The nostalgia doesn’t make the movie a better one, Ayesha Takia’s debut is still haunted by the ghost of the film’s release, Vatsal Sheth was placed in one too many cringe-worthy scenes and God help those visuals. Having said that, I’m guessing Taarzan: The Wonder Car has some nostalgic strings attached to it. And maybe, you can’t get Himesh Reshammiya’s music and the comically ominous ‘Taarzan’ theme song out of your mind. If you have watched the film, you probably did so ironically or with people who seemed to enjoy their popcorn entertainment without bringing criticism and analysis to the theatres. Buckle up millennials, this is going to be a drive down memory lane. Looking back, I totally get why the film that launched Ayesha Takia was a flop but was it a complete failure? On the anniversary of Taarzan: The Wonder Car, I'm looking back at the film that could've been Bollywood's finer attempts at a revenge drama. Night Shyamalan’s The Village (in the same year, just to give you an idea of the range) so when The Wonder Car appeared with its weird purple hood driven by an unassuming Vatsal Sheth, I was intrigued, particularly by the concept of a possessed car. Having consumed the best of films pretty early into my childhood, I had already lapped up popular films like Back To The Future and more obscure hits like M. I couldn't either when I watched it on a vacation day and it was quite an experience. The Abbas and Mustan Burmawalla film's spectacle at the movies rivalled an actual car crash, it was terrible but you couldn't look away. It was also the year Taarzan: The Wonder Car released, accelerated through its ambitious 2h 42m run-time and crashed at the box office. 2004 was especially influential with films cementing the early cinematic tones of the decade. It was a strange time for Bollywood as the industry dabbled into everything between big family dramas with Indian diaspora in the States to cheesy college romances. Striking Strength: Wall level (Its ramming velocity yields this much force)ĭurability: Wall level (Can withstand ramming into cars and trains with minor damage.Oh, the glorious early '00s, the decade of Dhoom, Main Hoon Na and RTDM. Speed: Subsonic (Can move at speeds above 250 kmph) Deven's ghost has Selective Intangibility, Invisibility and Incorporeality (While normally invisible and untouchable, Deven can make himself visible and touchable)Īttack Potency: Wall level (Can ram people at speeds of over 250 kmph, which would yield this amount of force) Can fix itself even after being reduced to scrap), Body Control and Elasticity (Can control all its individual parts, bend its body and parts in impossible ways and even elongate its parts), Can operate underwater, Can modify its weight to run on water, Smoke Manipulation (Can selectively burn its fuel to unleash sooty smoke to blind its enemies). Deven's soul is bound to the car for as long as it takes to complete his revenge), Regeneration (High-Mid. Powers and Abilities: Inorganic Physiology (Type 2), Immortality (Types 2 and 8. Deven was in his 30s or 40s at the time of his death. Gender: Inapplicable due to being a vehicle. Origin: Taarzan: The Wonder Car (2004 Movie) Name: Taarzan (Informally), DC (Actual christened name) This also springs Deven's dormant ghost into action, who then wastes no time in using the car's new body to exact revenge on all who had wronged him. He then uses the frame and scrap metal to design his own car, a supercar, and names it DC in honor of his father. Years later, the car's frame had found its way into a scrapyard, where Deven's son, Raj, recognizes it from the Tarzan ornament present in the frame. However, Deven's grudge binds his soul to the car's body, where it lies dormant for years. Kapoor, his cronies and the corrupt inspector attack Deven and, after binding him inside his own car, push the car along with him into a lake, killing Deven via drowning. Feeling wronged, Deven approached the police, who were already under Kapoor's payroll. However, before he could get a patent for his design, it gets stolen by Rakesh Kapoor and his partners, who then register the design under their name. Car designer Deven Chaudhury spent a long time designing an amazing, futuristic SUV which was far more advanced than any other car in the market.
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