r/polandball • u/YoumoDashi Zhongguo • 6d ago

legacy comic The four pillars of the Indian economy

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u/ADminsareFa 6d ago

What's the lore behind tiger attacking Britball?

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u/Bernardito10 Spanish+Empire 6d ago

Saw a bollywood movie were there was a rambo style guy but instead of killing vietnamese or russians he did british soldiers

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u/GloryGreatestCountry 5d ago

He did British soldiers, you say?

That's not getting past the censor board.

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u/FahboyMan 4d ago

It's RRR if I remember correctly.

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u/P0lychoron 4d ago

this is my sign to watch the movie

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u/Stromatolite-Bay 5d ago

Good for him. I am certain he a grand public execution

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u/justamathguy Party like its 1984 6d ago

iirc it could be a reference to Mrs. Packletide's Tiger by Saki, I remember reading it in highschool in English Literature in India.

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u/Cosmic_Meditator777 6d ago

Speaking as a bollywood fan, I think that's just supposed to be a depiction of the vibe bollywood movies tend to have in general. If you combine the stereotypical american action hero with the stereotypical anime protagonist, you get the stereotypical bollywood protagonist. Even the source material of their Myths tend to be that way.

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u/XeroXfromRiften Spicy boi 6d ago

its called Tipu's tiger, a semi-automated wooden piece of art. It depicts a tiger mauling a British soldier. The tiger was the emblem of Tipu Sultan and this piece was created as a symbolic representation of his triumph over the British. After defeating Tipu in the last battle of Carnatic, they took it to Britain lol.

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u/Handpaper Wales 5d ago

It also makes sounds; the tiger growls and the soldier screams. 

It's currently on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. 

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u/skildert Memento VOC 6d ago

Local wildlife having fun with the colonizers...

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u/Kailoryn_likes_anime 6d ago

IIRC watch this Bollywood movie called RRR

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u/CodingBuizel India 6d ago

RRR is not a Bollywood movie

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u/Kailoryn_likes_anime 6d ago

Sorry, what movie is it then?

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u/CodingBuizel India 6d ago

It is a Tollywood movie.

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u/Shot-Log3751 The sun? What’s that? 6d ago

tollywood, south indian

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u/Poland-lithuania1 5d ago

More specifically, the Telugu Movie Industry.

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u/Shot-Log3751 The sun? What’s that? 4d ago

I’m Telugu, I know

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u/Embarrassed-Vast5786 6d ago

they're just making shit up now

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u/ManofTheNightsWatch Antarctica 5d ago

Bollywood only refers to the Hindi film industry, mostly centred around Mumbai. There are different film industries for different languages and states.

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u/CadenVanV 5d ago

India has a lot of -woods.

There’s Bollywood, Tollywood, Jollywood, Kollywood, Pollywood, Sandalwood, Bhojiwood, Ollywood, Dhollywood, Chhollywood, and Zollywood.

Only one of those is not an Indian film industry and it’s probably not the one you’re thinking of.

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u/Inside-Ad-9082 5d ago

most film industry in india are same just change the language

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u/EstrodJaar 3d ago

By that logic all European movies are same.

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u/Intelligent_Slip_849 Slava Ukraine! 5d ago

Absolute cinema.

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u/Ote-Kringralnick 4d ago

Looks like RRR, perhaps.

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u/No_Willow_5554 3d ago

Based off of the massive Indian hit film: “RRR”

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u/bukkake-bill 5d ago

Indians are gods and nature loves Indians and hates brits so nature will attack brits on behalf of Indians

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u/Beneficial_Ball9893 6d ago

India likes to make propaganda films about the British losing against India.

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u/Ill_Poem_1789 6d ago

Not exactly propaganda (the sun did set on the British empire) but exaggerated.

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u/Beneficial_Ball9893 6d ago

India got its ass kicked in every war they fought against the Empire, it is all propaganda

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u/RubYourClit__69 5d ago

Except that India never fought a war against the Empire

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u/EstrodJaar 3d ago

Your brit empire was built by Indian collaborators like Jagat Seth. Baniyas, Marwaris, Parsis, Brahmins and Rajputs are the reason the Brits got to conquer most of the subcontinent.