Me thinks, some people have too much time!

“The accusation suggests that the film Slumdog Millionaire calls Indians dogs and slum dwellers, slum-dogs and has demanded the makers change the film’s title to Slum-dash Millionaire.”

“The protesters said their sensibilities had been offended by the title, which they said was abusive of people who live in slums.”

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The Jhuggi Jhonpdi Sanyukta Sangharsh Samiti (a group promoting the rights of slum dwellers) threatened to burn director Danny Boyle’s effigies. “We will burn Danny Boyle’s effigies in 56 slums here,” Tapeshwar Vishwakarma, General Secretary of the group said.

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Vishwakarma filed a petition in the court of the chief judicial magistrate last Tuesday, charging the movie’s music director A R Rahman, actor Anil Kapoor and other Indians associated with the film with abusing slum dwellers in the name of entertainment just to earn money and fame.

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