 Do you like, uh, old bitch? Little old bitch? Yeah? What's up, old bitch? I love that. Is that, wait, are you facing forward? Does it look like a big old moody? No, that, he's the most. He's facing forward. He's got a belly. I do. Yeah. No, that's for, uh- It's very tempting to just reach over and lift it off, and I start chugging. That's why I have it here. Yeah. It's for decor and liqueur. Hey, welcome back to where Stephen Rakes is the Insta Corbin. I'm Rick. And he calls Insta Corbin. Waaah! Bang! It's juicy in your armpit! That's all I personally need to channel is in the description below. Today we're doing a movie review. You little, you little, you little turds? Uh, what you're here for? You little nut biscuits? Hold on, I think we're a little crooked here. That's alright. They don't care. They just turn their heads sideways. Now we're really crooked. You sure you haven't had an old munk already? Maybe. I think it's already kind of half-hammed anyways. Today we're doing a Marathi film. Uh, and this is a highly requested one. Our eighth Marathi film. I think it's more than that. Our 56th this year, our 182nd all-time. I think we're more Marathi films than that. I don't think so. I looked at the list before I came over. The playlist? The Google Doc. I thought it was our 9th. Let me see. Maybe I'm mistaken here. I thought it was up there. Uh, it's either 8th or 9th. Uh, Marathi. No, you're right. Maybe I was looking at a different one. Yes. It has had old munk. Um, so how many do we have total? 180? 182 for all three years. So we'll definitely hit 200 in the next two months? Oh, 100% we're going to hit it. Because we average, there's 17 weeks left in the year. We do 2 a week. About 8 to 10 a month usually. Yeah, there's 17 weeks left. We do 2, so we've got 34 more coming. That's going to put us, we'll hit 200. Our 200th movie review will happen this year. But we won't get to 100 probably. No, we'll probably get to more like 90 as far as like the watch for the year. But that blows. Last year we, we did 60 in 2019, 66 last year. We're going to do 90 this year. We have really upped it. Yup. Anyways, but yes, this is a highly requested Marathi film. We've racked it to, I think the trailer and multiple songs from this film. Uh, it's called Katyaar Kaljath. Jhulsali. Oh, I think. Jhulsali. I think Ghul. Ghul. Ghulsali. Okay. Directed by Subhach Bhavi or Bhave. I know I'm mispronouncing that. Forgive me. And starring. And forgive us for mispronunciations. We try. Sachin Pilgankar, Shankar Mahadevan and Sudo Dabav. And then Amruta. Amruta Kambilkar. Um, it's basically a clash of two musical families. Well booked. Where in the end music is the winner. Ah. When greed takes the front seat. Manipulation's shift gear. Erase starts a race that kills whomever comes across the way. A race that ultimately ends on the losing side. Okay, this is way too much for us. That's, that's one of those over pitches. Yeah. You could have just ended at two musical families and greed. Yeah. Essentially. Um, but yes, it's come out in 2015. It's behind the scenes. If you haven't watched it, go watch it. Come back. And Rick, your initial thoughts, please. Um, my favorite Marathi film we've seen thus far. Ultimately for me. It's. Because the number one thing in a movie is story. Uh-huh. I think this story is absolutely fantastic. It got better as it started. The first like 35, 40 minutes was like, this is fine. I'm liking this cinematography is pretty. Um, I want to be even more invested in this. And then it just took a turn for me where I was fully invested. It has some, it has some. It has some flaws that for me are utterly forgivable. Yeah. So much of it is so worth watching and enjoying. I enjoyed it as well. It's not my favorite Marathi film we've seen. Um, but it's man, it is hard to not like a film that is 90% classical Indian music. Like, I think that like it's mostly music in this. So much music. With a little bit of acting. So much music. Like literally, like it seemed like every five minutes, there was another classical song and I was like, okay, I'm just, this is going to be amazing. Yeah. I'm just going to sit here and literally just be engulfed by beautiful classical Indian music and some of my favorite singers. Um, do you know who was another singer? I don't know who our singers were. Well, you do know one. Well, yes. Shankar Mahabharata. Yeah. Mahabharata. Moesh Kail, buddy. Oh, really? He was the, the, the second, the guy that came in at the end who he wanted to kill. Got it. His voice was awesome. He won an award for this. Well, I, who, I, for me, I just was so impressed by both the singing and the impeccable lip syncing that it must have been so difficult for classical music. Man, I like, automatically, like, I will agree with you. Automatic lip syncing is not an easy thing. As easy as people think it is, but especially when you're doing like insane classical, like whatever they were doing, right? Absolutely. Like, how do you match Mahesh Kail, Shankar Mahabharata, and these other insane, like, gifted gods of music? Yeah, that's unforgiving. You can't make a mistake. Yeah. Because if you make a mistake, the believability goes out the