Reactions from India and the Indian diaspora to Slumdog Millionaire The West loves to see us as a wasteland, filled with horror stories of exploitation and degradation. But is that all there is to our beautiful city of Mumbai?" Filmmaker Aadesh Shrivastava claimed that its release in the United States led to the word "slumdog" being used as a slur against Indian Americans, criticizing the positive reaction by some Indians towards what he regarded as a film that directly attacks and insults India. Author and critic Salman Rushdie has responded negatively to both the film "Slumdog Millionaire" and the novel on which it is based, "Q & A". In his
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