Rajiv Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 * Mercedes-Benz asked that its logos be removed in scenes taking place in the slums. The company, according to Danny Boyle, did not want to be associated with the poverty-stricken area, fearing that that might taint its image. * The actor whose autograph young Jamal gets is Amitabh Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan is a very real, and very famous Indian actor, the original host of the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire", and also the father-in-law of Aishwarya Rai (or Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan as she is known after marriage). * The cricket match being shown on television in Javed's house is the 1st one day international of the Future Cup between India and South Africa played at Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast on June 26 2007. As shown in the movie, Sachin Tendulkar, the Indian batsman, was run out on 99. India went on to score 242 and South Africa won the match by 4 wickets with 3 balls remaining. * The film used a prototype Digital Cinema Camera from Silicon Imaging. When used in Mumbai, there were SI technicians on set constantly to deal with any problems the prototype had, of which there were many. * Director Danny Boyle placed the money to be paid to the 3 lead child actors in a trust that is to be released to them upon their completion of grade school at 16 years of age. The production company has set up for an auto-rikshaw driver to take the kids to school everyday until they are 16 years old. * Chris Tarrant, the host of the UK version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' featured in Danny Boyle's debut film Shallow Grave (1995). He appears as the host of another TV quiz show 'Lose A Million' but only on a TV screen. * In the opening chase scene where Jamal and Salim jump down from a building to the ground is an reference to Danny Boyle's Trainspotting (1996) in which the main character Renton jumps down into the frame at a drug dealers to eventually overdose on heroin. * In the scene where the adult Salim's phone rings soon after the adult Jamal finds him, the ringtone is part of the theme music from A.R. Rahman's work on the Indian movie Swades: We, the People (2004). Rahman is the music composer for Slumdog Millionaire. * The current exchange rate for 20,000,000 Rupees (the grand prize on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire") is USD$411,600. * The film was originally intended to receive a PG-13 rating. In the end, it received an R rating because of its intense tone. With no time or money for appeals, the film was released with its given rating. * Approximately 20% of the movie's dialog is in Hindi (with English subtitles). * The second Danny Boyle film to feature a protagonist diving into a toilet, after Trainspotting (1996). * The pile of excreta that the young Jamal jumps into and was made from a combination of peanut butter and chocolate. * When Salim goes to Javed's den to announce that he has killed Maman, the movie playing in the theatre nearby is the Sunil Shetty starrer Maseeha (2002). Mahesh Manjrekar, who plays Javed, made his acting debut in Kaante (2002), which was released exactly a week after 'Maseeha'. * This movie almost was released straight to DVD instead of getting a theater release. * A.R. Rahman took just 20 days to compose the entire soundtrack. * The song "Jai Ho" was originally made for movie Yuvvraaj (2008), composed by A.R. Rahman and lyrics written by Sampooran Singh Gulzar, but the producer Subhash Ghai did not find it fitting in the movie for the actor 'Zayad Khan', so he let the song be used for this production.
Kohum Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Interesting facts there - esp the bit about Jai Ho and the Kids. That's a great gesture by the Production house.
h4te Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Director Danny Boyle placed the money to be paid to the 3 lead child actors in a trust that is to be released to them upon their completion of grade school at 16 years of age. The production company has set up for an auto-rikshaw driver to take the kids to school everyday until they are 16 years old. :two_thumbs_up: :hatsoff:
Rajiv Posted February 23, 2009 Author Posted February 23, 2009 Mercedes-Benz asked that its logos be removed in scenes taking place in the slums. The company, according to Danny Boyle, did not want to be associated with the poverty-stricken area, fearing that that might taint its image. ..thats it, gonna give all my Mercedes and park it in Dharavi
h4te Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Mercedes-Benz asked that its logos be removed in scenes taking place in the slums. The company' date= according to Danny Boyle, did not want to be associated with the poverty-stricken area, fearing that that might taint its image. ..thats it, gonna give all my Mercedes and park it in Dharavi how many do you have? :omg:
satishg Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 how many do you have? :omg: same question Rajeev..
DomainK Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Lol....Amitabh Bachchan is better known as Aish's father in law?:D
fineleg Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Lol....Amitabh Bachchan is better known as Aish's father in law?:D in amreeka :haha:
Gambit Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 The hysteria in India surrounding this movie picking up 8 Oscars is astounding silly. Why? Because it's not an Indian movie. The director and most of the production team is British. The leading actor is British. Just because the plot is India centric doesn't make it an Indian film. If that were the case, then Temple of Doom,Octo*****,Darjeeling Limited etc would have been Indian films. India should be ecstatic that Rehman won not that his genius needed validation from the Western world but great moment nevertheless. That's the only 'India' glory we can lay claim to out of the 8 Oscars.
