Pathaan - "easter eggs" (references to SRK the actor & rl person) - Page 4

Absolutely...and there was also the connection to his real life as his anchestors had been Afghan who had settled in Peshawar even before the politically made Pakistan existed.

Jim replying to Dr. Sahani that he doesn't believe anymore in the notions of "country" and "boundaries" (they would only be tools of power and control - as which they - indeed - are (mis-)used far too often) he shows that he not only doesn't feel any patriotic attatchment anymore but also doesn't feel an emotional belongingness. That is the absolut opposite of Pathaan (like white king and black king in a chess game) who feels belongingness to Mother India and his "Afghan family" (like he calls her). What made them opposite in feeling was the fact that Jim felt abandonned by his "mother India" and Pathaan felt cared for and loves India for that (it's an unconditional love, but not a blind love)..

Pathaan says to Colonel Luthra why they didn't pay the ransom and hints that they would have payed if it had been about a minister...and THAT is a crucial remark considering not only what often happens in politics but also the differentiating handling of people in India (which nevertheless doesn't influence Pathaans (SRK's) love for his country).

This movie clearly favours the humanitarian aspect which also has a connection to rl SRK as he has stated - more than once - that each act of terrorism is a crime against humanity (which irked many people).

THIS angle...is the one I hoped someone would talk about here...another rl SRK easter egg (I hinted to with my "does that ring a bell?")...

Originally posted by: driven

https://twitter.com/AmyStone2022/status/1620890976532275205

Originally posted by: driven

https://twitter.com/angana23d/status/1620814227475943425

I just don't want to let go of this kind of celebrating Pathaan-SRK...so I continue with some easter eggs whose discovery I want to share:

dialoge: when talking about Raktbeej, Pathaan uses the famous Don dialogue

visual/acting: the way Pathaan as the group leader 'touches down' in Jim's missile abode reminded me of G.One in the video game and Luzifer landing on the car in Prateek's day dream at the beginning of Ra.One movie.

Jim flipping the medal in his hand...I thought of Kabir in Chak De with the medal alone in the rain

What else?

In early August 2019 (SRK was in Melbourne honoured at La Trobe university), he did - to date - his last interview with Rajeev Masand where he expressed - among others - his wish to do an action film next...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgw93uaabyE&t=1s

In combination with the interviews Siddharth did now (link here:)

https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/bollywood/5318814/siddharth-anand-interviews-pathaan

it becomes clear that - from the start - Pathaan was meant to portray not only SRK the actor but also ShahRukh the real life person (Siddharth's wish about which Aditya talked to SRK already in June/July 2019).

Do you think, Siddharth/Adi succeeded? And why doing it, in the first place?

Who would have thought, that 30 years later YRF (Adi) would create a Spy Universe for them (Tiger, Kabir, Pathaan)...

A review that talks about the meta-levels (easter eggs) in Pathaan (starting with the paragraph "Pathaan has been written by the trio ...") and which also refers to - what the writer calls - " the SRK Cinematic Metaverse"...an interesting read, I think.

https://twitter.com/sachdeva_pankaj/status/1638762878634430469

well, I don't agree with "copied" and "magnum opus", but given all the hints to other movies already detected, there could very well be a reference to Welcome...

https://twitter.com/HimadriBanerje4/status/1639306635700228097

This is really wierd, i was also talking about Easter egg in my review and you had also done this thread.

Although it wasn't intended, the glass table breaking reminded me of that scene in ittefaq.

Kkkkk karen which was a darr reference.

Pathan abhi zinda hai.

Tiged reference and Behnazir Butto also used to say that. Lol Butto abhi zinda hai.

John in his Tightie wighties as D3vil decently calls them.

That's a reference to every john movie. Lol. Doesn't he get tired of doing this.

That's all I can think off for now.