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Yeah. Thanks, Elon. Yeah. You put his two favorite, his two favorite, like, no, Vine and Twitter. Yeah, yeah, yeah, just can't win. Nope. And do you know why Vine went away? Because Twitter bought it and killed it. Yeah. Today we're doing a review. And we're doing a review of a Marathi film. What? Marathi. Marathi? Marathi. Marathi. Marathi. Yeah. That is actually the correct pronunciation. Merry Christmas, everybody. What? It's not Christmas time. It's close. I can't stand that KLOS, like, right after Halloween, they're busting out the Christmas songs. That's what people want. Well, no, not me. I don't listen. I skip that radio station a lot for Thanksgiving. We are doing a review of the 2004 Marathi film, Swash, Swash. Yes, Swash. Apparently it translates to a breath on IMDb. I've not confirmed that's actually correct. No, I don't know. It seems like a strange title to me based on the film. Yeah, maybe it's, like, taking a breath. I mean, a moment. Yeah, like, obviously, right when I opened up at IMDb to look at it for, because we always have IMDb open, so we can have names and stuff. And it kind of was like, hmm, that's not what I thought it would have translated to. No, yeah. But obviously, the 2004 film, Swash, yes, directed by Sandeep Sabant. He also wrote it, and then starring Arun Nalawade and Sandeep Kulkarni. Any relationship to Etel? I have no clue. And then, of course, somebody who we've seen a lot of work from, Amruta. Amruta, yes. What have we seen her? A lot of stuff. She's mostly supporting. Sakir Dhan. She was in that? Yep. Oh, wow. She was in Gully Boy. Okay. She was in, we've seen her in at least five or six supporting things. Gotcha. And then, obviously, there's the kid as well. Yeah. His name is Ashwin Chitali. Chitali. Who plays the boy? First formers, obviously, I looked, and I thought we had gotten to more Marathi films than we had in this year, and I don't know. This is number two. It's not on purpose. It's more of an oversight. But so, just right now, you can end with the console and let us know what the next Marathi film that we can watch. Yes, because this is our second of the year. This year and our 12th of all time. But if you haven't watched it, go watch it. This will be 100% before the review. It came out in 2004. I think it was almost one of the Oscar. It was, it was India Submission. India Submission. I think it was actually, I think somebody said, you guys can tell me if this is correct. If it was almost in the top four, top five. Yeah, it was like number six. Sixth. In a five-picture slot, I think. So it was almost. Yeah. India is one of the only films ever nominated for an Oscar from India, but it didn't. But anyways, if you haven't watched it, go watch it. Come back. It's only, again, hour 40 minutes. And Rick, your initial thoughts, please. Yeah, and if you're keeping track, this is our 67th film of the year and our 274th all time. Like I said, our second Marathi this year, 12th all time. And I was talking about this, driving over here with Andrani. I said, I'll tell you exactly what I think about the movie, but I also want to preface it by saying, I think when you talk about this film, you really have to talk about it in terms of first and foremost, its placement in time in this particular film industry, and then this particular time in film in general, and then just overall. Overall, as a film, and a part of this comes into play for me, what was going on in the Marathi industry at the time and what this meant for both Marathi and Indian cinema, this is a pretty good movie. I liked it a lot. I can see why and I would be happy that that had been the submission in 2004. It has some flaws we can get into later that are not as nearly that much talk about as much as the positives to take away from it. There's a couple things that I knew I was caring when I got irritated with some things, but that ultimately this would be one, especially for this industry. Granted, we haven't seen a lot of films. This is also one of the industries that is incredibly consistent and very similar to Malayalam. It's usually the level of artistry they put out and what they care about. Obviously it's more of like, I feel like it's almost the indie the industry. Obviously a bunch of indie artists will go to the Marathi industry to do almost independent films. Almost like parallel cinema. I know it's not exactly that, but that's almost what it feels like, but in terms of just putting out good content with good acting, this film, if I had tear ducts, probably would have made me cry. It didn't, I didn't cry, but it might surprise you to know I didn't. Maybe it's just because, and obviously it's not as like, it's a sad situation, but it didn't. Spoilers, please go watch it. It doesn't end sad. So maybe if it ended more sad, maybe it might have pushed you or others over the edge. I'll explain later why I didn't cry, but the fact that this kid is a couple years older than Leland, and so the entire time I was just like, what if I had to have this situation with one of my children, Leland, who's just a few years away from what this kid is, how devastating that would be, obviously as a parent, not being able to look into my child's eyes ever again, or him being able to experience everything you can see. So it's just a situation as a parent, you just obviously