Octopussy (1983) Bond v Kamal Khan in Backgammon

[@SergioMach7]

I love that Bond doesn't even need to look at the dice to know it's a double six. Moore was fantastic in this scene.

[@martyemmons1859]

Bond using Kamal Khan's 'Lucky' dice never gets old. It's still one of my favorite 007 scenes.

[@PouchMaster]

What kind of low life is Kamal Kahn to be a rich man cheating at Backgammon? Such a strange scene how Bond decides to instantly make an enemy of Kahn right off the bat by flat out advertising that he (Bond) has the real Faberge egg and making a fool out of Kahn the cheater with his own phony dice thus provoking Kahn into sending assassins to kill him. He really wanted to surprise Kahn on his own turf right off the bat.

[@12Nordsee]

it's all in the wrist :)

[@iamskyfall]

I still can't understand how no one else figures out that Kamal is cheating.

[@Starkodder1963]

​@@iamskyfalleverone but the major

[@leandrocruz2744]

It's all in the wrist

[@Paulpatine]

Bond trolling the villains in polite company needs to make a comeback.

[@Kaizer617]

Agreed! I miss this sort of interaction between Bond and the Villains.

[@Galacticmaster]

gotta love it, even before youtube and instagram

[@peterfranks6243]

IF Bond 26 ever gets made, we definitely need a Bond as smooth and slick like the late Roger Moore.

[@marazanmusic]

i agree !

[@91doctorj]

You mean over the top?

[@peterfranks6243]

@@91doctorj Yes, definitely, especially after nearly 20 years of depression and bollox from Craig

[@marazanmusic]

@@peterfranks6243 well said !

[@LeeMills-ml9jm]

Couldn't agree with you "Moore"

[@DixiePokerAce]

I love the way Khan just holds his hand out for the checkbook.

[@andrewmanzi7512]

The curry line must be a Roger ad lib.

[@haweater1555]

"I prefer cash." Khan pauses writing and looks with eyes that read: "f* you"

[@cmcgloughlin]

Bond villains like to crush things that are odd to crush

[@peterfranks6243]

Nice knod to Oddjob crushing the golf ball in Goldfinger, only this time it's dice

[@davidpitchford6510]

Well being a Bond Villain is an odd job!

[@spacewxranger]

I liked Jaws biting through steel thick cables 😂😂

[@Kaizer617]

​@@peterfranks6243Don't forget Dr. No crushing a small metal Budda sculpture with his robot hands.

[@martinbradley1062]

Its all... in the wrist

[@crazyforcoffee5950]

Double sixes Fancy that 200,000 rupees

[@spartybrearly7221]

What should have happened… Kamal Khan: “How about a game of Snakes and Ladders Mr Bond?”

[@zikemdg]

Man, not only did Bond make him pay a fortune for a fake at the auction house, he destroyed him here too.

[@almartin115]

I just geeked out, and checked exchange rates for 1983. The game was for 200,000 Indian Rupees. In 1983 that was $20,790 US and if your UK that's £12,890. It never occurred to me to check this little detail before.

[@zikemdg]

@@almartin115 geeked out! Never heard that one 😄

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

the crushing of the dice rehashed from gold finger where odd job crushed the golf ball

[@csmith1298]

Bond was a role that only 2 so far have been proven to be born to play: Moore and Connery. If only to give us reasons to debate over exactly how the role should be played, since their styles differed enough to be interesting, though they shared a few similarities to make it even more intriguing. The iron hand inside of the velvet glove approach, plus the detective skills are but two examples. Don't get me wrong, Brosnan and Craig were both very good, Lazenby was perhaps the best fighter, and Dalton probably didn't get enough of a chance to establish himself. Having said that, nobody does it better than the Bond films from Dr. No to Octopussy (we're not counting NSNA or AVTAK, as much as I sometimes enjoy the latter). R.I.P., Sirs Roger and Sean, in no particular order.

[@almartin115]

@csmith1298 I just geeked out, and checked exchange rates for 1983. The game was for 200,000 Indian Rupees. In 1983 that was $20,790 US and if your UK that's £12,890. It never occurred to me to check this little detail before. I agree with your fine statement i must add.

