Slumlog Millionaire and The Almighty Buck

Yesterday, Talking with one of my friend, Satyam
Nigam, I asked him

"Did you like
Slumdog Millionare ?"

"It was so-so" he
said.

"Do you think it has any chance of winning in
oscar ? "

"preety good chance
"

"Why so?
"

"See, I give you an analogy. India is an emerging
market. During early 90's there was less fashion consciousness in India and less people
were interested in fashion products. The strategy of global fashion market leaders
remained to exploit the potential market in India, From 1994 to 2000, 6 of the Indian
girls were Miss World/Universe. You can see the fashion market in India
now."

"So you want to say if Slumdog Millionare
wins the title, It will help global film production companies to penetrate Indian
Market"

"Or it can be made to win. It's all about
the Almighty Buck brother"

I kept wondering "Is it
so?"