Dabangg
Video and Slideshow below.
I'm not one for Action Comedies, but this one is definitely very well done and in my opinion very entertaining.
It has a good amount of wit and dark humor, the actors are doing a great job, the story line is good and the director did very well too.
No wonder it ended up being the top grossing movie in India ever.
I've watched it many times, I still laugh during some of the scenes and sing along the "item songs" (music videos in the movie).
There is an extreme amount of sun symbolism in this movie. The most I've ever seen in any movie so far. Almost every scene has something in it which the subconscious could understand as sun.
Slowly you'll also notice the hints dropped at what Chulbul Pandey (Salman Khan) really is (or at least thinks he is). I found many clues in the symbolism, music during fights and even in lines they said, which show that Chulbul either IS a demi-god and doesn't know or THINKS he is one.
Something else I noticed was the Politician at the gathering. His name was "Mr. Dayal". And Rajo's brother said he's working for "Mr. Dayal". And of course the people cheer for "Mr. Dayal".
Dayal = Dajjal = Antichrist?
Mr. Dayal also mentioned "Lord Rama". As I'm not an expert on Hinduism, I will refrain from stating my opinion about what he might have meant by that.
Here's a link to wiki, a good start if you're interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama
It also seems like there was "reminder" for people to get their vaccinations, built into one of the conversations. Rajo's brother said he got polio and Chulbul asked "Why? Didn't you get the two drops?"
The answer he got was "No, my father was always too drunk to do it."
This convo did not matter as part of the movie at all, neither did his disability.
It was solely agenda pushing.
Dabangg on IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1620719/
Slideshow info:
I've taken a lot of good screenshots, but this movie was truly packed with them, so I can't show them all here. I suggest watching this movie, you'll be entertained and probably find even more symbolism in it!
If you need to pause the Slideshow, there is a button on the top left, just hover your mouse over it.
You can also pick a photo from the side bar to view it, hover your cursor over the pics to see the full list.
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