Aamir Khan offers his honest reaction to "Slumdog Millionaire"

Bollywood's biggest star Aamir Khan offers his honest reaction to "Slumdog Millionaire"
For the full interview watch George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight on Tuesday January 25th at 11:05PM on CBC Television or go to www.cbc.ca/stro...

[@phunsukh_wangdoo]

I get what AK means.. Just imagine if the movie Parasite was made with English dialogues to please the Western audience.. It would have lost its essence... It was made for Korean Audience... It still got many academy Awards... Including the best Picture..

[@alina_dial]

yeah thats true , unnecessary English from original actors was not a good idea,it should have been fully in hindi , then they could have released a dubbed version if they wanted , but maybe back then it was different , but now see even sacred games is being watched all over the world

[@monikabhandari5908]

Yes

[@suranjan2457]

Cuz the director was korean so he did it..but slumdog mill...british film for whole world not for only india..but sub title can be added...but british film,british producer..that was their choice...N ofcourse this movie should be in English..this is not bollywood film.. personally I enjoyed the movie..thats all

[@mouthymonk3978]

Exactly my point.

[@mouthymonk3978]

@@suranjan2457 bhai tu chup reh

[@sineadbeel1917]

The fact is, india is so large and diverse in culture any indian can tell you "india is like this" and be 100% true but then the next indians statement completely contradicts the firsts statement and is also 100% true. Where my family is in india everyone told me NO ONE has English as a first language. But my indian friend living in aust said her first language was english. Some say india is a slum, others say india is developing. Some say india can never change from its thousands of years of traditions, others say they have changed so much. The fact is 1000s of languages, 10s of states 1000s of cultures. Slums are everywhere as are high rise buildings

[@JustinianG]

can u help me find a film similar to slumdog millionaire? in terms of it's feeling of adventure

[@JustinianG]

Ambi tion I saw it

[@inthependent]

People are unable to articulate their response embedding their personal experience as a reference, so they end up making general statements. Language problem.

[@Senthilganapathy]

Very well said

[@Ashishkumar-oh8ww]

@@JustinianG 3 idiots

[@AnuragSinha7]

I like the honesty when he said he doesn't represent India in purity.. he accepted his flaws and weaknesses

[@despacito4668]

Not purely Indian doesn't mean flawed

[@wolfpack444]

@@despacito4668 Yea totally agree... And in that respect, nobody can be a pure representation of India... We all have a multitude of influences around us, especially now in the digital age...

[@QuantumtestGaming]

@@Henry-b3j your shitty country is a joke

[@Henry-b3j]

@@QuantumtestGaming I live in Sweden.

[@arabik5515]

@@nb2381 what did Henry say exactly, he deleted it...

[@9kaustav]

13 years later this got recommended 😂

[@AP-eb8hd]

Same here..no idea why

[@rinaldijames]

Same here, too. Maybe Slumdog Millionaire is releasing in some OTT platform, and this is a subtle advertisement.

[@9kaustav]

@@rinaldijames That could be a very good reason

[@SagarAbhishek]

Exactly. Aamir khan old videos like the one with rani & kareena where he talks about gender pay gap related to ability to fill theatres and this is getting recommended in my feed for the last 10-15 days. I don't know why? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@9kaustav]

@@SagarAbhishek Exactly even i have no idea why youtube is pushing those videos

[@MrSkillz91]

This is so true. Just like the way Nigerians are depicted in most Hollywood movies... it doesn’t even come close to who we are and how how we do or say things here. They only base it on those in diaspora that they’ve met.

[@prajwalsharma5877]

Nigerian cinema is I think 3rd biggest in the world

[@tsprime3114]

@@soundwavesuperior6761 what the hell are you saying bro? It wasn't a racist colonial joke. It's a fact that British ruled over India for 190 years. It's a fact that India was a British colony till 1947. It's a fact that many Indians at that time spoke English in a slightly British accent. You can listen to political leader's English speeches. Stop getting offended and crying. There are tons of better ways you can spend your time

[@tsprime3114]

@@soundwavesuperior6761 seems like you can't digest facts 😂😂😂

[@StayActive98]

@@soundwavesuperior6761 That African American quote is something a white dude wouldn't say on television stop lying.

[@robokarizma0308]

Dharavi is as much a reality for India as is The Marine Drive.

[@machimedicos]

And thats what is his point, you can't represent dharavi alone as entire diversity of India. Ofc you can, but just that it doesn't really connects to us.

[@techmania5957]

@@gurujojo8992 marine drive is not a road,its an emotion Visit the people sitting out there and you will know

[@laba3423]

@@machimedicos many people donot connect with indian slums because its not their life

[@vishmohan9699]

Algorithm took me here after 10 year's lol

[@James30106]

Better late than never

[@sohail7924]

13

[@vishmohan9699]

@@sohail7924 😅

[@mku]

13 as well! 😂

[@insearchofself.]

You didn’t arrive here after 13 years, the algorithm felt that this should be shown to you now because it is in the interest of the people who control the algorithm. That’s why it’s pushed to your screen now.

[@drake5033]

Aamir Khan, wow, so well-spoken in this interview! I was glued to whenever he spoke, what elegance and honesty with his answers

[@kumarnarendra1873]

My foot

[@aryankumar-nz4ep]

@@kumarnarendra1873 fuck off buddy

[@swagatmaharana3131]

Wow, he shares his point of view , So many friends of mine did not like parasite but I did .I did not like joker but many of my friends liked it .Amir khan was right about India being intolerent.

[@oneway3184]

he is very hypocrite person

[@stilllearning6252]

@@oneway3184 So are you but do you see us complaining about it?

[@khush3420]

I think Lagaan deserved an Oscar more than slumdog millionaire did.also ar Rehman should have won an Oscar for Lagaan rather than for this movie.the music in Lagaan is just the best works of his entire career.

