the m0vie blog

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The Bottom 100 is a subset of The 250. It is a journey through the worst 100 movies of all-time, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.

This time, Prabhu Deva’s Dabangg 3.

Veteran police officer Chulbul Pandey is living a seemingly idealistic existence, when a simple people trafficking case brings back a ghost from his own past. Confronting an old enemy and painful memories, Chulbul Pandey finally learns what it means to be truly fearless.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 86th worst movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Notes:

• Recorded 31 May 2021.
• Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
• Dabangg 3 at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB Bottom 100 as it appeared at time of recording.
• Rajeev Bhargava at The Hindu looks at modern Indian masculinity, August 2019.
• Jennifer Takhar at Postcolonial Web looks at the recipe for “masala” films, 2001.
• Srivatsan S. at The Hindu ranks the best “masala” films of the decade, December 2019.
• Reem Khokhar at Al-Jazeera looks at the challenges facing many of India’s big rural single-screen cinemas, March 2021.
• Sushmita Pathak at NPR looks at how the pandemic might accelerate the collapse of India’s single-screen cinemas, July 2021.
• Pritish Nandy at The New York Times looks at the political pressure on modern Bollywood, October 2020.
• Aatish Taseer at The Atlantic looks at the tensions between Modi and Bollywood, July/August 2021.
• Vivek Raj at ABC News describes Salman Khan as “the so-called Tom Cruise of Bollywood”, April 2018.
• Salman Khan talks to W14 about his influences, March 2013.
• Dabangg director Abhinav Kashyap accuses Salman Khan of “sabotaging” his career in NDTV, June 2020.
• Kavita Awaasthi at The Hindustan Times reports on the decision to have Arbaaz Khan direct Dabangg 2, December 2012.
• Shakir Khan at Republic World reports on Salman Khan serving as the writer of Dabangg 3, December 2019.
• Anum Waseem at The Tempest discusses the controversy around the so-called “item” numbers, September 2018.
• Rita Brara at Economic and Political Weekly discusses the history and the context of the “item” number, June 2010.
• Saranya Subramanian at Mirchi Play offers an introduction to “item” numbers, May 2020.
• Subhash K. Jha at Rediff looks back at how Munni Badnaam Hui came together, April 2021.
• Lalit Pandit at The National Herald discusses writing Munni Badnaam Hui, April 2021.
• The Economic Times reports on Munni Badnaam Hui entering the Guinness Book of World Records, March 2011.
• Matali Shah at Hauterrfly discusses the gender flip of Munna Badnam Hua, November 2019.
• Ryan Gilbey at The Guardian reflects on a year without blockbusters, October 2020.
• Patrick Willems at YouTube discusses the drab colour corrected Marvel Cinematic Universe, November 2016.
• Walter Russell Mead at The Wall Street Journal discusses the rise of “Saffron India”, August 2020.
• Rana Siddiqui Zaman at The Caravan discusses the “saffronisation” of Bollywood, April 2018.
• The BBC looks at how COVID has impacted India, May 2021.
• Steven R. Weisman at The New York Times looks at Indian English, July 1987.
• Daniel D’Mello at CNN offers ten examples of Indian English, July 2017.
• Anjoo Mohun discusses the gap between English and Hinglish at The Guardian, January 2010.
• Alexandra Topping at The Guardian reports on how the pandemic could set back women’s rights, May 2020.
• Eleanor Sly at The Independent reports on how the pandemic has set back women’s rights in the European Union, March 2021.
• The Guardian reports on the addition of a disclaimer to Gone With the Wind, June 2020.
• Subhash K. Jha at Bollywood Hungama reports on the addition of a dowry disclaimer to Badrinath Ki Dulhania, March 2017.
• Amrit Dhillon at The National News reports on the role of Bollywood in fighting the dowry system, August 2014.
• Akanksha Mehta at Diplomatic Courier reports on systemic misogyny in modern India, March 2013.
• Adwait A. Patil at Vice reports on Vidya Bal’s struggle against misogyny in contemporary India, April 2016.
• Danny Goldberg at The Nation reports on the political left’s “circular firing squad”, July 2017.
• Helen Pidd at The Guardian reports on studies identifying India as the worst country in the world for women, July 2012.
• Angela Dewan at CNN reports on India as the most dangerous country for women, June 2018.
