Happy Saturday! I got my coffee, I’m in my PJs, I’ve fed the dog, let’s do this thing!
Satyamev Jayate 2
It’s on Prime, it’s big and dumb and fun, I can’t wait
At 7am Chicago time, I will put up an “and PLAY” comment and we will go from there1
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Call it Indian film and treat it seriously!
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I mean yes, everyone wants to see the body. The public demand line cracks me up.
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Isn’t his body the main reason people go see his films? That and most likely the Nora Fatehi song.
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Absolutely!
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John knows how to serve in more ways than one 😉
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BWHAHAHA yes!
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I am laughing so hard right now. I love this SOO MUCH!
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Same! It is so earnest in its dramatic cheese that you can’t help but laugh and enjoy it
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Poor phone-holding guy. “Undress faster. My arm is getting tired!”
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Hey! He looks just like his Dad! As we can all see in the incredibly jacked sculpture!
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More flag appearance. And Janaganamana! WOW!
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I like that it’s a mostly male crowd cheering. Queerness is okay!
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Reflects the audience who goes to see this in the cinema very well
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I was trying to figure out why no one was getting involve to help the woman being attacked by the five men, and then I figured it was because the crowd was all male.
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Well-timed speakers!
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That is a lot of furniture destroyed.
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I put my earphones on after I realized this was going to be a Loud Movie(TM), but my shrieks and cackles are probably doing the neighbors no favor anyway.
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So, this is his kryptonite? Feels like it would be really really easy to defeat him now that you know the secret.
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The laws of physics do not apply in this movie.
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Neither does logic, but in the best way ever
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Gravity is weaker than usual, but flag etiquette is stronger.
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I was just going to comment on gravity. I am so glad you beat me to it!
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I started typing that comment before he bowled the flagpole over, I swear!
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Wait! It’s the SAME ACTOR! Having a scene with himself! Mind=blown
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Satyameva aur Jay. OMG.
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I am so glad you are having as much fun as we are watching this!
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Mmm, goat.
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Question: Do you think they were trying to appeal to a certain demographic with this movie? If so which one?
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Bait and Switch? Bait a certain kind of audience, who come and pay, while showing them a film that is the exact opposite of what they belive *shrug*
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YES!!!! That is exactly where I was going with this. They are appealing to the disillusioned men but then hitting them over the head with an unexpected message!!!
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Gay men on the down low
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My impression from the adverts/press had been pure “dumb patriotic actioner,” and you know what that tends to mean these days.
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Exactly. They are attracting an audience that would be attracted to a OTT “patriotic” action film but then actually hitting them with a patriotic message that is the opposite of what they were expecting.
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Do you think Politician John has to become a politician as soon as he started needing glasses?
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Wait, POLITICAN John is the vigilante???? But, his glasses! He wasn’t wearing his glasses!
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He doesn’t need to read at night so he’s fine without them.
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But what if he has to look something up on his phone?
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Has anyone seen Satyamev Jayate 1? Is it at all like this?
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No idea. I just know Nora Fatehi’s ‘Dilbar’ made her famous because that song was in the first film
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I like that the doctor lady is recurring. does she get to flirt with a John eventually?
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Wait, if it’s food poisoning, where is the blood coming from?
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Kaise log ) :
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BELOVED Chief Minister!
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I love love love that they do the OPPOSITE of that Akshay’s movies do with muslim characters. This is so so so great!
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Wait, where did the Small Child come from? The one between Huma and John?
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That’s a hadith and not a quranic verse, but go off, sis!
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I liked that they (the writer & director) chose to have a woman give the speach.
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He breaks the table in half. I am back to laughing so hard!
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I mean it looked like it was a nice table, but I guess it was actually pretty cheap.
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Genevieve! What did you think of the movie?
