 How to write a good story how to write a good story write a bad story. Yeah fix it Stupid on your own post is that on its Instagram and you're on that so don't It's not not true though You don't know something's a bad story until you fix it. It is very true That's how you learn to be good is by making mistakes. So there is that's a hundred percent true Is a bad story if you fixed it, but that's it's no longer it but there's no longer a bad story If you you need to know how to fix it, that's the thing isn't it it is Hey, welcome back to the director. It's a Corbin. I'm on your agakasha You follow that Instagram Bless his heart my dad's Yeah, my my anyway Ha He's he's horny right now. Yep. He's calling Rick constantly. He's always calling me when he's horny. Wait, what? Today we're doing a movie review And of the new film that just released the 2022 film Kala or kalo if you're Bengali No, that would be colo. Goal. Oh, you're right. Prejudice. He racist about the bongs So our our bondu is in here. So I had to do it. Yes My my bull is that what it is bondu. Yes friend. Yes, but she's my bull. I'm our bull My wife back in the day when you were younger didn't they used to call them the bows your bow? Yeah Needle and a bow. Yeah. No. Yeah as she said your bow bo w when you were a kid, right? Sure back before there was electricity or uh the element of human thought I before we had evolved. I have a influencer friend. He oh do you? Posted something on on tiktok and he said my kid asked when I was born. I said 1987 and he asked me if I was a slave What kids have no perception of dying. No, it's true. It's true No, it's like a story. I thought it was hilarious though. I know the pastor jack hayford talks about his uh his his grandson talking to his mother when she was alive So it was great grandma and the he looked he looked at his mom's hand and he said Great grandma What happened to your hand? She said what? He says it's looks so old She said well, I am old. How old are you? She was like she said I'm 92. He looks at her. He goes Did you start at one? Anyways, we're doing a movie of the new film the netflix film cala and it's directed by Anvita Dutt also written by Anvita Dutt produced by Anushka Sharma with a special thanks to Anushka Sharma for Contributing composed by Amit Trivedi our dose or Yeah, I didn't know if he was Bengali um And isn't he or babe Amit Trivedi Bengali or is he no, I think he's yeah, so he's dusty. Okay. Um, and it's the same the same creators of Uh, uh, bull bull also the star of bull bull trip trip I want to say tripati, but it's not no. It's tripti tripti. Tripti. There's a cool name. I love that name. Yeah, uh, and our bondu shoshika, yes, uh as well and um our Dost Abishak as well makes a Indeed appearance as well who also did was responsible for casting. Yes, uh, and a whole bunch of other people So if you haven't watched it, uh We're gonna do a little non-spoilers because it is a new film So we don't want to spoil everybody and then if we want to get into the spoils We'll get into some spoils and we'll tell you before we do that But it's on netflix. It's less than two hours. You can go watch it Uh, if you just want to watch it before you hear anything from us Um, but rick your initial thoughts, please non-spoilers So this is our 71st of the year if you're keeping a score at home Our 278th all-time our 42nd hindi of o2 of 22 and our, uh, 171st hindi all-time. I have a paragraph. Oh boy This will tell you whether I liked it or not. He had a paragraph for kgf2 though. So that's true. Don't don't so don't No, he didn't. Yeah. No, I You drove home really? If I It's a whole adage if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all if I have a paragraph I probably love the film. Um That being said I hated the piano playing so on vita do Proves herself to be a legitimate master of cinematic artistry as she has created a powerhouse work of collaborative craftsmanship comprised of profound cinematic subtleties and fragilities That silently screamed through every frame of film about the never-ending plight all women living in the world Still face of toxic male chauvinism Sexism domination and abuse and how inexplicable and inexcusable it is That we still live in a world today that cares more about clinging to its dead sons than caring about its living daughters I love adore this film For a million reasons. Um This is my favorite film of the year hands down high five I was gonna say I was gonna say we're gonna have as I finished it. I was walking in the kitchen thinking We have to have a conversation about this in relationship to rr r because It doesn't qualify though. They're they're they're two totally different, but it doesn't qualify either No, and it's it's two totally different worlds, but I would still recommend rr even if it was qualified Yeah, it's because of the effect that it's had on the western. Exactly. It has an impact, but the importance level. Oh, yeah Uh, absolutely. I'm so happy to hear you say and the artistic level on every single level There's only five minutes you think and this will be a 45 minute review. I don't