was there any controversy with the original movie?
Yes - The depiction of Indian cuisine was heavily criticized, as dishes such as baby snakes, eyeball soup, beetles, and chilled monkey brains are not Indian foods.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The depiction of Indian culture caused controversy and brought it to the attention of India's censors, who placed a temporary ban on it as it did not open in theaters. The film was later released when it came out on home video. The depiction of Indian cuisine was heavily criticized, as dishes such as baby snakes, eyeball soup, beetles, and chilled monkey brains are not Indian foods. Shashi Tharoor and Yvette Rosser have criticized the film for its portrayal of India, with Rosser writing "[it] seems to have been taken as a valid portrayal of India by many teachers, since a large number of students surveyed complained that teachers referred to the eating of monkey brains."

Roshan Seth, who played Chattar Lal, mentioned that the banquet scene was a joke that went wrong, saying, "Steven intended it as a joke, the joke being that Indians were so smart that they knew all Westerners think that Indians eat cockroaches, so they served them what they expected. The joke was too subtle for that f
cast of the movie indiana jones and the temple of doom Harrison Ford,  Roy Chiao, David Yip, D. R. Nanayakkara, Pat Roach when was this movie released? May 23, 1984. who was the director? Steven Spielberg did he direct anything else? Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) ; The Color Purple (1985) has he won any accolades? Yes - Academy Awards for the category of Best Director; Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for his work as a creative producer; AFI Life Achievement Award how much money did the original movie make in the box office? $333.1 million worldwide where was the movie filmed? Kandy in Sri Lanka ;  Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, England who was the producer? UNANSWERABLE which awards did the movie win? Academy Award for Best Visual Effects who was in charge of this? Dennis Muren and Industrial Light & Magic how was the movie promoted? Marvel Comics published a comic book adaptation of the film; LucasArts and Atari Games promoted the film by releasing an arcade game ; Hasbro released a toy line based on the film who was the writer for the movie? George Lucas has he written anything else? THX 1138, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [SEP] Controversy
The depiction of Indian culture caused controversy and brought it to the attention of India's censors, who placed a temporary ban on it as it did not open in theaters. The film was later released when it came out on home video. The depiction of Indian cuisine was heavily criticized, as dishes such as baby snakes, eyeball soup, beetles, and chilled monkey brains are not Indian foods. Shashi Tharoor and Yvette Rosser have criticized the film for its portrayal of India, with Rosser writing "[it] seems to have been taken as a valid portrayal of India by many teachers, since a large number of students surveyed complained that teachers referred to the eating of monkey brains." Roshan Seth, who played Chattar Lal, mentioned that the banquet scene was a joke that went wrong, saying, "Steven intended it as a joke, the joke being that Indians were so smart that they knew all Westerners think that Indians eat cockroaches, so they served them what they expected.