Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota is the movie Farah Khan would have made if she had a thing for Bruce Lee. It is an action film, about fights and villains and the importance of pain, and Bala serves up chopsocky goodness not only with directorial flair, but with the benevolence of a friendly neighbourhood ‘Chinese-van’ cook, drowning chowmein in soya sauce and vinegar. Vasan Bala’s Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota is an ode to joy, a celebration of the cassette-tapes its maker has been brought up on. Those who love the movies also love when movie clichés line up just right. Something worth pausing and rewinding and cueing up and watching again. These scratches of overuse indicated something seen so often it had literally been rendered unwatchable, but also something beloved. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thirty years ago, the job given to me whenever the family would rent a VHS cassette would be to “check the print.” The tapes inside would get worn out after multiple playback in multiple players, and eagerly anticipated screenings would go wrong if the quality wasn’t - behold the pun - up to scratch. Cast: Abhimanyu Dassani, Radhika Madan, Gulshan Devaiah
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