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So if you'd like to give, thank you so much. If not, no worries. Like, comment, and subscribe as always. Exactly, but it's all 100% dedicated to us coming and being with you stupid babies in India. Yes. So, today, or yesterday, we watched Pastrami Mustanah. A, which I do know now is Bajirama Stadi. No, it's Pastrami Mustanah. It will always be Pastrami. In fact, it's devolved into, I think, when I told him I was watching and I sent up a text and said, yeah, I'm about to watch your mom's Pastrami. Oh, but this was obviously very, very requested. Um, especially after we watched Padma Bhat. Yeah, it was like, now you got to watch this. Yes. So this came out in 2015, starring Ranveer. And, uh, don't say it, his wife. Don't say that. You know how mad some stupid babies have gotten because the only way we refer to her is as Ranveer's wife? Deepika. Yes. Pat, say your last name. I can do it. Deepika Patakone. Patakone. But yeah, they were like, she's not just Ranveer's wife. She's a phenomenal actress. Give her the credit and hey. Sorry. Credit, credit. We knew her first as Ranveer's wife. Yes. But, um, so this one you want to read, though? Yeah. We'll read the, uh, the synopsis. On account of the romance between the Maratha General, Bajirama, the first, and Mustani, the princess of Budokan, my beautiful pasta. So, yes, um, this film, uh, obviously spoilers. Yeah, if you haven't seen this, go away. Watch it. It's how we like to do it. We'll let you know. Watch it. So thumbs up. Go watch it. If, if we didn't want you to watch it, we'd say don't waste your time. Yes, but I'm sure all of you have seen this film. Yeah. It's in 2015. Everyone but us. But, and every other American. The exact same director, if you want to say his name. Yes, uh, Sanjay Leela Bansali. I love this director. Me too. So much. So much. Because it was exactly the same, not the film, but the, the way Wusha, as Padma Vap, just completely and utterly beautiful. And astonishingly for me, even more. Yeah. And in many respects, this was even more beautiful. Um. And Alexis, Alexis was contemplating coming to do this review with us, cause she watched it with me. Because all I had to say was Ranveer was in it and she was like, I'm in. And the only reason she didn't come was because she says, I don't have much insight like you guys have. I'm just going to tell you that I really liked it and it was pretty. Yeah. We have good insight. Oh yeah. But yeah, the, uh, I thought the film started off really well because it started off fast. It sure did. Straight to a battle immediately. And then you got to meet both the characters. So obviously you met Ranveer, obviously when it opened and he shot the arrow. That's the thing. I was the first one to, which was a great scene. Great scene. But then you got them on the battle. Uh, she came in and you met her as a warrior, as a warrior. Yeah. And then just kick some ass and yeah, cutting people down. Yep. And then obviously that you showed their love interest and then there was that epic battle right at the beginning. I was instantly connected to the story, uh, as fast as any film we've seen from India. Yeah. I was instantly wanting to know more. Patanavat was a little more of a slow burn, which was fine. Yeah. No, which I loved. I did too. It was its own pace, but this really got me in it fast. Yeah. And, um, the, uh, obviously it was completely beautiful. Just like, just like Patanavat in a screensaver, but she, uh, the acting side of it, that's obviously what I drove to. So this is a completely different character for Ranveer. Yeah. And, uh, whatever the character's name was in Patanavat. Yeah. The raging madman, which I loved. I probably love that character more just because that's more of my type of character. I love that. Right. The raging lunatic. Yeah. Yeah. He's a villain and he's just crazy. Right. This is probably acting wise even better though. He got to show more range. Exactly my thought. Exactly my thought. So I still loved this. And I'm with you. I loved his work in this. My personal preference of watching a character are the ones that would be a bit, not as often as you. Like for example, I love Daniel Lewis and Phantom Thread and a lot of people aren't really thrilled with that. But that's my personal thing. I agree that the, uh, the nuances of his acting in this, I thought it was another level. Not that he wasn't fantastic in Patanavat. So I agree. But also on acting, I think Topeka outshined him. I agree. The ladies seem to almost always. Actually, both of them. His furged wife. And I don't know. I don't know if it's, I don't know what. Like