Indian God Father — Rocky of KGF

Mass Madness Of KGF Chapter 2

I couldn’t help but visualize Prashant Neel’s reaction to seeing The Godfather for the first time. Wherever he grew up, I’d want to question him about the impact the movie’s climax had on him when he watched it in what I believe to be an old theater. This must have been Prashanth’s pivotal moment in life, his metamorphosis where he not only learned the magic of cinema but also the concept of “mass” before it became a thing, similar to the classic theater scene. There is no one else in this room who thinks in intercuts the way this man does, without sounding overly theatrical. Something must have clicked in him.

This is relevant to the 1951 image that KGF begins with. Not only is this the precise moment that a significant gold find occurs, but it is also the location of an even more significant event: the birth of Rocky (Yash, rocking!). The first movie uses a lot of intercuts to give the impression that an epic is unfolding, but the second movie amplifies this effect even more.

Start watching the scene shortly before the intermission, where a wounded Rocky is losing his powers. He doesn’t seem the same man he once was, and it appears that he fled his realm after losing a conflict.

Your intuition from thousands of previous mass movies warns you that a significant…