[@ShadowOfNexxus]

No it didn't Slumdog millionaire is a masterpiece

[@rashmip2761]

@@ShadowOfNexxus Slumdog Millionaire is a fake, illogical movie made by obnoxious Britishers.. Lagaan was far more deserving

[@TheAhmadShow717]

Totally agree after watching the making of lagaan documentry

[@R_t-99]

They won't like that movie because then they have to face the atrocities they inflected upon us. Everyone is biased not only indians

[@AP-eb8hd]

Slumdog was not made by Indian

[@SandeepMeena79]

Oscar is made only for western countries, there are many movie which is far better then hollywood oscar winner

[@gagannpal2356]

If india could send a better film to oscar then india could get opportunity But we sent the worst movie like gully boy

[@zokusayian5045]

Les Grossman check the history of Bollywood specially old ones Bollywood have greater movies than Hollywood I never cried watching a Hollywood movie but in Indian movies they put soul in it and Bollywood have better love story movie titanic

[@saahilthakkar4593]

@Les Grossman That's simply not true. I have watched every single Oscar winner for Best Picture and with the exception of Parasite, I can name a better bollywood film from each year. India has made so many better films that get no recognition because you're all to busy judging us on our commercial films (that are also better than most hollywood commerical flicks but that's a different story).

[@iwhatwasthelastnell8829]

That's an opinion, right. Judging films are in perception. Personally, there are some foreign films I thought were amazing and the Oscars ignored them. However, there are also years where I think the Oscars were right and foreign films were not as good. I have been moved by both English and Foreign Language films.

[@iwhatwasthelastnell8829]

Also, if this was not clear, when I talk about foreign films Bollywood is included. I just might not appreciate it bc of how I was raised. Idk tho because alot of my favorite films are from a foreign language.

[@memyselfandi2506]

Police speaking English is far fetch but whole villages randomly bursting into song and synchronised dance every now and then oh ye that happens in India all the time hahaha

[@remo6130]

Well Hollywood is supposed to REALISATIC, and do u know the meaning of a musical?

[@abhijeetvaidya1638]

Trust me it does happen, its part of our culture that's how it is reflected in movies.

[@wander_plug1369]

abhijeet vaidya Stop lying, I was born in India too, synchronized dance numbers among general public on the streets never ever happen out of the blue LMAO

[@abhijeetvaidya1638]

@@wander_plug1369 have you ever atttended garbha or ganpati visarjan

[@wander_plug1369]

abhijeet vaidya Yes I have, I’ve even attended them here in the states, but the difference is that they are organized just like a high school prom. Bollywood movies project as if the people on the streets minding their own business join the actors in a dance extravaganza out of nowhere with an invisible band playing music somewhere in the forbidden dimension lol, that to me that is much more unrealistic than cops speaking english

[@deldia]

I can imagine being Indian and finding Slumdog irritating. I think it pissed off some people being a UK film and not Bollywood but being so successful. You can see he is struggling to criticise it. That's because it's not so far from the truth. I've been to India. Much of it is highly developed. Much isn't.

[@Himanshu_Doi]

He criticised it because it wasn't believable. India does have a large English-speaking population but the only ones who converse in English primarily before other languages is the urban middle class population, surely not slum kids or policemen. Had they been speaking in Hindi throughout the film like the little kids did in the beginning of the movie, it would've been more believable from an Indian standpoint. Obviously they were making a film for an international audience so the Indian perspective wasn't really a priority. It's like making a film set in Germany with an all-German cast but they're conversing in British-accented English. The rest of the world might find it believable because they've never been to Germany so they wouldn't know any different but to the regular German it just wouldn't make any sense. Aamir Khan has produced a film called Peepli Live (which is really worth a watch if you have the time or interest) which was set in rural India, and also hosted a show called Satyamev Jayate which talks about the everyday problems of the common man, so I don't think showcasing the poverty in India was as big a deal to him.

[@xxyyzz9791]

wikichris he isn't struggling to criticize it, he's trying to be diplomatic with his words. Yes, Indians hate this film, but not because we are out of touch with reality, but because this film is no representative of any reality of any part of India. We are suckers for social justice movies, if it really depicted things as it is, we would've loved it

[@ravishingravi]

wikichris Actially it is irritating for different reasons. It looked fake when made by foreign filmmaker’s with characters from slums talking in English.

[@vedicthakur1534]

@Jimmy Greer You have literally no idea about Indian cinema, people like Scorsese who understands cinema knows about it better. FYI people are inspired by our great filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Mira Nair, G. Aravindan to name some. But these legends are forgotten due to ignorant, arrogant nature of white people with the tyrant ideology of white supremism. Even Kurosawa said, "if you haven't seen the cinema of Satyajit ray than it's like you've never seen the sunrise." The real India is so vast and glorious that even we Indians can't understand the great nation of ours completely. And you think spending a month or two will make you enough intelligent so that you can comment on real India and Indians than you're living in an illusion. India's infinite charm and eternal variety with cultural heritage and historic achievements make it what it is today. India was not founded by someone like the USA was, India was just there with its variety, it's people.

[@aItravel123]

You won't be surprised that because of British slumdog millionaire made on indian otherwise it would be made on Britishers.

[@BangMaster96]

Slumdog Millionaire had English speaking police because it was made for the whole world to understand not for our Hindi Indians and the slum life was depicted very accurately kids are taken from slums by Gangs and made to beg on the road for money, and in certain cases, these Slum Mafias also cut out a kid's arm or blind him so people will feel more sorry and give more money and people do defecate out in the open in the slums i am Indian, and i know what the slums are like, and what the life for poor people is like in India and Slumdog Millionaire depicted India more accurately than any Bollywood Romantic Fantasy film, and directors like Karan Johar, Rohit Shetty, Sajid and Farah Khan, and almost 90% of all Bollywood directors shoot their films out of India in a foreign country, and never depict India for what it truly is so stop saying Slumdog Millionaire is not accurate

[@anuppuri6802]

you haven't seen lion then, its from boyle, later on he realized this issue and corrected here. In this movie all the indian talk in their native tongue.

