 You know what I noticed today? Your own face was uglyly ordered at Starbucks. She ordered a chai tea, which essentially just means Tee-Tee. Tee-Tee means pee-pee-ing. Turkey Bitter Eggs, do you need some Corbin? I'm Ashley. Who are you? Oh, I'm Tee-Tee. Ah. Oh no. Instagram! Instagram! I'm kind of not focusing on Instagram enough. Oh boy. Come on. Juicy. Oh, I'm candy. It's so juicy. It's incredibly loud. I'm sitting close to you. You know what? Your sensitivity to noise has increased since you now have a little one. I know. Even though he doesn't wake up to noise really, but let's do it. Today, we are doing a movie. And Ashley, so it's a thank you for joining us, Ashley. You're welcome. You can see the movie. She's just going to say no. She's just going to imply what she thinks happened. Makes sense. That's not true. That makes sense. I watched. We should do a reviewer. We haven't watched it, but we'll review it. Inception. See, if anybody guesses. Inception. It was really boring and non-creative. We should so do that with a movie. They'd be so mad at us if we did that to, like, something to ask us for a whole night. What? Anyways. But yes, we finally are going to use Tamasha. Tamasha. I want to read the snot for me real quick, Ash. The snot. Oh. Oh, he's so cool. Now, what do you call the snot? Tamasha is about the journey of someone who has lost his edge in trying to follow socially acceptable conventions of society. The film is based on the central theme of abrasion and loss of self that happens in an attempt to find oneself. Interesting synopsis there. It's an accurate synopsis. Yeah. Directed by, say, this name for me. That's you. M.T. Azalee. M.T. Azalee, we know him from Jeb. We met him with Rockstar. A special shout out as far as I'm concerned right now, because it was noticeable at the very beginning. Yeah. That wasn't the special. That wasn't the one I was thinking of. Composed by A.R. Ramon. But who? Yeah, the music was. What were you going to say, Rick? Right at the very beginning. Ashley and I watched it together. We were almost simultaneously said within the first five minutes, this feels like Barfi. And I looked, and it's the cinematographer for Barfi. Oh, really? Yeah. And this cinematographer is something else. Yeah. Oh, good. Starring Depeca Tarikon. Oh, I'm sorry. Depeca. Depe. Depeca. Depeca. OK. Depeca, I want to make sure we're finally saying it right. Depeca. Depeca, Depeca, Depeca, Depeca. And Ranbir Kapoor. Ranbir Kapoor. And say this name for me. Justice for Ranbir. Piyush Mishra. Do you know who that is? That's Piyush Mishra. I just said that. You feeling all right? But do you know who he is? The dad. A man. No, but no. I'm saying as the, we just reacted to one of his songs. Oh, I did. I recognize him. Hang, hang, hang. That guy? The storyteller. I recognize him at the very beginning. And it was very interesting. Ashley pointed out when he got really old, he was very purple. That's what he did. Anyway, but yes, we finally reviewed. This can be 100% spoiler review. So if you haven't, go watch it. And seriously, go watch it and then come back. But here we go. This is actually a very divisive movie. How dare you say such a word? Because it was a flop at the box office. Was it? It was. People did not go to see this film. Why? We didn't go because it wasn't here. My understanding is that people didn't understand it. What? Or they also, since it's actually a very different story than a normal Bollywood film, it doesn't have the typical heroine. And it doesn't have all the fancy dresses all the time. It doesn't have a huge musical numbers in it? True. And so I think a lot of people didn't understand that. That's what I've been told. But people wanted us to watch it. We saw a scene from it. And we've seen another song from it as well. Now we've seen the movie. Now we've seen the film. So initial thoughts, Rick. Richard. It's one of my favorite movies I've ever seen. Justice first say his name. MTS Ali? Yeah. People said you had it out for him more than Ranby. Oh, really? It's Rockstar and Javelin Med. It's the same director. Oh, the only problem I had with Rockstar was his actress. Now that people just wanted that out. No, and for Ranby. But yeah, when I say favorite films, this isn't just favorite Indian film. This is one of my favorite films. I figured you would really enjoy this after I watched it. And that's why I told you to watch it with Ashley. I wanted a female perspective as well. But I figured you can relate to the story very much. I said that in Johnny asked me because she hasn't seen it. So we're going to watch it together. Because I told her I want her to. And she says, well, tell me, tell me. I said, I want the movie to tell the story. Let's just say I loved it and it's personal. So yeah. So good. Deeply. Yeah, you would know. Yeah, absolutely. And we could talk about different