Vaanku Puns

I'll make this as short as possible. Vaanku had my interest piqued because of its inclusion in the IFFK screening list. I went to this movie completely blind, except for the fact that it was a part of the IFFK roster for 2021.

The opening sequence is in essence random shots of "nature" stitched together, like in a "Kalyana CD" from the 2000s. Even though I tried to make sure that it did not affect my perception of the movie, the opening sequence kept speaking to me about the quality of the movie that I was about to watch. I am someone who tries to appreciate every single movie I watch, and it takes a rare movie like Bhoomi, Miss India, Nishabdham, or The Rise of Skywalker to eke out a negative review from me. With that said, nothing except for the main plot (a religious girl wanting to recite Azaan) was noteworthy. In fact, the screenplay seemed like an Indian-soap-opera-style-stretched-out-version of what could've been a 40-minute long short story. The dialogues were wooden, even when they came from industry veterans like Vineeth and Joy. The B plots were borderline cringy at times, but that is something I could live with. Kavya Prakash being a debutant has tried to create something, but it just did not feel enough. However, what was absolutely inexcusable was the audio. The mastering was all wrong, and I could not stop thinking about how bad (like, legitimately bad) the dubbing was.

After the movie was over, there were two things that very much bothered me.

The first was its inclusion in the list of movies that will be screened at IFFK. The movie somehow has an IMDb rating of 9.3/10, despite having a Letterboxd rating of 1.6/5. Is there no QC check before films are screened at a fest that's gaining more and more international attention with each passing year?

The second was the more pressing issue of the two. A dialogue from the movie that goes "ini Principal-ine rape cheyyaan vallathum aano" really bothered me. That line of dialogue does not become passable, just because a female character delivers it. 20 years after Meeshamadhavan's rape joke, despite all the recent outrage, the writer uses an issue as concerning as rape as an attempt at humor. The decision to include it in a movie that is supposed to be empowering women makes me even more disgusted.

We can't really do much about Meeshamadhavan or any other movie that released back in the days. What can be done is to make sure movies of the present and the future do not carry the same mes

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

[Removed]

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

You take away their little brooms

There hasn't been a post all year!

It was about a weak back.

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved

Him: I can explain everything!

(It's his best joke yet I think)