[@rockyrockz5767]

U idiot..english subtitles can also b added

[@tejas2620]

Have you seen Narcos ?? Whole series in Spanish but it is made for American audience primarily.

[@tremordrake1749]

@@tejas2620 exactly. Good point. So is Dirilis Ertugrul only in Turkish but made for world audience

[@tremordrake1749]

Lol Lagaan was far more accurate than SlumDog millionaire

[@ginisk9841]

I have known the lives of slum-dwellers of Mumbai from my childhood, though I myself didn't live in one. Being a Cotton green resident some of my classmates used to come from surrounding slums. Agreed some slums could be worst than Cottongreen, but what was shown in that movie was very unbelievable and demeaning.

[@fin-ed6oj]

Slumdog millionaire does not depict the life of every indian person. But yes, some people in India have done and still do, live lives like the ones portrayed

[@SunilNagavelli]

Like once Ned said, Everything before the word 'But' is horseshit. :D

[@MrRashidk67]

He didn't use 'but'... 😎

[@roo.taylors.version]

I see.... but.... winter is coming

[@thelitterateman]

Let's admit, his answers weren't apt for more than a majority, the first 'genre change' question & the culture answer he gave were in no connection

[@Blue8spiral]

Seriously though, I as an american, never was arrogant enough to assume it spoke for India because I've never been there and I know that hollywood misinterprets almost everything it represents. However, who cares where it takes place? It's a story. It's a beautiful story and I adore the film and my love for it has nothing to do with where it takes place, or if it does it is just a tiny fraction of the film's appeal.

[@suuwooski6416]

Kitura the thing is slumdog millionare was a good represantation of india. Khan is in denial because he was born rich. He doesnt know the struggle

[@harir6316]

​@@suuwooski6416 Well most Americans are racists is also true but they are not going to accept it. Since it makes them uncomfortable.

[@suuwooski6416]

@@harir6316 cope

[@arpitpatra]

We should make a film on american supremacists amd give it oscar. Plz dont get triggered oka

[@Blue8spiral]

@@harir6316 Yeah, that's why every brown person on earth is dying to come to America, so they can get shit on by all the racists, right? So they can work hard and never build their wealth and never have any friends or own businesses or enjoy life. Right? That's why America is 100% made of white people and all the non-white people just run screaming to brown countries. Do you even know what the word racist means?

[@vikrampinto]

Aamir just exudes honesty and authenticity

[@bollywoodfansclub3047]

I totally disagree with amir khan with both the points because in India most of population thinks in there mother tongue language which they speak at their home.. And it's definitely not english in most of the case and the second point which you are saying you haven't seen children of slum speaking in English...it's a movie which is dubbed in English you can find version also

[@MemeLox]

But how the hell the questions of the show(where anil kapoor ask questions) was only related to Western countries

[@boshirahmed]

Amir Khan is talking about middleclass indians . He is talking from a rich perspective not from the poor.

[@arpitpatra]

@@boshirahmed i am middle class and i dont speak english at least at home

[@boshirahmed]

@@arpitpatra You speak to it your friends. Come on. You talk to your friends more than your family. Too many languages in India, english is a national language, so I guess you can talk to someone from any part of india who is college educated.

[@chinmayhawaldar9209]

It also doesn't sound right when an English Officer speaks in Hindi in Thugs of Hindostan😂😂

[@477_sy.it.babhishektiwari4]

Fuck yeah😂

[@PjD0150]

Or in the girl on the train. The police officers speak in Hindi when it’s set in London.

[@sanmesh96]

Nailed it

[@manpreetchavan]

_Tum sala garib log hamare joote ke neeche rahega_

[@101notfound17]

Nah I mean some English policemen spent their whole life or whole career in India so it’s believable for em to learn Hindi

[@fin-ed6oj]

From what I'm gathering, Indian people's main criticism of this movie is that people speak English in it. Well fucking shock horror guys, a western-made film targeting English-language audiences will use English as its medium. Audiences don't want to read subtitles the whole time. Slumdog Millionaire is much more realistic & gritty than a lot of the bullshit Bollywood movies made nowadays. Slumdog Millionaire actually shot their scenes on location in actual slums, not on prop sets. And yes, face it guys, Mumbai struggled, and still does, with corruption and gangsters and homelessness and extreme poverty, there's no two ways about it and no need to pretend it doesn't exist. And the scene where the mother dies is taken from the 1992-93 Bombay Riots where hundreds of Muslims & Hindus died in religious violence, leaving hundreds/thousands of kids without parents. The story is extremely plausible and highlights the struggles that some faced in India in the 90s, and are still facing today. Just because you don't want to admit its true, or want to brush it under the carpet, doesn't mean India doesn't have major problems. Hollywood & western media is self-deprecating by nature, they often portray their own countries & situations in a bad, and sometimes more honest, light. Just because a lot of Indian media doesn't do this, doesn't mean western media is trying to show India as the worst place ever. The truth often hurts and it's disingenuous to dismiss the problems highlighted in this film as anti-Indian propaganda

[@ChandanMishra-ql1bi]

No one except Brits tries to harm India by all these means, soon you'll pay dearly

[@fin-ed6oj]

@@ChandanMishra-ql1bi I doubt it, Chandan

[@puspenbarua672]

A rare, brilliant, speculative, honest and unique judgement from a freelance judge. Clear and straight heart towards truth. The silent observer, absorber, preserver and reserver. Thank you.