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I only got part way through last night and then had to fall asleep. But 7 year old is home sick AGAIN today, and in truth I’m sick too, so maybe we’ll watch it from the beginning together. Except that he can’t read English and that means I’ll be having to narrate EVERYTHING to him. Eh, I’ll see if I can finish it tonight. I do like it, it is FUNNY. And it relieves my heart to see something that isn’t blatently anti-Muslim.
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Mmm, samose. I swear I had breakfast!
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I want samosas so badly right now.
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This is EXACTLY like the poor garbage pick up we have in Chicago! Except not. I mean, we are corrupt, but we aren’t “hospital and food” corrupt.
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The madrassa poisoning reminds me of that poisoned milk scandal they had in China some years back.
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Whose brother-in-law got the contract to make that table? Because he was terrible
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LMAO! The same one who builds mandir stairs.
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NORA!!!!!
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Who is Not-Gandhi behind him? I can almost recognize him but not quite.
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I couldn’t figure it out also. It wasn’t Nehru, Ambedkar, or Subhash Chandra Bose. I would think those would be the usual contenders.
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Is it Yash Chopra? Because it kind of looks like him
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HA! Maybe? 🙂
This movie released on GandhiJayanti. I think it is a peer of Gandhi but cannot figure out who.
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Her songs and dance are ALWAYS such a bop!!
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Okay, refilling my coffee, don’t let anything amazing happen!
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Nora is so gorgeous and her dance skills are KILLER
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I wonder if she came from a raqs sharqi background. Some of this looks like our typical Egyptian film dances.
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All Wiki says is Canadian-Moroccan. And no information about her dance training before her first film. So maybe!
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She is a Moroccan Canadian. Danced for fun, then got professional and big break came with the ‘Manohari’ song from Bahubali: The Beginning where she is one of three women
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Yeah, I knew she was Moroccan. I’m not certain how different the maghrebi and mashriqi dances are.
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She is great!
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Oh, this reminds me, I need to find out where Stree is so we can watch it sometime during Halloween month!
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Isn’t it on Netflix?
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When my girlfriend and I watched it together it was, but that’s probably been eighteen months.
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Weird that this song has a male singer and then those lines simply aren’t picturized on anybody.
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Did he just rip the engine block out?!?!? omg
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There has GOT to be an easier way to kill people.
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Would it be as satisfying though? You know, for Karma’s sake
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Just shoot them! Shoot them and be done with it!
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You have no sense of ISHTYLE.
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Obviously, but then how would everyone get the message?
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Ah, YES! Taste of their own medicine.
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This passage reminds me of the Vincent Price flick “The Abominable Dr. Phibes.”
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But he can’t be the Home Minister! He’s not wearing GLASSES!
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REsisting the urge to look up symptoms of food poisoning from expired grain. Because I really REALLY don’t think it is “death within minutes”
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Yes, but the question is HOW LONG they have expired. I think that would have an affect on little stomachs
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But would two grown up politicians die within minutes?
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John has some serious pink lipgloss, nice shade
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I like that everytime you say John 2’s name, you are also saying “victory to freedom”
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My head is pounding, and I’m seeing double Johns ) :
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This oncoming moment is GLORIOUS!! A total middle finger
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It is one of my favorites too!
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He blesses it!!! He blesses the Koran! I love this movie!
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I KNOW!!!! I love love love that!!!
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FLAG! I should have started counting them earlier.
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John catching the Koran and kissing it!!!! Seriously! This is giving me so much Amar Akbar Anthony vibes now.
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And that is a high compliment! Never thought I’d feel the same about a movie coming out now, yet here this movie is!
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Exactly! The scene overwhelms me. I have goosebumps and tears in my eyes. It is just so refreshing and unexpected and just incredible!
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And it was critically panned! Like come on, never mind the quality, the message and the execution of it is enough to make a good Masala watch for ANYONE! Also, John is shirtless if nothing else.
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Most critics are SOOO STUPID. This is why I really really wanted Margaret to review this movie. Everyone should watch it. And I cannot imagine any one who regularly comments on this site would not love it.
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