window. That's why in my, I'm really trying to make a scale that's fair that kind of can give a grade to a film based on certain factors. I've been doing that for a while. And the two most important things at the top of the list, number one is story because movies are storytelling. Yeah. And then number two is believability, which incorporates a lot of factors into the believability. I would include in the believability factor, things like continuity, makeup and hair, even production design, the costuming that all goes into the believability factor. Acting, of course. And then acting is my next one, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's story believability, acting directing. And then also the screenwriting, because you can have a great story in bad screenwriting. It's not the story's fault. You can have a great story concept. You're like, man, I wish I'd had a different screenplay. And I felt like this had all of it I really liked. There were a few small moments of things that are so, for example, here's one of the things where believability goes out the window, but you can forgive it. When our antagonist slaps his daughter when he backhands her, he missed. I mean, when you see it, he doesn't even come close to hitting. Yeah. But it's, for me, it's utterly forgivable. Yeah. All of other things considered. My favorite, let's talk about that. My favorite part, of course, I don't know if it's your favorite part, but the music. The story is my favorite. The story's favorite part? Yeah. I like the story a lot. But yeah, the music is absolutely insane. Like I said, if this, if I had to, I think this is three-fourths music and a fourth, like, actual, like, acting story tell, like in terms of dialogue. And impeccable. Right? You're supposed to believe these are two of the most spectacular vocalists alive. Yeah. And you do. Yeah. You believe it a hundred percent. Oh, a hundred percent. So if you like that, if you like Indian classical music, I'm going to find it hard to believe that you don't like this film. Like, I like this one, because the last movie we saw about Indian classical music was The Disciple. The Disciple, another Marathi film. Another Marathi film, but I personally like this one. This one's a lot more commercial, for sure. That one's more watchable. That one's more independent. Like, it's artsy. Artsy. Yeah. Even though this one's very artsy as well. But yeah, I'd say three-fourths music, a fourth, like, regular dialogue. Because there's a lot of music in this. And it, you could just, I thought we'd rectitude, I think we'd rectitude two songs, and I was like, we've seen a lot of songs. You wouldn't know. We had no idea. We saw 10% of it. No idea. But we did see some of the, like, the amazing Firefly one that they did. Shankar Mahavan's voice is, like, incredible. And I don't know who the other person that was the singer for Satin Pilgongkar. Yeah, I don't know who his singer was. Yeah, I don't know. But he was incredible as well. And then, I didn't know Mahesh Kao was the singer. But when he started singing, I recognized it. I was like, I know, I was like, is that my, because he has a very distinct cry to him, right? Yeah, he does. That we talked about? Yeah. And it's insane. So, like, all of them, and their beautiful, beautiful music, it's literally like watching a Debar festival. Yeah. For two and a half hours. Yeah, it was. And so it was incredible. I thought the performances were really, really good by all of our leads. And everybody. Including Shankar Mahavan, who I didn't know. He was actually, like, an actor-actor. I thought, and maybe he's not, maybe this is all he did. I don't know. I know him from being a playback singer and a regular singer, breathless, all that kind of stuff. Right. He's a pretty darn good actor. Yeah. And I felt everybody did a good job. I didn't see. Well, except for one person. What a surprise. The white guy. I don't know. Not the white. Yeah, he did. Not good. But I didn't like the henchmen for Sachin. Oh, okay. I didn't like his henchmen. I got it. I got it. I understand. That was like- They didn't bother me. No, I didn't ruin the film. But those were the only ones that I didn't appreciate. It was almost like they were playing like- Disney henchmen. Yeah. Like Disney character henchmen. I guess, because it was very Shakespearean, right? That's what- Well, I'm going to get to it. Yeah, so Rosenkranz and Guildenstein. Yeah, Guildenstein. But I didn't like their interpretation, if that's what they were going for. Sure. But Shankar, I thought, did a really good job. I think he brought some genuineness and some- You really cared for him? Yes. Just in his eyes. He has very caring eyes. Yes. That's something that is- I don't know if it's- I think it's something that you're automatically born with in terms of- I don't know if that's an acting ability. It's more of like a- You just- John Candy has it. It's- John Candy is not known for acting. He's a hilarious actor. Yeah. And he's really good at what he did. But he's not like a thespian. No. But you- He has eyes that you just- You care for. You love John Candy. Yeah, he's an instant- Instantly cared for the guy. And I feel like Shankar