[@meowmeow6282]

By reading the comments, why people here are getting anxious? He was just stating his opinion.. We perceive things in different ways so why full of butthurt.

[@SomnathBhattacharjeewwe]

Common for Indians to get butthurt

[@Ar-ok1rg]

@@SomnathBhattacharjeewwe wow and you are what? Common for humans to get butthurt *

[@SomnathBhattacharjeewwe]

@@Ar-ok1rg Since I haven't been to many places or seen that many faces can't put humans up there in place of an Indian because they're an ideal candidate to perceive offense in all walks of life and I'm Indian too haha see the irony here?! Lol

[@ajeshtantri9816]

@@SomnathBhattacharjeewwe Dude trust me, it's common for everyone to get butt hurt these days, just look at Twitter.

[@sadhna7865]

@@Ar-ok1rg I'm an alien. So I'm safe from this disease. ✌

[@amatya.rakshasa]

I have to disagree with AK on this one. Outside of superficial things like the police and the slum urchin speaking in english and in a britsh accent, the first half of the movie was pretty authentic. For example, 1. Riots in India leaving many people devastated 2. The love for Amitabh 3. The cruelty with which everyone treats orphaned street children 4. Many charities sexually and physically abusing children 5. The mafia deliberately maiming children to make them beg 6. underage girls being sold to brothels. 7. street children figuring out how to survive on their own and eventually many joining gangs and becoming like the assholes who abused them in the first place 8. A heavy handed police always terrorizing you. It was all true. The only thing that wasn't true was the happy ending. That never happens for the poorest of the poorest.

[@harshs7198]

Most reasonable comment

[@ashubono2720]

Best comment

[@hyena5313]

I didn't know this only happens in India. The Civilians entering the airport ,that shit bath,and that who wants to be a millionaire the host beating shit out of that guest was pretty over the top.

[@amatya.rakshasa]

@@hyena5313 The shit bath obviously never happens anywhere and was artistic license to describe the love for Amitabh, Rajini etc. The millionaire host and police harassing the guest also never happens anywhere in the world and was ridiculously over the top. Agreed that the aspects you mentioned were completely unrealistic and unnecessary to tell the story.

[@TarunKumar-vx1hq]

True The film was made for global audience (so English) but the context was completely Indian

[@HolmesOO7]

2:34 Damn. That went smooth. No one noticed it

[@lebayhsok9557]

noticed what?

[@AdlBnymn]

@@RusselKabirTR That was a clever joke, I liked it anyway

[@9kaustav]

I understood that reference 😂

[@insearchofself.]

Can you clarify. Noticed what?

[@9kaustav]

@@insearchofself. Colonial hangover 🙃

[@ahmadrahimkhan]

Slumdog millionaire was an overrated piece of a very mediocre movie!

[@miku1408]

Absolutely agree one hundred percent. Most of these hollywood directors are unable to capture the essence of India.

[@altairremi42]

I mean most Bollywood directors cant do it either. They have a romanticized fantastical version you 3 idiots is true to life in India.

[@SundariVenkatraman]

I would also like to point out that India is not synonymous with slums. That's what I see some authors and film makers portraying about this country which is extremely negative

[@boshirahmed]

Most poor people who migrated can relate to the poverty, the rich are just embarassed by it. The poor needs films about them too. In indian films everyone is a millionaire for no reason.

[@devanshithakkar5122]

People made picture about India on the basis of that one movie.. India has a very vast diversity.. you go to south and you go to north.. you will find totally different types of people and culture and weather.. even if you just visit neighbouring states there is still vast differences in Infrastructure, weather,culture,people & everything. The vast diversity of India is what that makes it different from other countries.

[@harshs7198]

Blah blah blah...there's feces all over the place

[@cyberpunk7997]

@@harshs7198 😂

[@nidhinva6855]

North or South all 70% of people are in poverty most them are buggers most of indians are slave of political parties and politicians shame bron this bugger country 😕

[@MedhatithiGuha]

so do we all think America is made up of gangsters after watching godfather?

[@abhay4147]

​@@harshs7198Nah bro we weren't talking about your home

[@samardave1364]

The movie was called Slumdog Millionaire, so of course it will show the life of Slum Dwellers in India. It also points out Indias poverty to bring some awareness to the issue. To me it was one of the greatest films ever made. The reason the characters talked in English is because the film was made for an English audience. I like Aamir Khan a lot, but he messed up on this interview. Bollywood actors are mostly privileged people from the time they were born, so of course the slum life is far from his reality. Plus how is a Bollywood actor in any way schooling people on what is reality. 95 percent of Indian movies are so fake, with their choreographed dances on Swiss mountains, with cheesy love stories, they should be the last to talk about reality. But I do give Aamir credit for being one of the better and realistic film makers of India

[@artspooner]

I disagree. I really enjoyed the film but I understand what he is saying in this context. If you watch a film on a subject that you know very well, for example your profession, then anything that does not ring true takes you out of the immersion. I work in healthcare and so if I watch a medical drama/film I notice all the mistakes and it becomes very jarring and difficult to watch as you are removed from the immersion even if it is a good film narratively speaking.

[@praneeshak4406]

I agree to everything you just said

[@facesplaces]

artspooner I agreed when I watched this film, the main actor who grew up in he slums having a British accent through me off, it wasn't realistic but I understand it was targeted to the western audience

[@Blue8spiral]

I was waiting for him to say "but I understand this was meant for an English audience," but he didn't....

[@randhirsingh9258]

Nope ........Jackie Shroff was a leading man in bollywood in 1980s and 1990s is not from a privileged background.....akshay kumar , sunil shetty and many big stars have really struggled hard......

[@thiruvetti]

I am with Aamir Khan on this and so are many Indians. Why do the west have to come to India and only find slums to talk about? I think it was a typical British ideolody of trying to sell a poor India to get a cheapshot at the Oscars.

