![]() ![]() Of course, you wish she’d remembered to sew pockets on the outfit, so Aman could carry some money along. It’s the superhero version of the doting Indian mother who’d welcome her son with a spoonful of gajar ka halwa, and it’s fun to see a mother so involved in her son’s “career.” And why not? Given his flying powers, how much easier it is now to ask him to pick up some vegetables. But these rough edges are endearing, for this is a costume Aman’s mother (a spirited Amrita Singh) put together on her Usha sewing machine, as though her son were in the school play. It doesn’t define the contours of his body the way the costumes of American superheroes do. Consider Aman’s costume, in the Sikh colours of blue/yellow and displaying the Khalsa symbol. (Whatever next? Captain Arora? Iyer Man?) But at least for a while, it’s easy to buy into A Flying Jatt, an origins story about a mild-mannered martial arts instructor Aman (Tiger Shroff) being imbued with special powers and transforming into the airborne Sardar of the title. ![]() An indigenous superhero who isn’t just generically Indian but a Sikh? Part of me says “What an idea, sir- ji,” while the other part wonders if what we need now is the celebration – rather, valourisation – of specific communities as saviours.
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