aspects. Let's start with the performances. Let's start with Ranbir Kapoor. Do we have some justice for him? Yeah, well, for those of you. Why does he need justice? OK, it's a joke. She doesn't know. I don't know the joke. When we were first getting introduced to Ranbir, we watched Barfi. And all I talked about was Priyanka. Which is what I, when we watched it, I told you. You're going to watch Priyanka, Priyanka, Priyanka. And he felt that, what did you say about him? You said he was so angry. Yeah, he was so angry as well. Yeah, I felt he was angry most of the time. And I didn't really like very much. And Corbin did. I thought I was stupid. And a lot of the stupid babies agreed and said, you're stupid. Why didn't you see that? And then I have since watched Barfi three more times, I think, since then. And each time I've watched it, the second time I watched it, I realized I had a bias for some reason before Ranbir. And then he didn't enjoy the film Rockstar. Even though it wasn't Ranbir's fault, he didn't enjoy the film. And so it kind of just built up. Even though it wasn't about Ranbir, I appreciated his work a lot in Rockstar. But there hasn't been a ray of jump up and down. I love Ranbir kind of. Is this your favorite performance of Ranbir? Yeah, 100%. Mine too. It was really us and Barfi. They're so different, which is what's so great. But I just, this one I thought he did so, so well. He showed so much versatility in this one. And this is an easy one to screw up. Oh yeah. He could have really, this role requires a really good actor. It was so good. You could turn this into some cheesy, stupid, not believable. He needed to be believable. And he was 100% believable. So we talked about what did you want to hear from you? Oh, I just loved it. It was so good. What about the performances though? We'll talk about the performance. Yeah, we'll stick with the right one. Oh, I think both of them did amazing. Deepika, how do you say that? Deepika. Deepika, because she's called Deepi. Oh. Yeah, that's her nickname. We used to call her Dupika. Yes, so Deepika. So Dupika. Oh, it is too deep. Yeah, what did you think of Dupika's book, Deepika? I think she did great. But I always think she does great. She's just solid across. Yeah, because you've seen Pico. So you've seen. Yeah. She was so good. She had so much fun. I just love watching her. I don't think I've seen anything of hers that I don't like. Yeah, no. No, I mean, I've always. She's just always that good. I've loved her since. What was the first thing? Since the beginning of time. Padma Vaat? Was that the first? That was our first introduction to her. Was Padma Vaat? Yeah, I thought she was what I actually preferred in that film even over Priyanka, which I know you were the opposite. Well, you mean in what was that Yeah, Priyanka's in Pustrami Masana. OK, sorry. Yeah, whatever that time was. That's the one I preferred. But I thought she did really, really well. And I think one of the reasons also this might have been a flop is because the trailer portrays it as a rom-com. And it is not a rom-com. I don't think there's a lot of comm. It's a rom-dromity. Yeah, a rom-dromity with a tiny bit of comm. Yeah, a sprinkle of comm. So I think it was probably pitched incorrectly. I agree. And that maybe that's one of the reasons people thought it was going to be another Yaijuani, Haijuani. Yeah, people probably came in with an expectation. And because of that, we're sold short on a movie that hadn't been. Which it's a shame. It's ridiculous because it's such a unique and a. I don't know if you noticed my wife watched it with me, and she does. And the reason she's not here is because it's called our stupid reactions, not our smart reaction. Exactly, she's the smart one. Ashley's smart. She's just dumb by association. It's true. Perfect. But at the beginning, have you read Catch-22? In high school. Okay. That's what he was reading. Way back when? Back when there was no son. At the beginning of the film in Croatia, is that what they wrote? Or was it something with a C? Corsica. Corsica, sorry. Yeah. That little spot in France called Croatia. But he was reading Catch-22. That was good. Oh, I didn't pick up on that. And then she, when she went and said. You didn't pick up on that? I was looking at his face. Yeah, and so she pointed out at the beginning, why the director was basically telling us what he was going to do. He's trying to pretend that he's kind of going mad in order to get out of it. So no, I didn't catch the 22. Let's talk about the film. Anyway. At the story of it and why it was so creative. And I thought it was really unique because at the beginning, you're like, oh, these are just two fun travelers that are just really fun, go lucky people. And then when it hits and she goes back and you're like, oh, what a deviant. She cheated on her man. And then she goes, I gotta