[@lampad4549]

The fact is slums are everywhere in India and it uses that as a setting to tell an inspirational and gritty story and alot of movies in the western medium also do this as well.

[@rowshonnabi5158]

Thiruvetti I support this film. The entire world should know about our situation and our EVIL politicians should be ashamed in front of the whole world.

[@meghnasaha4349]

Because there is always Karan Johar to make movies about rich people and NRIs. Art is not a democracy it was Danny Boyle's choice what story he wanted to tell.

[@michaeldesanta2146]

@@rowshonnabi5158 you're right

It's a story.

[@ashsqx3246]

haha he did well at being diplomatic ... really apt answer. love it !!

[@anything3068]

Lagan actually deserved oscar

[@pritamsri]

Danny used the slum concept to show mumbai slum habitats to the world and added emotions to the characters (which simply and ideally does not exist in slums, the way he has shown in the movie) and addled the emotion quotient in the brains of the rich and the award wagon industry and showcased his mastery in this kind if an art and win accolades and award for his work.. But what do the slums and its children get out of it? What do, the government and administration, of it?

[@arpitpatra]

Nothing. Thats the point. Show poverty in india make money . No movie on how british stole 2 trillion dollars from india.

[@lone_wolf1869]

Seriously???? Recommended after 13 years???

[@sayoojchikku2871]

The interviewer is like Russel Crowe in Beautiful mind..

[@TarunKumar-vx1hq]

That movie was made for global reach with Indian context Stupid Bollywood would ppl can never digest real art These idiots who never watched Satya jit ray classics think they are masters of art

[@Theaikro]

@Theaikro Continued. I think what the directors and the cast was thinking during the making, was that to tell a story about life. Not a PR movie for the poor people in India. There are plenty of Indian-made movies that have poor vs rich issues, but I haven't seen them to create such a buzz. It is not like it was a secret in the first place. India has world biggest middle class, world biggest % of high educated women per capita. And ofc world biggest lower class and poor families.

[@stephenmani8495]

Very nicely explained by Aamir Khan. Slumdog Millionaire may be a good film (purely in cinema and entertainment terms) - but it is not a true representation or even a slice of life of India, from an actual Indian's perspective. By the way, Aamir Khan himself is one of those really intellectual and great Indian film actors - who was unfortunately not always fully understood by some sections of the Indian population.

[@arianagandhi7595]

Ironic that people (specially from India) praises an American who criticises racism and slavery on an international level act clueless for the problems like these, but don't you think that the main problem is more about the fact that such things exists rather than the fact that someone is criticizing these problems. I mean if someone can't handle the criticism then they must be capable on the first place that we don't give them points to judge or criticise, yeah the movie was a little tilted in slope but we can't say that it was not true.

[@callingn]

Watch his movie lagaan it delt with slavery, racism and cast system. Especially how so called untouchables are treated. He is creative person and speaking his views.

[@SagarAbhishek]

Aamir khan old videos like the one with rani & kareena where he talks about gender pay gap related to ability to fill theatres and this is getting recommended in my feed for the last 10-15 days. I don't know why? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@carpediem8533]

The thing about slumdog millionaire is that no bollywood movie has ever shown that part of life as authentic as this film . So kudos to slumdog millionaire

[@estyak8780]

correct but his point is accurate about the language thing. How can kids who never went to any school are speaking in English in the movie set in India?? Just look at Parasite, authentic Korean movie and if you want to understand there is always Subtitles.

[@estyak8780]

@@carpediem8533 a movie is just a movie, regional or national or international is not something to be considered here. Accuracy in storytelling and plot setting is the important part, i just gave you an example with parasite which is a Korean movie that doesn't mean it's only for Korean audience. Use subtitles, simple. Even the director of parasite said something about subtitles in his acceptance speech at the golden globe this year. That was just a mistake by the filmmaker and he actually corrected himself in "Lion" which was also nominated for oscar. So I don't understand your movie being international point.

[@jayantkumar159]

@@carpediem8533 India slums have good sanitation and slums people too live healthy but it is not depicted in the movie

[@saahilthakkar4593]

Watch more film, Slumdog was a shitty movie

[@nilaylambe2598]

How many bollywood movies have you seen. Indian slums are not that bad as they shown. Hope Westerners will get some sense and see india the way it is not like the way you want to see it.

[@amandebnath2593]

Police and a Slum kid speaking English is unrealistic, that's true. But this movie was made by an English director and was focused on India. So it's normal that actors in the movie are speaking english because it's meant to be a global film. People comparing Parasite with this film should know that the targeted audience is not America or UK but only Korea. It is a regional movie. Also, Aamir Khan taking a dig at the movie makers of Slumdog Millionaire because of the language and "tHaT's nOt InDiA" Lmao. What is the Realism in Bolly movies? People on the streets start dancing all of a sudden? that's realism?

[@hadhamalnam]

Difference is that Slumdog Millionaire had, for the majority of its audience, a pretty big impact on how they view India as they are non-Indians who likely haven't watched any other movie about India. No one expects to see realism when they go to see one a commercialized mainstream bollywood movie in the same way no one does when they go to see a Star Wars movie. But people who watched SD have no other sources so they basically just take it as reality of India.

[@ImranAli-tm3rq]

10 years on and Bollywood (and India) have regressed.

[@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos]

regressed is a weak word bollywood has completely become shit now

[@kidsatwork28]

Im a Filipino and Slumdog is one of my favorite movies!I even showed this to my students to help them realize how fortunate they are to have at least two Nikes hahahaah

[@Itsmeandmy]

This is worst movie which stereotypes one particular country i don't know about Phillipines but in india everyone hate this movie

[@marissa5664]

@@Itsmeandmy you are taking the wrong message from the movie. its not stereotyping, its raising awareness.

