There is this trend of American directors trying to depict "Poor India" inorder to get recognition on the world stage . Every year there has been a movie or docu depicting "poor India" being nominated for Oscars.Certainly the Academy seems to like these type of movies.
This year.Kavi - A story of child slavery in India has been nominated for Oscar awards 2010 for Short film (Action)
The year before - Slumdog millionaire swept the Oscars ,the year before that A short docu depicting the life of children of prostitutes in India was also nominated .Guess who is the director of that(An american for sure).Clearly the Academy has felt that if you want a story of India - it has to be about Poor india and also directed by a Westerner.All others are not worthy for selection.I'm happy that A R Rahman got an Oscar for "Slumdog Millionaire" All of us Indians know that his work in "Roja" "Taal" "Delhi 6" are far better than that crappy "Jai Ho" song.Any ways ARR is truly a legend of our times and lets celebrate his genius.
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