Taandav

•  Watched this web series "Taandav" on Amazon Prime Video.
• I feel the series was just getting "warmed up" much like Saif Ali Khan in the last episode of the series.
• Then there was outcry and present ruling Govt. stepped in to play "spoilsport", now I feel the series will have sequels but they will be more or less 'under scrutiny'.
• Don't expect more fireworks from the series anymore.
• As more famous people are involved, they may have to become more "compliant" if not toeing the Govt line fully.
• But series is worth watching anyways.
• It keeps you engrossed as to "what is next".
  

Baaghi 3

• Watched this movie Baaghi 3 on Hotstar.
• Movie is shot in Serbia but they have made it as Syria.
• Movie deals with human trafficking for becoming human bombs.
• It would have been better if the movie would have dealt with just human trafficking.
• Rather than becoming suicide bombers just human trafficking would have been enough.
• Why would some people take people from India Pakistan Nepal to make them human bombs.
• Doesn't make sense.
• Are there not people in their own countries to become human bombs?
• Also towards the end credits it shows the movie is a copy of "Vettai" Tamil/Telugu movie.
• Coming back to action. Mind blowing action is shown in the movie.
• I will say Tiger Shroff does not need to do Rambo First Blood movie.
• As he has several movies where the action level is full 100 times what you may see in a traditional family Hindi movie.
• Do not try to get a sense of action. 
• Just leave your brain outside the theatre.
• But lucky for me I watched it on Hotstar. 
• But still it may prove to be waste of your precious time.
  
• I could afford the time and have no regrets. 
• Movie is okay for a one time watch.
  

Bolo Hau

• Watched this movie "Bolo Hau" means "Say Yes" is Deccani language at PVR Vega City Mall.
• I liked the movie. Worth watching once.
  
• Movie is full of Hyderabad dialect or Deccani Urdu.
• Movie deals with how the women folk are forced to marry according to family wishes and bury their love lives forever.
• Family sees status and background (caste and family) before marriage and that is a fact wherever the region lies in India or Indian sub continent.
  
• In the movie twist happens due to Gullu Dada or Gullu Baba who does "palti" or flip flop and works for love.
• But in reality it may not happen and the world would be full of people whose love stories have come crashing down and remain unfulfilled.
  

Laxmii

• Watched this movie "Laxmii" on Hotstar.
• Actually my Hotstar 1 year subscription is expiring on February 3, 2021.
• I do not know if I would be renewing again.
• So I making a point to watch a few movies before it expires.
• I still have yet to watch the last Season of American Horror Story (1984).
• It may not be possible now but if I renew I can watch it.
• Coming back to the movie "Laxmii" which was going to be titled as Laxmii Bomb but they changed the movie before release.
• The reason may not be respect to Laxmi Goddess but respect for the transgender community.
• As Laxmii in the movie is the story of a transgender who gets killed in the movie and comes to possess the body of Asif portrayed by Akshay Kumar.
• I will say there is no point criticising the movie.
• The movie shows Indian culture and Indian mentality in its raw form.
• That is who we Indians are.
• That is reality.
• If you cannot accept it then it is a problem.
• The movie is not the problem.
• Movie is definitely worth watching once.
  

Khuda Haafiz, The Secret Garden, 12 O Clock

 Watched three movies as mentioned in the subject line.

Khuda Haafiz

• This movie was watched on Hotstar. 
• I liked the movie.
• But my problem is why shoot in Uzbekistan and make it as "Noman" which sounds like "Oman" but is shown in the movie to be geographically located in "Yemen".
• If you shoot the movie in Uzbekistan you can set the story in Uzbekistan or you can make it as any Muslim Central Asian nation.
• Why make it as Arab country?
• Just to make the Arabic storyline. Which may not be required, if you ask me.
• Or maybe the financiers wanted it that way.
• Or maybe the makers wanted it to have "multi nation appeal" if the Arabs don't mind being shown as such.
• If it was set in Central Asia, Arabs would not be interested in the movie anymore as it does not concern them.
• Across nations geography, terrain, language, climate and culture will change.
  
• Movie is definitely good for a one time watch
  

The Secret Garden

• This movie was watched at PVR Cinemas, Forum Mall.
• I liked the movie.
• Actually British lost the Indian subcontinent when India gained freedom.
• Along with India loss, British lost several hill stations like Ooty, Shimla, Dalhousie, Darjeeling etc
• These hill stations were the repositories of hundreds of thousands of acres of parks and gardens which were like "secret gardens" for the British as the British almost single-handedly ruled India.
• The novel and the movie are by products from the loss of India to the British.
• Movie is okay for a one time watch.
  

12 O Clock

• This movie was watched at PVR Cinemas.
• I liked the movie.
• This is Ram Gopal Varma stable movie.
• The same Ram Gopa Varma who made "Raat" movie.
• In Raat movie there was Om Puri who spoke of "Ananta Andhera" means infinite darkness which surrounds little light that we can see and assume it to be reality.
• Same dialogue is repeated here by the Tantrik Guru Ashsish Vidyarthi who in spite of his knowledge about the darkness cannot save himself in the end.
• Many people fall victim to the sinister force in the movie.
  

Ertugrul Season 2 Episode 38

• Presently continuing watching Ertugrul Season 2. 
• Now reached till Episode 38.
• Around December 19 had reached till Episode 16.
  
