Actor Aamir Khan defended his manufacturing, Laapataa Women, in opposition to criticism of selling ‘poverty porn’. Directed by his ex-wife Kiran Rao, the movie was chosen as India’s official entry for the Greatest Worldwide Characteristic class. India has had solely three nominees within the class over time, with the final one being Aamir’s personal Lagaan. In an interview with the BBC Asian Community, Aamir was requested why movies primarily based in rural India are extra standard amongst Academy voters, and if he’s furthering a regressive view of the nation by making such movies.
The identical criticisms had been additionally made for Slumdog Millionaire, which went on to win the Greatest Image Oscar in 2009. Amitabh Bachchan was amongst its critics, writing in his weblog, “If SM tasks India as [a] third-world, soiled, underbelly growing nation and causes ache and disgust amongst nationalists and patriots, let or not it’s identified {that a} murky underbelly exists and thrives even in essentially the most developed nations.”
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Aamir reacted to the interviewer’s observations about Laapataa Women presenting a ‘backwards mentality’ that ‘performs into the concept of poverty porn’, and mentioned, “Not all of the movies we make are set in villages. Lots of our movies are accepted all around the world. I don’t suppose audiences all around the world have any main misconceptions about how India is any extra. Possibly at one time this was true, that they felt India was a land of snake charmers and elephants… However that’s a factor of the previous now. I don’t suppose folks have misconceptions about what India is like anymore, to not that extent, definitely.”
He additionally dismissed the suggestion that movies set in cities don’t join with worldwide audiences. “We should always give them extra credit score, they’ve seen movies from all around the world,” he mentioned. Laapataa Women premiered on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant final yr, and was launched in theatres to optimistic opinions some months in the past. It emerged as a modest field workplace hit however discovered essential acclaim and love as soon as it was launched on streaming.
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