Star Movies has some kind of James Bond marathon going on. Tonight was Octopussy, and I thought I’ll watch it. Now, I don’t know if the 1983 movie led to the whole clichéd view of India in the rest of the world, or the movie was a reflection of it. Whatever, the case they were all over the place…
- Snake charmers
- Sadhu on bed of nails
- Fire breathers
- Sword eaters
- Hot bed of coal
- Auto rickshaws
- Elephants on the roads
- Crocodiles
- Safari in the jungle
- Wild and dangerous natives
- The Taj Mahal
- Palaces
…and then I stopped watching it.. not because of the clichés, but because I didn’t think it was a very good movie.