find this person. Then he turns out to be, not who he was. Somebody completely different. And there's a whole bunch. I want to talk about there that did he, was that actually the real him? But she said she knew him better than he knew her. But he was like, how do you know me better than I know you? And so it was one of the sort of saying in my life was like, you should listen to your woman. Absolutely. Yes. We know you better than you know you. It's true. But it was actually, I think a very creative and way to do that. And also I've never seen, and from what I've heard, it's unique to Bollywood. Everything about it, the very, when it started, Ashley and I were ready to just sit back, relax and enjoy what we thought was gonna be a fun rom-com. And it started with that theatrical presentation of the clown and the same man with the heart. We were just looked at it. Yeah, and I'm like, I'm like, this is freaking awesome. This is so weird. Yeah. And okay, just a little shout out to the random weird singing dudes and the clowns. Yes. Okay. I love them. How much would you love those happy singing dudes? I remember singing about the most depressing things. Which ones? When she? Okay, so when she's back, and she's just like. It goes back to Calcutta. Don't touch that. I'm not touching that. It was me, I elbowed it. Oh. When it's doing like the flash of all of it, like it's been a few months, it's been another month. Oh, the guy that kept singing. Yes, the guy that just singing like, this is the worst time. Yeah. The most horrible, her father said, her mother said. And I thought it was great when they had the big, when he was singing and on the stage, and then it would just cut back to him singing on the street. Oh, I love it so much. Yeah, I got a lot to say about it. Go ahead and all of that. So good. What else would you like to talk about? Look at me? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, well, it hits home on a number of levels for me that are really, really personal. The first one is loving storytelling, being a storyteller and how storytelling is teaching. Number two, not letting the child inside of you die. And that's one of the reasons that people don't have happy lives as adults is because they, there's a really great quote from a book that my buddy Tom Costello turned me on to, which is the, I think the title of the book is the five top things that are the regrets of the dying. And one of those things is they wished they had the courage to live the life they wanted rather than the life that was expected of them. And I love that. I turned that into a tweet that said, have the courage to live the life you want, not the life that's expected of you. Societal expectations, familial expectations. And the, I thought it was really brilliantly done the way they portrayed him dealing with that as well as the way they would go a really subtle and beautiful way at the beginning point where we see so much of him as a kid. And then when he is realizing and coming to terms with the fact that he's not who he is or he even doesn't even know who he is, they don't see the kid anymore. And I thought that was brilliant. And I'll tell you what, that, his monologue to his dad, great monologue, phenomenal monologue. So good. I'm gonna do that monologue. Yeah. I love that monologue. And on the personal side of it, without waxing long on that is, I, when I was in my early 40s, early 40s, I had to come to terms with just like 20, 30 years ago. I came to terms with, okay, am I gonna still pursue the things that I wanna pursue or am I not gonna pursue them? And there really wasn't an option because to not pursue the things that I'm supposed to pursue is to not be myself. And there were a lot of things that were pressing me that could have caused me to settle and conform into the expectations of every different kind of thing around me. And the fact that the thing that calls out from him his best and who he is is this woman from Calcutta had a slight personal tinge that I think you could imagine. And I found everything of their acting at all times to be believable. I found the writing to be engaging. And I thought it went from feeling like a rom-com and then turning the tables on us and becoming this incredibly deep personal story that I was 100% not only emotionally invested in but felt resonating inside of me the deepest values I have as a person about not giving up on your dreams, being the person you were made to be. And I also thought it was really interesting and potentially groundbreaking that he was consistently being harassed as he drove to work by that woman who was on the street who he gives it right to. Somebody that's there who I interestingly was just, I was telling you about the documentary on Amazon about Ladyboys, whole other subject, but the whole concept of how many people in the world aren't honest with