Movie Discussion Thread Vol. 2

[AnK]

22 minutes ago, silentassassin said:

 

Gulf countries  have huge population of both Indians & pakis. 
They just want to avoid any conflict between the 2 which might cause unrest.

They dont give a rats a*s about pakistan 

True.

 

But there are Islamic flags on display & some Circumcision related minuscule joke by Sanjay Dutt that some ppl are making fuss about.

So that adds up as well.

 

But yeah it’s mostly what you said.

 

 

[Sapola]

 

 

[Zod]

7 hours ago, silentassassin said:

 

Gulf countries  have huge population of both Indians & pakis. 
They just want to avoid any conflict between the 2 which might cause unrest.

They dont give a rats a*s about pakistan 

That could be one of the reason, but i read some article where it was mentioned that Pakistani movies like Waar and Sherdil, which are anti India movies showing RAW as terrorist organisation, both movies were not banned in middle east.

 

So it looks like only anti Pakistan movies coming from India getting targeted.

 

There's huge list of Bollywood movies where Pakistan based terrorism is shown, those movies get banned in Middle East but Pakistan based anti India movies are not banned there. 

 

Kashmir Files, Uri, fighter and all got banned in UAE

 

Edited December 13, 2025 by Zod

[Sapola]

GCC countries usually avoid controversy

 

This SRK movie Ra.One, they had this scene where SRK goes through airport check by putting a lot of piercings, do scanner guy think it's piercing but not his metallic robot body.

 

That scene was cut.

[Zod]

Why not ban Pakistani movie like Waar which shows India as terrorist country? 

 

If they want to be neutral then stay neutral. Allowing garbage anti india movies but banning indian movies which actually shows truth about pakistan, shows double standards of these muslim countries. Umma unity nothing else. lol

 

 

 

Anyway,  Movie is close to crossing 300 crore mark in India alone and its doing quite good in Europe, NA and other parts of Asia.

 

 

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/ranveer-singhs-dhurandhar-beats-prabhass-baahubali-2-the-conclusion-as-the-highest-2nd-friday-collection-of-indian-cinema-in-north-america/amp_articleshow/125944491.cms

 

 

Edited December 14, 2025 by Zod

[AnK]

23 minutes ago, Zod said:

Why not ban Pakistani movie like Waar which shows India as terrorist country? 

 

If they want to be neutral then stay neutral. Allowing garbage anti india movies but banning indian movies which actually shows truth about pakistan, shows double standards of these muslim countries. Umma unity nothing else. lol

That’s where this second reason I mentioned kicks in:-

 

17 hours ago, AnK said:

But there are Islamic flags on display & some Circumcision related minuscule joke by Sanjay Dutt that some ppl are making fuss about.

So that adds up as well.

 

Also Saudi Arabia (the leader of the pack) also signed a defence deal with Pakistan recently.

So the Balochistan Flag in the movie is in direct violation of that.

 

Also this whole uproar by certain ppl is indeed comical as if it’s the first movie Bollywood showing terror activities in Pakistan.

They are definitely doing their bid to keep the movie in limelight like never before.

 

 

 

 

[Big Boss]

Saw Dhurandhar. What a movie

 

[Sapola]

https://twitter.com/Bhagwa_Piller/status/2000221157551640698?s=20

 

 

 

 

[silentassassin]

22 hours ago, Zod said:

Why not ban Pakistani movie like Waar which shows India as terrorist country? 

 

If they want to be neutral then stay neutral. Allowing garbage anti india movies but banning indian movies which actually shows truth about pakistan, shows double standards of these muslim countries. Umma unity nothing else. lol

 

 

 

 

Who'll watch those movies you mentioned ?
I havn't even heard about them till you mentioned it. 

[Sach4life]

Also, before talking about other countries, can you also look at our own country and check how many movies are banned/still pending releases or are censored heavily because they don't align with ruling government's ideology? Dusro ko bhashan dene se pehle khud ki country mein toh censorship rok lo pehle.

[AnK]

2 minutes ago, Sach4life said:

Also, before talking about other countries, can you also look at our own country and check how many movies are banned/still pending releases or are censored heavily because they don't align with ruling government's ideology? Dusro ko bhashan dene se pehle khud ki country mein toh censorship rok lo pehle.

Like what?!?

Give e example….

 

India has always had one of the most lenient censorship when it comes to political ideologies as long as I can remember.

They are harsh only on nudity & violence & that’s also come a longway now.

 

The reigning regime uses it as tool for propaganda yes….but it was always the case & happens in US too.

[Sach4life]

23 minutes ago, AnK said:

Like what?!?

Give e example….

 

India has always had one of the most lenient censorship when it comes to political ideologies as long as I can remember.

They are harsh only on nudity & violence & that’s also come a longway now.

