 I That was like the thing of the history of the world the brilliant. Oh, yeah I'm corporate. I'm Rick And I think We are doing a very long-awaited movie we did it we did Five hours out of our day We did it We finally watch Swades, yeah, that's right. That's how you pronounce it. It's exactly how you pronounce it. Y'all are pronouncing it wrong Yeah, you don't know how to pronounce it. They're not swadesh Exactly, or whatever. Yeah, it's swadesh. No, it's swadesh. It's swades It's like you know whose name I'm not gonna say anymore that great film composer who did the score to Lagann Just not even gonna try anymore Well, he did this one and he did the final little job, but yes, we we watch Swades. Don't even care But it's directed by say that that's a really Ashutosh Gawarrakar, did he direct Lagann as well and Jota Akbar? Yes, he did. Wow. It's those are three huge classics and we got it. We got to see and now I'll tell you a After seeing these two I want to see Jota Akbar even more with Yeah, ah way Two things great underwear. Thanks. He has very comfortable I'm really impressed with how in shape you've gotten now that you've become a dad It's like you became a dad and it's just transformed your body the underwear helps But yes, it's a successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to a To America with him and in process discovers his roots. Yep Pretty accurate. Yeah, obviously there's a lot they left out leave out there Yeah, they should they should obviously yeah composed by our ramen and if you haven't seen this which is like four or five of you Go see it and then come back because it's gonna be filled with spoilers Obviously starring the infamous Shahru Khan But yes, what what were your initial thoughts? My I'll tell you. Okay, this is This is one of those films that has two Levels of it for me. The first one is my appreciation for it Just as the film itself, but then some of the stuff in it. That's definitively personal for me It's like if somebody asks me if I like the film Rocky, I'm gonna tell you yeah That movie in and of itself is a great film at one best picture. He was nominated for best actor But it has deep meaning for me This kid hit me in the feels hardcore on four occasions. Mm-hmm. I I Loved this movie crime four times really. Yeah I cried I cried four times and and and the final time I was crying was just non-stop tears down my face and it's because of the Connections it has for me personally. I don't know that anyone else would necessarily have I feel like a lot of people do because this is like you you know using comments like everyone wanted us to watch Yeah, that you know when they've said to us and I began to understand it later Like after we saw chocolate India, they said it's an emotion. Don't think about it like a film I literally at one point in the film fought. Yeah, this one's an emotion It hits me in the feels So I have a lot of things to say about it on the technical aspects of it But as a whole this is this is at the top of my list of some of my one of my favorite films We've seen from India. Yeah, no, I really enjoyed it as well. It was um, it scared me at the beginning When it was just the two American and Shabu Khan and oh, yeah at the very beginning Yeah, I got really scared because it was bad writing at the beginning. It was really bad writing at the It was awful and I don't know if it's maybe they just it's hard to write For English-American, maybe I don't know. I think in any language they were telling not showing They were it was just those well, of course, as you know, I grew up as an only child. Yeah, thanks for that I got scared did too and then when they got to India got me got much much better Yeah, it did it just did this. It just did that. Yeah, and it was there was a lot of really great We can talk about Shabu Khan. This is my favorite performance of his that we've seen I would we haven't seen very much We haven't seen a lot and I would say this is my It's a hard one because what immediately comes to mind is my name is con. I loved him and my name is con and I think um What he had to do in my name is con probably was a little bit more challenging for him. Yeah, yeah for sure, but um, he was The thing about him that I'm really appreciating Now because we've seen quite a bit of what he's been able to do is He is a very emotionally available actor. I believe him when he's in his His moments. He's very natural It's a very different kind of natural than say Irfan and that's a not a fair comparison Because not everybody can be in Irfan like not everybody can be in the was it and yeah, uh, but I do consider him to be I think SRK is probably It's weird to say this. He's one of the biggest movie stars in the history of the world But I think he's probably underrated For his acting abilities and I he's he's one of those guys I'd love to see In something like and maybe there maybe it's out there I'd love to see him in something like header with v. Shaw at the helm Where he's diving into deep deep thespian and me Rich well now they're just going to tell you all the beginning of his query played a bunch of negative right. I'm sure Yeah, I really liked him. Yeah. Yeah. No, I think it was really really good that he he did a full-on um I feel like almost a transformation especially obviously, you know the parts that you cried in Like I'm sure like the turning point was obviously when he went to collect the rent to collect the rent Which which I'm sure wrecked you That scene is probably one of my favorite scenes. I've seen And and because the man that they cast to play the farmer he did fit him a mountain. Was he an actual farmer? I don't I don't know But the believability in that scene and the simplicity of the one moment with his wife Who just wipes the tears