Which Bollywood movie felt like a complete waste of a big budget?

 Ganpath (2023)

The film was announced with the promise of a dystopian cinema delaying with futuristic technology in an unethical world.

What it turned out to be was a horrible mess and money laundering scheme by the Pooja Entertainment.

With a 200 crores budget and a plan to make it in two parts by a talented director like Vikas Bahl (the man behind Queen, Shaitan, Super 30) the film only had one concern- will Tiger Shroff do justice to a high concept film. Eventually it turned out that the whole high concept facade was just a PR gimmick to sell a terrible movie.

I sincerely think that the makers and actors lost faith in the project during the making of the film. So they made even minimal effort to salvage the film. Amitabh Bachchan who was supposed to have a significant role in the film was exited in the first half itself. The technicians didn't even put the green screen properly. Imagine a 200 crores film where you can literally see the green screen behind the actors!!

And the film reinforced the belief that Tiger Shroff cannot do anything except jumping and scaling. And there was no concrete reason why the film was titled Ganpath but given the problems in the script this was the least of problem of the film. The film was as fake and unoriginal as the robotic dog they showed in the film.

Eventually a 200 crores film ended up earning a grand total of 12 crores loosing almost all its investment. I am not sure how much the film recovered by their UK rebate scheme but as one of the writers working for Pooja Entertainment said in his interview- the UK rebate scam was exposed during Mission Raniganj itself and the UK government refused to give the rebate. So I guess the film was a total loss for the makers.

Why do sunflowers get used to clean up nuclear waste, and how does that even work?

 After the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, scientists extracted up to 95% of the radiation from contaminated ponds using an unexpected tool: thousands of bright yellow sunflowers.

This process of using plants to clean up environmental pollution is known as phytoremediation. Sunflowers happen to be "hyperaccumulators," meaning they possess an extraordinary ability to absorb massive amounts of heavy metals and toxic elements from their environment without dying.

The mechanics behind this come down to a biological case of mistaken identity. Radioactive isotopes left behind by nuclear fallout, specifically Cesium-137 and Strontium-90, look chemically very similar to the essential nutrients that plants need to survive. Cesium mimics potassium, while strontium mimics calcium. When sunflowers stretch their fast-growing, extensive root systems into contaminated soil or water, they eagerly pull up these radioactive isotopes, transporting the toxins up out of the roots and storing them in their stems and leaves.

Of course, the sunflowers do not magically erase the radiation. Instead, they act as botanical sponges, concentrating widely dispersed nuclear waste into a much smaller, more manageable volume. Once the plants are fully grown and saturated with toxins, they are harvested. The radioactive biomass is then typically incinerated, and the highly concentrated ash—now a tiny fraction of the original volume of the contaminated soil or water—is safely stored in a designated nuclear waste facility.

While the technique worked phenomenally well in the aquatic environments around Chernobyl, it is not a universal cure-all. When researchers attempted the same technique following the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan, the results were much less impressive. The soil around Fukushima has a very high clay content, which binds tightly to radioactive cesium and keeps it permanently out of the reach of sunflower roots.

Despite its limitations based on soil chemistry, phytoremediation remains a fascinating example of how the natural world can be harnessed to clean up severe industrial disasters, turning fields of vibrant flowers into living bio-vacuums.

How do rich people waste money?

• Wedding : Last ruler of Junagarh state (Gujarat) Nawab Mohabbat Khan Rasul Khan ji 3rd was a reputed dog lover apart from being a spendthrift .

• He had around 2000 pet dogs in his palace with all the trappings of royalty- separate rooms; servants ; royal food and cars. 
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• Profligacy : He often conducted weddings of his dogs to show off his affluence and influence . Nevertheless, he got obsessed with a royal bitch Roshanara and got her married with another dog Babi.
• Royal guests : Like any ruler of that era; he invited all the known rulers as well as Viceroy Lord Irwin to this grand weddings. Around more than 100000 guests attended it . 
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• Gifts : All the guests along with bride and bridegroom were showered with gifts- jewels ; necklaces ; clothes and so on! 
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• Obsession : Ironically, when during partition of India ;he preferred his dogs over wives and left along with them in his private planes . His wives were later sent to Pakistan by Indian government.
• Conclusion : Every dog has its day : Proverb
• Pic credits : Google

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Footnotes

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Photos: In Gujarat, Junagadh's stunningly beautiful monuments are crumbling with neglect

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It’s a dog’s lifestyle

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Loyal royals: Pampered pooches of the Maharajas - The Daily Guardian