{"id":6118,"date":"2010-03-08T12:31:27","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T17:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=6118"},"modified":"2010-03-17T11:04:30","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T16:04:30","slug":"kavi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/08\/kavi\/","title":{"rendered":"Slumdog-mania is Officially Over"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I watched last night’s Academy Award presentation, I couldn’t help but think back to the 2009 awards nostalgically, a time where Slumdog mania was in full force<\/a>, Bollywood stars were taking the stage, and saris were seen on the red carpet. At last night’s ceremony, though the one shoulder dress was the trend, not a sari was to be seen. Nor a desi person in the crowd. Who woulda thought – there actually was an end to the Slumdog Millionaire madness.<\/p>\n\n

But there was one film. I hadn’t heard of it till last night, but as I saw the nominees scroll for short films, I saw Kavi<\/em><\/a> scroll by. Though the film did not win last night, I was still curious to see what it was all about.<\/p>\n\n

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‘Kavi’, American director Gregg Helvey’s short film about an Indian slave boy has lost out the Oscar in the Best Short Film (Live Action) category to the Danish entry ‘The New Tenants’…The 19-minute-long fictional film in Hindi, was the only India connection at this year’s Oscars, as opposed to last year when the Mumbai based potboiler ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ bagged eight golden trophies. [ptinews<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

I’m not usually a fan of shorts, but I may have to check Kavi<\/a> out. I do find some of the language on the movie’s website slightly problematic though, and I wonder if the film has a similar undertone. Has anyone out there seen the movie? Also, thoughts on last night’s Academy Awards in this post Slumdog era?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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