Picture source: http://www.aishwaryaworld.com/ashattimedinner.html
This post is not for Ash fans for sure. The past few months saw a big publicity blitz for Aishwarya Rai in the USA. Appearing on the David Letterman show, CBS's 60 minutes and Oprah, Ash's publicity machine tried to tout her as the world's most beautiful woman. Turns out that People magazine did not think so, and she is not listed in their 50 most beautiful list.
Dont get me wrong, I AM a patriotic Indian. I do feel happy when indian talent is recognized in the USA or UK, but I do feel there is more to our national pride than Ash (complete with a fake accent, plastic smile, exaggerated hand gestures and lots of eye rolling).
There are fabulous movies being made in India, and I wish people would continue appreciating those movies, instead of trying to push the "most beautiful woman" idea to people whose concept of beauty is very different. Also, the big bollywood musical fantasy (that Andrew Lloyd Weber and Gurindher Chadha so desperately tried to promote) does not do any justice to real indian cinema.
1 comment:
im bored with the combination of the illusion of diplomacy, lack of opinion and designer sarees. in that exact combination.
there are many things india can offer to the world. brilliant movies(black, kank,kutty, mr&mrs. Iyer,Water,etc),fantastic food(dont need to elaborate on this one)culture, and our love for life.
funny some people think ash is perfect ambassador for india.
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