‘Don’t underestimate India’s soft power’
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 4:02 am
Upbeat over the multiple Oscar feat of “Slumdog Millionaire”, Home Minister P Chidambaram stated on Tuesday (February 24), that it won’t be “very long” for a movie – made by an Indian one, to attain global cinema’s highest recognition.
Chidambaram, who was eloquent about India’s “soft power”, said the country of a billion people “adopted” Briton Danny Boyle’s film as its own, though it “may not be an Indian film”.
Chidambaram mentioned, February 23 was a “red letter” day in the history of the country, when “Slumdog Millionaire” won as many as eight Oscars with A R Rahman picking up two of them.
According to Chidambaram, “‘Slumdog Millionaire’ may not be an Indian film. But a nation of billion people adopted it as an Indian film. Now then, how long will it will take for an Indian film, both produced and directed by Indians to bag the Oscar? It will not be very long,” commented Chidambaram during the presentation ceremony of the National Tourism Awards.
Warning against underestimating India’s “soft power”, Chidambaram emphasised, India has a plethora of varieties to showcase its “soft power”, which includes art, music, film and Bollywood among others.
(Agencies)
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