Kenny Basumatary’s Local Kung Fu (with English subtitles) released this friday. Some of us had seen the film and quite enjoyed it. Here is a Baradwaj Rangan-ish bullet point movie recco post by Kartik Krishnan.
- Dash of Takashi Kitano humor and tribute to oranges-Andaz Apna Apna.
- Goon with the funny smile plastered on his face 24X7
- The 70 yr old grandfather who wields the stick with Kamal-Hassan-Thevar-Magan-ish dexterity.
- The superb tongue-in-cheek Guthka khaane se swasth ko haani pahunchti hai PSA cleverly forced in
- Candid out takes end credit sequence
- Fried Silkworms, Snail curry, rice pancakes ahhh the food
- The overweight Karate goon who sings Raagas
- Spirit of the cast and crew and a budget of less than a lakh
- Ekta Kapoor spoof
- Absolutely naturalistic performances
- The Number One U 18 goon – Bonzo !
- The energetic action sequences
- The girl with Assamese-Malayali roots
- The gallis and koochas of Assam
- The uncle who asks “You need to take a crap or something?”
- The music (Wish the songs were subtitled too) Sample this
- The Requiem-waala montage thrown in once or twice
- DLFG – Delhi Liberation Front For Gurgaon
- The stories told in each and every fight – kaun kispar kaise bhaari padta hai
- The irreverence and non seriousness of it all – with the tone set from the the opening statement itself !
- The goons shaving & whiling away time when bikes enter in super slow motion!
- Even a small time thief fights back in Kung Fu-style
- The villain whose caller tune is the sound effect of kicks & punches
- No pretentiousness of an art film, No (ok, may be a little) filmy-pana of a commercial film
- The vision guts and passion of Kenny Basumatary who has acted, written, directed and edited the film
Do catch the film playing at the limited screens.
– To know more about the film, click here to read an old post by the film’s lead actor, writer an director Kenny Basumatary.
– For more info on the film, visit its Facebook page here.
– To watch its trailer, click here.
F.i.g.h.t C.l.u.b 
I have no idea how i stumbled onto this site, but i absolutely love this. I have been searching for a Indian movie crazy site like this for a long time now.
While i love the Indie coverage that you guys provide, the problem is no one reviews most of the movies in the theaters. Though it’s easy to decide that i don’t wish to watch Chennai Express, it gets harder when a movie like say Prague[2013] comes.
I have lost trust in many of the mainstream newspapers/channel critics. I follow Rajeev Masand, Raja Sen [Rediff], Karan Anshuman [Mumbai Mirror] to some extent. Can you guys point out some of the better Movie Critics in our country.
And can some one tell me if Prague[2013] is as promising as it’s posters.
[Dunno if i should except a reply, but thanks anyway for creating a site like this]
Fantastic, awesome, mind blowing, supa………………
No words to say. Congrats Kenny! Keep it up
God Bless You!
Awesome Film. . .
SPeechless. . .
Awesome Movie. . .
nice to see so much of enthusiasm at various level. I would love to see . Can you try through DTH ?
hi!kenny sir.heartiest congrts to u.i cudn’t get oportunity to watc ful movi.bt i ve watc all d promo clps in you tube.waiting to watch in you tube also.neway u ve done tremendous job for north east.i think d earth was waiting for u to explore d north east in global panaroma through cnema.peopl like ratan tyam frm north east ve almost rech evry corner of d world thrgh stage.dis is just a bgining.god bless u.i want to c u reciving oscar frm d north east India.go ahead gud luck.