your kid dying is probably the only thing worse, but having to take something away from your child that he doesn't really probably understand why it's gonna happen to him. No, absolutely doesn't understand that. It probably touched me more than it probably would of if I was an parent, I guess, maybe. But yeah, I really enjoyed this film. I really enjoyed the grandpa's performance. I liked him a lot. I think everybody's performance was really good. The doctors, everybody like that. But he especially was Arun? Not the wade, and forgive us for the pronunciation on that. He brought such a good presence to this film. You cared for him instantly. He had one of those faces that you're just like, this guy just seems like a sweet man who cares for his grandson. And I believed he was hearing everybody. I believed they were hearing the news in the moment. I didn't see anybody indicating or pre-shaping something that was all very believable in the moment. I mean, because this is based on a true story, the level of importance on this is way off the charts. Because it's telling a story that's not only true, but covering universal truths in it. Like the struggles that everybody has to face at different levels, many of whom have to face some of the unspeakable challenges when you have a sick child and anybody who's had to go through loss or have to go through life to choose between being optimistic or pessimistic about it. So, all in all this would fall under that category of being an important movie and for us, the kind of movie that is what movies are supposed to be about. Nothing wrong with an entertainer that is one of the purposes of a movie but in its most elevative state this is what movies should be about. And I kept thinking, and we'll get into some of the more stuff like they could have done even more if they had a better budget for this film. Because obviously I heard this film had just nothing of a budget. And they also had to raise money. I read that lots of people got behind the promotion for it at the Oscars because it requires a lot of money. Like who was the how could grief famous legend in cricket Sachin or the other one, Donny. The Art Collie? No, it wasn't Collie, it was before Collie. And Big B these are the kinds of names that were behind the trying to put money. But yeah, the film had a very, very low budget. Obviously one of the, and maybe it was just the print that we saw it on because we had to watch it on a certain site that is like our last resort for if I can't find a movie on a streaming service I go to this certain site. Maybe it was just that, but obviously the audio quality at times was not great. Same thing with cinematography. We really can't capture the truth of the cinematography and stuff like that. So like if they actually had a bigger budget amount that they'd be able to do because the performances were there that everything else is there. But yeah, this go back to him. I just I cared for him instantly. I thought I related to him immediately. I got mad at him at times. Me too. Well, obviously he was grieving and trying to deal with it the way he could. And that's how I knew I cared. Yeah, but also because I got mad at him. He's the grandfather. He's trying to make these decisions for the month. And obviously they're in India. They're from a small town. So it's a very different situation. Very different here. Right here. If grandpa was trying to make a decision when the parents were still alive here. I mean, that just really wouldn't happen. The legal decision making would be the mom and dad. No. Yeah. They probably couldn't even do anything with that dad there. Exactly. There's something signed from the mom and dad that said he can make the decisions. But the fact that he was doing some stuff, waiting and but you also understood why he was because obviously you're like I get it. Yeah. You don't want to tell this kid this awful info, right? But also you're wasting time. You're wasting time. And who else should the kid hear it from but the person they love and trust the most? Yeah. And then that's also like something that was like, should the doctor be the one to tell him? Yeah. No, for me should the the guardian in this situation be the one to tell him? I don't know. Yeah. No. Like if you I'm a big believer in living the realities of life and the truths of life. So like when my ex-wife and I were getting divorced. What? One of the things we talked about was how the kids would be told. There was no way I wasn't going to be a part of that. Oh, yeah. It's the worst thing I've ever experienced. Yeah. I've had pretty bad things happen but that is my most painful moment of my life is standing there and knowing I was going to have to say that and I've gone through painful things also with people with health and different things which we can get into that in a second but that was really frustrating for me was the grandpa just not and I understand you don't want to tell this to the kid because you know what it's going to mean but at the same time there's nobody else I would want telling my kid than me or somebody they love and know and trust. I wouldn't want the doctor. The doctor is not going to have the bedside manner to tell my little kid what they need to know about this. So yeah, I got which it's good because it showed me how much I cared. Yeah. When I get really angry with a character it shows