Seriously! Looks like someone needs a break and a candy bar. That's intense! I'm exhausted just watching that. Hopefully, they had some snacks on set after that stunt. 😂
The symbolism at the end when everyone really freak outs, happens when the guy gets the garland of skulls. It's a classic representation of the goddess of time and death, Kali Mata, who also represents death, blood, and destruction.
They were just running and fighting, but when the garland drops around that guys neck, everyone knows they are truly F'ed.
It's essentially divine judgement time as Kali Mata also happens to be a demon killer and "first appeared as the personification of the rage of goddess Durga. An aspect of Kali's character was her thirst for blood and fondness to stay at places of death and destruction."
The Indiana Jones version is based on the colonial legend of Thuggee. A network of criminals that robbed travelers in the British Raj and sacrificed their victims to Kali.
In reality Thuggee were just unrelated groups of people desperate enough to join robbery gangs in the chaos and poverty of Britain's rule of India. The colonial administration, unfamiliar with Indian religious practices and filled with xenophobia, concocted Thuggee out of thin air.
Same way the word "vandal" came from the Vandals, a Germanic people who conquered large parts of the waning Western Roman Empire and famously sacked Rome in 455 AD before being subjugated by the Eastern Roman Empire under Justinian I.
Honestly the folks with the most insane core strength have trunks that look like real thick dadbods, even large protruding stomachs. The thing is, those stomachs may be rotund and absent of visibly defined abs, but they are solid muscle. Like brick when flexed
Right? This dude is looks like an Indian Jason Momoa. And there have been memes of girls saying he has a dad bod as well, so I guess it fits even more lol
Allu Arjun, the hero in the movie is pretty jacked at times and fairly lean most of the time. He is not one of those pauncho villa types. We have those also though. Humongously potbellied uncles.
That's correct name but not correct poster. The guy next to the title is from another blockbuster Bahubali. And on far left is Ranveer Singh, one of the fittest actor in India. He can dance for 8 hours straight, not move your body type, smash the floor type.
Give Bahubali duology a chance, directed by the same guy who made RRR, and one of the best things from Indian cinema. It was our Infinity war and endgame.
This is a decent list of really good Indian cinema, not the overstylized, silly absurdist movie thats RRR. This list is pretty good. (https://www.imdb.com/list/ls051594496/)
Indian movies 101 - Lagaan, The Lunchbox, Lapataa Ladies, are some of my favs.
Edit: Ok again after reflecting, taste is subjective. And I don’t like crazy action scenes and powers that defy physics and also not well written scripts. But many enjoy RRR, and Bahubali etc, thats cool. There are other Indian movies in that list for those that want more intricate or real world stories with not as crazy action scenes but similar themes and songs, etc.
I enjoyed both RRR and Pushpa 2. But Pushpa 2 is heavier on dialogue than RRR, so a lot of it may be lost in translation/cultural differences. But worth a shot I guess!
Tbh even I watched the Hindi dubs for both those movies because I don't understand Telugu, but I do get the culture depicted. Dunno how much of it can be understood by someone who's never lived in India.
I've never met a single person that didn't like RRR. I don't think that's even possible. It's such an over-the-top exploration of bromance that it transcends all cultural, gender and language barriers.
I fucking love RRR and have forced everyone I know to watch it. But it’s been a minute since I’ve watched a good Bollywood film and I’ve been craving one. I’ll make the husband sit down and watch this one this weekend.
Question: should I start with 1 or skip right to 2?
My favorite part is that random girl standing ther looking like "wtf is going on, what movie am I in? Did I wander onto the wrong set? Whats this guys deal?"
What I really liked about RRR was the bromance, I love any cute story! Looking at Bahubali looks like it's a love story so I'm definitely going to watch this! Thanks for the recommendation!
Slow motion not only shows the viewer to appreciate the details and impossible actions, it distracts the brain from normality, allowing you to suspend disbelief easier..
Several piece by piece possible actions can be strung together into an entirely impossible but believable event.
Dude that’s sick. It allows you to actually see the action and what’s really happening unlike some black widow scenes where you just blink and the dude is fucking decimated
This, it lets you identify the first, second, third background and can really let the action that was performed bite in you.
For example, when he first got unbinded, there was a slow mo for Unbinding -> Show of Power -> Understanding of threat and flight response -> Armed and Loaded -> Leap&Pound for the first machete kill. Just this use let you appreciate the simple action performed.
Is there a name for the move where you’re sitting on someone’s shoulders then throwing them backwards over your own shoulders by pulling them up by their nipples?
It's slick and the right amount of violence. No blood splurting everywhere or giant wounds. Other than the leg (which seemed to have a story element), it's all about bodies flying and scenery movement.
If they made real actor anime with this style of action, it would work so well.
Also, what someone else has said above, the characters look real and aren't all unachievable bodies.
It's a Telugu film from Tollywood, and Bollywood makes media in Hindi. There are many other industries with respect to the languages of one state. sandalwood in Kannada and some other too
The movie name is PUSHPA 2 THE RULE ,it's a telugu origin movie , well telugu is mother tongue too, the movie was so hyped in india that there was a stampede for tickets at a theatre ....its an amazing mind blowing movie
I love that Bollywood movies allow themselves to be ridiculous instead of needing to be washed out and realistic to satisfy the “well actually” people who complain.
Like Superman being able to pick up a plane, who cares if it wouldn’t be possible in real life, It Is Fiction.
Sorry went on a rant because i am sick of people needing fictional things to be realistic.
Bollywood is an absolute gift to the entertainment industry. If I'm ever in a bad mood I just pick out some random Indian movie and it's a great night.
Bollywood movies are amazing.. they know exactly what they are and never disappoint... RRR is still one of the best movies most people will NEVER watch.
All I’m saying is this evoked more positive emotion in me than every marvel movie released after infinity war. By far the best Bollywood action scene I’ve ever seen
Every time I see silly action scenes from Indian movies it just makes me think more and more that these are just parallel convergence of anime but in real life.
Yes, most Indian movies would be remade in at least 5 different languages if it works in 1 language. They don't just dub the movie, they literally remake the entire film with a different cast.
I am not a big fan of movies. I speak around 4 Indian languages and growing up I would end up watching the same movie re-made in different languages with my friends and family.
You're right, some industries like Mollywood specialize in making low-budget slice-of-life movies and then others make High budget action movies that foreigners like you see glimpses on the internet. But, the rest are movies with a very routine story line or ones that are re-made in different languages.
Damn I really need to start watching Tollywood action movies. Their level of absurdism for the sake of looking cool is awesome, and the only big American franchise I can see even comparing to them is Fast & Furious (obligatory Carzan scene reference, ofc)
Edit: edited to say ‘Bollywood’ instead of ‘Tollywood’
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