A small Indian fishing village is in for some big problems when greedy gangsters upset the local ecosystem while hunting for precious black pearls. Jesu, a local tough guy with an affinity for fighting in Daisy Dukes and denim vests, finds himself in the middle of the battle of a lifetime when local gang boss Alphonso sends divers into the sea to bring up his booty. What he ends up bringing to the surface is a very big, very angry man-eating shark. When the shark takes out Jesu’s brother Peter, it becomes personal, and Jesu goes full on shark hunter, all while fending off Alphonso’s goons, dancing up a storm, and drinking like a fish. No diver, boat, or helicopter is safe from the deadly beast stalking the coast, and when AATANK finally arrives at its bonkers crescendo, it’s a thing of low-budget beauty.

Started in the mid-1980s and completed a decade later in 1995, AATANK is a true B-grade Bollywood oddity. A vehicle for action icon Dharmendra (SHOLAY) as Jesu, the film was abandoned after its initial shoot and the resumption a decade later leads to some very strange visual discontinuity with a visibly aging star changing appearance from scene to scene. A reunion of sorts of the stars of India’s greatest blockbuster, SHOLAY, AATANK also features Dharmendra’s real-life spouse, Hema Malini, as his lady friend, and Amjad Khan as gang boss Alphonso. Unfortunately for AATANK, by the time shooting resumed in the ‘90s, Khan had passed away and all of his dialogue had to be dubbed by a soundalike.

All of these challenges and quirks turn AATANK into more than a simple JAWS clone — it’s a cut and paste classic that must be seen to be believed. Explosions, man-eating dogs, extravagant villainous lairs, a song that ends with a shark attack, and the best/worst fake shark you’ve ever seen; AATANK has it all! (JOSH HURTADO)