Saturday, February 14, 2009

Slumdog still in slums or what?


In the movie Jamal is asked to name the poet who wrote the song "Darshan Do Ghanshyam Nath Mori Ankhiya Pyasi" during the show- Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? He was given four options from the show host- Surdas, Tulsidas, Meerabai and Kabir. It seems all these options are wrong. I just read this in one of those news sites. 

The song, "Darshan Do Ghanshyam Nath Mori Ankhiy a Pyasi", that features in this movie, is from 1957 film "Narsi Bhagat" which was directed by Devendra Goel. This song, based on one of the oldest ragas — "Rag Kedar", was written by eminent Hindi poet and Bollywood song writer Gopal Singh Nepali. However, some people believe that it was originally written by Narsi which was later translated by Nepali.

Obviously, none of the given options is the right answer. Hence, the guy shouldn't be a millionaire. But he is going to the Oscars as well...

Source:: TOI

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