what they're really thinking and feeling and how many people who are honest with what they're thinking and feeling often get ripped and destroyed by society, family and friends when all they're trying to do is be honest about who they are and the life they want to live. I thought it was really interesting about I was trying to figure out which version of him was real. Were you? Yeah, I was certain. I had full confidence. Well, I'm a skeptic. And so I was like, yeah, I know. So you really didn't think it was the little boy? Who he was in Corsica was the real him? Well, I assumed that's probably where they were going. But also the skeptic in me, I was like, maybe he just wanted to let loose. Who knows? And I thought it was great that the writing and the directing let you question. So she's saying that's him, but how would she know the real him? She only knew him for, what, 10 days? And we said that. Yeah. All you need. I thought it was really unique to bring up that question of certain people just don't know who they actually are. Especially they have a mask on and they don't even know that they have a mask on because that's where they think they're supposed to go. I didn't really relate to that part. Well, that's actually a good question. When you were a teenager, because I had this and it freaked me out. I remember being self-observant. You too. Oh yes. When I was in high school, I remember I would be one way when I was around my buddy Rich and my dad and I'd be one way when I was around some other people at school and then I'd be one way when I was around my mom and I would have self-assessment and go, why do I do that? Why am I not this, why don't I behave the same way and bother me? It was like, I'm not integrist. What's going on with me? Who's the, which one of those guys is the real me? Did that ever happen to you guys? No. I don't think I really questioned it. I know that I did that. I think I just cursed less around my parents. I think I was the same person who's just less vulgar. And I think, Not now though. I knew later on when I looked back on it, I knew what I was doing was not conforming in order to be accepted and I was trying to be honest with myself. I was, what I was doing was becoming empathetic in the way you would as an actor and blending into their situation. It was also different. Being actors, we often like to play people. 100. I did it. No, we do this all the time. I would do it at work. When I was a waiter, I would just become a different person. Oh yeah? That was a lot of fun. I would be Irish for a day. Oh, so fun. I did that as a telemarketer. I used to be Irish all the time. But yeah. So you did it in jobs. I just didn't regular life. That was really... I just go mini golfing and I was from Birmingham. So yeah. I thought it was really interesting the way they did all that, but I thought there was some great, great scenes. Obviously that scene that we reacted to, the one at the bar where... Yes. You hadn't seen that, right? No, I hadn't. No, she had not seen that. Yeah, it was even more powerful. Obviously, since we knew the context. So good. At least that makes sense. But it was such a good scene. And like we were talking about, I'm hoping most of it was improvised. Like, I'm hoping like most of the time, like she was like, don't just do what you, do what you feel. And they knew, I think, what to do. Because as we know, they were in a very serious relationship. I did not. Oh, you didn't know this about Davey Crenbeer? No. She was who she was with Rundberg. The scandal. Yeah, no. And they were together for years and it was a bad breakup. Bad breakup. It was... Didn't know. But this was a few years... He wasn't a good boy. But this was a few years before they broke up. No, I mean, this was like three years after they broke up. Oh, so all the history was there? Yeah. Which was something you can see in it. It's like, even if you're like, I don't really want to be with you anymore. You still have feelings for that person. And you know the history. You know the history. And I could see that. And we may be imposing it, but at the end, when he lays down and puts his hands toward her, I was not seeing the characters in the movie. I was seeing Rrenbeer and DP. You liked the end? Oh, I freaking loved the end. The fact that it all came back. I loved him being himself and every once in a while, the clowns appearing and cheering him on. And then ending with him on the stage and he's himself, he's no longer the machine. And he turns to her. And without even saying anything, he's just letting her know. I'm letting the whole world know. This happened because of you. And I really, I could sense a genuineness in, because it's my understanding that they get along fine. Oh yeah. No, they did this in Yaidwani, Haidwani after they broke up. And it's that, I think they're doing another thing. The mutual admiration