Movie Review: Raavan | The Vigil Idiot

Unintentionally Funny, Must-Watch Bollywood Movies: Raavan

06/22/10

I’ll be honest… I’d been excited about Raavan for a while now. It’s the sorta movie that I go into knowing that it’ll either blow me away, or gimme a lotta fodder for my next comic. Well, go into it, I did… And I hope you’re not skipping out on too much work to read this, because there’s a lo-oooo-oot of fodder to be had here.

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Rating 4.72 out of 5

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240 Responses to “Unintentionally Funny, Must-Watch Bollywood Movies: Raavan”

  1. Ashwin says:

    Awesome dude!!!!!!!!! FTW all the way!!

  • tanvir says:

    Brilliant stuff man!! especially the jungle-baywatch-aviator one was imba!!! had me literally ROFLMAO!

  • causticsarky says:

    Awesome, as usual..And I loved the extra colors too..:)

  • Vinay says:

    Hahaha ..super PWNAGE!

    The RayBan frame was the best…

  • Preeti says:

    Verry swit of u! Thought u’ll never come up with one…atleast not until after the World Cup! So this bought tears in my eyes (kushi ke aansu) :P

  • sri says:

    great. the scratchmark and ray ban panels were toooo good.

  • A.v.Siddarth says:

    Nice……….

  • aperson says:

    lou it! with sr bachchan at the end and all. wah. just wah..

  • Neha says:

    I don’t think anyone watches movies the way you do!! Brilliant stuff!

  • Viju says:

    Really good one, Sahil. Loved the colors and the entire mockery of the good guy/bad guy thing!
    I wouldn’t say I didn’t like the movie, but probably your version is a lot better :D

    Keep up the good work!

  • Pooja says:

    FTW! Superb =D

  • Ashish says:

    Just awesome. Keep the good work going……!

  • Nikhil says:

    Dude u raak, thts the quickest update ever. your crooked approach to movies beats me. keep the good stuff coming

  • Anish says:

    Now I dont have to watch the stupid movie. :-)

  • Saumya says:

    Been vella for some time,meant to catch this film one of these days. Thanks a lot.

  • Now I have finally made my mind on whether to watch this movie or not. THANKS!!!! :)

  • Vaibhav says:

    Dude this is awesome.. loved the humor.!

  • Nishtha says:

    bahahahahha too much xD

  • krish_Santhosh says:

    dude awesome man,

    funny shit , i guz would still watch it for the camera works ;

  • Shonali says:

    Good one, like it.

  • Amruta says:

    Too good, especially the Ray Ban part :)

  • Dee says:

    Brilliant!

  • Jyotishko says:

    Shove it losers. It was the editing. #epicstuff

    Also Jungle Baywatch is a valid idea for a TV-series.

  • Ali says:

    After such a long wait, I thought you would’v a kickass review! Not so good this time.

  • meetu says:

    ha ha ha ha! brilliant!

  • Awesomeness! This is exactly what I felt after watching the movie and you’ve put it on paper to the dot!

  • Hrish Thota says:

    u shud have mentioned about the dhoom2 style ending of jumping into valley :P

  • Arvind says:

    Wow! Total Pwnage dude!! Kickass \m/

  • Imroz Adeeb says:

    Awesome Review…hilarious..definitely more entertaining than the movie :D

  • Magik says:

    bwahahahahahahahahaha… hope mani saar never reads it, he’ll get another heart attack. fucking awesome shit here bro.you own!

  • preeti.prasad says:

    Hilarious as usual! Ray-Ban rocks!

  • Reply says:

    Bak bak bak bak bak bak bak

  • wily coyote says:

    Vigilidiot, you horrible horrible man. Now I’ll never be able to watch this masterpiece on screen. Atleast you could have waited till we got round to watching it first before gutting it in prose. :)

    wily

  • ayyorama says:

    i must say your reviews are the only good things that come out of making most bollywood movies. i’d pay you to read your review than to watch the movie! u r so swit, dude. jungle baywatch, avaitor man – KILLER.

  • sita-ji says:

    Wonderful work, as usual. I especially love the drama in frame 8, it really made me pause to contemplate and you should be proud of your skills to manipulate emotions and reactions like this through your art. The high production values of the rainbow frames are appreciated as well.

  • Deepthi says:

    Haha! Awesome!
    Loved the trajectory of the bullets :P
    \m/

  • This is brilliant stuff! The last part was awesome!

