Always wondered why no Oscars coming the Asian way very often.The crunch of Oscars always shared by a bunch of countries who call themselves the masters of this art. Is that true ? You mean Asians are less creative in this field or are they not technically grown up yet. Both seems to be incorrect if we examine closely.
The issue is the great cultural divide.The jury being always oriented to a uniform western culture have little clue on happenings and issues of Asia. Each movie comes out from Asia symbolizes their own issues and due to their rich cultural diversity every movie and its content used to be richly divergent of the other.Which are more relevant to social issues and westerners may never be able to comprehend fully. No doubt most classic movies from Asia focus on communal issues while the westerners make most of their movies with an orientation towards pure entertainment,some times history or even science fiction.
This gap need to be filled in the emerging global envioronment and the coming of new scenario of Asian leadership.The Oscar need to become more inclusive , truly Global and may take a leaf or two from global beauty pageants where the Asians are emerging leaders already!!
We got finally a double score through A.R. Rahman for his Music Score in Slum Dog Millionaire and another one for Rasool Pookkutty whom made Indians proud though Asia as a whole is still a big pool of talents and many are still not recognized.
The issue is the great cultural divide.The jury being always oriented to a uniform western culture have little clue on happenings and issues of Asia. Each movie comes out from Asia symbolizes their own issues and due to their rich cultural diversity every movie and its content used to be richly divergent of the other.Which are more relevant to social issues and westerners may never be able to comprehend fully. No doubt most classic movies from Asia focus on communal issues while the westerners make most of their movies with an orientation towards pure entertainment,some times history or even science fiction.
This gap need to be filled in the emerging global envioronment and the coming of new scenario of Asian leadership.The Oscar need to become more inclusive , truly Global and may take a leaf or two from global beauty pageants where the Asians are emerging leaders already!!
We got finally a double score through A.R. Rahman for his Music Score in Slum Dog Millionaire and another one for Rasool Pookkutty whom made Indians proud though Asia as a whole is still a big pool of talents and many are still not recognized.
