Love those dubbed South movies that play on Star Gold and Zee Cinema every time? Or have a craving for thos '90s movies starring Mithun Chakraborty and Ajay Devgn that celebrates the hero's machismo? Then make sure that you watch Satyameva Jayate that is a total WTF tribute to those movies, filled with absurdities, loopholes, cliches, twists and bad performances. John Abraham plays the lead in the film, while Manoj Bajpayee and newcomer Aisha Sharma also star. Satyameva Jayate is directed by Milap Zaveri.

The plot is about a vigilante who kills corrupt policemen by burning them alive, because his honest father committed suicide after facing false charges of corruption. It could have been an engaging thriller, but becomes an over-dramatic mess that provided moments of unintentional hilarity. In this special feature, we look at seven such scenes in the film that will make you go WTF! Needless to say, HUGE SPOILERS AHEAD!

Soldier Soldier

During a beach cleanup in the early part of the movie, a politician claims credit for the drive. Then Aisha Sharma's Shikha makes an entry and berates the politician for hanging the flag upside down on his car (maybe this was a veiled jab at Akshay Kumar for waving the flag in that manner during a match). Then all of a sudden, she suddenly goes on a rant on how soldiers are dying at the borders and you can't even do this one thing right! Totally random and cringe-worthy delivery!

Thane!

When Veer (John Abraham) and the cop Shivansh (Manoj Bajpayee) have their first phone banter, Veer challenges the latter by saying, 'agle baar police wale ko tere thane mein gus ke maarunga!' It actually translates to 'next time I will kill a policeman right in your station'. Later, Veer kills a petrol pump at a petrol pump, which is located, you will never guess it, Thane! Yes, the writers made a whole challenge out of a homophone!

'Satyamev Jayate'

The title holds a lot of significance in the movie. For one, Veer kills policemen in places whose names align with the order in 'Satyamev Jayate'. Shivansh deduced that just by three killings and three letters S, A and T, all from a greeting card his daughter has made for him. It could have been any random phrase, so it is more sheer convenience than brilliance that the cop came up with the idea. Also for some reason, the makers abandon the whole sequence-killing idea in the second half, because, face it, who has time to show all those killings?

Puppy killing

Veer saves an injured puppy from a dustbin and takes it to a shelter home where Shikha works a vet. We really doubt her credentials as all she does is check the pup with her stethoscope and declare that it can't be saved. And before we digest her prognosis, she has already taken out a lethal injection! In case you are wondering if Veer saves the pup from this psycho doc, the next scene has him dig a grave for the puppy and later, sleep with the girl! The pup's spirit would have been wondering he should have been left alone in that dust-bin!

Scratchy bye bye!

Veer has a scratch on a neck after a fight with a cop, whom he kills at the Thane petrol pump. The injury grows on later and is the most evident when he goes to meet his elder brother, who also happens to be (HUGE SPOILER) the cop himself. However, the injury mysteriously vanishes the next day never to make an appearance again! Wonder which medicine did he use there?

The creepy painting

After having an intimate moment with Shikha, Veer wakes up in the night to look strangely at his girl. Then, in a jerky transition, they woke up together the next morning and Shikha finds that he has drawn a painting of her sleeping and covered just in a bedsheet (the real girl was also wearing a slip). If that wasn't creepy enough, the painting resembles the portrait of Rose from the movie Titanic! So not just plots, are we also stealing paintings from Hollywood movies?

The Climax

As expected, the climax of Satyameva Jayate is one melodramatic mess of OTT execution and performances. We get to see fake fire, action right out of '90s movies, disappearing automatic guns, Manish Chaudhary and surprisingly, Manoj Bajpayee, hamming to the hilt. The icing on the cake is when a dying Veer asks his brother to say the pledge one last time and the brother cries exasperatedly, "Arre yaar!" It sounds like Manoj Bajpayee was voicing the audience's frustration on screen!

 

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