you that the writing and the acting has gotten me. It's also good in the writing because you not only obviously care and you're frustrated but you can still see his side. Absolutely can. He's not a bad guy. You never want a situation where you who would do that? Of course. You totally understand in this situation. People grieve differently. Grieving is just a universal thing but it's also something that is done in a ton of different ways. Even if he had because I thought this might happen too. I know there's people who do this. I have an old doctor friend who's told me stories about people when they hear about like a terminal diagnosis and there's help or whatever it may be that they run. They don't want to know. They just run. So I wouldn't have surprised me. I actually thought when he takes him that it was just he's going to, I don't want to hear it anymore. I thought he was really like gone. They thought which was super interesting that they call people that was their suicide. Like he tried to kill himself and the boy. I'm like I don't know that I would believe he would have done that but also maybe that's something that happens You never know. Because they don't want to deal with that situation. They don't also want to have this child to live like this. But also they can't just kill the child to save from shame. They kill themselves as well. Well there was a, in lunch, because I just re-watched Lunchbox about a week ago. And there was a scene in it where Irfan heard that there was this lady and her kid who jumped off the roof of a building and he thought it was He thought it was right. The person he was talking to. Could have been. So maybe that's something that happens a lot. I don't know if it has to do with maybe the honor killing stuff as well in certain parts. And obviously they were more from a much more rural part of India. So I don't know how educated this man was either. Which is probably one of the reasons he was dealing with it the way he was. And probably felt really intimidated. Like the whole idea of getting a second opinion. You really can empathize with that. And I thought they did an exceptional job of portraying what has been the ages-long problem everywhere in the world. Which is that if you don't have money God help you if someone gets sick. Because then you're going to go through the insensitivities of people the waiting. I really loved because this is true today they want to know what's wrong and they know they have answers and they're not telling them the answers. It's like why can't you tell me today you have that chart right in front of you tell me right now well we have a certain protocol don't even get me started because I've been going through stuff with my dad for the past four or five months. The more things change the more they stay the same the amount of bullshit that people have to face. And I can't imagine what it would be like because if there's anything my heart goes out to it's to sick children. Like the one place I've given money to the most over my life is St. Jude's because they take care of kids for free. You bring a sick kid to St. Jude family doesn't pay. All children's hospitals and I just the thought of having to deal with a sick child like that is worse in life to have to go through than have to have your child be sick like that. Yeah I don't think there's anything. To me there's nothing worse to experience than to watch your child suffer from an illness that could take their life. There's nothing that can happen to me will compare. The only other thing that would be close is if something happens to the person you love most. But obviously these are kids. Exactly. Your wife hopefully has lived some. There's a particular sense of evil when it's the innocent child. Who can't comprehend this in any way. The fact that he was acting out which that little boy when you consider the difficulty of what that little boy had to portray he did a very good job. Yes he did. I thought he did a very good job. It was super interesting and sweet obviously when he took them away and they all but then he brought them back because he just wanted them to have one good day where he sees the world and that that be I love the line when he said I wanted these to be the last things he sees before he goes into darkness. And then the mercy of the doctor to say then let's do the surgery as soon as possible so that he doesn't get any more images in his mind because he's going to have to go back into the hospital. And the farther we go from the moments he just had with his grandpa the more distant those memories can be and the sooner we can take his vision the more likely those memories will stay very fresh for him. I thought that was a really sweet gesture. Yeah horrible. I don't like the situation. No but I was if you did have to go through something like that because you always think about it if you've never read any of the books that Helen Keller wrote please do because she's one of my heroes if you've never seen the miracle worker with Anne Bancroft and the story of Helen and her life and the books if it'll give you it will give you hope I tell you what if I or someone I loved lost their vision I would immediately gravitate and hang on to Helen because of what she was able to accomplish being both blind and deaf from childhood is astronomical to me there's very like I can't think of other