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Hare Krishna! The Mantra and the Swami Who Started It All (2017) I just realized why I had not watched this documentary earlier. The documentary shows the incredible journey of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, how he initiated the Hare Krishna Movement, and how he established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, commonly known as ISKCON. The documentary begins in 1965, when he started his journey to New York City aboard a cargo ship at the age of 70, with almost nothing. However, he influenced people through Hare Krishna Kirtan and transformed aimless and lost people into devotees of Krishna. Everyone started chanting: HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE The documentary includes testimonies from many of Prabhupada's disciples. Many of them participated in the Hare Krishna Movement alongside him. Many described him as a bold person and spoke about what an incredible person he was. Prabhupada said: "I am...

 Surrogates (2009) I just watched the movie, and I would say what an amazing concept. Technology is a very powerful thing. But it comes with pros and cons. Being healthy is an important thing for humans. To stay healthy, humans do many activities, such as going to the gym, exercising, maintaining a diet, and so on. But what if technology becomes so advanced that you don't have to wake up, and your robot does everything at your command? You just have to command it. Just command it by thinking. Its benefit will be that you don't age. Actually, your flesh body will age, get old, but your robot stays young forever. But your own body gets unhealthy because you stay at home giving commands to your robot. Your robot goes to work, shop explore, parties, and dances, but you lie on your bed all day and night. Your body does not get the chance to do physical activity. Then people suffer from physical as well as psychological problems. So, be careful when you depend on technology more than...

 Kalki 2898 AD I recently watched the movie Kalki 2898 AD, and it's fantastic and worth watching. I wish I had watched it earlier. I want to comment on something about a particular part of the movie; also, I love some aspects of the movie.  The Mahabharat is a holy story where there is Lord Krishna. Such a holy story should not be contaminated with our imagination and extend it. Because we humans are nothing in front of Lord Krishna. On the other hand, some of the scenes gave me goosebumps. The Character of Ashwathama, played by Amitabh Bachchan, fighting sequences are amazing. As I have heard, the heights of Humans of the past yuga were greater than those of average humans of Kali Yuga. Bhairab also mentioned his height in the movie. In the movie, there is a place named Complex. The place Complex reminds me of the movie Alita: Battle Angel 2019. Ashwathama was on the side of the Kauravas in the Mahabharata War. Here he is in a different character, which is really great. There...