Here is a fun quiz. Each of these questions is a clue that reveals a little bit of an event or a scene and you will have to guess the name of the movie (both Hollywood and Bollywood movies are acceptable answers)
Question 1: The protagonist uses a high tech, high powered motorbike whose parts are compressible and expandable at the press of a button. For e.g. handles can compress inward while riding through narrow spaces or expand to create an obstacle for the enemy. The vehicle can also fly in the air up-to a certain height. One needs to wear a certain costume to ride this.
You think its the Batmobile from The Batman? Wrong! Here is another clue.
The vehicle can also transform into a seaworthy vessel, like a jet ski or a speedboat when required to move across water. Oh, and the jet ski can further change into an underwater vessel and come up elsewhere as a bike once again.
Transformers? Wrong again!
Moving on to the second question. (Answers will be revealed in the end)
Question 2: The protagonist comes driving an auto, breaks through a hut at a height of 10 feet (flying in the air) and lands in the middle of the villains. The goons are standing in a circle and speaking in some kind of a Tamil dialect. A 15 feet long stick passes through the auto. The hero then rotates the auto along its axis at which point the stick starts beating up the goons one by one.
Neat! Doesn’t it remind you of a movie that only our superstar Rajnikanth or perhaps the Dabangg Salmaan can pull off?
But no, it is not one of their movies.
Question 3: The protagonist is a female this time. Very gracefully, she starts undressing herself to a foot tapping dance number. Slowly, steadily and step by step to the lovely music till she has stripped to a bare minimum.
Sorry, no image here; need to respect the reader’s sensibilities.
If you say this is Demi Moore from Striptease, you have got it completely wrong!
Question 4: Four-five guys are racing along the mean streets on their BMW bikes at insane speeds, ducking obstacles, ignoring traffic rules and the cops, just for that adrenaline rush and to determine a victor perhaps.
Okay, this has to be one of The Fast and the Furious movies right? Na, BMW isn’t one of their favorite brands. Let me give another clue then.
There is a scene where a bunch of cars collide with each other, fly high up in the air and blow up.
Yes! Golmaal! Or any of Rohit Shetty’s films. They are all so alike, aren’t they? But that’s the wrong answer again.
Question 5: The protagonist is an autistic kid.
Wait. Before you say Taare Zameen Par, let me finish the question.
The kid comes only in the beginning. The protagonist actually is a fully grown autistic adult but is pretty intelligent.
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Krrish 3? Koi mil gaya? My Name is Khan? Nopes.
Question 6: The protagonist is involved in a bunch of bank heists and uses his skills as a magician to pull them off. The heists are an attempt to seek revenge for his dad’s death who himself was a magician.
This is definitely Now You See Me Now You Don’t? By now you must have gotten the gist, you are most certainly wrong if you had said that.
Question 7: At every scene of crime, the antagonist leaves a specific mark to indicate his involvement.
The Dark Knight’s Joker!! How I wish it was.
Question 8: The protagonist is one of the best magicians in town, who has a secret twin brother who assists him during his performance.
The Prestige! One of my all time favourite movies. Not the right answer still.
Question 9: The protagonist spends all of his time imagining himself surrounded by bikini clad women. He does pretty much nothing else in the entire movie.
Sorry, no image again.
Certainly sounds like one of those sleazy Grand or Mini Masti sort of movies. But it isn’t.
Question 10: There are two brothers. Brother 1 loves the girl but girl loves Brother 2 who is least interested in her.
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Don’t even bother answering this one. Got to be one of those ridiculously mushy Yash Chopra movies.
…..End of quiz…..
Since you got all the ten questions wrong, here is a bonus.
Question 11: There is only one way to trap the protagonist. Blackmail him by kidnapping his girlfriend. Which movie is this?
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Alright, this was an invalid question I agree. Every single Bollywood movie has this as part of its plot, so I don’t blame you for not answering this one right.
We have now seen the plots of 10 different movies.
If you had three hours at your disposal, which one will you pick? I know it’s a tough call. You certainly can’t afford to take 30 hours off to watch all the 10 movies, so you got to make a choice. Fortunately, there is a one size fits all solution here.
Dhoom 3 – The answer to all the questions above.
Go watch the movie and I guarantee your money’s worth for those three wonderful hours of fun, entertainment, comedy, action, thriller, romance, melodrama and a bonus striptease act.
Not convinced?
Sample this dialogue from the movie which I’m sure will motivate you to watch it.
Katrina Kaif: “I am the Asian Goddess you are looking for who will sing and dance like liquid electricity”
If that doesn’t make you want to see the movie then you are just wasting your life.
Juggling my thoughts... 