know man because yeah There's not one level that I didn't love. There's probably one frame that I was like I could have probably Done without as much computer generation behind it. Which one? Oh wait, not yet We're because we're in non-spoiler mode non-spoilers. We can talk about that It it is like if that if i'm thinking i'm trying i'm trying to think of something that I was like I don't love that And that's like the only thing that can come pop into my mind Is is one background frame was a little too cgi heavy for me once I don't know here's one of the things that's frustrating because I'm gonna say the frustrating thing and then why it it's frustrating because it's the work is so beautiful On the credits on imdb There's no credit for anybody involved with lighting None of the gaffers none of the grips none of the best boys are listed on the imdb credits Which is mind-boggling same cinema talk as a bull bull and it shows But there's everything guys literally Every aspect I can't think of another film that I have seen That has a perfect blending of every discipline of the art form from the lighting the sound the costuming The art direction the production design the acting the writing The scoring you name it even even we'll get into it in the spoilers, but you're not going to find A film that demonstrates Every single person in the collaborative team was at the top of their game Then this movie. Yeah, it's as good as it gets. Yeah, and so let's get into this. Uh, first. Let's talk about our star here Uh, because hot damn, um indeed Obviously she loved her in bull bull sort of phenomenal job. We love bull did a great job. Love that movie Uh, it's one of my favorite probably halloween horror. Absolutely. Even though it's not Gorgeous. It's not like scary. I but I don't think it was trying to be incredibly scary scary But it's it was a really fun One of the most beautiful films you're ever going to watch and which is why it's great that this director and Sematographer paired up again because yeah, we'll talk about that for hours. Yeah um This performance though Halfway through I said to Steph. I said I bet she was exhausted. Yeah Because it's an interesting frame. Isn't it interesting to follow this right after menoge? Yeah, because it's a comparable difficulty, but like I didn't mean to erupt you but like She must have been Every frame almost and it's not I don't know if it's supported, but she's almost trembling and it's it's Unforgiving cinematography as far as how close they are to her the close-ups of her and what she's dealing with for the Totality of the film But it also looks real and it looked like she was actually going through this and it looks like she was But for an actor to do that you have to make yourself Yes, and that is exhaust because I get you you can make yourself tremble as an actor and all that kind of stuff But to do it for a two-hour film. So that's probably Eight hour shoot days and yes, she must have been exhausted to show you This is a real challenge for actors Uh in my in my acting class yesterday There's an actress that's in the class with me and she asked howard What to do when she's presented with this kind of a thing she had an audition That required her to be extraordinarily emotionally connected and cathartic And she had to do multiple takes for the self-tape and she found herself by take five Depleted and said how how do I maintain that because I know I don't have to do it just for my self-tapes I have to do that when I'm on set If they require multiple takes especially if I have to do a role where I'm that way for the majority of the film But even though it's just say it's a single scene It's a requiring thing that only a trained actor can accomplish And she's she was magnificent. I love magnificent her entire performance was just A thing of beauty. It's definitely going to be in the dummies this year And it she could very well win it by the there's been a lot of great performances by women this year So it's going to be I'm going to have to go look at it and see me too But I if she won I could very well make an argument for the fact that she was the best performance of the year She was a phenomenal phenomenal performance on every level her motion availability The the her power on screen at times her just everything about it. I I adored and I loved I agree. I think I'm she's just starting her career. I know it's so exciting and she is going to be a Absolute taboo level powerhouse. I feel if she continues on her trajectory She has a capacity about her and I would love to know As always just stuff about her process and but without Any spoilers we already shared enough about there's a fragility to the character And then we'll get into spoilers here in a second but There's there is not just a fragility to what she's going through it's interesting because she has a fragility But she also has a strength And I felt that she the actress Was doing what all great actors do Sharing the truth about herself and seeing who she was In this character that she and the character were inseparable. It is what would Tripti do Who would