[@allanchandy4699]

It was actually a good observation when we talk abt details. A slam boy speaking English in a brit accent makes no sense.

[@9prajwal592]

Absolutely

[@ariellemandara1483]

This guy is nuts. The movie highlighted the ever evolving poverty issue in India and he's saying that it doesn't reflect on what India really is? Imao. He was born in a rich family so obviously he's gonna think like this.

[@soumyadeepdas3886]

Honestly, as much as the movie has its merits, it all boils down to it reinforcing that the West is stronger and that India should be looked down upon. I think poverty and classism remains an issue in all nations and societies, no matter how developed one may be. The movie, like all other Western movies set in India, just chooses to fetishise than highlight the "ever-evolving poverty issue". If I have to recommend a film that depicts the city of Mumbai very well on all fronts, watch Mani Ratnam's "Bombay". I think it showcases past tragedies in the city very well and might be an interesting way for you to get to know more about India.

[@dcabral00]

I see what he is saying. But then again, I still love and enjoy the movie. I don't understand why anyone would stop enjoying the content of a movie simply because it is not a realistic depiction of anything.

[@sangitamishra6215]

Because of this movie, a stereotype took birth almost evrywhere, I've been critisized at many places where they say that I'm from a country of slums, which, well is completely false.. If you're from america, and I make a movie about Detroit, and everyone starts saying that America is a poor country, how would you feel? This movie surely is a good movie but people started the 'stereotype' whenever I try to say that India isn't full of slums, they say we've seen slumdog millionaire, Slums only exist in some areas, there are some cities which are surely beautiful, I mean every country has a good side and a bad side, people only see the bad side of India, India is the most diverse country in the world and I am sure abt that. Did you know who proposed the 'Sphere Earth' theory? Copernicus? No!! It was the Indian of 1300BC These britishers stole our discoveries and showed the world as theirs, the first operations were conducted in India, yes, by sushruta, the plastic surgeries, everything was inspired by Indian books, most mathematical operations like the Pythagoras theoram was already discovered by Indians centuries ago, but you all say India is the most backward country Sorry for grammatical mistakes

[@cringekiller348]

The movie was shit

[@raam726]

I get it was done for the convenience of the English speaking audience but He's right. The amount of English spoken in that movie felt fake. Although the slum scenes didn't, but that's just me. People in the comments just being too defensive because they like the movie. Snowflakes. It's still a good movie though.

[@anonymous1635]

0:06 whole india is transforming 😌🇮🇳🙏❤️

[@HimanshuSharma-nf1eg]

I didn't know that russell crowe did interview as well 😂

[@manjeshjaibheem3220]

Thanks Amir sir ....India is shown NEGETIVE to win awards ....I feel like HOLLYWOOD lobby already decided to give award BEFORE SHOOTING only

[@fin-ed6oj]

77% of Indians lived in poverty in the early 1990s, which is when the boys grew up. This story is entirely plausible and there are people who have lived, and still are living, worse lives in India than the boys

[@ChandanMishra-ql1bi]

@@fin-ed6oj none of the people are living like this, you wouldn't surely like this but it's true😁

[@fin-ed6oj]

@@ChandanMishra-ql1bi in 2023, there are 30 million orphaned children in India. Also, 71 million Indians currently live in absolute poverty. So why don’t you sit down, shut the fuck up, and read a book

[@shivamshukla3605]

My personal views- Slumdog millionaire was a shit movie. If that movie deserved oscar, then gangs of wasseypur deserves tons of oscars

[@kamrekikhidki]

Sahi bola bhai

[@tjayrf8267]

Nonsense opini9n. It was a wonderful movie....tum hindi sider ko khush karne ke liye nahi banaa hai oscar be anpadh

[@shivamshukla3605]

@@tjayrf8267 thanks for showing me what you are with your way of talking. I dont waste my time on idiots like you.

[@kintusharma5882]

That's why I can listen to Amir.

[@pickachu3739]

Same I felt with White Tiger. I felt like it was made for a western audience. The author tried to push every stereotype of India in a single story.

[@dip7984]

unfortunately he can't express his honest openion now, because he will then be called antinational....

[@MrVh78]

@Alakh Niranjan Bhakt alert

[@defdum27]

@Alakh Niranjan that's not true most of the people which support current government think honest criticism is propoganda

[@crashpal]

@Alakh Niranjan bjp does

[@bababistril]

@@defdum27 that's quite similar to how whenever people say anything different from hating the right or remotely saying anything similar to what they might believe they are automatically called as "bhakts" and the believe that propaganda isn't a problem anywhere else except among the "bhakts"... congrats. you've officially been part of a propaganda that only the right spreads false news and propagandas .

[@defdum27]

@@bababistril by saying this even you are part of proponganda which belives only left spreads false news and propoganda then what is the difference between you and me

[@fin-ed6oj]

Wow actors speak English for an English language film. A film targeting an English speaking audience doesn't want to use subtitles for the whole thing

[@chinmayamdhare1881]

Yt is recommending it today after 10 years on his birthday : )

[@adityamishra7711]

This was the time when the word " lot of " was in mainstream

[@j0_318gamerzofficial]

2:21 SO THATS WHY IN THUGS OF HINDHUSTAN WHITE BRITISH SOLDIERS SPOKE IN PERFECT HINDI

[@mtboldschool]

tatti scene was good other than that i dint like the movie not even the song

[@rahulbosebose1]

Bollywood movies are nothing like broadway musicals. I wish this misunderstanding can be cleared. Aamir should have corrected him.

[@sukhdeepbutty2399]

Yeah I know Bollywood's a lot worse.

[@Amit.01]

Honestly ,i didn't like the movie Slumdog Millionaire .I think this film has created misunderstanding about India. It represents India as Poor, full of crimes .I am very surprised that how this movie won Oscar. There is some poverty in India but it is very developed and beautiful country which is not shown in the film.