Mojavan brought that same- That's a good comparison to him. That's a good comparison. Not that he was playing a comedic role. No, but that's a very good comparison. Yeah. And yeah, my- This would make such a good play. Oh, 100%. They filmed it like a play. It is so theatrical. So Shakespearean. The climax and the way everything resolves is so fulfilling. I- I was thoroughly invested. And most especially, the thing that- I don't know how you can be an artist of any kind. Singer, dancer, actor, and not relate to this in some way. Most especially, like one of the- One of the most moving moments for me is when he's talking to the daughter. Yeah. And who he loves. And he's explaining why he came back and why he's doing what he's doing and that he has this recurring dream all the time. And the dream that he has is that he's on the podium. And he sings his stuff. And then the people who are his mentors that he looked up to that are the best of the best say to him, good. Keep singing. And I- I don't know why any artists- I mean, that is the sole purpose behind why, like, why I wrote- When I wrote Barbarian, if you don't know what that is, it's a one-person play that I do. And when I wrote it, I wrote it because I wanted to do- because I've never- I had never written anything other than short scenes. But I wanted to do two things. I had a question. Because I was continuing to pursue acting dreams. And I went, okay, am I as good as I think I am? And will other people say I'm as good as I am? Because if I'm not, then I shouldn't be doing this. And it was really a test for me to see will- what- am I as- it's one thing to believe you can do it. It's another thing to actually go out and do it. And so I so empathized with that. It got me emotional. And then, at the very end point, all of the surrounding culminations of character development and growth and where everybody goes, I just- and the way that last shot is framed with the dagger in the water, there were some beautiful shots cinematography-wise that just, again, any of the small things that I thought were missed or were a problem were utterly forgivable because so much of it is so worth having- especially this story about art. And the last thing of music- What art means. What it means. And that nobody owns it. And the difference between Pandit Ji's response to this young man coming up who he beats, every single year, but loving his gift, because for him it's about the art form. It's about- and that's what we talk about all the time. It's about elevating the art form and we don't care who does it. It's available to everybody. It's not a competition. It's a collaboration. That's what I love about the film. Yeah. And that was- it was a great scene because it was an interesting dilemma because it- at the end, you know, where he was like, yeah, I want to kill him. Yeah. Can I have a right to? I have a right to. Can I kill him? Are you gonna- What? Right. But then it kind of convinced you and I was like, this is interesting. Obviously, no, he shouldn't kill him, but like, this is an interesting dilemma they've created at the very end. I don't- they almost like- absurd concept of- especially for now. Yeah. I'm just like, you never kill somebody for, you know, stealing, plagiarizing- Of course. essentially what they were- he was accusing him of, essentially. Of course. But like, it was like so interesting, but I thought it was shot, done, acted, written like a- Like a- I could so easily, and would love to see this done as a play, the challenge you would have are finding actors who can sing like that. I think you'd have to get playback singers. I just- You'd have to get either- You'd have to get my- Kale, you'd have to get the Shankar Mahabad and back up. They should get an award for the lip syncing. Oh, 100%. Because their lip syncing was just off the charts. And we're not singling out, for example, each of the performances because I felt like every- Everybody's performance was- was solid. Yeah, I thought- I thought Sachin did a really good job as the antagonist, and especially the- the arc he went through in terms of- Yes. Like you're like, oh, he's getting a shot at the beginning, then he just turns into like this maniacal asshole because he's filled with greed. Greed. Very Luciferian. Yeah. Very Luciferian character. And then, when he came in, I thought he had great chemistry with the entire cast, and he had great screen presence. Chemistry had with the girl. Yes. I thought that was really, really good. Totally believable. So he was a nice addition. I thought that Cain did really well. I did, too. And please tell me if I'm wrong. I thought that it looked like she hit Stepma, the queen. Or- Oh. Oh, yeah. And she's- there's like six people listed on IMDB. And I don't- Now that you say that, in her eyes, it looked like her. Yeah. So, I don't see her on here. It could be something totally different, because obviously they do not have the entire cast on here. Right. There's eight people. Right. Nine people on IMDB. So if that was her, please let me know, because she didn't speak much, but- Zarina, Zarina, Amruta, Convokar, that was- that was his son-in-law's love interest, right? I