of, even though we're not together and I know we're not supposed to be together, I cannot escape the fact that because we were, even though there were bad times, whatever that was, I am who I am because you were in my life. And thank you. I thought it was, I just, that scene and the one where he went to her house and she kept trying to get him to come inside. And he kept, which is another Catch-22 thing cause he was trying to pretend he was crazy. Cause I was trying to figure out if he was also like schizophrenic. Cause at times it's what it felt like. But when she explained to me, I haven't read Catch-22. I knew. That he was trying to play so he wouldn't have to face what he's actually feeling. Yeah, he's just like feeling, when she said, I think I hit a nerve. It's like, you absolutely did. That's 100% what you did and that's why. I thought the marriage proposal scene was really good too because I was wondering what they were gonna do with that. When she did, cause I was like, you don't like this guy. Are you actually gonna say? Yeah, you pointed out as well. And I felt the same way. It was kind of, they did such a good job in the writing and the directing because on the one hand, she, we were like, Ashley pointed it out. I was annoyed with her. She just said something way sooner. You've gotten to the point where he wants to propose to you and you haven't said anything? Yeah. That clearly this guy isn't the guy you met. And then I thought of everything in that scene at the bar, she was basically saying, I'm sorry for everything. And now she's saying she wants them back, which I was like, do you? Or are you just sad? I had to. Yes. And don't you think he got angry that she was apologizing because she doesn't, that's why he was saying to her in that scene, you want them, you're gonna cheat? You want the imposter? I thought you wanted the me from Corsica or do you want this nice guy? Yeah. And so he's mad at her for saying, why are you saying I'm sorry? Like you can't do, You're the reason, the fact that you did what you did is making me be who I am. I thought it was so, so rich. I'm getting better. You're screwing it up again. I'm getting better. Yeah. And then he finally found himself in the end and lucky. And a lot of stupid babies, cause I've talked about this a lot on Twitter, this film, because it's such a hot button thing. Some people didn't see it just because a lot of Indians don't see things that are considered flops, which I found ridiculous. Don't do that. Don't do that guys. Just judge it on your own. Yeah. But yeah. So I thought it was, they said it was sort of, but they said that it's really relatable to Indians because of a lot of Indians are like, red beer, it's stuck in. Yeah. Oh my gosh. Yes. Well, they actually wanted to follow their passion in some art form or whatever. And the parents are like, no, you gotta do this, this, this, this, this, this. And so a lot of them was really personal to them. Yeah. Yeah. Didn't this, this is a completely different kind of film, but any film that touches on this subject about being who you really are, no matter what the pressure is from family and friends, it always takes me back to dead poets. Oh no, you can't go there now. Yeah. When he, when he shouted, he haven't seen Dead Poets Study. Stop. Just stop watching. Just stop everything you're doing. Just watch one more ad and then go watch Dead Poets Study. No, go watch Dead Poets Study. Now, when Ran beer, it's toward the end he's walking. It's after he has flipped out at the office and he's now fired. He walks and it may have been after his talk with his dad. Do you remember when he screams and when he screamed, I said that was his barbaric yop. Oh, that was like the very end. Toward the very, very end. It was just before he goes, he has to think on his dance with the clowns. And it was like, that was his barbaric yop. That was his being and when you see Dead Poets, you'll know what that means. So yeah, this is. How many times have you cried? Did both of you cry? Yeah. But I cried everything. Everything. Yeah, it's not gonna get better. No, no, we can't get worse. Three or four? Three or four. Yeah, at least. I would say it was funny. There were several moments I got very emotional. First and foremost for both of them, for Ranbir and Deepika. Just for their personal relationships and knowing what they went through and knowing stuff about her personally and caring about them now after a year of exposure to them. So I got that. But deeper was, man, there was like one moment when it flashed back to the kid. I mean, I'm not sharing a lot just because of time. But there were some deeply personal stuff about not letting, you know, when you allow dreams to die that we dreamt it's a kid, that you shouldn't let die. Because there are some dreams that people hang on to too long. And that's why Simon Cowell was