i knew that monkey man would have at least one needle drop that took me out and it had like ten actually (somebody to love. ooh la la.) but the one that really got me was the metal track during the hijras + dev fight scene bc LOL that's the bloodywood song about how we should kill all domestic abusers. im like not joking the lyrics are literally like if you disrespect our beautiful queens we are going to crazy murder you
“The action genre has been abused by the system. You know, a quick buck. Mindless shit. I wanted to give it soul. Real trauma. Real pain. You guys deserve that. I wanted to infuse it with a little bit of culture.”
“I really wanted to touch on the caste system in India. You have the poor at the bottom, slaving away in the kitchens. Then you go up to the land of the kings. Above them is God — a manmade God that’s polluting and corrupting religion.”