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Slumdog: Now slum dwellers protest

February 03, 2009 19:18 IST

Residents of Dharavi, Asia's largest shanty town, display posters and placards as they protest against the producers of film Slumdog Millionaire [ Images ] in Mumbai [ Images ] on Tuesday.

In recent weeks the movie's success around the world has been overshadowed by objections in India [ Images ] to the name, which some slum dwellers find offensive, its depiction of the lives of impoverished Indians and the treatment of the cast.

Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/REUTERS

 

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