  • Asha Tampa says:

    Sahil, you spruced up an immensely boring Tuesday mornin! Wudnt have watched this shit-flick anyway, but waited for your review all the same. And, as usual, it’s rib-ticklingly funnneee :) )

  • S K Prasad says:

    Fantastic Maan!!!.

    Remake this in Tamil and dumb it in Telugu…

  • AJ says:

    Amazing man Sahil..!! Awesome Respect..!!

  • Ant R says:

    Oh man I was about to watch this movie yday, canceled just in the nick of time, phew eh? lol loved the ray ban close up

  • smriti says:

    So, so, so funny. Best review ever!!

  • Awesome, man!
    This is easily one of your best.

    Well done!

  • Junaid says:

    Didn’t get the Sholay Reunion part. I am reading ur comic after a long long time, am I missing any context ?

    Reply
  • Sugar cube says:

    LMAO! can’t stop laughing…excellent :D

  • Oh man #epicwin! This is gold class stuff, in the league of your epic Kurbaan review.

    I could have sworn I was laughing so hard, a little poop came out. #keepgoing

  • KM says:

    loved it loved it… spot on… can’t stop laughing..

  • Mamta says:

    You just saved my money!! This was awesome….

  • Sanjula says:

    H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S…. too good :D

  • Now this is what I call a ‘Modern Adaption’ in its true form. Every crappy movie calls for a great spoof!

  • aarkayne says:

    lol…so glad i did not watch the movie after so much bad press…this panel review was worth the paisa, i did not spend…wtf….yeah, that’s desipanaa for you….:-)……thanks much bro!

  • shash says:

    well done!! very witty..FTW

  • Farheen says:

    that was insaaaaaanely funny!! EPIC representation of the film. Definately gona go watch it for a laugh!

  • Spicymist says:

    first, After reading sita-ji’s comment i scrolled back upt ot he 8th comment. Now, it would be kickass if you could animate it. Thats a whole career ready for you! hilarious

  • mrinal says:

    awefuckinsome!!!!!
    humour at its best…maybe u should make a movie on dissing movies!!

  • Vishwas says:

    Jungle Baywatch Aviator Man was the point, when i started clutching my stomach hard and had to stop reading to give my senses take a break from laughing loud.

  • Vishwas says:

    Also on second thought, you should start your own MAD magazine.

  • sounak says:

    hahaha … gr8 work man…

  • swaps says:

    4.62 is an unfair rating …. and govinda on the tree …. priceless!!!

  • Pranav says:

    Respect!

  • Shashwat says:

    real kickass eh!

  • Riddhi Nair says:

    this was exactly the reaction when i was watching that movie-IN GOLD CLASS!..felt like knocking myself hard amidst audience laughing and giggling!mani sir…whats wrong with you please?

  • revs says:

    Dude.You.God!
    Seriously. I LOVED the Ray Ban wala panel! :D
    And the people who are going “ooooh cinematography, ahhh lovely locations” imma forward your review to them NOW! :D
    Unadulterated Awesomeness! :)

  • Bluejay says:

    AWESOME!!… SOOO.. AWESOME! I can’t stop laughing!

  • ranjitha says:

    The movie inspired someone at least.

  • Nikhil says:

    Awesome! At the point where a character in the toon said “Epic”, I was ROFL. Just too good, this one!

  • Zahra says:

    ROFL!!!

    How do you do it?? :D

  • Aditi says:

    Ray Ban ………………I cudnt stop laughing:)

  • Jeet Hormuz says:

    “Dhiskyayoon”
    Hahahahahahahahahaha

  • Shubham says:

    man I could barely make it through the panes,,,,wondering how did you manage to sit through ALL THIS AWWWSOMENESS!!!???
    you are doing a noble deed here my friend……keep up the good work 8)

  • sumaiya says:

    dayum.. cant believe i have to wait till after work to read the review.. i jus browsed through the comments and getting all impatient now.. yaaay ur back.. now dont be keeping us waiting!!!

  • Shruthi says:

    *Sighs*
    This is too funny! I passed on the info to everyone in office so they can benefit from this! :)

  • Nishant Jain says:

    this is brilliant! check out my website. i think we do some stuff in common..

    Reply
  • rakesh taranath says:

    too good …better than watching a movie….rayban positioning takes the cake…finally someone rises against all the intelligence insults the audiences are subjected to…..long live the revolution!!!!

  • Visu says:

    Sholay Reunion – hahahaha – awesome

  • kv says:

    now i badly wannna see this on the big screen as well !!!! :D

  • DEEPAK AGARWAL says:

    super extraordinary fuckin awesome

  • Rakesh Gaurav says:

    nice one buddy………………….keep it up……….

