Click to play videoNew Delhi: Golden Globe award winning Slumdog Millionaire might be creating a lot of Oscar buzz, but back in India, the film is caught in controversies.
On Tuesday, the Andheri Sessions Court in Mumbai admitted a PIL by Andheri Corporator Nicolas Almeida which alleges that the film's title is offensive and it should be changed from Slumdogs to Slum Dash Millionaire.
"I have no objection against the film but why were we called dogs in the film," Almeida wanted to know.
And that's not all. Last week, the General Secretary of Slum-dwellers' Joint Action Committee, Tapeshwar Vishwakarma, filed a defamation case against A R Rahman and Anil Kapoor in a local court in Patna also alleging that the film depicted slum-dwellers in bad taste.
"It's an insult to everyone who is living in slums in India. This film should not run in this country. They called us dogs," Vishwakarma said.
The hearing for the PIL case will be held on February 25 in Mumbai. Slumdog Millionaire, it seems will be in news for a while now - for better or for worse.
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