00:00 There's a quote in the film.
00:02 It goes, "The pain will leave you once it's finished teaching you."
00:06 And that became one of the core tenets that encapsulated the whole film.
00:10 -Are you ready? -Yes.
00:13 Dev pushed himself every day to elevate the world.
00:19 I broke my foot in the middle of an action scene.
00:22 We had to find this medical jet to fly him to this hospital.
00:28 And then I broke my hand.
00:30 He had to get a screw put into the bone here.
00:32 Action!
00:34 I poured all of myself into this.
00:36 Every frame, every beat, every detail.
00:40 And it's been a ferocious process making this film.
00:43 As a child, Dev's grandfather told him the story about Hanuman, the monkey god,
00:50 who symbolizes strength, courage, compassion and kindness.
00:54 You are my Hanuman.
00:57 Dev took the mythology and gave it a spin.
00:59 This is a revenge film about faith.
01:01 Every day, I've prayed for a way to protect the weak.
01:05 I wanted to infuse it with culture and social resonance.
01:11 It becomes this sort of violent ballet that explodes into absolute mayhem.
01:15 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
01:20 One small ember can burn down everything.
01:26 You need to fight for your mother, for all of us.
01:30 This is my humble offering to a genre I love so much.
01:36 I'm tipping my hat to filmmakers like Danny Boyle, Park Chan-wook, John Woo, Tarantino,
01:43 Korean revenge films, Bollywood cinema.
01:46 So there's a bit in it for everyone.
01:48 You ready?
01:50 Let's go get it.
01:53 Hanuman!
01:54 It's a fun-bastic, fun ride.
02:00 I think people might be surprised when they see me drenched in blood,
02:07 biting a knife into someone's neck.
02:10 [laughs]
02:11 [music]
02:17 (upbeat music)
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