[@csmith1298]

@@almartin115 Ha. Nice to know how much Kamal Khan was being taken for. It's all in the wrist. ;)

[@iancasey704]

Roger moore had the best sense of humour 👌

[@marksmith3947]

This is a nice movie, much more enjoyable than any of the Craig outings

[@TokraOperative]

If Bond had lost, Kamal Khan might've assumed he threw the match on purpose to discreetly deliver him the egg and paid him handsomely.

[@turinggirl6432]

That man really be malding over 40,000 US lol

[@hammalamiri12]

40 thousand dollars was a crazy bet in the 80s

[@filrabat1965]

$40K in 1983 (when this move was made) equals $122,370.28 in 2023, the year of your post.

[@compazine]

200,000 rupees is equivalent to $2,398 US dollars in 2024. The purchasing power of $2,398 in 2024 would have equaled to roughly $7,535 in 1983, the year this movie was released. So at best, this was a $7,500 dollar bet, which makes me wonder how hard times must have been for the Major, who thought that amount too expensive for him to continue the game.

[@chossy911]

@@compazine at the time (1983 ) 200k rupees was about 20k USD. 20 thousand dollars was quite a lot in the context that most people in India likely made less than 1000 dollars per year in 1983. 🤑

[@almartin115]

I just geeked out, and checked exchange rates for 1983. The game was for 200,000 Indian Rupees. In 1983 that was $20,790 US and if your UK that's £12,890. It never occurred to me to check this little detail before.

[@SJSharkWannabe]

2:52 “Uh I prefer cash…” 🤣

[@billytruong8917]

Spent the money quickly mr bond

[@marazanmusic]

excellent !

[@thinancayiyana9365]

Albert Moses"Ranjith" of the comedy Mind your language next to Bond.

[@aldi404]

And he's sharing the loot and the end ^^

[@julianprasaja2227]

The Indian henchman destroying the evidence😂

[@Snowflame512]

Gobinda portrayed by Kabir Bedi.

[@JavertRA]

Should have been Moore's last film - would have been a much better one to go out on

[@kirole7381]

I like it when Bond humiliates the villain.

[@bobmarli6095]

Roger at his best

[@vsboy2577]

Money is no object for Mr Khan.

[@ps130902]

Anyone know what music is in the scene? It’s not a John Barry track

[@MV-ot8kr]

Easy Come, Easy Go , found only on the Octopussy Soundtrack (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition by John Barry) . .. and here on KZbin . I can find no evidence that it was not John Barry . Man , was he good .

[@davidpitchford6510]

Ah! When Bond girls were feminine and polite!!!

[@leandrocruz2744]

Magda is definitely one of my favorite Bond girls!

[@davidpitchford6510]

@@leandrocruz2744 Her torso should have been part of the friezes on the Parthenon

[@199019852007]

@@leandrocruz2744them Swedish girls are just ridiculous fine

[@kctv8977]

Yeah right getting a lucky "joof shesh" like that?

[@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff]

That curry joke!

[@iancasey704]

Well am sure James Bond defo read the book 📖 on how to make friends and enemies.

[@haweater1555]

"Spend the money quickly, Mr. Bond." , implying "𝘌𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦."

[@shepardbook]

“I intend to, Kamal Khan. My security…and yours…”. One of my favorite exchanges between Bond and a villain.

[@aleksipursiainen1706]

Your sir? 500 000 pounds..? Samat panokset? Good Memories

[@91doctorj]

He's not even actually playing backgammon or at least a full game in this scene.

[@Anime_Lover_PHX_SAC_ABQ]

What do you mean?

[@aleksipursiainen1706]

I feel Lucky? Why dont we double?

[@inyest698]

This must be the most stupid of all Bond villains ever - for clearly using a pair of biased dice that always return 6😂

[@tonkanohd1961]

"03:18" da bodyguard 😡

[@aspiefilmguy6666]

I'm here for 3:04