Comments on: The Other Superhero Movie /2006/07/05/the-other-superhero-movie/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology Fri, 08 Dec 2017 18:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1 By: dwai /2006/07/05/the-other-superhero-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-12404 Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:20:26 +0000 /2006/07/05/the-other-superhero-movie/#comment-12404 interesting things to say about krrish… saw it very recently, in Delhi very I live. Its making waves in some ways, one has to meet the claims of it being India’s first superhero movie with more than a generous pinch of salt. In the glory days of lore Anil Kapur played a ‘Mr. India’, a man from humble origins who stumbles upon an invisibility potion and uses it to do good for the poor and the deprived. In a series of hilariously destabilising gestures, he upturns restaurants, clubs and other traditional upper-class reserves with gay abandon. And there is absolutely no forgetting Amitabh Bachchan’s superhero contributions as ‘Sheh-en-Shah’ loosely translated as king of kings I think (not sure about this). Keanu Reeves beware, this guy defied bullets more quickly than you can say whatever-happened-to-the-wachowskis. Another hero of the masses, fighting legal and anti-corruption battles. Bollywood has had a super-hero genre of its own, very socially grounded, its a pity its not been explored to its potentiality.

ps – Really enjoyed the kill Massumi posts Rex, although i like him quite a bit.

]]> By: Kerim /2006/07/05/the-other-superhero-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-12030 Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:42:13 +0000 /2006/07/05/the-other-superhero-movie/#comment-12030 I had a post about this on my blog. I saw the Bollywood ET film which this is a “sequel” to, and enjoyed it a lot.

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