This movie is horribly offensive, stupid, and disturbing. And also operatic and beautiful and you can’t look away. Naturally, I am excited to watch it with y’all!
I (on Amazon Prime, search “I tamil” or else you will never find it. Dumb title)
I know Tamil films aren’t familiar territory for a lot of you, so I am going to give you a bit of info in advance. First, Amy Jackson (our heroine) is a nice British young woman. She’d been working in Tamil films for a while by the time of this one, very good dancer and onscreen presence. All her dialogue is dubbed, but that’s actually pretty common for southern actresses since they tend to work cross-industry a lot. Vikram, our hero, is a Big Big Deal actor. Think Aamir Khan type, intense and serious and only makes a few movies and is super serious about them. Shankar, our director, specializes in totally insane expensive plots/song sequences. And he was one of the first to sponsor AR Rahman, so Rahman always does amazing music for him.
Anyway, I! On Prime, or einthusan, or whatever.
dontcallitbollywood 
Here!
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Ready!
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I can’t join you! I look forward to reading the comments when I have a chance. Enjoy!
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And play
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Excited to see the CGI cormorant.
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So no one hears the bride scream?? Must be a big house
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Too busy setting up the acid trip/steampunk cog song.
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I’m already so lost, you guys.
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Well, this song is randomly placed
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You have to set up your advertising satire/dream sequence (???), movie.
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Those shackles are awfully Sholay like
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There was a satire of Bollywood movies in an Egyptian film I watched once and it was literally that.
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Okay, I had technical issues, but I think I am caught up with you now! Our hero’s in the gym with a mustache, right?
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No, I’m at the gunda fight now
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Me too, I posted the comment a couple minutes ago. So long as the minutes of the movie are the same as the minutes past the hour, I think we are fine.
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Wait, where you at!
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12 minutes going on 13
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THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT THE DREAM SONG HERE!!!!!
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I’m guessing it was here originally, and then they decided to move it up so people would feel like there was a reason to get to the movie on time
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Yeah but this movie likes to smash you over the head and THEN explain it because that’s clever, I guess?
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This really is the movie for me.
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Ick, too oily and muscely and leggy
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THEY ARE DOING POSES TO MUSIC IN TINY SHORTS BEFORE AN ALL MALE AUDIENCE
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no wait there are a few women. Anyway this is amazing.
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Too … Speedoey!
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Yes! That is it exactly.
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Hrithik in Jodha-Akbar was hotter and had a better body than this dude. I stand firm on this point. Better mustache too.
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Vikram was hotter in Raavanan, maybe the hottest and sexiest ever, and I will die on that hill
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Why is that song so familiar???
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It’s from Jodha-Akbar, the triumphal song with all the festive dancers
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Are they going to fight oiled up in speedos??! please movie
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That’s so not right.
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Naked oily gym fight! This really is Popka’s movie
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I am having such an amazing time you don’t even know
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And we haven’t even gotten to the transexual character!
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Could someone, ANYONE please tell Indian men to LOSE THE ‘STACHE
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Don’t worry, in this movie at least he does. Also, get’s better hair
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HUMAN NUNCHUCKS!!!!!
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Was the movie in Rab Na Bana Tamil?
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HA! No, actually it was a spoof of a Hrithik cookie ad.
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HAHAHAAHAHAHA! The flexing! XD
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Why doesn’t he have eyebrows? Will that question be answered?
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‘Cause that other dude has them all.
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Oh, I don’t know! He has intense make-up later in the movie, maybe he had to shave the brows at some point?
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How do they keep their … shorts … from riding up and wedgying??
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Boob tape?
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That is some strong ass tape. (HA! You see what I did there?!!)
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I laughed out loud when Quasimodo first showed up and I see I will keep doing that whenever he does.
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Quasimodo is solid, but clearly it is Beast as in “beauty and the”, right?
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A pretty solid Rajni spoof, I have to say.
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wrong comment link!
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This is horrifying!!
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See???? Oiled up skin! It’s their downfall!
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Salman spoof?
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I want a chirpy little theme song!
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I really hope that guy gets punched…
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She’s so sweet! And proper values! Despite her fame!
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You are definitely a scene behind me now. I’m at the personified phone song.
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Now he’s making out with his personified phone???
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I like this song, because if I ever need to explain the subcategory of “objectification” where a woman is literally used like an object, I have this!
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I can totally tell it’s AR Rahman
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The bubble dress 👗
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So. Much. Ewe.
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This doctor is incredibly helpful!!!!
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That dude looked like Indian Luke Perry.
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This doctor is awesome!
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Booo! Booo Desi Luke Perry!
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“Bullshit!”
Subtitle: What rot!
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Wow, I hope this man is getting punched soon…
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Is this an ad for an erectile disfunction spray? Is that the joke?
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Yes.
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With that hair, Vikram looks like Goku from DragonBall
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So the white English speaking sexually free Linda replaced our good desi heroine as a performer? Only, the heroine is played by an actual white woman named Amy. MY MIND HURTS!!!!
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That GIANT RED CIRCLE IS SO DISTRACTING!!!
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it’s huuuuuuuuuge
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YES! Totally one of those things they didn’t realize how it looked until they looked at rushes and it was too late to reshoot
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Now googling Mr. India competition….
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Oh, thank God for the stylist!! I can’t wait to see where this goes.
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Good on you, stylist lady.
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That’s the same guy???
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Yes! What a difference a mustache can make!
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A really really really terrible difference
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