What's with the accent Frieda, and I Boo Big B

Just watched Frieda Pinto  on Ellen's show and couldn't help but notice her British accent. Good going, thankfully she doesn't sound as  atrocious as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. But wondering how come a girl who's lived all her life in Mumbai develop a Brit accent overnight. 

By the way Big B what's wrong with you....You sound like a pack of sour grapes when you say that Slumdog Millionaire paints a bad picture of Mumbai and moreover when you say that it highlights the poor plight of the East and that's what the west loves to enjoy.

To be honest, initially I did share Big B's opinion ;) When I first watched the film, this is exactly the first thought that ran through my mind and I voiced it out to the husband. I'd like to say that V is the most apolitical person you'll ever meet, he's happy with his life and doesn't complicate things too much. He loves movies as passionately as I do but as he says, "it's somebody else's viewpoint and way of expressing themself, so if you like it take it or else don't watch it again. Don't think too much about it or else you won't be able to enjoy it!" I guess that explains why we are huge fans of the entire Die Hard series :) 

Anyways coming back to the film and to V's point here. V pointed out that the film is based on a book written by an Indian author so don't blame bechara Danny for doing it. Secondly, the film isn't about poverty or slums or child abuse.....the film is about hope and about no matter what your current situation in life is - there's always a chance - there's that bleak ray of hope. SM could have been based in a neighborhood of Brooklyn or in the ghettos of Newark, well the only difference would be that rather than it being, "abe saale baaju hat na," it would be "yo dawg, give me some room bro!" 

Also we constantly accuse western film-makers of showing India in a bad light but when we do that its okay....Mr. Madhur Bhandarkar blatantly and very uglily shows paedophilia in Page 3 but that's okay....there's this film which has a teenaged Padmini Kolhapure in her bare clothes being stripped and being raped by Raj Babbar but that's okay of course, because its directed by an Indian film-maker! Why do we forget that when Western directors make their own films they do show the bad side of American or British socities. I suggest that our Indian film-makers should watch Boyle's Trainspotting or films such as Training Day, Departed -

Now coming to my dearest Dadoo B (sorry honey's hat (HT column writer) borrowing your phrase) are you upset that you weren't cas it in the film and Anil Kapoor was. At your age its time to be gracious....