OK, the list of rip off films is getting ridiculous now. We’ve had Turkish Star Wars, Soviet Star Trek, North Korean Godzilla, etc. What’s next? Behold Indian Superman! “You will believe a movie can suck.”
Shekhar takes the Kryptonian vibrator and, with the assistance of a heaping helping of stock footage, creates the Fortress of Solitude and transforms into Superman. He flies over India, courtesy of more stolen footage and some aerial shots of Bombay. We are also introduced to an odd fish-eyed lens effect that is used to signify Superman flying from time to time. It appears that the camera operator simply placed the camera on a tripod in the middle of Bombay, tilted it up towards the skyline, and spun around a few times. This is supposed to give the illusion of buildings whizzing by when the silhouette of a prone Supes is overlaid on it, but instead gives the incredibly real sensation that you are just on the verge of throwing up.
Little did I know that “something black in my lentils” is the Hindi idiomatic equivalent of “something fishy is going on.”