After
watching
Slumdog
Millionaire,
Aadesh
Shrivastava
has
a
question
for
Danny
Boyle.
"How
dare
you
degrade
our
national
icon
Amitabh
Bachchan?"
Composer
Aadesh
Shrivastava
has
been
in
and
out
of
the
US
collaborating
with
rapper
Wyclef
Jean.
But
now
after
Slumdog
Millionaire,
Aadesh
says
he's
embarrassed
to
walk
on
the
American
streets.
"I'm
so
upset.
They've
started
calling
Indians
'
slumdogs',
just
like
'coolie'
was
a
gaali
in
Britain.
Now
in
the
US
I
feel
slumdog
is
a
gaali
for
us
Indians.
Mumbai
has
given
me
everything.
To
see
the
city
being
shown
as
a
place
of
dirt
filth
and
crime
only
is
very
humiliating.
Even
I
can
make
a
film
on
child
prostitution
and
pedophilia.
But
it
won't
get
Oscars
because
I
am
not
a
gora."
Aadesh
saw
Slumdog
Millionaire
in
LA
this
week
and
he
was
shocked.
"What
f...k
right
does
the
director
have
to
show
Mumbai
as
a
slum?
Now
we
are
considered
a
slum
city
in
all
parts
of
the
world.
Humlog
kahin
mooh
dikhane
laayak
nahin
rahe."
While
applauding
A.
R.
Rahman's
music,
Aadesh
says
he'd
never
be
part
of
a
film
that
makes
India
look
like
a
slum.
"I'm
so
upset.
It's
a
disgusting
movie.
Being
an
Indian
it
was
doubly
humiliating
to
be
watching
the
film
with
Americans.
Even
if
Steven
Spielberg
asked
me
to
compose
music
for
a
film
that
makes
fun
of
India
I
won't
do
it."
Being
a
diehard
Amitabh
Bachchan
bhakt
Aadesh
is
appalled
at
the
way
the
Big
B
is
shown
in
the
film.
"I
puked
when
I
saw
that
kid
smeared
in
shit
asking
for
Bachchan
Saab's
autograph.
What
the
f...k
was
that?
Does
Danny
Boyle
know
what
Bachchan
Saab
means
to
us
Indians?
Who
would
dare
approach
him
like
that?"
Spews
Aadesh,
"We
applaud
people
who
come
to
our
city
and
spit
in
our
faces."
Story first published: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 11:42 [IST]