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For decades, the Indian film industry has excelled at squeezing every last rupee out of a production budget, making spectacular movies at a fraction of the cost of its western counterparts. But what if Bollywood producers had Hollywood budgets?

Behold: Endhiran (The Robot).

At $43 million, it’s by far the most expensive Indian film ever made. To say they went to town on the stunts and special effects is putting it mildly. And yes, there are musical dance numbers.

Class.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzD-sRw5vx4

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VLjDjXzTiU&feature=player_embedded#!

Depending on your perspective, this is either:

(a) A Cyclopean snakebot built by robotics students at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, or

(b)  The work of the devil.

Either way, we need a young priest and an old priest to fight it.

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