  • Amod says:

    Kickass…still waiting for Kites and Rajneeti :D

  • Prakash says:

    was lukin forward to this after i saw the muvi on the weekend

  • Rahul says:

    Good stuff. Colorful this one is.. The best bit was the detailed ‘Ray ban’ on the aviators.. :)
    Doesn’t beat the ‘Avatar’ comic though.. ;)

  • Darshan says:

    Aviator Man & Jungle Baywatch are valid TV Shows that deserve to be made. Awesome one as usual. I hope someone sends this to JrBachchan & SrBachchan.

  • Nabeel N says:

    I guess CBSE can adapt this for level 1 English classes too .. very descriptive .. awesome one

  • amit says:

    Bro i haven seen the movie n wont watch it now .

    thanks for the picture perfect review .

    The rayban thing was the best ….

    CHEERS !!!!

  • Prakash says:

    hey waiting for a post by you on rajneeti as well…

  • Siva says:

    Ray-ban product placement, one scratch on the face (you missed the water-proof make-up though :P ), P.L.O.T., L.O.G.I.C & the ultimate pwnage – the sholay reunion…it’s all there :D ..some respite now after watching this badly done documentary for “incredible india” masquerading as a movie!

    FTW! \m/

  • Awesome!!! Excellent! I feel like I saw the movie once again!!! lol

  • Pradeep says:

    Awesome!!!

    A smaaaal tweak: can you put a gap between two panels? After a few screens it was confusing which panel the narrative belonged to.

    Thanks.

  • aarkayne says:

    the sholay reunion panel is ALMOST always too frikkin’ on the ball!

    power to you bro!

  • IYD says:

    KICK ASS………..

    Mega Awesomeness…!

    Swerve……ze best

  • SSD says:

    There’s Govinda? On a tree? Which held ‘its’ weight? I loved Ray Ban, swerving bullets. Didn’t get the ‘editing’ part. Could someone explain please?

    Reply
    • aarkayne says:

      Big B has tweeted on his page that Little B’s part was in shambles because of editing issues….i’m guessing this is alluding to that….

  • Jayanth says:

    Awesome! :)

  • Raghuraman says:

    Ekdum Zhakaas !!!

  • Susankritha says:

    Brilliantly done. Love the humor n ofcourse your sense for details…
    Ray-Ban is the blockbuster revelation :D

  • H4CK3R says:

    FUCK OFF… U ASSHOLE.. IF U DONT KNOW HOW TO APPRECIATE THE WORK,,, ATLEAST DONT TEASE IT OK..

    Reply
  • Bala says:

    Dude thanks for telling the story and spoiling it for me. Interesting what you did , but make sure next time you don’t let the plot out.

    Reply
  • Ben says:

    Excellent work dude…. I too hated the movie but i liked this picture story very much…

    @ SSD – It refers to the poor editing of the film…

  • Minerva says:

    EPIC WIN!! lol!!

  • Vikramaditya Bagri says:

    Brilliant stuff…..lol…FTW…

  • Hackie Chan says:

    Haha! The matrix style trajectory change of the bullets was EXACTLY what I thought when I watched the movie….
    And a little addition, the dayamned SP sez “Hath jao Radhika” instead of Ragini in the end of the movie when he starts shooting! Junta check out that lil goof if u haven’t caught it yet ;) Seems he didnt spend enough footage time with his wifey that he didn’t even remember her name :P

  • jl says:

    ROFLMAO Slides:

    1. Ray Ban
    2. Jungle Baywatch
    3. Swerve
    4. Nahi!!

  • jl says:

    Junta… This guy seems like Bill the butchers youngest son.

  • Sharon says:

    I am a big fan now :)
    Loved it all the way till the end !!

  • Shaswata Panja says:

    You have a God-given talent to lampoon cinema and pop culture…I hope you land a book deal ala GreatBong

  • Taz says:

    Oh my god… I was reading this at Uni and I had such a difficult time stopping laughing out loud!!! U rock dude!!! I really wanted to ROFL!!! keep up the good work!!!

  • MP says:

    Awesomeness!
    You still owe us Kites though..
    If you made a book out of these, I’d totally buy it..

  • Jus says:

    Can’t agree with u more!! On par with My Name is Khan!!
    Masterpieces!!

  • Sankar.S.Kumar says:

    ROTFLMAO… XD
    Good work keep it up…. imgimgimgimg