Tripti be if she was in these places and I I just I felt The level of personal work That is as as Guys is as good as it gets as was not a not a surprise Shwoastika. Yeah, what do you think about Shwoastika? She's always great. Yeah, and again, she didn't she didn't have to go through the kinds of things obviously because she's supporting but When do you want to get into spoilers because Conversing about Shwoastika requires me to talk about some spoilers I just know if there's an element of this film. We loved it Every aspect just name an element of this film and we loved it. I love there's not There's not a outside of getting into a spoiler of a certain scene One thing that I really disliked about this film. I gave it five stars on my letterbox Uh, it's it's a absolute gem of a film. Go watch this film. That's all that's the non-spoiler review And you can watch I'm not kidding You could watch this film five times like action films. Yeah, if you're not a lover of the art form Go go watch something else You can watch this movie five times in a row Just for the acting Just for the directing Just for the cinematography Just for the costuming just for the score Just for the lighting which goes hand in hand with the cinematography just for the art direction There is so much and they're all Look at if you haven't seen it. Look at how interwoven Every single discipline that I just named off Tells of the same story in the most Perfect delicate Delightful, it's it's a it's a true beauty to behold. Yeah, absolutely. So go watch it. It's on Netflix. It's under two hours Spoiler time Spoilers boys boys boys boys boys if you still hear the yeah, if you're still here, then you've seen the movie I texted shwoshika after it. We were done and I said I Won obviously phenomenal job. I love the film and I said I hated you so much great job And that is if I had like um in harry potter if I had um Umbridge's phone number, right? I would text her right after you are one of the most Characters, I've hated more in my entire life You did a phenomenal job because I've never actually that's probably the film that I've seen I've hated a character so much in umbridge more than voli I like I would rather vote more than joffrey More oh, yeah more than joffrey really easily. Wow I despise umbridge and harry potter not the actress because this is how good of a job She did because she had to do that good of a job I said I so I was like I hated you because like she mother of the year, right mother of the year. Yeah It's interesting my my feeling for her was more along the lines And I don't know how many people feel this way about the character. I'm about to reference I felt the same way about swastika's portrayal of the mom The I feel the same way about that mom that I do about daniel plainview In there will be blood He's a despicable person. No, she was worse. He's a despicable person But my heart breaks for him And and even before we reached the climax of the film for her. Yep. I actually I actually was upset once again I was upset that she came in and started crying in the end. No, I you do not deserve these tears They're they're ass. They're both victims of the exact same system who had completely different outcomes I agree with you. Yeah that they are But I don't believe she deserved any any remorse in the end for what she did. Oh, I did I do not The reason I don't forgive as easy as you do. I know I do not forgive for and the fact that this started with A twin story, which is if you don't know, I just had twins this year a boy and a girl Uh shocker. I love them both equally. What I'm not really. I know. Wow crazy But um and so like he started and I was like, oh no. Yeah, I really hope this isn't like so awful. Um in terms of like Because obviously it started once again spoilers The one of the twins dying and and all that kind of stuff and and of course the boy and the boy Um, but they did a they did a really good job. But yeah, I I despise her character because she was just so awful and she Just every everything about the the opposite of the mother of the year is her Um the worst mother in the world I can think of Um and the fact that she's so prejudiced against woman even though she's a woman She should be supporting like the other women did in this film But she was like, no you stole my son from me And she blamed it on her. So I believe she gets no no arc for remorse in this Absolutely, none. Great job. Sure. She got your character's amazing. It's beautifully written the fact the fact that the mom does Reach a place of remorse, which there was a point I don't know what point it was, but it's as we enter the final act of the film I wrote down in my notes that I wrote I wrote Kala has to die If we're going to take this to where it's going and I believe our our director and writer is taking it That I knew Kala was going to die. She had to die because and and I thought also maybe the mom would die because there are in some respects two sides of a similar coin But I I'm kind of glad that she didn't and and just as a little sideways since we're on Schwozdecker's mom character One of the