• Amrit Dhillon at The Guardian reports on selective abortion in India, August 2020.
• Abhery Roy at The Economic Times reports on how the #metoo movement has shaken India, June 2019.
• The BBC reports on how #metoo has impacted Bollywood, December 2019.
• Herr Meets Hare, January 1945.
• Snigdha Poonam at The New York Times looks at Salman Khan’s fanbase and persona, September 2019.
• Rachel Dwyer at The Guardian looks at Salman Khan’s appeal and popularity, May 2015.
• Cindi May in Scientific American looks at the objectification of female comic book characters, June 2015.
• The BBC looks at how an Indian artist is calling out sexism in comic books, August 2018.
• Andrew Wheeler at Comics Alliance looks at the double standard in how men and women are portrayed in comic books, September 2014.
• Brianna Holt at QZ discusses the “softboy” as an archetype appealing to female viewers, December 2019.
• Katherine Filaseta at Complaining About Things I Like discusses sexism in Bollywood films, April 2013.
• Sravanthi Challapalli at The Hindu discusses the “love matters” campaign to combat sexism in Bollywood music, January 2018.
• Lucknow at The Deccan Herald reports on a lawsuit to block the release of Munni Badnaam Hui, December 2010.
• Reggie Ugwu at The New York Times reports on how #OscarsSoWhite changed the Academy Awards, February 2020.
• The Academy Awards announces diversity criteria, September 2020.
• Lisa Respers France at CNN reports on attempts to diversify the membership of the Academy, July 2020.
• The Hindustan Times reports on Salman Khan joining the Academy, June 2017.
• Charul Shah and Presley Thomat at The Hindustan Times reports on Salman Khan’s conviction for a hit-and-run case, May 2015.
• Shashank Bengali at The Los Angeles Times reports on Salman Khan’s acquittal in the hit-and-run case, December 2015.
• Parth M.N. at The Los Angeles Times reports on Salman Khan’s acquittal on weapons charges, January 2017.
• Parth M.N. at The Los Angeles Times reports on Salman Khan’s sentencing for poaching, April 2018.
• Somy Ali talks to The Hindustan Times about her relationship with Salman Khan, April 2021.
• India Today looks back on the relationship between Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai’s affair, June 2018.
• Poulomi Das reviews Dabangg 3 at Qrius, December 2019.
• Jinee Lokaneeta at The Wire reports on accounts of torture by police during the Citizenship Amendment Act protests, January 2020.
• Betwa Sharma at The Huffington Post reports on the police brutality in response to the Citizenship Amendment Act protests, February 2020.
• Niharika Sharma at QZ reports on the police response to farmers’ protests in India, February 2021.
• The Hindustan Times reports on whether the Citizenship Amendment Act protests affected the box office response to Dabangg 3, December 2019.
• India.com reports on the decision to edit Dabangg 3 in response to the Citizenship Amendment Act protests, December 2019.
• Anuvab Pal talks with The Guardian about his life and career, May 2018.
• The Hindu reports on the Kannada, Tamil and Telugu releases of Dabangg 3, August 2019.
• Sudeep talks to The Hindu about working on Dabangg 3, December 2019.
• Salman Khan talks to The Hindu about the importance of Dabangg 3 breaking out of the Hindu market, December 2019.
• Suprateek Chatterjee at The Atlantic reports on the challenges facing modern Bollywood, December 2017.
• Tom Grater at Deadline reports on Amazon Prime embracing Indian cinema, March 2021.
• Darren Mooney at The Escapist discusses Batman Begins as the best superhero origin story ever put on screen, June 2020.
• Darren Mooney at The Escapist looks at the weird trend towards over-explaining modern origin stories, June 2021.
• Khushbu Shah at CNN reports on Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge as Bollywood’s longest-running film, February 2015.
• Michael Safi at The Guardian looks back on demonetisation in India, August 2018.
• Rosy Cordero at Entertainment Weekly reports on Christopher Nolan’s fandom of MacGruber, May 2020.
• Follow The 250 on Twitter.
• Subscribe to The 250 on iTunes.
• Subscribe to The 250 on Stitcher.
• Listen to The 250 on Soundcloud.
• Listen to The 250 on Spotify.

Filed under: The Bottom 100 | Tagged: bollywood, bottom 100, dabangg 3, dowry, india, item number, item numbers, love matters, masala films, masculinity, salman khan, The 250, violence |