from her face? That scene could have been So screwed up and I was riveted Oh, yeah, so it was it was it was ridiculous. Like a great scene. Yes, that was one of the parts where I cry Was it your favorite scene? No In the film. Yeah, no I can tell you mine right now. I know it might be the same one It was the one where he was talking to them about india in america Ah, yeah, I don't know if that's your favorite after the dodie which I could relate to that if you've seen the indian clothes wearing one Yeah I I felt really much better about myself that srk didn't know how to put on a dodie. I know it's his character but But yeah, the uh, yeah, that was a great scene. That was my favorite scene because it was so well done Uh, and it was so like I've seen that here in the comments before like anytime You know, um, we say something about america or we say something positive or negative than that It's always a comparison. Yep. We have a boa And like he was saying he was like, yeah, uh, because that immediate thing because like we've gotten in trouble one like in, uh, one of the videos um I think I I said oh with those it was not the second temple one. It was the first temple one Uh, I said they were probably made by slaves Oh, yeah, another comments up. We've never had slavery never had slaves He's like, but you know, you've also had the cast system for right what a long time My time americas had slaves like every there's it's not it's not it's not a comparison right like You can solve your problems and they could solve their problems And so I thought like it was a really well done. I thought like much like I said, this is my favorite driver conformance It's his most sub dude performance 100 percent of various very natural very everybody Believe them. Uh, whoever they the female was gretta Um, who played gita say your name for me. Yeah. Gayatri Joshi. She did really really well She did really well I have only one bone to pick with her and it is not with her Because I thought she did a great job making any sense. No, there were a couple of moments This is genuinely I don't I don't find it a fault on her part So let me explain There were a couple of moments that were acquired deep emotional vulnerability and expressiveness That I saw her doing the best that she could in that moment as an actress But I I'm not nitpicking with her because I don't know that she sounds like nitpicking. No because it's not her fault I don't know that she has gone to a place where she has worked on the work it takes to go through If it because there are some people who that can come to naturally and it's rare Most actors have to do a lot of personal work Understand the difference between walls and boundaries in their own personal space And how to access and tap into the most private moments and share them publicly And I I saw her doing the best with what I think she has Um, and that's why I don't fault her. I I can't fault an actor who doesn't go to the place I wish they would go when I don't think they've actually been trained or or have that capacity as of yet I think she has that potential and this is I'm talking. This is minuscule because give me an example My favorite scene in the film Is the scene where he's about to leave and she meets him at the bridge And I still could see from a technical aspect Stuff I would have loved to have seen the actress do to bring me more into her emotional vulnerability That I feel like SRK is just right there But it didn't it's my favorite scene in the film and I didn't fault the scene I wasn't disconnected from the character in any way. It's a very small Act in critique that I believe this this actress Probably has the capacity and later roles. I don't know and it's My nuke because that scene for me. I crop when he opened that box up and she's describing to him What is in that box customs only you take them to And then when he's driving away and she's saying please turn around please turn around I got I got tears and the film should have ended there. No. Yes. No 100% No 100% that's how Corbin would end the film But I'm very grateful for the film creators for not ending in there. That was my biggest gripe with the film Is that I was like you're gonna ruin this aren't you? No, you're gonna ruin this and be like Oh, it has to be happy in the end doesn't it? No, she goes on with her life. He goes on with his life. You know, that's okay That's how life works people. No, that's not okay. It is no because that's how life works Now sometimes it works that way because people give up on what they know they really should have pursued No, that's part of the reality and it is true and it is real. No. Oh, so he wasn't they weren't in love and shouldn't have been together No, because they had different different things to do one. How's he gonna one? How could he afford to re plumb and electric electricity that entire town? I how's he gonna do it without a nasa job now? He can't Yeah, so responsibilities wise. Yeah, it's irresponsible So, yes, thank you and also she would he would not have been able to take that stuff and do customs into America What stuff the box? Oh, I know but that was that That didn't bother me. I just wish it would have ended there because I was like it would have been a perfect moment No, please. Please don't go. Please don't go and then he goes and everybody's sad. No. Yeah No, it needed to end with him Covered in mother India and where he's supposed to be. Did you like that other guy? Uh My my guy from lagoon. Are you kidding me one of my favorite Indian actors of all time The minute I saw his face. I was thrilled to see my favorite actor there. Yes Of course, I love that man. He did much better in this than he was just as No, he did much better in this than he was and uh, he still has