things that's so beautiful about the costuming in this Is I don't know if you picked up on this you probably did You'll notice that there's a fragility and a delicacy To the costuming on kala. It's it's mostly light colors and whites And her saris have midriff showing and a lot of see-through things that convey A fragility and a fabric nature that's light and not as Grounded and as she's far more transparent and she's also more vulnerable Whereas and she's also she also matches the snow With which is which is even a yin yang moment with the with Yes Schwozdecker's mom is always darker and solids. Well, the one in the snow was um, uh, your fond son. Yeah, uh, that guy Yeah, but but later on she's in full black at the at the funeral Which is an interesting thing when you think about indian culture But all of the mom's costuming was solids. They were not see-through. They were dark And the women around kala were lighter textured all of her advocates who were silent but clearly Empathizing with her were incomparable kinds of fabrics and That's the kind of marrying and then the sound there's a moment where the camera's coming down And it reveals at the bottom of the frame microphone And in the sound far away you just hear a slight feedback like the sound of a microphone when it's turned on That attention to detail by everybody involved in this Mesmerized. Yeah, absolutely every frame. I want to talk about, um Babil kan the late great earphone kan son as well This I believe is first. Is it really I think this is first. Um, I think it's like first. Let's double check here This is him, right? I'm not crazy, right? It's babil kan, right? Yeah. Uh, yeah, it is. It's his first Thing ever that he's done. Yeah nepotism Yeah, seriously Oh, I mean, but come on One first first thing. I think he did a fantastic job agreed. Um, there's You would expect so much so much worse of a performance from somebody who's never acted in but I don't know how he couldn't have learned or just have natural gifting Being who his father is. Yeah, but even still obviously there's people actors who have amazing parents actors that Yeah, they have absolutely no talent at all. It's not just It's not just something that's genetically passed off. No, and even with the genetic pass-off you do still Typically have to understand technique. It's it's talent and technique Yeah, I would love to speak to him about what he learned from his father Absolutely And how much if he wanted to at all or if it was later in life that he decided because Sometimes when your parent is one thing you want to kind of do the opposite because you don't want to Kind of invade their space, but I thought he did a really good job I did too. Yeah, I thought his motion was really really good. Yep. He looks so much like young year fun It's it's absolutely crazy, right? Um, but I thought he brought a really good dynamic with uh, Tripti, right? Yes. How you say her name. I thought their dynamic was really nice. Um, And in everything like that, what'd you think about his? Oh, I I agreed. He clearly Whether he learned it by observation or from direct interaction or from other people telling him He clearly understands the simplicity of Smallness and silent and stillness that acting is not about performing. It's about being present and in the moment Um, I felt one of his best and most beautiful moments, which was framed so wonderfully Was him sitting across from her Um, and that he had moments of framed shots with the tear That did not seem contrived. It just seemed like a captured moment. That was natural So, yeah, yeah, you did a great job. Great job. Uh, let's talk about, um, so many aspects cinematography because The cinematographer, um And they'll say that say his name from lighting team. You deserve the credit You should be referenced on imdb every grip every gaffer every best boy Anyway, um, yes cinematography was headed because there were other obviously with all cinematographies. There's teams You have people who are assistant cinematographers You have people who are grips and their sole job is to help the cinematographer But our primary d.o.p. Is siddharth diwan and if i've mispronounced that forgive me the same team with the director Uh, uh, that did bull bull, which we loved the cinematography and this was just as beautiful very different very different Not as vibrant. Uh, didn't need to be but still vibrantly dull It's one of those kind of things. Yes, um well said But and what they did with not only obviously the cinematographer but the visuals in this film Because most of this film was grounded right in in terms of like in reality. Yes, but they did certain things at certain moments. That was very Black swan. Yes, that's exactly what I thought watching it or the shining Uh, like very black blood comes down the the hallway. It was yes And even even hints of a beautiful mind. Yeah, so like certain things would happen that aren't actually happening in reality But they're visual representations. Yes the snow coming down the the the raven the obviously the the mercury all that kind of stuff So there's so many different