for example, as great as Shah Rukh Khan was in, uh, what are the, the one we saw? My name is Khan. Thank you. I was more taken by, uh, uh, the... Kejul. Kejul. Same thing happened for me, which I didn't know Ranveer yet. But when we saw Gully Boy, I was so shocked at how good Gully Boy was. Yeah. Uh, I don't, I don't know why that is because most of the time, I think you may be the same way. I connect with the dude actors. Well, I think it has to do with one of the films we've watched. I mean, they've had a lot more women empowerment in their cinema. True. Way before we ever did. What? And not just in their cinema, but in their culture. Yeah, in their culture. Obviously, they've had women empowerment before our country exists. Yeah, that's true. So... But yeah, the, uh, the... I thought she did a fantastic job. And she was, she was so captivating when she was on screen. Even more, I mean, she was good in Padma Vah. She was. But this letter, Sean. Yeah, she had more to do with this one. Yeah. She had way more. The other character was really good. It was nuanced and she was beautiful and she was quiet. And she, I think she did a perfect role. I couldn't see anyone else playing that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. This had a lot more complexity to it. A lot more. She had a lot more dialogue, I think. That's true. Right? Yeah. And the other, I just keep going. So what else? Yeah, I thought the, uh, the... This film was so interesting in terms of... How you felt about the characters. Because you find, you find, obviously, when you find out they're in love, you're like, oh, and they're in love. And then you, he has a wife. Exactly. You're like, wait a minute. She took the sword. He's got a really wonderful one at home. Yes. Uh... But then you still ended up rooting for him into Pika's relationship. That's what I wanted to get into. Even though you're like, uh... So that you have a... Like, the first one, she's a fantastic woman. She's really... I thought one of the best scenes in the whole film was when she came into Pika's room. Yeah. And they started having that dialogue. Yep. And I thought that was an epic dialogue. And then it switched to the song. Come along, Corbin. And I was like, this song is so upbeat for being so depressing. Not only was that song upbeat, I was watching, this goes back to the directing. It also goes back to the charisma of the two ladies. Watch that, watch that again. And for those of you who are very familiar with the grand Hollywood musicals of the 1950s and 60s and 40s in Hollywood, I'm talking American and Paris singing in the rain and that ilk of musical. This director has got to be a... Not just somebody who knows it, but is a fan of it because so much of the way he shot that musical number was reminiscent of the golden era of Hollywood musicals at every level. It looked like an American and Paris a few times, which is saying a lot. That's one of the greatest movie musicals ever. And I just was flabbergasted watching those two totally captivating ladies in that gorgeous number in what is a really strange departure from where we've been with the two ladies in the conflict. But I think I loved it so much about it because I was conflicted. I was like, I love this song. It's so upbeat and happy, but what they're saying is each of us have this half of a heart of this man. We can never have his whole heart. It's like, oh, this is depressing. I know, but it was like this. And it made me think about the realities of, because they don't want to wax long on this, but the realities of their polygamy not only has always been in culture in the human race, but it still exists in some cultures. Like I remember when I was in Papua New Guinea, I sat down at a table with the guy who was staying at the little place we were staying at and having a conversation with one of the guys staying at this little hotel, a tiny little place, talking to each other and he had four wives. And it was just a matter-of-fact conversation about his four wives. And as I'm talking to him, you know, I'm not totally respecting him and I'm in his country and I'm just listening to him, but internally I'm thinking, how in the world do not only you manage such a relationship, but what's it like for the women in that situation? Crazy. Crazy. Now, how did I had very strong feelings about that situation? You said that you found yourself rooting for the forbidden love relationship. Did you find yourself rooting more for that relationship than you did Kashi? And Bajirao? I mean, or was it an equal tug of war for you? Um, it was probably equal. Okay. Because I mean, but I was also like, I don't