Heady praise for an independent film made on a shoestring budget, when compared to some of the mega-crore releases India's domestic cinema has produced.

Naturally, then, all this praise for Slumdog and its director Danny Boyle has somewhat ruffled the feathers of Bollywood. For evidence, look no further than Amitabh Bachchan's outburst on his blog last week, wherein he disingenuously pointed out that injustice and poverty exist in the developed world too. Thanks, Amitabh.

So unabashed fan boys are calling the movie one of the greatest of all time. Naysayers are jealously nitpicking and calling it a colossal fraud.

The truth, as it usually does, likely falls somewhere in the middle.

Still, the most honest of assessments will reveal one thing: Foreigners bring to India a very unique perspective and some novel film-making and story-telling techniques.

So, rather than throw a hissy fit, let's celebrate India as a fertile ground for filmmakers, no matter their nationality.

Here, a look at some previous foreign efforts in and about India:

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