Thursday, June 19, 2008

Indian Superhero Possibilities

So, I recently saw the movies Iron Man, and Incredible Hulk and I was thoroughly impressed at how Marvel has setup these franchises. Both movies are awesome, and Dark Knight hasn't even come out yet. However, I was thinking I don't remember any big time super heroe movies coming out of India. Perhaps they need some help. Well, help is here. I've put together a list of some ideas for Indian Superheroes, and they are listed below:

Incredible Sikh

The look: The incredible sikh is dressed in a classic Indian turban, and outfitted with a traditional Pajama (baggy cotton pants) & Kurta (long, baggy, cotton shirt). Additionally he carries a knife in his waist, along with mojdis (traditional indian shoes with pointy toes).

The story: One day in order to increase the strength of the plowing animals on his farm, Navinder (average guy name equivalent to bruce banner), experiments with some genetically modified seeds to feed the animals. to see if they really work he eats some himself. At first he doesnt feel anything, but then when his wife forces him to eat parathas without ghee, his rage is unleashed. Without knowing what has happened he turns into this huge, red, beast. he has to learn to control his rage and fight the evil bolly-sagoo empire.

Superpowers: these include his incredible strength. Additionally the center of his turban opens up and shoots out bazooka missiles. When he needs to he can jump in the air and make a kicking motion with his feet, and out of the points of his shoes mini Johnny Walker bottles are unleashed and attack/intoxicate the enemy.

Finishing move: Bhangra stomp. This is when he is ready to kill off his enemy, he jumps high into the air and yells "Hadi-pa!" and stomps down on his enemy with all his force. Occasionally he also uses the bbbbbb-itch slap. This is when he yells "bruah!" and repeatedly smacks his enemy across the face.

Iron Guj

The look: The Iron Guj is outfitted with a trendy iron suit. The top looks like a striped shirt, the bottom looks like slacks, and of course big white sneakers accompany the iron suit at the feet. He is usually sporting a fake movado or tommy hilfiger watch, along with lots of gold chains, and one in particular which has a hanging "tiger-nail" dispensed from it.

The story: one day Samir Patel is betrayed by his business partner and brother. They own a company which makes Manakchand (chewing tobacco), and they are working on a new formulation of manakchand. However, his brother cuts him out of the deal, and leaves Samir with nothing. Samir swears revenge, by hiding away in his hut, and makes a "lokhan" or iron suit. The suit gives him powers such as flying, and killer dandias.

Finishing move: Manakchand spit. By pushing a few buttons in his super computer Samir Patel turns into the Iron Guj. When his enemy is at its weakest the palm of each hand opens up and sprays highly toxic and concentrated manakchand (indian chewing tobacco) at his enemy. If this does not work Iron Guj also dispenses acidic kadhi from his fingertips to burn and currify the enemy at the same time.

Subra-Man
The look: Subra man rocks a tight yellow outfit, with a bright green cape. He also wears his bright green underwear on the outside of his suit.

The story: When the planet Keralaton was about to be destroyed, his parents put him in a space ship and sent him off for Earth. He landed in south India, where a farmer and his wife found him, and adopted him as their own. They taught him the fine art of fishing, and computer programming. They named him Raj Subramaniam. Being that he was from another planet Raj soon discovered he was different from his friends. For example, he was able to fly, and shoot laser-hot sambar out of his eyes. He eventually leaves the farm and works in the big city (Bangalore), by day he is a computer programmer, and falls in love with Neeru Bhakta-krishna-rama-dhamamaniam. By night he fights criminals such as computer hackers, and evil rikshaw drivers who rip off customers.

Finishing move: Subra-man has a variety of attacks. He can shoot laser hot sambar out of his eyes, or even use his incredible might to conquer his enemies. His secret weapon is his x-ray vision. Once when a building was on fire, Subra-man was able to turn an entire lake into a big piece of dhosa, and carried it and threw it on top of the burning fire, and put out the flames and saved the day.

If you have any other suggestions for Indian super-heroes, please do share.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_comics

Anonymous said...

I read your blog posts and a few thoughts came to my mind.

1] You do not like who you are. You may try to argue otherwise but it is rather obvious. I do not care about sophists and sophistry.

2] You are trying to convince others like you to dislike themselves and maybe get some brownie points from your white "friends" for writing such stuff (pun intended).

3] If you feel that you are genetically inferior than some others, why don't you kill yourself? It certainly beats blogging about it - at least you are doing something about it. It just might be the first courageous thing you have done in your life.

4] Why do you have to piss on others that look like you? Will that get you any further with your masters?

The Indian Guy said...

Dear Anonymous,
Thank you for keeping me on my toes. From what I understand Virgin is making a heavy investment in Indian comics as well. As I do in my other articles, I was just trying to make a funny situation out of cultural settings.

The Indian Guy said...

Dear Satan,

I don't know what to tell you. I would never wish death upon anyone, and I would certainly never ask anyone to kill themself. But you are absolutely wrong about me. I am very proud about the man that I am, and I am absolutely grateful to have exposure to both American and Indian cultures. I attribute a lot of who I am to my Indian roots, but I do not deny the fact that I've been influenced by my western upbringing. This blog is MY forum for expressing myself, and most people enjoy it. I don't know what to tell you. But the fact that you use "satan" to describe yourself says a lot about how you see things. I sincerely hope you lighten up and enjoy life a bit and not take things too seriously.

Anonymous said...

I read your blogs everyday. You're awesome. This blog is probably the most relevant blog for Indians who've been brought up in the Western world.

And for Satan and haters in general, life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think. Chill out. All this sensitivity and over analyzing can cause unwanted stress, which may lead to heavier consequences like premature death. Take better care of yourselves. tsk tsk.


Keep it up Indian Guy. =]

The Indian Guy said...

Thanks Priya, glad your enjoying it.

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