 4,000 songs
> > in 500 films, says, "I know that G S Nepali wrote the song
> > 'Darshan do' for the film Narsi Bhagat. It had music by
> > Ravi. In fact, I met Ravi saab a couple of days ago and he
> > did raise the issue of how he was planning to take up the
> > matter of how the makers of Slumdog Millionaire overlooked
> > this fact. However, I'm not entirely sure of whether G S
> > Nepali saab was inspired by Surdas's writings or whether
> > 'Darshan do' is a completely original piece of work."
> >
> > Sameer added, "There were no stringent copyright laws in
> > the 50s. But I'm of the firm opinion that the original
> > writer should be given credit, if it is due."
> >
> > Sameer also cited the example of how his song 'Chamma
> > Chamma' (China Gate) was used by Baz Luhrman in the Nicole
> > Kidman-film Moulin Rouge and how he was denied credit. "I
> > didn't even get a single rupee from the music company or
> > the foreign studio that used my song. I didn't even get an
> > acknowledgement. That is gross injustice to me as the
> > writer of the song," says Sameer.
> >
> > Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star, the distributors of Slumdog
> > said, "We were not aware of this. We will speak to Vikas
> > Swarup and the people concerned in the production house.
> >
> > More at:
> >
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Slumdog-gave-wrong-answer/articlesho
> w/4131333.cms
> >
> > Jai Maharaj
> > http://tinyurl.com/24fq83
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> > http://www.mantra.com/jyotish
> > Om Shanti
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TOPIC: The curious case of Benjamin Button
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Date: Tues, Feb 17 2009 4:48 pm
From: habshi@anony.com (habshi)
Based on a true story about a man who is born as an 85 year
old but gets younger as he gets older. An idea that Bollywood must
definitely copy , and will make it more emotional with music.
This movie does have some music and ballet dancing but very
short twenty second clips and not like Bollywood where the story is
interpesed with music.
Special effects are outstanding. Of course with viruses
reforming out telomeres we will all be soon able to grow younger as we
age.
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