 

The reigning regime uses it as tool for propaganda yes….but it was always the case & happens in US too.

 

Here are some of the many films blocked from release due to political pressure:

 

▪️Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy & Maximum City

▪️Honey Tehran’s Punjab 95

▪️Sandhya Suri’s Santosh

▪️Dev Patel’s Monkey Man

▪️Dibakar Banerjee’s Tees

 

To add to this censorships whoch happen in movies based on caste issues. Recent one being Homebound. Its embarrassing.

Edited December 15, 2025 by Sach4life

[dylanjosh]

Avatar 3 releasing this week and zero hype. 

Edited December 15, 2025 by dylanjosh

[Unreal]

Let's be honest for a minute, eh.

 

Dhurandhar didn't have anything new or surprising in its story line. More than as a piece of art, it'll be remembered for its service to the nation and as a proper breakthrough in RW cinema. That said, I did enjoy it. It stayed engaging throughout and I couldn't find a single boring moment in the entire duration except for the final fight, which by the end, also feels necessary or justified for the story.

 

I saw it FDFS—totally unplanned and out of sheer boredom. I didn't know it was 3H34M long until after I had booked a ticket, let alone there was a sequel awaiting in mere months. I also didn't know it'd feature 26/11 so prominently. And when the screen suddenly flashed to red, pausing the story and started playing the 26/11 audio file conversations between handlers, terrorists and hostages at their mercy, Dhar truly got me there. It was quite novel.

 

In the midst of all this RW celebration and LW melt down, it's funny to see Vanga and his Animal catching strays, lol. In my opinion, Vanga's Animal will ultimately be remembered as the truer art. The difference is though, Vanga can make Dhurandhar—and a much better one at that—in his sleep, effortlessly. RW should stop eating its own tail by comparing apples and oranges. That's my legal opinion.

Edited December 15, 2025 by Unreal
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[AnK]

Animal is an astonishingly overrated movie.

The trailers were great but the movie itself was poorly edited & had major shoehorned sequences just for the sake of pleasing 2-3 separate demographics.

 

Anil Kapoor & Bobby Deol were totally wasted.

 

When I saw Dhurandhar trailers I got same feelings as I got with Animal trailers.

AAA Bollywood yearned for great art for a long time & both instances I thought this was it.

 

But I was sceptical for Dhurandhar as Animal had already proved me wrong.

But this one really nailed it in terms of pure story telling even though yeah I agree things were pretty predictable from the trailers themselves.

 

Rest the social noise these days has its own way of hyping things unnecessarily like how Akshay Khanna’s Dance is being hyped just like Bobby Deol’s before.

 

As if that makes or breaks anything.

[Unreal]

Don't care, didn't ask.

[dylanjosh]

Saw Dhurandhar after seeing so much praise here. Not seen a Bollywood movie in a long time so thought let's give it a shot.

 

Was extremely bored in the first half.. hated all the slow mo close ups. Sara Arjun should have been totally cut from the movie. EXTREMELY sleeper scenes. Ranveer acting was slightly worse than a statue. 

 

Second half was better. More exciting. 

 

Overall movie was too long. I wish it was consistently serious in tone. Most of the movie was serious and then suddenly some parts that felt like they belonged in RRR. 

 

7/10

Edited December 15, 2025 by dylanjosh

[AnK]

2 hours ago, Unreal said:

Don't care, didn't ask.

 

[Sapola]

10 hours ago, Sach4life said:

 

Here are some of the many films blocked from release due to political pressure:

 

▪️Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy & Maximum City

▪️Honey Tehran’s Punjab 95

▪️Sandhya Suri’s Santosh

▪️Dev Patel’s Monkey Man

▪️Dibakar Banerjee’s Tees

 

To add to this censorships whoch happen in movies based on caste issues. Recent one being Homebound. Its embarrassing.

 

I saw some librandu film critic peddling the same list, in fact in the same order.

 

Let's get real. Every movie is propoganda. The monkey balancing makes it watchable for larger set of audience, but then that monkeybalancing is an act of propoganda itself.

 

You can get Kashmir files or Haider on extremes and in between them monkey balanced Shikara.

If you are on the side of Kashmir files, propoganda begins right at Shikara.

But if you are happy go lucky type fellow, you go with your extended family and watch Shikara, fell in woth love angle in midst a human tragedy and call it a day.

 

Now some of the movies on left side.... are quite bad, in their effort to humanising the bad side, they omit the tragedies faced by other.  "Son of poor headmaster" literally shoved down your throat....and thus making these movies unworthy of seeing the day light.

[Unreal]

11 minutes ago, AnK said:

 

 

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Now don't get me wrong, Ank. I still like you. You can peg me if you're into that kind of thing.

PS: I have no idea what pegging means, so take it in good faith.