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CCCP Masala

18Nov06

This is the second entry in my Cultural Mashup series. What was the inspiration? I grew up in “Hindi-Russi bhai-bhai” era. The prize of almost every drawing competition I won, was a set beautifully drawn, badly translated Russian childern’s books. A generous gift from ???? ????????? ???????????????? ?????????. I learnt much later that CCCP actually [...]

Recently, I came across this rare Turkish poster of Dandia (also known as Enter the Dandia), the classic 1973 Robert Clouse Kung Fu Dandia thriller. Lee plays a monk (named Lee) who enters a brutal dandia championship tournament for which only the best are invited. His athletic prowess lands him there, but he’s also serving [...]


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