either- Zarina. Yeah. And then the sister- The one- The other one was- The one who confronts the antagonist, and she had some really great scripted lines of challenging the greedy bastard who's just so self-absorbed. Did you- One of the moments that was just heartbreaking is when he walks in and catches him singing. Mm-hmm. And he cracks the record. And he cracks the records. Like you want to punch him? That was- it was a beautifully written part of the story to make that part of it where the only memory you have of the guru whose voice was magical for you, I'm going to crush it under my feet. Oh. Yeah. But it- Ow! Mike, some of my parts that- that don't- I'm nitpicking here is- it was a little predictable. I didn't mind it, but I knew where the story was going eventually. I knew that he would probably come to a head in terms of he needed it, but then he would accept him in the end. Predictable in that way. Not that it ruined it, but it's just- it did- nothing in this I don't think surprised me throughout. Yeah. Like I said, it didn't ruin anything. But if I'm nitpicking here, that was like one of the things that it's like nothing- I knew what was going to happen from when he turned to the very end. I was like, he's going to end up, you know, kind of accepting it in the end, finding that he was- he was wrong and he was full of greed. Right. That. And then some of the supporting characters, the henchmen, and of course the white guy. Of course. That was the only part of the story I thought was useless. Yeah. I didn't really- I guess it was because they were under British rule at the time, and they felt the need to have it in there. Wouldn't need it. But- Because he's the one who planted the idea in him to do what he did and he's almost their kind of, you know, attempting figure as it were, but I felt like he was- didn't need him at all. Yeah. I agree. I thought the cinematography was really pretty. Really pretty. The production design was incredibly beautiful. Really beautiful. Almost like Sanjay Lea Bansali asked at times in terms of how, how clean and pretty it was. It was exactly what you would expect if this had been a successful play to have turned the play into a- because it kept- it was believable, but it wasn't real. Yeah. It was kind of stylized so that this place that you were in, you knew it wasn't a real place and what you were seeing was theatrical, but it wasn't so stylized that it was over-the-top or weird. It was really good. Yeah. I thought, yeah, there's, I don't know what else we can say about it. It was just, it was a really, really nice, enjoyable film if you like classical music. I want to hope you're still not here. And great storytelling. Yeah. And great storytelling. You're just going to enjoy it. So you'd say it's your favorite movie making because you really like that one. I did. Well, again, you know why? It's the same, same, it goes back to story and when you have a story, it's funny. It's why the Academy likes films like Birdman because when you have a movie about movies or you have a film about art, to me it's like, there's few things I could say that are better for you to tell a story about for us to remember the lessons and the moral to the state of artistry and I can count only a handful of things that we've watched that actually directly talk about the importance of art and how it shouldn't be perverted and how it should be upheld and how it should be celebrated and this, whereas the other one which is about movies is a beautiful historical thing to never forget. This one is a little bit of a higher level for me because it's talking about the very principles that all artistry are built upon and all artists should uphold. So that's why this gets the edge for me. We've seen a lot of really good Marathi films. They're all really high artistry. Not Marathi is just the one that I think we appreciate the least even though we said it was I think a good film. It's just in comparison to Ciderot, there's probably my favorite still. I really enjoyed that film. Core was a great film. This one's more watchable than court. In terms of just an incredible artsy film. This one is more watchable. You got a bunch of songs. You have to be ready to look. Yeah. It's a simple story to follow a lot like some of Shakespeare's. This is almost like some of his more mild tragedies because like Merchant of Venice is always on the border between folks where it's not I was waiting to see where this was going to go at the end. If it was going to have a Hamlet kind of a twist back up. Yeah. Or it ended more like his comedies do with great moral of the story and everybody's happy. Yeah. Yeah. But I think all the Marathi films I've seen we I would recommend. Yeah. Disciple. The Disciple Bandra. The Factory one. Natsumarot. Natsumarot. It's very similar in terms of Malayalam Bengali. We see a lot of films that we should watch. I think unless I'm wrong I think I might have a Marathi film for Halloween month. Ooh. I think. But I got a whole slate of stuff I'm getting ready for Halloween month because we're going to actually have a full month of thriller scary films. Awesome. So let us know what the next Marathi film we should watch is down below.