want to root for you because it'd be one thing if like his first wife was like this awful person and he was unhappy, but like he seemed happy in both relationships. No, I gotta tell you, I, first of all, I think partly because I was so, um, it's the right word, captivated and enchanted by Priyanka's performance. I thought Priyanka is Jonas's wife, right? And I'm not getting into that one because I don't remember who was with who. Priyanka, because that's his wife. I think for sure Priyanka Chopra, I think is Nick Jonas's wife. It may be, but see Corbin's caring about the who's wife they are and I'm just talking about her acting skills, that's awesome. Anyway, Priyanka, and see he could edit that out so that may not even show up. I've just throughout all of this, it was Kashi for me. It was, I felt so sorry for her because she was just nothing but a gem, a sweetheart in love with him. That dance number, we reacted to that first dance number and she shows up. It was even better this time. Way better. I knew what was going on. I still was enamored by the shots. I was pointing it out to Alexis while we're watching and how in one particular shot she's standing there dancing, but he captured her in all of the singular reflection. Just gorgeous, right? But I'm watching this and I'm getting emotional as they're showing Kashi who's realizing the lyrics and the movement this girl's in love and what's going on and oh, putting two and two together. That's why his dagger is gone and over and over I just kept saying poor Kashi, poor Kashi. Yeah, yeah. And then when she had to greet them at the door, which was a great scene. She was like, just she's like, thank you for keeping my honor. And she was like, just so you know, the hospitality ends at the threshold. Yeah, right. Yeah, yeah. And then but then on the other hand, let's talk about Mustani. Let's talk about the moment they're going to try to kill her. For me. Oh yeah. This moment I'm about to I'm about to talk about for me. This is like if I was teaching a theater class again. This is something I would show in theater class as one of the most epic moments in cinema history in the depiction of a woman. When she's fighting those dudes with a kid in her arm, yeah, taking on three dudes and she's like, bring it. I'll kill all y'all with one hand and holding my kid in my arm. I thought that was yeah, that was freaking epic scene. And I also liked at the end when well towards the end to win, which we'll talk about the end here in a minute. But the Pico and she said carry the kid away. And she was like the son of a she's going to walk away on his own. And she gave him that speech. He was like, what is fear? And then yes, I was like, oh, this is good. Really good as as was getting back to Ranveer, his character. And I know a lot of liberties were taken with it comes. I tried to do as much homework as I can. And one of the things that with an American film that we have a huge advantage for. For example, when Spielberg did Lincoln, we already had a wealth of information about the background. And I could tell you whether or not he was doing justice to something. Or if it's subject matter, we're both really familiar with. We know if I'm watching a movie about baseball, I'm going to tell you if they're getting it right because we don't have that vantage point. I try to do some homework and I don't know how accurate this is historically and versus the novel. But one of the things I loved about his character was on the one hand, he was just major kicking everything away that was getting in his relationship with Mestani. But what I loved was his challenging of all of these religious conventions just for the sake of religious convention. Yeah, that was a really cool undercurrent. That wasn't the main story, but I thought was a really important part of the story. Not just how he relates to Mestani. Yeah, but just this revolution going on in the mother world. The mother reminded me of the mother from Game of Thrones. Oh, yes. She reminded me of the flowers who drinks the poison with Jamie. Oh, sorry, if you haven't watched Game of Thrones, stop watching. But yeah, she reminded me a lot of her. And great actress, that lady. I'm sure she's a legend. Yeah, I'm sure we've probably seen her. We've probably seen her a hundred times, but she was really very, very strong. Yeah, she was. But my favorite, I mean, for Ranveer, I liked the character the whole time, but then I ended up loving the character was the very end when he went crazy. Of course. I loved it. Because you loved it. You loved it when that was on the line. I loved it when he changed and then he just started running. And