so great on American Idol. Because there's people who should've died of those dreams and maybe should've never had them, you know? So like right now, if I had a dream of being a Major League Baseball player, that would probably not be a very realistic dream at 50 years old. You can do anything. Yeah, no. Right? But there are other dreams that people died to that they should never die to. And when you do that, you're really, like he said that beautiful moment in his monologue when he said that snake was my childhood and I put my neck on it and I just killed it. And there's a lot of people who they grow up thinking that they should've, and forget about the dreams you didn't achieve. How about just the way you live? Like living life like a child. Yeah. Celebrating the fact that you're alive and enjoying the taste of something. And when you see people singing, singing with them, getting on a table and dancing. And loving stories. It made my heart so sad just the beginning, looking at all of his childhood and the fact that he had to gamble with his grandma to go listen to some stories from the guy in the woods. It did. That made her very sad. That is so upsetting. That's funny. Did you buy it? Oh, of course not. I love it. And I thought it was really, really good and so, so unique. And it's one of my favorite, honestly, stories out of Bollywood. In terms of how creative, especially for the genre. This was one of the first films, too, that, because there's been several we've seen, the majority of them, I resonate so much with the film. This reminded me a lot of an Amir Khan film. Yeah. With the social message in my heart. And this was one that I would love to see. I would love to see American audiences watch this freaking movie. Oh, it's really digestible for a movie. But if they didn't, and we needed this story to be told in a way that it could be digested, this could be instantly translated into a film where you take all of those elements and turn it into something that Americans could digest. Similar concept. Not fully the same as a Roman holiday. Oh, I didn't see a Roman holiday. Oh, okay. She said it was a similar concept. Very similar concept. She said, she's the small one. I would want to do this exactly this way. Like I'd start it off with the quirky weird theater thing. I would have the singers and the quirky weird things. I thought it was really pretty. I think that there's a few different films that are American films that kind of touch on the different subjects of just being an artist. Like you can go the route of La La Land and think about the dream there. You can go with Birdman. Like you can go, you can see elements of this in some movies that this was so specific and so good. I think Lexi would like watching it. She will love this. Michael will love this. Yeah, it's not... Everyone will love this. It didn't make me cry. It's just one that doesn't happen. Yeah, I was gonna say, has there been a movie that makes you cry? I don't think I've ever cried in a film. Marley and me? No. Hey, but who? Came my close. I didn't watch it before. I watched it before. I ever had dogs. Oh, no, I will not watch it. I was having dogs, cause I'm pretty sure it will. And we can't let that happen. And you gotta turn it off. You all seen the... You haven't seen it. What, Marley and me? No. Book of Mormon. No. Oh, no. There's a song about turning off cause it's about turning off your feelings. You just push it down. But yeah. Obviously we liked it a lot. Thank you so much for recommending it. If you haven't seen it, and I know a lot of you haven't. Go watch it. Go watch it. Why don't you be here tomorrow? Yeah, you haven't seen it. Cause of the spoilers. Sorry. But yes, let us know what we should watch and review next. And Justice for Ranbeer. Justice for Ranbeer and the director. And for the director. And hey, yeah. This is your first film. We also didn't get into, we didn't get into again. The cinematography was so beautiful. The direction was beautiful. The music was glorious. They are Ramon. Oh, and it was obvious from the beginning, but so much of the, I want to pay attention to this cinematographer because so much of this DP's thumbprint is all over this, the way it was all over Barfi. And too often cinematographers, their work is kind of like lost in the director. Way too often. And this is a cinematographer who I think needs to be applauded, irrespective of the director there, and probably makes a lot of directors look better than they are. Cause this cinematographer is so good. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you, stupid baby for sending it to us. And, it's going home with me. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. You don't like that song? It wasn't quite there. Oh, it's the one that, no, no, no. I know what you were trying to do. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.