03-04-2009, 10:11 AM
1. <!--QuoteBegin-dhu+Mar 4 2009, 10:52 AM-->QUOTE(dhu @ Mar 4 2009, 10:52 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->tv panel discussion of the film
The moderator gets Beaufoy to admit that the scene of the amerikan tourist handing over dollar bills to the slumdog has a malicious intent. The Indian audience at the end is merciless against the film. One member even asks why Adiga and Slumdog are being given awards at same time. <b>anti-hindu angle does not come up.</b> The main person speaking against the film is Arindam Chaudhury
[right][snapback]95166[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Well psecular christoconditioning ensures that they don't see the anti-Hindu angle at all but take it for granted. This is NDTV after all.
2. http://dailypioneer.com/160334/Congress-cl...-up-rights.html
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<b>Congress claims patent over Jai Ho, buys up rights</b>
Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
After the clean sweep of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire at the Oscars, the Congress wants to replicate its success in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party has bought the rights of AR Rahman's Oscar-winning song, Jai Ho, from T-Series for its election campaign jingle.
According to highly-placed Congress sources, the music company was approached after the film started sweeping international awards. The deal was struck for an undisclosed amount and the rights were bought exclusively for the campaign jingle.
The jingle would use the tune of the song and Jai Ho to sell the UPAâs achievements and the Congress as the only party for the future. The lyrics of the jingle would be written later. A senior Congress leader told The Pioneer: "The ad agencies that are working on our advertisement campaigns have been asked to work out the lyrics as soon as possible so that we can play it everywhere."
The political parties have always used tunes of popular songs and based their own lyrics on them to catch the voters' attention. For example, the last few Assembly elections saw popular tunes of Chak De! being used. However, <b>political parties are never known to officially buy rights of a particular song as the Congress has done for Jai Ho.</b>
One of the main objectives for buying the rights to the song officially was to discourage the Opposition BJP from using it. A senior leader said: âIt is a catchy song and we didn't want the Opposition parties to use it. We wanted exclusive rights on it.â A beginning was made as the Congress claimed to have served a legal notice to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for "illegally" using the song in one of his rallies.
The film, which showcases life in Mumbai slums and how one of the dwellers becomes a millionaire, has Jai Ho as its theme song. Music composer AR Rahman got the first-ever Oscar for a Hindi number for the song. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The moderator gets Beaufoy to admit that the scene of the amerikan tourist handing over dollar bills to the slumdog has a malicious intent. The Indian audience at the end is merciless against the film. One member even asks why Adiga and Slumdog are being given awards at same time. <b>anti-hindu angle does not come up.</b> The main person speaking against the film is Arindam Chaudhury
[right][snapback]95166[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Well psecular christoconditioning ensures that they don't see the anti-Hindu angle at all but take it for granted. This is NDTV after all.
2. http://dailypioneer.com/160334/Congress-cl...-up-rights.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->FRONT PAGE | Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | Email | Print |
<b>Congress claims patent over Jai Ho, buys up rights</b>
Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
After the clean sweep of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire at the Oscars, the Congress wants to replicate its success in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party has bought the rights of AR Rahman's Oscar-winning song, Jai Ho, from T-Series for its election campaign jingle.
According to highly-placed Congress sources, the music company was approached after the film started sweeping international awards. The deal was struck for an undisclosed amount and the rights were bought exclusively for the campaign jingle.
The jingle would use the tune of the song and Jai Ho to sell the UPAâs achievements and the Congress as the only party for the future. The lyrics of the jingle would be written later. A senior Congress leader told The Pioneer: "The ad agencies that are working on our advertisement campaigns have been asked to work out the lyrics as soon as possible so that we can play it everywhere."
The political parties have always used tunes of popular songs and based their own lyrics on them to catch the voters' attention. For example, the last few Assembly elections saw popular tunes of Chak De! being used. However, <b>political parties are never known to officially buy rights of a particular song as the Congress has done for Jai Ho.</b>
One of the main objectives for buying the rights to the song officially was to discourage the Opposition BJP from using it. A senior leader said: âIt is a catchy song and we didn't want the Opposition parties to use it. We wanted exclusive rights on it.â A beginning was made as the Congress claimed to have served a legal notice to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for "illegally" using the song in one of his rallies.
The film, which showcases life in Mumbai slums and how one of the dwellers becomes a millionaire, has Jai Ho as its theme song. Music composer AR Rahman got the first-ever Oscar for a Hindi number for the song. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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