this weird Thing going on with him that I know I can't understand. Oh, I love it. I love it. Yeah No, I here's the the part of this where I would let people know I have an Unusual bias toward it is because it hits some things on me very very personally Which is what made me cry as well If someone were to say to me, is there any Indian film That would give an analogy and like explain the impact of what has happened In your life since you guys started doing our stupid reactions So I know this is a story about an Indian man going to America and then getting reconnected to his roots, but The connection he had with the people the culture the customs And how that completely changed him and when he went back to nasa it was like I'm never going to be the same And the song the songs in this And that that song toward the end it's saying to him You you're you're supposed to be here You've been this place called to you these people are your people and he's having those flashbacks of the faces So all I could think about at those points was the stupid babies and the messages that we get that are so deeply personal and then of course He's his the the love of his life is somebody he falls in love with Who is a teacher which for me The very first photograph that andrani ever sent to me was her and her class with her students because she's a she's teaching kindergarten All of that stuff and then the box opening up being reminded of the people and the land and the places Yeah, that From I mean That's why I got this when I explained my tattoo And the fact that it's the color tattoos the colors of the indian flag splashed on me like I was playing holy His characters being in completely transformed by india And by the people of india and him finding the love of his life I couldn't disassociate my own experience from that And I thought everybody else in the the film did really well the supporting roles There wasn't really outside of the beginning part and the fat white american Oh, I was so happy we got the stereotypical Bad white actor in the film. It just doesn't seem to amaze me. I don't understand it. I don't understand I'm waiting for it. Just every I'm waiting for every single film from india to have the one bad white actor That can't all be that bad. Yes, they can and they are like maybe they write it on purpose for the white people to be bad No, I don't know no because he didn't have a lot of lines to ruin and he was just bad. Okay. Be back with three weeks I don't understand really the bollywood india hire us, please I will be your token like will work for scale guys the word. Well, he will I'll work for a dollar above scale I don't work for scale What a dollar above Yeah, no, I really really enjoyed this film. It didn't you didn't really feel the three hour runtime Not at all, which was which was nice and not at all That was one of the most daunting things about this film is that you know, it's almost three hours 10 minutes Yeah of and it's like That seems really really long, especially if it's bad Correct. So like if it was like, um Deftoss style acting it would have been a big struggle for me for you to get to get through that. Yeah, not me I agree. I appreciate good at this. For a movie as slow paced As it was, it didn't feel long and and I did we haven't talked about this. You talked about your favorite scene I would say apart from the personal thing I enjoyed so much and so much of the artistic thing about it that I felt was great everybody in it and again My slight nitpick with the actress who was beautiful and I loved her and believed they were in love The the thing that I really Enjoy about this film is how it unashamedly just in multiple scenes goes Here's what's wrong with our country right now and here's what's wrong with the world And at the center of this thing, it's unafraid to say why are we discriminating against each other according to cats? Why is ignorance so high and illiteracy so high and we need to change that why is you know, just Open communication and talking about subjects that are really well written Yeah, really outside of the american part and that opening scene. Yeah outside of that. It was really well written really prophetic in terms of just saying stuff that Some people might not like to hear right just like the old people in this that were like Cases or tradition. It's been around a long time. It doesn't mean you should continue doing it, right? Yeah, that was that that was that moment when they talked about we have tradition and culture And that in and of itself is yeah, and it was it was a conversation that I feel a lot of people still have nowadays It's like they they said it's been around you're blaming us for that. No, right not at all Yeah, exactly. That was a great moment. He's like i'm not Blaming or putting anything on you just expressing myself. Yeah Just just telling you my thoughts also it was it was it was really well written And it was just heartbreaking when he was going to find people to be in the school And then like the different scenarios where like he was like my my kids aren't destined To be educated and he was marrying off his little daughter. Yeah, I was like, whoa Whoa, bro Don't do that. Um, but then like the other ones like the they're in college they're in high school now and like He was like, yeah, I genuinely believe they want but Would they need to learn their household? It's like it was a whole bunch of different scenarios as to what I'm sure Still happens. I mean, I mean a lot but um, maybe in rural areas even more, but um, just uh Different things of why they can't get educated why certain people can uh discriminate against gender Whatever still and they those are the excuses they give. Uh, and so I thought it was really, uh, well done in terms of Calling