Tuesday, November 20, 2018

The other kind of classics - 7 - Tiranga

The other kind of classics proudly and patriotically presents - "Tiranga"!

If you are a patriot, you have to love this movie! Else go to...

A competition in obnoxiousness between the great Nana Patekar and the greater Raj Kumar!
Since Raj Kumar is senior, Nana decided to play second fiddle here and be a little less obnoxious (respect, you see).
The film is replete with "main kitna mahaan actor hoon" scenes by both of them. Very enjoyable.

Oh yes, the story. Not much to tell.
3 nuclear scientists are kidnapped by Pralayanath Gendaswami - no shame in body shaming here! The plan is to make his own missiles and destroy India.
Gendaswami is actually Marathi Manoos Deepak Shirke! What a performance, sir!
Brigadier Suryadev Singh (Raj Kumar) allies with Marathi sher Police Inspector Shivajirao Waghle (Nana Patekar).
Lots of twists and turns later, they save India from certain nuclear disaster on 15 Aug 1993 (mind it!)

Boring! It is Nana and Raj Kumar that are the hearts of the film! Do not miss the song "Peele peele o more Raja"...
Mamta Kulkarni is there for a break in the bromance between the two.

Trivia: Nawazuddin Siddiqui refers to this movie in the movie Black Friday while discussing the planting of explosives.


And finally -  those of you poor people who think missile technology is, well, rocket science, that is for mere mortals!
Raj Kumar foils Gendaswami's missiles by removing their *fuse conductors*. That's right, you didn't know that
missiles had fuse conductors, did you? Well they do. It is a critical part, without which the missiles blow only smoke.
See for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js_I5EJqQOY

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