things the moth That that they did visually that I love like the snow all the snow at the end gorgeous In the recording studio. Yes, it's a beautiful representation Of something not actually happening in reality But still your film is very grounded Uh, right in reality like black swan, but obviously something that's just going on in her mind Yes, just using a visual representation, which I feel like is a lost art form art form now. It doesn't happen a lot Uh, we saw it once obviously with uh, such did rye and hero. He did it a lot There were moments this reminded me of rye in in hero and I think so whoever was the cinematographer was the director whoever come up with that aspect of the cinematography and the visuals I thought was I'm brilliant because I That ultimately falls on On your director that's on miss dutch the originality of it and the creativity. Yes. It was amazing Yes, which for me was clearly a woman's hand and perspective Throughout the totality of the writing and everything from the symbolism of the snowflakes again the white which Many of the women were in the white which I wrote down had represented white pure Individualized yet at the same time immensely fragile and easy to not appreciate for what it is She's Are the star in the name of the film of kala that she's she's every woman I wrote this down at the point. I realized that I went okay. I get it kala is every woman and because of that She must die when this movie ends. I would have been very angry If she doesn't die when the movie ends because It was very clear throughout like one of the most heartbreaking moments Is when she walks out there dressed scantily and she has the stuff to smoke And she's trying to replicate what she saw her mom do Because that is what she thinks is the only way She's going to achieve anything and she's ever going to get the approval. She needs so badly from her mom And there are so so many women for ages who have been put in those positions where They don't know what else to do and they have been put in those positions that they either offer it Or it's been forced upon them. Yeah, and they end up Devastated yeah, it was heartbreaking to watch and the just the way she held her face up so not swastika did it with this Experienced amorous and sexuality that she's done this a lot And she did it the way of like this Virginal girl who it's so awkward and you just want to run up and go stop Yeah, and obviously that's the whole one of the big messages of the film obviously about women and yeah, uh, Especially in the industry Music film what have it whatever obviously it's the same I think are probably around the world because it's Not just even in the film industry, but obviously that's what this was any industry that has power Yeah, anytime you have people that are trying to come up and you have people in power Especially if it's a man, you're gonna Obviously the me too movement and all that kind of stuff of exposing Awful awful men or people in general because it's not obviously just women But it's just predominantly women. Yeah, Brendan Frazier is a very famous Um Yes, he didn't know that got taken advantage of by a big producer in Hollywood. Yep And so I that messaging behind it was great. I liked the fact that they went there. Yes With certain scenes in terms of like when it first happened on the the balcony When she thought she was getting fired and then it showed her basically giving them a blow job What I love about that is first of all When it starts to pan It looks like he might be masturbating And that's what I thought at first. I'm like that's kind of weird And it goes right around the gargoyle Gargoyles are big in symbolism And then we come back to it from the other angle and she's coming up standing up and she did such a great job of Honestly wiping her lips in the moment because she herself was disgusted at what took place Kind of wipe it off rather than an inexperienced actor Would stand up and wipe it to show you what I've done Which kills the moment because it's no longer believable because the action was driven from a place of showing Rather than the inward thing going on with this girl of I have just It was beautiful. Yeah, absolutely amazing. That's actually the scene that um, I had a problem with not the scene itself The background of the the balcony that they were on there's a little too CGI heavy for wow I was so captivated with the shot. I didn't even notice like I said the only thing in the entire film That I saw that I was like, um, yeah, it's a little too as everything else was like Even if it was CGI, it was just beautiful cinematography and it's gorgeous. Yeah, I didn't even pick up on a little too CGI for me and it distracted me from what was going on over here Even though what was going on here was amazing and beautiful. Well, I'm not beautiful, but the performance was beautiful You know I'm talking about So that's like the only crap I have with the entire film was the background of that scene I thought the score in this was also incredible beautiful Very fitting It was subtle a lot at times, but then obviously the big numbers as