the the stuff out that needs to be called out. Yeah, uh, just like, you know When uh, you know films that here in america call out what needs to be called out because yeah It's like every country has their major issues. Yeah every country does and does it just because you have a tradition Doesn't mean you shouldn't fix them. Correct. Yeah. Yeah, and you can still uphold your traditions the good ones And try to fix society. Yeah, I think what this was trying to express I I totally agree it really does and and The there's there's so many different levels to this thing that you could talk for a long time About and what I was shocked by I don't know if you looked at this up or not, but I I Often like when we watched shoelay that was right when we first got this bollywood book So I went in and I was reading about shoelay. I went in to look for the film It's only mentioned on srk's page. There's nothing in there that talks about the film Really? And I was I was shocked. I thought it was a bigger deal than that So did I I thought it was on the level of lagon and shoelay and dev das But apparently I actually driving over I was talking to nidrani about it And she said no this came in at a time where some of the bigger more colorful Bollywood films with the bigger musical numbers were were in mainstream at the time And a quieter cinematic piece like this Typically wasn't what audiences were really looking for at the time interesting. Um, I asked is it like charlie and the chocolate factory Because like that was a flop when it first came out with with gene wilder It became a cult classic and she said no, but people who love cinema and who know srk will tell you This is one of his better films and this is one of the better films that and I agree I I just I I want to watch this again to see all the other levels Again, yeah, just a beautiful movie. Yeah, really really really well done the music I But it's it's him I don't want to say his name because I don't want to mispronounce it again Yeah, and I love the simplicity. They weren't big musical numbers like the the the musical number with the kids and the stars I thought that was really beautiful. Yeah, that was a really nice scene because it was also like it was Hard to watch because you know certain people on this side certain people on that side. I know what is going on but then it was a great song about Not doing that. Yeah Loving people for being people. Yeah, and I know we you know growing up here in America We see prejudices and we see racism and things but we we've never been exposed to Living in a caste system or it's very very different so we actually have grown up with this Like really how can you? How can you treat each other this way based on skin color based on religious differences based on caste and even watching this? I think about this all the time guys and if it doesn't register with you Whatever caste you come from whatever religion you believe in or practice whatever country you're from whatever political party you're affiliated with Every human being bleeds red It's it's a I I always go back to the fact of Whatever you are There's a beautiful song by staying called fragile that talks about that that give me a say Who this ignorance about treating each other differently based on those things? I just Yes, we'll never I'll never understand. Yeah treating so many different based off their skin colors Just as Tom is treating somebody differently based off of a caste Which makes it. Yeah, it's completely idiotic. It's like makes no sense Something your father was so down to get you are that Well, it happens here. I'd say the predominant thing that we probably encounter here is economic status. Yeah, that's prejudice based on economic status That's a that's a big thing. Um, I mean you're not like It's not like to the extent about it wasn't India where like they can't touch you No, it's not like that but they'll look down on you and and stuff like that and it well It wasn't too long ago. The blacks were treated that way here. Oh, yeah No, we're only talking one generation proceeding us where black people couldn't drink out of the same water fountain It's couldn't go to the same schools couldn't go to the same backgrounds The point he was making in the film. Yeah, even though I think I would have made a bigger point. He said Um, because he because right when they said something about the caste system He said somebody said but don't they discriminate off of People's skin color and then he says well, sometimes there's prejudices Uh, and stuff like that. I would have probably been a little harsher, but uh, yeah, um, we want to have a good track record here. Yeah Um, but that was the beautiful moment of it. He was like, yeah, they have they have issues Right, so do you right? And that's let's let's work together and solve those and get over those issues Yeah, stop looking at oh, we have tradition. Look at them discriminating Exactly, and that's what I loved about srk's transition was He went back to india not because he was believing in anything that was being badmouthed about america It was both places of beautiful both places of problems and Can't be okay at all And I loved the ending so I did No, that was my biggest gripe with it. Why does everything have to be happy? It doesn't but anyways, I loved it a plus film I would watch it again. Oh, I can't wait to watch it again. Yeah. It was really really well done Really like phenomenal. Let us know what srk film movies we're watching next. I don't know. Let me think what I've heard Well, I what I'm I'm really loving to see him fess up the fest Flex his fespeonatic muscles in terms of something really. Yeah, you know, like a There will be blood or a I don't know if he has a gang in new yorker Well, let us know