In 2017, South Korean cinema delivered a sleeper hit: The Outlaws (original Korean title: Beomjoidosi 3 , or Crime City ). Directed by Kang Yoon-sung and starring Ma Dong-seok (Don Lee), the film is a brutally efficient action-crime drama about a detective cleaning up a Chinatown gang war. But when this film traveled to Georgia, its marketing tagline included a fascinating word: (ქართულად)—meaning “in Georgian.”
One key scene: The villain Jang Chen (Yoon Kye-sang) stabs a rival and says, “You’re dead.” In Georgian dubbing, this might become “Mokvdi” (you’ll die) but with the contemptuous addition “dzაღлივით” (like a dog)—a common Georgian insult that changes the tone from cold Korean psychopathy to Caucasus-style blood-feud rhetoric. the outlaws 2017 qartulad
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A “Georgian” version isn’t just subtitles. Qartulad implies dubbing with specific vocal tones—deep, gruff, slightly comedic for Ma Seok-do. Crucially, the film’s slang would be rendered in Tbilisi street dialect, with curse words borrowed from Russian and Azeri, grounding it in Caucasus multilingualism. In 2017, South Korean cinema delivered a sleeper