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Before I move on to a more assorted selection of films to write about, I wanted to five one last recomendation list for more Mithun Chakraborty films. These are definitely more in line with B-movie camp than anything else. Disco Dancer Unlike Gunda, this movie seems to take itself seriously... which is awesome in its own right. Disco dancing galore with Bollywood style fight scenes thrown in for added spice. Wanted: Dead or Alive It's a Curry Western so that was enough for me from the get go. Commando This one I haven't actually seen, but there's at least one grenade launcher and some ninjas. So it's not going to leave my radar until I tackle it!

A taste of cinematic excellence

Original Title : Gunda (Hooligan) Year : 1998 Director : Kanti Shah Writer : Bashir Babar IMDb : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497915/ Genre : Bollywood Action Synopsis: Shankar, a coolie, comes in the way of the bad guys, Bulla and his cronies. They kill his father and sister. Shankar vows revenge and eliminates all of them in bizarre and gruesome fashion. I really want this on a shirt This is the sort of movie that introduced me to Bollywood. It's a B-movie in every sense of the term. And believe me, a Bollywood B-movie from this time feels like a D-movie for us here in the US. I've seen people compare Gunda to Plan 9 From Outer Space , a sentiment I can somewhat get behind despite there being a lack of stock footage like in Mr. Wood 's opus. Sorry, movie fans... no octopus here! But at least half the film takes place on a tarmac... that's good for something, yeah? Full of completely odd directorial choices, one has to wonder if much of this film is a tongue-in-cheek ...