• Around November 2 had started watching it.
  
• Some days back we got the news that Ertugrul dies in the series Krurulus : Osman
  
• Well Episode 38 has a scene where the villian a Mongol named Noyan invokes the Ancient Gods of the Mongols while his "Shaman", Ulu Bilge beats away the drums.
• After watching it I also came across the news that the show has been banned in some countries.
• Apart from the politics behind the ban, another reason for the ban could be naked portrayal of "Paganism" and "Shamanism" shown in the series.
• Particularly Noyan mentions the Gods and historical figures like below:
• Kayra Khan
• Erlik Khan
• Muunchih
• Musmal
• Akkam
• Korakam
• Totem.Oge
• Chengiz Khan
• Tengri Ulgen
  
• After seeing the above in Google and Wikipedia, I came to certain conclusions.
• Turkik and Mongols and to some extent Bulgarian and Hungarian people have their origin in Central Asia (common origin).
• Just look at this two headed symbol which is the symbol for Slavs and Turks.
• Across many countries this symbol is common
  
• Even Aryans which descended on Indian subcontinent came from Central Asia.
• Russia is Central Asia.
• So all the regions are linked starting from Mongolia to the vast Central Asian region and Siberia stretching all the way into Central Europe.
• Christianity and Islam came much later.
• If we disregard religion and see race and ethnicity we may find Turks and Mongols have common history separated by several hundreds of years.
• In the meantime Christianity and Islam happened and the Turks converted and then began the new Mongol invasion like under Chengiz Khan and so on who still practiced the old religion and old Gods.
• These Mongols were heretics and did not believe in Islam or Christianity but ultimately they got assimilated in the countries they invaded.
• If we see the history of Indian subcontinent similar thing happened.
• Aryan invasion destroyed the Ancient Indus valley civilisation and in its wake left an area which came to have a new culture under Caste System.
• Buddhism then emerged in India and was exported around the Asian region but then the "Hindus" "came back with a vengeance".
• Basically this "new Hindusim" eliminated Buddhism while seeing other religions as "outsiders" and that led to demand for Pakistan.
• These "new Hindus" are like the "new Mongols" shown in Ertugrul Season 2.
• The "old Mongols" are nothing but the Turks shown in the series.
• Hence Ertugrul Season 2 is must watch not only for the history it shows but for the present real world implications.
• It is not about being right or wrong but what you believe in.
• Whether you acknowledge your origin else if you deny your origin or manufacture false ones you may face an existential crisis where you may be forced to question your existence.
  

Ramprasad ki Tehrvi, Tenet, Wonder Woman 1984, Shakeela

 Watched four movies as mentioned in the subject line. All the four movies were watched at PVR Cinemas, Forum Mall, Koramangala

Ramprasad ki Tehrvi

• This movie shows a family whose elder one passes away.
• But life has to go on.
• Basically this movie shows the fragility of life and how people react to situations.
• Also the spirit of the one who has passed away in this case Naseeruddin Shah returns on the thirteenth day to see the arrangements as how everything is proceeding.
• There are more than at least 15 top actors in the movie ones who have already proved themselves in the industry and in that sense this is a "star studded cast".
• But since the movie is set in a single home it feels like a "play" in a theatre.
  

Tenet

• This movie is like the movie "Inception".
• What I mean is that the movie deals with the mind and how mysteriously it works.
• I mean if we see what happens in the movie is science fiction but what if it based on blind belief.
• I personally think what if the dialogues we speak in our lives one day we may get to see it again.
• Like a flashback perhaps after we move on to the "after life".
• We do not know what happens after death.
• We may get to see glimpses of our past, like from exterior. We get to see ourselves doing all the actions like talking and doing what we do now.
• We will be judged ultimately and that is said by all religions and all religious figureheads.
• People believe that God is always watching us and that is their "blind belief" and it is not "science fiction".
  
• Hence we have to always watch what we talk and do.
• That is also law of "Karma", as we sow so we shall reap.
• But movie is okay for a one time watch only according to me.
  

Wonder Woman 1984

• This movie was supposed to release in July perhaps before July 4 weekend in US.
• But they had to be content with December 25 release and so the snowfall and Christmas segment was probably added which they show towards the end.
• But it is clear that since Gal Gadot is Israeli and Jewish this movie is a product of Zionists.
• And these people have projected the villian as like Trump especially when he takes over the Satellite Broadcasting Center and grants wishes to everybody.
• Don't think about the age the villian may be 30 years younger than what Trump is but his voice and mannerism and way to speak matches Trump in reality.
• So it is but clear that Zionists have used Trump to achieve certain objectives and once their objectives have been met they have decided to get rid of Trump.
• Trump was used and the Pandemic is fake and manufactured and now things are "back to normal" just like shown in the movie.
  

Shakeela

• This movie Hindi version was watched.
• I liked the movie.
• The maker of the movie must be appreciated.
• His effort has come straight from the heart.
• Movie deals with how double meaning people are there in the world especially men.
• Men will make the movies, watch the movies and then criticise the females who act in them.
• This is what is meant by double standards of men.
• Towards the end the dialogue is delivered and it impacts the audience like no other.
• Worth watching according to me.
• Wonderful effort by all actors including Pankaj Tripathi and Richa Chaddha among others.