PANAJI, INDIA, January 29, 2009: [HPI Note: This movie has been called a serious contender for this year’s Academy Awards. Set and filmed in India, Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a young uneducated man from the Dharavi slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Kaun Banega Crorepati. Its plotline has drawn criticism from some Hindus.]
A Hindu organisation has filed complaints about the Oscar-nominated film Slumdog Millionaire. “The movie has shown Lord Rama and the Indian culture in poor light, thus hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus,” according to Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) spokesman Jayesh Thali.
HJS has filed police complaints in the cities of Panaji, Mapusa and Margao, demanding that police take action against the producer, writer and director and ban the screening of the film in those jurisdictions.