The most talked-about film today has something fishy going on that’s not worth mentioning at all. Golden-Globe’s “Best Drama Film” winner “Slumdog Millionaire”—- it’s producers to be particular—- has apparently left some of its heroes out in the cold, especially the kids that the filmmakers had plucked out of the Calcutta slums to play important roles in the British-made film that portrays and focuses on the lives of three young kids, growing up in filthy streets amidst the virulent political turbulence in India that had occurred some time ago, specifically about the harsh and often-bloody confrontation between the Hindus and Muslims there, where one of them kids had gained the chance to become a millionaire when he grew up, that is, in the most unusual way—- winning India’s version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?”.
I’ve seen trailers of the herein-mentioned film and I can appreciate how it had garnered many accolades so far and in fact it remains as the top bet to win top honors in the upcoming Oscars awards night on Monday. British film director Danny Boyle ( Trainspotting, Sunshine) has certainly achieved some cinematic milestone with this recent work of his.
But then, this controversy; the child actors and actresses employed in the film were merely paid paltry sums and remain to be living in squalid habitats still, as they were before, even if “Slumdog Millionaire” had already surpassed $100 Million in gross ticket sales. Now that’s a lot of money to be talking about and it’s nearly criminal that these adorable kids don’t get as much as they should be getting. They should get to live in mansions from now on if you ask me and be driven in limousines everyday of their lives. That’s what they deserved.
I can sense some lawsuit brewing hereat. A sharp and snooping lawyer could surely spot some goldmine of a lawsuit and I have no problem with that whatsoever.
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