then he realized he was like, either like, I can't do this or whatever. He realized at the very end, I loved it. I'm getting the feels. There was a moment that got me to tears because I was so connected with all three of these people in the story because it's very Shakespearean. It is very Shakespearean in the tragedy of people trying to do their best, but not knowing how to handle the emotions and wanting to be honest with their emotions. But at the same time, realizing, should I always be honest with my emotions? Shouldn't my principles come before my emotions? So when he's laying there, and Kashi walks in. Oh, and he's two things. The first thing he says is he calls her Mestana. But she stays there and then he asks, how's Kashi? There I go, right there. That moment was just so precious to me. And her character, she's the heroine protagonist for me for the whole story. I just thought and that number, I couldn't, as wonderful as they both were, I just, Priyanka was such a surprise to me at how marvelous. Yeah, I think she was, which is crazy to say it with Ranveer in the thing. And Deepika was no less, we had seen her in Padmavat. So it wasn't as revelatory for me because I was expecting her to be great. I had not really watched Priyanka in anything before like this. Yeah, it was crazy that Deepika and Priyanka, they kind of stole the show of the film. Are there more films with them together? There might be, because if there are, I want to see those two working together because they're chemistry together. I want to see Deepika in something else. She's been in Baywatch. Our favorite movie of all time, Baywatch. But, hello, I'm Churnaseesh. Yeah, we're looking at Priyanka Zayn. I think I know she's done a lot of politics. She's done a lot of work here. She's one of the very few who have become successful in both American film market and she's obviously a superstar in India. Yeah, but yeah, I'd give... Did I see Barfi? Don too? Oh, she's all over the place, man. Remember, everybody, we're still stupid babies just like you, but in a different way. Yeah. We're infants. We are only three months old. We were exposed to Indian cinema for the first time of Gully Boy on January 14th. So, it's not even a three full months yet. So, we don't even know how to walk yet when it comes to Indian cinema. It's true. But yeah, I definitely get... I mean, this is, I think, one of the most well-rounded films we've seen. Absolutely. It's so gorgeous. I mean, I can't honestly find a flaw with this film. Well, let's talk about the sets and the costuming. Yeah, it was all beautiful. Off the frickin' charts. I loved it all. I'd give this film an A-plus. Absolutely. I honestly can't think of a flaw in this film. You might be able to, you might not... Like, some people say they don't like the over-dramaticness, over-dramatization of India history. Right. That's what they say with Padma Vat. Right. So, I don't know if it's the same thing, but as a film, we're just talking about that. As a film, we don't know the history behind it. It's a phenomenal film. Agreed. And I wasn't bored ever watching it. I never got dull. Yeah. All the acting was great. Great in... Which is the script. And again, when we say script, it's very difficult to know how much of the Lost in Translation thing happens a lot from the Hindi to the English. I thought the script was fantastic. I mean, there weren't any ridiculous corny lines. There wasn't stuff that were telling us that we were... It's like, don't tell me that. Just show me. I thought the dialogue was great. Just fantastic. I thought it was one of the most well-rounded films. Yeah. This is one I will recommend. Like, I am beginning to disciple people here who are good friends and are saying, okay, what should I watch? And I'm taking them on the journey that we've gone on. And this is absolutely... This is the first film that my wife watched. And she liked it. She liked it. She didn't like the subject matter. Well, of course not. Yeah. For me, it was just... She didn't cash it. She hates films that have to do with infidelity or not. It wasn't obviously infidelity in that time, but... In that culture, but it was... She was like, you have a wonderful wife. You have a wonderful wife, but you don't... Yeah. Why would you want anything more than that? So why are you not happy with what you have? She enjoyed the film. Yeah. But she just... That's not her subject matter. Yeah. For me, this movie is all about cashiness. Yeah. Definitely recommend. Thank you so much for recommending this to us. Yes. Thank you, guys. As always, you guys are always making great records. What film should we watch next? And...