DomainK Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 The hysteria in India surrounding this movie picking up 8 Oscars is astounding silly. Why? Because it's not an Indian movie. The director and most of the production team is British. The leading actor is British. Just because the plot is India centric doesn't make it an Indian film. If that were the case, then Temple of Doom,Octo*****,Darjeeling Limited etc would have been Indian films. India should be ecstatic that Rehman won not that his genius needed validation from the Western world but great moment nevertheless. That's the only 'India' glory we can lay claim to out of the 8 Oscars. Take it easy. Quite a lot of Indians are involved in the movie. The movie is shot in India and based on India. Naturally Indians would be happy if this movie does well in awards. Nobody is saying that its an Indian movie.
Gambit Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Take it easy. Quite a lot of Indians are involved in the movie. The movie is shot in India and based on India. Naturally Indians would be happy if this movie does well in awards. Nobody is saying that its an Indian movie. Koi bhi news channel dekh le yaar and you will come across headlines like - 'India conquers the Oscars' etc.
DomainK Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Koi bhi news channel dekh le yaar and you will come across headlines like - 'India conquers the Oscars' etc. lol....the news channels are idiots.
coffee_rules Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 The hysteria in India surrounding this movie picking up 8 Oscars is astounding silly. Why? Because it's not an Indian movie. The director and most of the production team is British. The leading actor is British. Just because the plot is India centric doesn't make it an Indian film. If that were the case, then Temple of Doom,Octo*****,Darjeeling Limited etc would have been Indian films. India should be ecstatic that Rehman won not that his genius needed validation from the Western world but great moment nevertheless. That's the only 'India' glory we can lay claim to out of the 8 Oscars. Even that output from ARR is not even worth a FF award. He has made better quality compositions. It's just that it was used in Slumdog instead of Yuvraaj that the song gets an Oscar. C'mon how is that logical!
Lurker Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Even that output from ARR is not even worth a FF award. He has made better quality compositions. It's just that it was used in Slumdog instead of Yuvraaj that the song gets an Oscar. C'mon how is that logical! Seriously what kind of quirky logic is that??? Since when did an award, any award, mean that is supposed to be the artists's best work?? Amitabh Bacchan won National Award for Agneepath, I can rattle half a dozen movies where he was much better but won a big fat nothing. You win an award against the challengers in that year. This year ARR's work was better than all of the competitors. Simple.
coffee_rules Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Seriously what kind of quirky logic is that??? Since when did an award, any award, mean that is supposed to be the artists's best work?? Amitabh Bacchan won National Award for Agneepath, I can rattle half a dozen movies where he was much better but won a big fat nothing. You win an award against the challengers in that year. This year ARR's work was better than all of the competitors. Simple. The logic comment was for the latter part of the sentence. Do you frankly imagine that if 'Jai Ho' was part of Yuvraaj (as it was originally meant to be), Rahman would have been nominated for the same song? I don't think so..
graphic23 Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 The logic comment was for the latter part of the sentence. Do you frankly imagine that if 'Jai Ho' was part of Yuvraaj (as it was originally meant to be)' date=' Rahman would have been nominated for the same song? I don't think so..[/quote'] Well, no because Yuvvraaj was a bad film.The Oscars are awarded primarily for the movies, not the music. So, your logic holds no point because I can (again) come up with 20-30 albums of Rahman's that deserved the Oscar but the movies were not nominated because they weren't good enough (by a long way). So, I am not quite sure what you're trying to get at here. Yes, I accept that this is not his best work but then again, who says that the Oscar is the highest award for best music.
jf1gp_1 Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 AR Rehman was so calm and graceful when accepting the award. Started off with Hindi dialogue, ended with something in tamil, wore right clothes and above all not for a second pretended to be someone he isnt (read no fake accent)
Lurker Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 The logic comment was for the latter part of the sentence. Do you frankly imagine that if 'Jai Ho' was part of Yuvraaj (as it was originally meant to be)' date=' Rahman would have been nominated for the same song? I don't think so..[/quote'] Bhaiya Oscar is a movie affair. You are probably confusing this with Grammys where song, or soundtrack, is the basis of selection. Slumdog was selected for a variety of reasons. Even without music it would have been picked up. Of course the music only made it more authentic, more Indiansque if you will.
beetle Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 AR Rehman was so calm and graceful when accepting the award. Started off with Hindi dialogue' date=' ended with something in tamil, wore right clothes and above all not for a second pretended to be someone he isnt (read no fake accent)[/quote'] true. Unlike that guy Anil Kapoor who took every opportunity to act OTT and looked like a star struck extra. So totally embarassed everyone around him.
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