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Thursday, December 23, 2004
Double standards in Bangalore
"How is it all right for English-speaking countries like America to outsource jobs by thousands to tech capital Bangalore, but not all right for English films from Hollywood to run in Bangalore theatres?" asks Sujata Srinivasan in the Indian Express. She is referring, of course, to the recent attempt of protectionists of the Kannada film industry to restrict the viewing of films in other languages in Karnataka. To her horror, many of the literary giants of Kannada literature, who really ought to know better, have come out in favour of this "cause".
I wonder, if a Kannada film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Film in a Foreign Language, would these people be against showing the film in America, before Academy voters?
I wonder, if a Kannada film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Film in a Foreign Language, would these people be against showing the film in America, before Academy voters?
