So many underrated funny moments like the one where Shahrukh is humming “dooby dooby doo samose mein aloo” while listening to some song on his walkman. 😂
The best thing about Baadshah for me is that it is full absurd and absolutely crazy with its humour but it never lets go of the believability of the plot. Like, I'm scared along with Baadshah when he's trying to tell the CM that she is going to be killed and her husband finds out. Directors like Farhad Samji are writing and making things with random absurd humour but they never land on the emotion, it is always about the joke and never about its place in the film. Baadshah got that ekdum right.
Badshaah - My rating 10/10 No 90's kid can rate this one lesser. The most watched movie of it's time, albeit on TV. It is a genre defining movie, per se.
This is the only movie that I feel abbaas really liked out of most movies you guys cover, he was like how Kumar Varun is , when talking about Yuva Wrote this mid-video , and then the "diva" gave a solid 7
I feel like Baadshah and even duplicate were some of Shahrukh Khan's first attempts at comedic roles (as far as I know). My theory is that he learned from these first experiences and then changed his comedic style to be less PG/childlike and more teen/adult oriented in the movies he made in the 2000s
It was neither Chief nor Home Minister it was Defence Minister.. Altleasy a Dozen Times the word Defence Minister/ Raskha Mantri was used throughout the 2nd Half ...
Baadshah was a fun experience, but even as a child when I watched it, I had wished that the story would have placed more emphasis on the detective agency, where they solve multiple cases, rather than taking a serious tone.
The reason it didn't work cause it was the second collaboration of abbas mastan and srk and people expected another baazigar type experience but when they watched this, they were cconfused.
A woman Chief Minister on target of killers which involves her own security guards is so meta from 1984. But for a change the Sikh bodyguard is the only one who's loyal to her and dies saving her life.
I watched Baadshah in theatres❤, had so much fun watching it. I still remember very few people were in the hall because at the time I assume people didn't knew about the action-comedy genre.
Another rip off that Abbas missed was from The Mask - the dance song with cops was taken from the mask dancing with cops, charming them enough to dance and have fun with him.
You missed another lift at 27:03 . The Badshah singing and escaping from the police sequence is a direct lift from "The Mask" (my name is Samba Pete song)
Abbas... I get it that you want to discuss the ethical aspects of copying or borrowing plot elements... but if possible, please do save those 'heavy' topics for the last segment? I love Baadshah (like I love most films discussed here)... I love both of you for being so much fun... but I want to first hear more about THE FILM itself. No offence meant, just a sincere fan making suggestions while rooting for this show to be much more popular. Cheers.
The inspiration and copied/remade part should be put out first and then of course we can talk of the additions the filmmaker and writer made. Atleast in such podcasts, the source material should get a nod. I appreciate abbas doing it every time.