[@sohampatil2227]

It won Oscar because it has something and your brain has nothing that's the reason you are saying like this stupid

[@Amit.01]

@@sohampatil2227 Sorry Sir, mai to bas ye kah rha tha ki unko movie me india k baare me positive approach b dikhana chahiye tha jo ki movie me almost zero percent h

[@sohampatil2227]

@@Amit.01 wo.movie india ki problems pe jyada focused thi obvious he usme acha dikhaya india ke baare me to utna maja nahi ayega kyuki kabhi kabhi aise scenario me hi maja ata he

[@sohampatil2227]

@@Amit.01 and sorry for talking rudely with you

[@Amit.01]

@@sohampatil2227 No problem Sir

[@MrVishalsinha23]

Very diplomatic ,very correct. Just like always.

[@thisisanewusername4662]

Slumdog Millionaire was disgusting and racist

[@gauravjeengar2093]

Truly Agreed what he said That was my thought too after watching the movie

[@sadiqueali5117]

Best think about aamir is that his intelligent overshadow his look

[@AmitKumar-vx4hp]

I watched it in Paris almost ten years ago with some French friends. I was fresh to France from India - and failed to appreciate the movie. Indeed, I was irritated by the end. I have very strong references as well. We have Indian movies which are critical of Indian society in a straight artistic way. But this movie was somehow condescending - made by the British for the British (and audience from other developed countries). Mediocre direction and acting (Dev was ok).

[@saahilthakkar4593]

Irrfan Khan and Anil Kapoor carried the film.

[@justsomerandomguy1361]

But u can say indian movies are not any nee par to French or Hollywood movies these movies r just for money man there is no artistic type

[@hadhamalnam]

@@justsomerandomguy1361 Nah there are tons of artistic type movies in bollywood, but you won't find them if you're just looking for the standard commercial type mass audience movie. For example, Udaan, Lunchbox, Piku, Ludo etc are movies that actually have good filmmaking and messages.

[@rohitgaming-lb6fj]

@@justsomerandomguy1361 watch satyajit ray films

[@lordranbirfan815]

Our Own Indians Are Bashing Amir Just Becuase Of His Religion.

[@florida_kilos]

watching this now, it feels amazing how priyanka chopra's the white tiger clicks correctly to me as an indian and how amazing it is to me again as an american

[@VijaySharma-kf5vq]

Why was i recommended this video 13 years later? How KZbin algorithm works is a mystery to me. Nevertheless, I am glad it did.

[@ChallHatt]

Western influence in Indian culture even after Independence was a disaster and once again its author was the great Nehru ji as he was himself influenced by the western ideologies. The setting up of Indian higher education in english still doesn't motivate young men to go on for research and innovation as they constantly remain confused reading their books. Ofcourse after 70 years of independence a lot has changed and there are a lot of english speakers but it still is a problem in the rural areas. China maintained its culture with its development, India should also have done that

[@tanmay5421]

I am 10 years after it is more garbage now than before

[@figh761]

He never read Hindi books😏 and he may not seen dharavi also

[@ArvindhMani]

I think Aamir Khan does really well to articulate his thoughts carefully and not slam the creators of the movie even if he didn't personally like it. But some of the comments here are brain dead - especially those that shit on the movie because they are apparently "made by Brits to portray the entirety of India as a country of slums in order to get a cheapshot (sic) at the Oscars" - I don't even know what that's about.

[@farikhan]

i thought he didnt do interview's?...

[@ama7535]

why cant the host sit straight? why is he leaning towards amir so much?

[@amjidali1572]

but a guy dodging hundreds of bullets and fighting off hoardes and then breaking into song and dance and riding off into the sunset with the heroine is the real essence of india he connects with.ITS A FILM!

[@lihiko3891]

He didn't say that either, nor you will find him doing such movies, at least in the recent times. Also, his point is still valid

[@dharmapatha-pathoftruth9986]

Not in 2 decades lol

[@sickofya]

ppl like Amir khan who have been brought up in a very privileged rich family dont represent the other 70% of India who live below poverty rate. Danny boyle has shown slums life and problems related to that. India is a very big country with more than 1.38 billion people. Even Northern people are so different than ppl from south. Amir khan if had gone out of his castle he would probably have seen these problems.

[@abirroy9001]

If speaking in english is the only prob in the movie then hindi version of it is also available sir

[@bankukaushik1678]

You didn't get it what he wanted to say he wasn't clearly saying that it isn't reality of Indian culture. We all know there are more than that. He was being diplomatic n was avoiding any controversial comments but was appreciating the efforts n all.

[@Himanshu_Doi]

Hindi version is dubbed from the English version. If anything, it's the English version that should've been the dubbed one.

[@dysplasiaanaplasia4128]

These actors don't like the movie cz it hurts their petty pride. He should know more about this beautiful country. English is not the best language in the world. I mean that's not even a comparison. Rabindranath Thakur won nobel for his poetry in Bengali. 🙄 Bollywood is the most hypocrite. They try to create a fake image about indian society. Not everyone lives in high rise towers or in metropolitans But people from small towns have insteresting stories too. They actually have better stories more authentic. Not NRI problems, or terrorist problems , People here have extra marital affairs why can't they show it with simplicity? Or even a love story why does have to be all about money and dance and songs oh my god! They should first know about india. Also a lot of people in india actually jumped out of poverty to being wealthy and successful still choose to live a simple life by their hardwork and talent.

[@whcre5958]

Wrong! First language of people from big cities is not English. No, people do not "think in English". Just because a person is "famous" and rich does not make him right.

