Bollywood must learn from this movie


I was blown away by Ranbir's performance in this film. Not only was he physically portraying a 20-something Sikh with painstaking detail and accuracy, this film showed that decency, respectfulness, and the "hero factor" isn't limited to the cliched image that has been etched into our minds through years of, well, less than adequate Indian cinema.
I loved that Rocket Singh is straying from the beaten path, and is edgy enough to show something to the Indian audience they are not used to. With the release of Singhh Is King, I lost a lot of faith in Bollywood, and thought that this industry could never deviate away from its (and I'll be frank) racist, undignified, and utterly stupid portrayal of Sikhs and Punjabis. I was proven wrong, and boy am I glad.
I am also glad that this film shed some light on some of the difficulties faced by Sikhs who choose to wear a turban and full beard as "sardars"; in the scene where Harpreet tries to close a deal with the corrupt executive (who asks for a bribe), the executive mockingly refers to Harpreet as "Sardarji" with a mischievous grin on his face. This in turn infuriates Harpreet leading him to file a complaint. When being referred to as "sardarji", it is generally a term of respect and recognition, but it can be used to mock a Sikh's personal morals. Anyway, I picked up the subtle insult right away at the hands of the executive. This only goes to show the great length at which the writers, producers, directors, and actors went through to assure the quality of this movie

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In my opinion I thought this was better than 'chak de india'. This movie had a sense of honesty. The manner in which the company enviroment was portrayed was realistic.

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..."The manner in which the company enviroment was portrayed was realistic"
Proves that you are a loser that you liked this movie!!

Crappy movie.... bollywood really needs good director! The character of H.Singh totally su**ed, spineless character. Has no guts to face consequences of his own decision to start a company and totally screws the people who trusted him in his venture.

To the guy who started this thread..... well... if you have to bring this discussion to "Sardar"... you should know Sardars can do much much more and better than the character they have portrayed here!

Office Space..chuck de.... Gimme a break!

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When you dont have anything to argue based on facts, blame other person's grammar/language which is totally irrelevant to the discussion!!

Does this sound familiar to you?

I dont know why you dragged Kambakht Ishq into the discussion! Seems like you spent money on premier or something!

And do you really want to talk about character development here or you are just using a "heavy" word to prove a non existent point here?

The character backs out when all of his friends have put their career at stake (money is a partial factor, I wont deny that)....and why.. because he doesnt have guts to continue on what he started! Or simply he is too afraid of consequences!

Great... Sounds like an amazing character development!



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Hey, I thought the character backed out (signed the deal) because the only other option would have landed him, and those who trusted him in jail. He couldn't have continued to do what he was doing anyway, could he?

Correct me if I am wrong, or missed something.

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Have you even seen Office Space or you happen to be around when some A-hole was blathering?
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We're talking about unchecked aggression here, dude.

http://imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=6221274

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Anyway, I picked up the subtle insult right away at the hands of the executive.

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You are looking too much into non existent things with (shall I say) victim mentality. There are movies which show cliches and show Sikh as dumb but there are many others which have sikhs in major roles. Though in Singh is Kinng the dress up of people acting as sikhs were pathetic to say the least you cant say it was meant to be insulting to either people or religion. It was infact trying to portray the values.


There was no hint of racism in the scene you have mentioned and you are just looking too much into things which dont exist. And finally I believe this movie didnt have anything great so that bollywood could learn from it.

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I finally saw this movie yesterday. Needless to say, I had been put off from watching it because of the bad impression I had of where Bollywood is heading. I'm glad I did because it almost rekindles my faith in watching more

I like how they didn't use the song that they made to promote it, in the actual movie, not even over the end credits, as that would have undone all the good work that went onto the movie.

I was very pleasantly surprised by Ranbir Kapoor and I though the rest of the cast were also great.

I wish I had seen the movie earlier instead of being snobby about it. And having worked in electrical retail I really admire how they handled the reality of that world.

'pay the man'

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