More over-the-top Bollywood

This fight scene from the 2014 movie Maanikya is utterly impossible.  Anyone sustaining the sort of blows and injuries depicted would certainly not be capable of fighting back, let alone the miraculous recovery exhibited by the protagonist:  and the feats of strength (including launching seven or eight attackers into the air simultaneously) are just plain… Continue reading More over-the-top Bollywood

Another weird Bollywood fight scene

The title of this movie is apparently “Baazigar”, but it’s not the film of that name profiled on Wikipedia.  Judging from the poor quality of the reproduction, it predates it.  It may have been made and/or released under a different name, and renamed in its Hindu release.  At any rate, it’s a weird fight scene. … Continue reading Another weird Bollywood fight scene

It’s time for more Bollywood fight scenes

In the past we’ve enjoyed (?) several fight scenes from Bollywood movies.  I think it’s time we revisited the genre.  This will be the first of a number of posts dealing with it. The 1978 film Aadi Yug showed the creation of the world and of primitive man, in a typically Bollywood fashion (as described… Continue reading It’s time for more Bollywood fight scenes