[Reader-list] Does “Slumdog Millionaire” have a wrong answer?

[mihir pandya]

This interesting piece by Rajeev Sarivastav appeared in today's The Hindu friday plus.
Link:-http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/02/13/stories/2009021350050100.htm.......... 
Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” is the buzz of the cinema world.
The film is based on a poor boy who reaches the top by winning a quiz
contest. The key formula behind such a concept was shown in Amitabh
Bachchan’s films in 1970s and 80s such as “Deewaar”, “Laawaris”,
“Muqaddar Ka Sikandar”, “Don”, “Ram Balram”, “Coolie” and others, which
showed how dreams can come true. If today “Slumdog Millionaire” can get
the Golden Globe award and nominations for the Oscar then it should be
assumed that all these movies of Amitabh Bachchan are as good as
“Slumdog Millioanire”. 
If you go through different aspects of “Slumdog Millionaire”, you will realise that there is a need for more research. 
The answer of one of the questions which was asked in the TV quiz
contest in the film is wrong. Even the options given with the question
are incorrect. The question asked was “Name the Indian poet who wrote
the poem, “Darshan do ghanshyam nath mori akhiyan pyasi re”. The answer
to this particular question is given in the film as Surdas, which has
been declared as the right answer in the film. “Darshan do ghanshyam”
is written by the Hindi film lyric writer Gopal Singh Nepali. It is a
long devotional song which was used in the Hindi film “Narsi Bhagat”
(1957) directed by Devendra Goel. This song was composed by the veteran
music director Ravi. HMV has released this song in three parts, which
are sung by singers Hemant Kumar, Manna Dey and Sudha Malhotra. In the
film all songs have been penned by the late Gopal Singh Nepali. So the
only right answer to this particular millionaire question is Gopal
Singh Nepali, a song writer of Hindi films from late 30s to the 60s.