Frankly, I wished no Oscar be awarded to Indians. However, the much-hyped film swept the event and bagged more awards. As usual, Indians went overboard in celebrating this great achievement (?). Invariably, all the media channels covered this event and beamed it repeatedly throughout the day as if nothing else had happened in the world. Newspapers did not leave anything behind. From the first page to last page, details after details were covered. They went on to cover even the minutest of the details happened during this journey.
At the outset, why such a reaction? I did not see this reaction from the public or media when Chandrayaan stepped on the moon. Is this an Indian film? No it is not! It is a film of British. May be there were Indians but even among them, majority of them were Indians by origin and not by citizenship. So, why we go overboard on the celebrations?
Is not the theory of “judging the best” wrong? Any creative art is an achievement. Loko bhinna ruchihi! Opinion differs from people to people. Liking of an art is subjective. What is good? How to define it? Shall we say good is the one having the right or desired qualities? Then who will decide what is right or what is desired? My desire might change from yours. What is right for me may be wrong for others? So, how to define this?
Who has got the qualities of judging what is good and what is bad? I don’t watch movies. I have not seen any of the movies those where nominated for Oscar! But I have read that this is a mediocre film and an award to this is a shocking surprise. I have listened to Jai Ho song and if Oscar has decided to award this as best music, then it proves that they have never listened to Indian cine music earlier! I am not here to comment on the films. I am here to comment on the reaction we are expressing!
Why do we crave for an international recognition? What if Oscar was not awarded to AR Rehman? Will not getting an Oscar mean Rehman a bad composer? Oscar or no Oscar, Rehman will keep composing and people will keep listening and many might like his music.
Last decade we observed that there was a sudden surge of beauty queens from India. Soon after Sushmita and Aishwarya, beauty pageants were conducted at every corner of our country. Priyanka Chopra, despite giving wrong and lousy answers, was selected. Then, it struck on us that it was all a ploy to promote several MNC’s cosmetic and personal care products in India.
I see this too in this angle. Indians are notorious to their habit of non-stop film watching. Within a limited market segment, if Indian film industries (Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Bhojpuri) mint more money than Hollywood who has access all over the world, why not penetrate Indian market and walk way with their share?
In the name of recognizing Indian talents (?), gift away the awards (reward the award) and make believe that Hollywood is altogether a different standard. Our craving for international recognition, our behavior of being slaves to white-race is being exploited to promote their market.
Oscar does not represent the entire world. I am reiterating that Oscar or no-Oscar, things will remain the same and we do not need any certificate for the quality of it. If they like it let them enjoy it but when it comes to grading talents, please do not allow it. If they did and decided to award us, let us not over-react. It is indeed disgusting.
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