No no no I haven't gone crazy and started counting nos like a first grader. This title is a 'dialogue' from most of the hindi movies we come across. Popular examples are bank robbers threating to shoot people after counting to 3 or 'Gabbar Singh' threatening to kill Veeru after a count of 10 if 'basanti' won't dance.
Why do people do a countdown before taking a decision? Is it for the benefit of the victim or to give oneself time to think. I don't see any reason making a countdown before shooting a person if you have pre-planned it. Maybe its for producing a dramatic effect or for increasing the length of a movie (like in the case of Mangal Pandey where the countdown takes whole 5 min...such a bore). I have never seen military personnel doing a countdown before killing enemies in a war.
Some of you might reason that the countdown gives the victim a second chance. Even in this case why count till 10. We can get along by counting down to 1 and not hurt the conscience. Maybe the sound of '3' produces a better threating effect than '1' or '2'.
My point is that if you have a misfortune of facing a gun barrel and the person starts a countdown, you can be assured that you have a high chance to live as the person is unsure whether to shoot you or not.
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oh I guess its a way to pressurize ppl... If gabbar had shot veeru,, would basanti ever dance, hun??
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