Paul Schrader: 'Slumdog was too British'

Paul Schrader has said that his new India-based movie Xtreme City will be less "one-sided" than Slumdog Millionaire.

The filmmaker-scriptwriter, who penned Martin Scorsese movies Taxi Driver and The Last Temptation of Christ, claimed that Slumdog was "too British" and said that he planned to display a richer side of Mumbai.

"My film will not be a shanty film. Not like Slumdog Millionaire at all, thank you," Schrader told India Today.

"I have scoured Mumbai and have looked at locations. But unlike Slumdog, my focus will not be shanties. Slumdog was too British... and too one-sided.

"Danny Boyle's film, well... It seems that India is boiling with poverty all the time. That is the way the West wants to see it. But my film will be different.

"Between any two buildings, there is bound to be some space for somebody to live in, a shanty, maybe. That is not my primary concern. Xtreme City will show Mumbai at its colourful best."

Sources close to Schrader have revealed that Priyanka Chopra will be playing the heroine in Xtreme City, which is also being shot in Dubai and New York.