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Joker is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language science fiction comedy film directed by Shirish Kunder and also his second directorial venture after Jaan-E-Mann. The film stars Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in lead roles. This was the second film in which Sinha paired opposite Kumar after Rowdy Rathore (2012). The film released worldwide on 31 August 2012, and received mixed to negative response upon release. The film was declared a "Disaster" at box office. The trailer of the film revealed on 11 July 2012, and also in cinemas along with Cocktail. Plot Agastya "Sattu" is a scientist, working on the development of a communication system, to communicate with aliens. But Agastya loses the faith of his seniors and is allotted a deadline of one month to conclude his project with some substantial results. In the meantime, Agastya is informed by his girlfriend Diva about his father's illness. On hearing this they both reach his native village Paglapur, whose colourful inhabitants include his brother who speaks in gibberish, a kid who thinks he is a lamp post and everyone else who think that World War II is still going on and fear the Germans. Soon after reaching there, Agastya finds that he was called on a false pretext of illness by his father. They called Agastya, so he could make the village a better place and connect it with the outer world.

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“Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness.”
— Akiba ben Joseph, Pirkei Avot, 3:17.
“If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And, if I can persuade you to laugh at a particular point that I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge it as true.”
— John Cleese, as quoted in What Winners Do to Win! : The 7 Minutes a Day That Can Change Your Life (2003) by Nicki Joy, p. 113
“Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word.”
— Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State (1642), Of Jesting. Maxim II.
“As examples from history show, when jokes start circulating about a powerful leader, cracks in political legitimacy begin to appear.”
— Nissim Mannathukkaren, Modi government and the muzzling of the Indian media, 3 December 2017,
“If tragedy is an experience of hyperinvolvement, comedy is an experience of underinvolvement, of detachment.”
— Susan Sontag, "Notes on Camp", Against Interpretation (1961)
“Der Spass verliert Alles, wenn der Spassmacher selber lacht.”
— A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Notable quotes

“Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness.”
— Akiba ben Joseph, Pirkei Avot, 3:17.
“If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And, if I can persuade you to laugh at a particular point that I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge it as true.”
— John Cleese, as quoted in What Winners Do to Win! : The 7 Minutes a Day That Can Change Your Life (2003) by Nicki Joy, p. 113
“Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word.”
— Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State (1642), Of Jesting. Maxim II.
“As examples from history show, when jokes start circulating about a powerful leader, cracks in political legitimacy begin to appear.”
— Nissim Mannathukkaren, Modi government and the muzzling of the Indian media, 3 December 2017,
“If tragedy is an experience of hyperinvolvement, comedy is an experience of underinvolvement, of detachment.”
— Susan Sontag, "Notes on Camp", Against Interpretation (1961)
“Der Spass verliert Alles, wenn der Spassmacher selber lacht.”
— A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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