02-02-2026, 01:03 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-02-2026, 01:08 AM by Drunk Monk.)
Billed as the biggest grossing Hindi film ever, this was surprisingly brutal for Bollywood. There action is super sanguineous with several graphic skull crushes and some absolutely sadistic torture, plus a few blown up bodies sending a spray of blood and flesh. Shocking. And then there’s a rocking wedding dance scene to remind thst this is Bollywood after all.
It’s a deep cover tale. An Indian penetrates a major Pakistani terrorist gang through grit and manipulation. It’s not one of those hero-won’t-kill-while-maintaining-his-cover. Hamza kills quickly and coldly, calculating all the way. Ranveer Singh is the lead and he’s yoked to the gills, with sultry burning eyes and long flowing hair that fans dramatically for those slo-mo kills. As he rises to power, the backstabbing is constant.
His gang supplies the weapons for the real 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks, which hit us hard because we spent time in Mumbai in ‘97, our epic India trip. We visited the Taj hotel. The movie pauses to play actual recordings of the terrorists talking about killing everyone. It’s chilling.
There’s some spectacular cinematography of the Pakistan desert and dense urban sprawl, plus some huge crowd scenes (surely cgi enhanced but I couldn’t see the seam - it was very convincing). Crazy car chases, full auto fire fights where no one can hit anyone despite their targets being wide open, some big cgi explosions, the hero almost gets anally raped in the beginning, and a torture victim has his face and body pierced with dozens of big fish hooks - the 2+ dozen in his face get ripped out. Thst scene reminded me of Ichi the Killer in its unabashed sadism.
Then there’s the love interest, Yalina, played by Sara Arjun, who is hypnotically gorgeuos, and thst awesome wedding dance.
This was onlu part 1. Part 2 comes out soon.
Somewhat D00M recommended but only if you’ve seen a dozen of so Bollywood films already. This isn’t a good one to start with; it’s extreme ultravi needs to be seen in contrast to most of the genre. The ultravi is hardcore, ridiculously so.