<P> At the same time, Dash rejects extreme scepticism that argues against the existence of Thugs as a secret network of groups with a modus operandi different from highwaymen . He contends that the weight of evidence proves beyond doubt that Thugs existed more or less as commonly imagined . Nowhere else in recorded history, he maintains, was there another group with the same basic pattern of befriending and inveigling travelers to allay suspicion, and then strangling victims as a prelude to theft, followed by concealment of their corpses . He cites evidence such as a consistency of reports from both native and colonial sources across many decades, and excavated corpses in graves whose locations were revealed to Sleeman's team by Thug informants . Dash examines Sleeman's extensive, thorough documentation, which he contends contains much reliable and valuable information even after adjusting for biases and other limitations . </P> <P> The Thugs were popularised by books such as Philip Meadows Taylor's 1839 novel, Confessions of a Thug, which introduced the word "thug" to the English language . Ameer Ali, the protagonist of Confessions of a Thug, was said to be based on Syeed Amir Ali . A Bollywood film is being made based on the novel . It is titled Thugs of Hindostan and stars Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh in lead roles and is being directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya . It is being produced by Aditya Chopra under the Yash Raj Films production banner . Filming began in Malta in June 2017 and the film is scheduled to release during Diwali 2018 . </P> <P> Indian pronunciation of "Thuggee" and "Thug" is closer to "Tug - gee" and "Tug", than the English pronunciations . </P> <Ul> <Li> The 1931 crime novel The Case of the Frightened Lady by Edgar Wallace makes an indirect reference to the Thuggee murders by featuring "Indian scarves" used as murder weapons, as do its 1940 and 1963 West German film adaptations . </Li> <Li> The 1939 film Gunga Din features British soldiers' conflict with a resurgent sect of Thuggee cultists . </Li> <Li> Sympathy For The Devil (1968), a song by The Rolling Stones, features the lyrics: "And I laid traps for the troubadors / Who get killed before they reach Bombay" possibly referencing the murder of Tibetan musicians by Thuggee cultists . </Li> <Li> The Stranglers of Bombay (1959), a film centering about a lone British officer investigating and uncovering the doings of the Thuggee cult . </Li> <Li> Sunghursh (1968), an Indian Bollywood film, has a fictionalized account of a thug trying not to join his family business of Thuggee </Li> <Li> The Deceivers (1988) is an adventure film based on the 1952 John Masters novel of the same name regarding the murderous Thugs of India . Pierce Brosnan plays William Savage, a tax - collector of a British - Indian company in 1825 who goes under cover to investigate a Thuggee sect . </Li> <Li> Sikh Guru Nanak's Janamsakhis describe an encounter with a Thug Sheikh Sajjan </Li> <Li> Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom showcases the Thuggee cult with fictionalized religious ritual and the primary antagonist, Mola Ram, being a Thuggee High Priest of Kali . </Li> <Li> The fictional DC Comics villain Ravan, a member of the Suicide Squad, is a modern - day member of the Thuggee cult . </Li> <Li> The Black Company, a dark fantasy series by Glen Cook, features a cult called the Deceivers, largely based on the Thuggee, who play a major role in the later novels . </Li> <Li> Ameer Ali thug na peela rumal ni gaanth, a novel in 3 parts by the famous Gujarati thriller writer Harkisan Mehta, is a fictionalized account of the thug Amir Ali, with references to the infamous Pindari chief Chitu Pindari . </Li> <Li> Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017; Tamil) an honest police officer finds himself transferred again and again due to his sincerity . After his latest transfer, he comes across a file that involves a gang of ruthless thieves who loot and kill along the highway . </Li> <Li> Thugs of Hindostan </Li> <Li> A Tamil movie Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017), was also made in reference to this group . A group of 13 people whose roots go back to these Thuggee tribes camouflaged themselves as a logistics and goods delivery vendors and plundered random cities and brutally murdered families, women and children included . Tamil Nadu police took this matter seriously when a member of legislative assembly was victimized . It took them over 18 months a country wide spread operation with limited resources to pin down this cult group . </Li> </Ul>

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