Thakur sets out into the night on his bike, blotto. His chapter ends on an ignominious note. But another chapter begins for Thakur’s Luna bike. It’s going to become a god.
Despite being impounded by the police, the bike mysteriously makes its way back to the accident site. Constables Manphool (Durga Lal Saini), Pyare Lal (Gaurav Soni) and Badri (Yogendra Singh Parmar) are the earliest goggle-eyed reporters of the bike’s supposed self-motoring abilities.
When this happens a few times, the locals are convinced of a miracle. Thakur (Altaf Khan) goes from neighbourhood drunk to divine messenger. The bike becomes the fount of a new religion that’s swirling in pink and blue, Thakur’s favourite colours.
Ritwik Pareek’s Dug Dug, which is mostly in the Marwari language, is finally being released in cinemas five years after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The satire about blind faith and the religion economy lampoons its subjects without being cynical, opting for resignation over rebellion. Beyond the trippy visuals lies an allegory about a populace willingly submitting itself to false gods with human origin stories.
Pareek’s inventive feature debut has a tactile texture and a serious feel for the eccentric. Dug Dug is initially perfectly calibrated, with just the right doses of deadpan humour and...
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