[@asifosman]

He himself is a very talented actor and filmmaker. But the irony is that slumdig millionaire is the only movie to have won and oscar for the indians. The public in india largely still want junk movies 😢

[@Theaikro]

@arybatool But slumdog isnt representing the whole india. i think that was what he was thinking about. Many americans and europeans don't know anything about india (culture/ppl etc) and now their "reference point" is being the slumdog movie. It did get a lot of publicity in the west after all. It's kinda like a bad first impression, nomatter what you do it will still lurke somewhere in u brain ;)

[@Sonny2009]

Aamir! Don't let this Shpankish Rascal lecture you on the language! You speak much better English than a lot of Americans do! Seriously! I seen people living in 20 to 30 years and speak totally wrong language(grammar and accent included!). So it's not fair for anyone to give lecture to someone; whose mother tongue isn't English. Yet, the accent and the thought formation is quite pure!

[@rihadalif1670]

Everyone in the subcontinent who gets an education for like 18 years will most likely be good in english. They might be shy speaking it in front of an audience but most of them can do that as the whole education system is basically in english.

[@puneettiwari1234]

As once an elite of British era said "India is not one nation,but nations amongst nations". And so their policy of divide and rule came... which is much more effective today than those days. We also say "Kos Kos par badle paani, kadam kadam par baani". There are people across the world who think that every second Indian is a PhD. Some still take it to be country of snake charmers. Some take it to be of Kings and followers...some of beggars and poor people. Some of industries and various business houses or some take it as of only a lot of people and agricultural dependent village society with black magic and bullock carts with supersonic jets armed with nuclear warheads parked besides them. Strange, isn't it.. But India is only known only to one who truly knows India. Jai Bharat.

[@prachi-fk2qv]

rightly said by aamir!

[@jaiminsharma]

Slumdog millionaire was an amazing screenplay but it definitely reinforced the stereotype

[@kaviyachinnappa8141]

I also could relate that I became unaware of many regional writers and knowledge about the region I'm from in India as my reading became restricted mostly in English language after a particular time point since my college days. As a kid I used to read many periodicals designed for children in my mother tongue. It's true that I gained a lot by reading in English of books from several different times and regions. But now I would like to also go back and enjoy reading some historical fictions of regional writers.

[@coiledcarrot3650]

He is bitter cause some foreigner director made a better movie than he could ever 😂

[@rahuldhowan1994]

The points coming from Aamir Khan are ironical, because in his own film Thugs of Hindustan (2018), we had British army officers speaking amongst themselves in Hindi, which was so ridiculous to watch. Probably Aamir forgot all about this interview he had given and the points he raised.

[@vinaykapil4366]

This is 9 years ago

[@shubhamdeshpande6320]

except that brit colonial officers probably did talk in hindi...how else would they communicate....also thugs of hindustan was a total flop

[@hadhamalnam]

The problem is Slumdog Millionaire received international acclaim, it has to be held to a different standard. Particularly because it actually had a significant influence on how people from other countries view India.

[@stupidniguh2305]

@@shubhamdeshpande6320 if the Brits talked Hindi amongst eachother than that seems weird but if they only talked Hindi with the Indians than that makes alot of sense.

[@horrorripples3332]

Except there were Britishers in 17th and 18th century who picked up Hindi words and spoke atleast in a rudimentary version of it with Indians in those days..

[@Cinematic_Mind_Captures]

Absolutely agreed with what aamir said here.. The film was good but It wasn't the right depiction of how actually India is, on various *serious* levels!

[@Prasen1729]

That's what I say when people ask me about SDM. I can understand why people love it that much who do not have a reference point. :-)

[@kevinroark5815]

In short, Danny doesn't know WTF he was talking about in the movie and Slumdog millionaire sucks. I agree

[@paraglokhande936]

But that kid taking Amitabh's autograph scene was nasty!

[@natakankal4688]

It has happens whenever Big B visits any place, please don’t forgot it’s an adapted screenplay for original book written by an Indian.

[@sanjanavandana4616]

@@natakankal4688 haa but in original nothing happens like this I have read the book and it is more realistic than this movie but I must say the film was also good

[@amvdirect9178]

That was choclate lol

[@laba3423]

that was definitely made to fit into western stereotype of India

[@zara67901]

Slumdog Millionaire was never meant to be a documentary or a true representation of India, it was a very good fictional films as most films are. This film was so much better than the trash Bollywood churns out. Yet its interesting how many Bollywood actors criticised the film, probably because they were jealous of its success and they were not a part of that sucess like Anil Kapoor was.

[@megharajnaik3163]

Its the most dumbest logic.. it's an American movie of course they will speak in English.. it's like saying why didn't thanos speak in his alien language or every other alien in movie starts speaking English and nobody questions

[@DurgeshSingh1]

His logic is correct. If a Bollywood movie is set in france or Germany, will the french or German character speak hindi as the movie is for Indian audience.. or they will speak their own language and just so we could understand, they add subtitles. Even a dumb movie like chandni chowk to china got that right. Characters were speaking chinese with english subtitles. Parasite, the korean oscar winner, the whole movie is in korean and everyone watched with English subtitles. I hope u got the point.

[@unnirajac8617]

Plz listen to his question properly. He asked how much of Slumdog millionaire represented India in it's true sense. So he said as it is a movie which was made in English he couldn't connect the essence of Indian culture in it because of the reasons he stated.

[@PhaniVal]

The film was given best picture award because it showed the Slums of India which the Oscars really wanted all the world to see..that’s the harsh reality.

[@RazorEdge2006]

Even actual slum-dwellers didn't like Slumdog Millionaire that much. It failed to connect with the very slum-dwellers it was supposed to represent.

[@ReeceDhillon]

What I learned is that Indians like to escape reality by watching Bollywood trash

[@RazorEdge2006]

@igeto12 Upon release, slum-dwellers in India protested against the movie, because they didn't like the "Slumdog" title which they saw as an insult.