well when they actually performed were So all the singing or the voices are dosed in this. I'm at triveti Just a brilliant brilliant composer. I thought did a brilliant job with the score in this film I agree and once again just as for example We have Lighting telling the story and that the warm tones when she's in the house with her mom Or any house warm tones are always away from her They're always a warm tone is outside the window and it's cold in where she is as far as the lighting Then we talked about the costuming representing certain things sound design speaking to you Representatively Scoring as well. There was a point. I could go back and listen to it again and make sure of this But it sounded like he had he had committed Two different string instruments to be thematically connected to swolstice's mom and to kala Because whenever kala had something she was going on there was a singular cello sound That was happening and then there were when there was a point where she was reaching that pinnacle of conflict there was this this Dis it wasn't even dissonant as much as it was this slight duoing of different strings and they became representative of The characters as well as just moments where they filled in moments of silence just Frickin perfect. Yeah, and I'm trying to think about anything else of the editing by Manas Yeah flawless and everything it felt like a seamless Hole if I felt like it almost feels in the editing Like they said action and all we got was A live shot of go to camera one go to camera two go to camera three. I didn't feel the editing. Yeah, ever. It was great um, so basically, I guess I'll Shout out to avin Say your name. Oh to an visa dot the creator the creator and the team writer director Because she's becoming a a fantastic Incredible director With bull bull and now now this and what other I haven't I would love to know She's new too. Oh, yeah. She's a lyricist. Oh, yeah. Oh, no. No. Yes Yes, music is in in the in the background prior to coming to the direction of film She's two films in a row that she's obviously keeping She's visuals as as one of her main methods of telling the parts of the story, which is lost I feel on a lot of people And she's done it brilliantly very different than obviously this is sanjali bansali, but equally as beautiful I feel at times. I I meant that in the the opening paragraph when I said that envy the dut Proves herself to be a legitimate master of cinematic artistry. Yeah, she's absolutely brilliant and I want to Thank Anushka Sharma. I think she is probably one of the better producers in all of india hindi cinema Uh, if she does other languages, I don't know, but um, I the things that she's chosen to produce. Yes is is I think great because she's choosing to Produce good quality content. Yes, um, and so I want to applaud her because we don't often get to talk about Because you never know what actual producer does often It can be very many different things. They could just be a money Money bank Which is a lot of times what you hopefully want them to be because you want them to support the artists that are Actually doing it the directors the actors the writers right to support them and be there if they need any information But mainly just being there to support and put money towards and promote and Putting their weight behind their product. Yes, essentially Yes, and the stuff that she's decided to produce that we've seen which was also bull bull Um in h10 that we've seen quite a few things that she's produced I think she's quickly becoming one of the better producers in all of india on top of obviously Very active actors Give her as much money as she needs to disseminate that to an vita and directors like her with creative teams like this Because these are the kind of films that are the most important films to be made Because they are at the highest levels of expression of the art form in every discipline that's involved Telling stories that have a level of importance that don't just engage you as an audience member But cause you to talk about things topically that If they're done amongst people with intelligence Result in you finding a place where you can have a better world because the outcome of a film like this Shouldn't just be the conversation This was a great movie the outcome of a film like this should then evolve into the conversation of the subject matter Is about women about mental health because that is another they even say at the very end If you're having a mental health issue, you should go ahead and contact here And that's a subject we didn't even delve into that's a big part of the story But as it pertains to the way Women should be treated the way women have been treated the things that need to be Changed in order for women to be treated with equal value from birth to death And in all forms of society The movie making is just doesn't get any better. Yeah, absolutely Uh, so please if you're still here, I know this was probably a long one. I apologize. I predicted 45 minutes Let us know what you thought about this film and what should be the next film we should watch down below