human beings who've had to overcome more and contribute the way that Helen did and that that's the thing for me I would love to know the true story about where this young man is today I'm assuming he would still be alive the actual boy and what life is like for him now and hopefully it did they got it in time and it saved his life. I'm super strange though this director has only directed two things one in 2004 this and then the one thing in 2017 it's very strange that was like this was almost an Oscar nominated film why it wasn't he maybe he doesn't want to maybe he just he was like a one and done exactly could have very well done that went yep that's all I needed who knows very strange because if you have that success with the first one you'd think you'd have oh yeah I know Marathi is a much smaller industry but like it's very very strange yeah yeah the the biggest flaws in this I think are mostly budgetary budgetary like the score was great yeah there was at points like especially towards the beginning where you actually some I think he got the news there's a little over scored right there right when they got the news a little bit wasn't terrible I've seen there's been way worse stuff when you consider Indian cinema in 2004 yeah but it was a lack of that I think K K3G came out to them three yeah no no heroes necessarily yeah no heroines just a almost there's a really horrible film called Lorenzo's oil that is about this but it doesn't end as nice it's that it's amazing I said this at the outset when you consider how groundbreaking this film was in terms of Indian film as a whole and specifically that particular industry of Marathi this is and this is the kind of film that even today a lot of people in all of the industries don't have the courage to make yeah that's a courageous thing to do at any time but especially back in 2004 this was a very courageous film and chat out to you I think the obviously the grandpa was I think the best strongest actor in this but I think the doctor gentlemen did really really well but also the social worker yeah and that's she's the one that we've seen a lot of her work she did really she's always good the main guys but I really like the grandfather wouldn't surprise me if he's like a Marathi like yeah theater that's being absolutely legend kind of thing yeah because he he gave off that vibe of somebody it's like I think if they I think if they did this in Hindi like if they ever remade it like Nasser and Shah would obviously be yeah or what is his name he was the one at the end he flew yeah what's his name oh good grief perfect Sanjay Mahaltra Mahaltra is the last name yeah what's his first name he's an actor sorry that we're forgetting his name you're all writing it in the comments screaming at us right now can you tell me the film that he's from it's the one where he jumps off the cliff and flies at the end like Birdman that narrows it down right yeah I'm going to look it up just real quick just like recently apparently Akshay turned out hair hair what is it called yeah header fatty 3 apparently yeah I've not seen hair fair one or two he's also been he's been in the times recently a lot Akshay on another note he's been talking a lot about how he thinks like he doesn't want to take a fee anymore he wants a percentage of box office he feels like that's fair now to do to producers because of how risky films can be that it's better to just take a percentage of box office than a flat fee Sanjay Mestra that's it yeah he would also be a great one as well yeah for the for the grandpa role oh also Amir Khan's taking a break from acting he is yeah why it's his next film that he was going to be doing he's now just going to be producing it and he said I'm interesting going to take a break from acting for a while and focus on my family and well good for him next year too I won't be signing on to any project good for him but that wouldn't surprise me he's had a lot of years of being in the industry that he probably went you know what I want to breathe now yeah he said he's like for 35 years I've been just working work has been my number one yeah I think he just got a divorce a year no because like there aren't wants to focus on his kids especially in India Indian cinema the possibility of being a workaholic in Indian cinema is much higher than it is here it's very common for actors here to do two three films a year maybe and that's only 45 days of filming at a time yeah so you have months of no work yeah yeah anyways but fantastic film obviously yeah very very well you're not here if you aren't watching obviously but please let us know down below what should be our next Marathi film we've only done 12 all together yeah so and if you know what happened to the little boy and where he is loved to know his story and hopefully he's cancer free I knew a guy that I worked with who we didn't hit it off at first he was quite rude to me and then we turned out to be very good friends who had that kind of cancer and it took his life he didn't survive didn't take his vision but that's because it had the tumor grew backwards it was connected to the eye and the brain and it went into the brain and they just they couldn't do anything about it and he eventually passed away his name was Damon he was a sweet guy it's awful yeah anyways let us know what the next Marathi film that we should watch is down below