 This is one of those long name ones you just said it hold on I did shank carab Actors stupid were actually some Corbyn I'm Rick also instagram Twitter juicy content Welcome back to classic month If you've been here the whole time welcome Today we are doing a another movie review of a now to lugu classic 1980 so just made the cut just made the cut, but this was actually patreon's regional Pick for February every month not just classic month. It just happened to be classic month. So I had to pick a classic Every patreon member regardless of your tier gets to pick one Hindi film and one regional film we do like a List everybody puts what they want people out vote and then the top four go on a poll and then that's how it's picked This was February's classic Pick for to lugu and it's Rick called. I hope this is right. I was told it was by a very reliable source Shankarabharanam Not as good as mine Shankarabharanam Shankarabharanam a story of a rare and exceptional exceptional bond between the master of Classical music Shankara Sastrae and his admirer Tulsi yes a woman from a family of prostitutes yes So obviously it's come in 1980 So it's gonna be home spin spoiler view all the classic months will be spoiler reviews So if you haven't assume you know it go watch it We saw the only place we could find it with English subtitles was on YouTube Yeah, and what's uh? What was interesting and very encouraging I? Posted something on Instagram We tell you to follow us there and it was a photo and I just said that the more I see of India The more I love of India. Yeah, and I can't believe how many stupid babies like oh shankarabharanam. I love that movie like Dang you all knew this 1980 to lugu film. You guys are freaky. Well, it's awesome You grew up in the of course if somebody put a thing of Casablanca Of course ever I'm gonna know what that is But the reason I'm thrilled about that is that the diehard stupid babies who follow us on Instagram and Twitter Are the ones who are not just appreciating all Indian cinema, but they appreciate international cinema Whereas if you notice and I promise this will probably be in that category When we do reviews of films that are regional they don't get near the amount of attention Yeah, the other the other movies. Yeah, it depends Molly all them new ones usually get they do I'll be very interested to see I hope this gets a lot of love. Yeah Me too. We'll see about some but Rick your initial my spoiler my initial thoughts were I had too much stuff to put together to release Hone it down into a single paragraph There was first of all, there's just something about it And I don't know if it was just where I was at the time watching it But I found the film to be delightful the majority at a time. I really enjoyed it. There was almost a serendipitous touch of Beneficence on it. There's a shot as an example where there's a rainbow behind them That wasn't put in there CGI post-production That was an actual rainbow that they happened to catch and there's little things like that that happened all The time a sweetness and a love that seems to permeate everything that makes even the most corny moment enjoyable to watch I Love the description of music comparing it to the way a child says mom in three different ways I love that scene. Yeah, and I thought just as a whole as I'm watching it. I had this thought I thought maybe this is what's happening to me When we first tried Hajmola We both agree Satan's asshole. Yeah, and when we first tried Paan, it was like seven perfume in your mouth, right? Still Satan's asshole. But I Remember there came a point where I tried Hajmola. I'm like I'm actually not repulsed by that anymore actually kind of like that And then when we had Paan in India in New Delhi. I'm like disgusting. Yeah But here's here's here's what I think has happened for me with my taste The things that I used to look at in some of the especially the older Indian cinema that I used to find Yeah, I I'm starting to enjoy it now I think I've gotten acclimated a bit to the certain tastes that are definitively Indian cinema I really like this movie. Yeah, so did I I actually really enjoyed this film. I thought it was really unique It was definitely there was a ton of great music and it was music numbers It was all extreme just it was basically like watching a classic Performance that we've done hundreds of times, but like through an entire film And so I thought that was wonderful the whole nuances of Everything being about music and the love for music and he even said like I think there was a line in it that said Music is beautiful. Whether it's Eastern or Western or I forget the exact line that he said it's when he was talking to the Hitties or I don't know That was totally actually playing a guitar This one took underhunt to a completely different level because he also wasn't playing there's like one string on his guitar Now he was going like this the whole time Just a bit down and I was like, I don't play guitar and I know that he's not playing Off the charts. Yeah, but yeah, so that that whole line which you know kind of correlates with how we think about The channel and exploring Indian content and just artistry in general So that was wonderful. There was issues, of course, I had with it But we can get into that and a little bit, but it was overwhelmingly much more I enjoyed and then I didn't and I thought it was Really unique very different from all the other classics that we've seen thus far It was very most of the time outside of I think one actor very grounded from for the most part for all the actors and It caught me off guard a bunch of times like when she got raped And and killed him. I called that though. Yeah, I actually When he did that and he kicked the picture. I said out loud. I said it was a hope I said pick up the shorts of glass and kill him with it Yeah And then when she did that and I saw her come walk over and there is her guy that she adores the artist, right? And she had the blood on her hands This shows you the acclimation and getting used to Indian things right when she's standing there He's sitting there. I'm like come put the blood on his feet. No, that was gross. I didn't like that Oh, no, I was like that would be perfect She just killed this guy and now she's gonna take the blood on her hands and put them as an act of worship on the feet of Her guru. Oh, that was cool. Yeah, it was a whole journey because you know, there's culturally stuff that we understand but it's just even still you don't get right, even though you understand it like She sat down and everybody got up because There's a prostitute Sitting and playing because that matters. It's just So there's stuff that we I understand it like I understand Culturally all that stuff, but it still doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Well, and I'm thinking about the scene where the husband to be is Saying the wrong terms and then to try to redeem himself he starts singing and that makes it worse and His reaction to the son to be I'm waiting for a stupid baby to take The underhunt piano playing scene and just add his outrage because that's what it reminds Yeah, but the message of I Loved and it was done really well the two moments where it's the most Prevalent for me were the with the hippie guys, right? And they're like, yeah, we do Western music And I loved that it was written in such a way that even though he showed them You can't do what I do. Mm-hmm It for him it wasn't about That these two things east and west and the young and the old and how for him It was why can't we and this is what you just mentioned a moment ago on the channel It's what why can't we just celebrate the greatness? That's all of the above and recognize that what the west contributes the east can't and what the east contributes the west can't And that it isn't there. It's not this competition of who's better It's can't we celebrate what's different about each other and recognize that there's an excellence that That you can't do and you can't do and teach me how to do that Well, you teach me how to do that and and the generational thing of the I mean every time I seem something like this I'm reminded of to Char and his his passion for seeing a classic. Oh, yeah, we miss you to Char Yeah, his passion for seeing classical instruments and classical music Embraced by the next generation of people and that not be forgotten That's epitomizes this film. Yeah. Yeah, I might my issues would probably stem from There was one actor. I think it was the friend or I don't know what his like role was essentially he was the friend that His wife kept coming in and all that kind of stuff Yeah, Barry over the top. Yeah, and he was like the only one though that was like over the top And so I didn't understand the placement of it. Sure. It's like Okay, everybody else seems pretty darn grounded here. Can you do that? Please so that was I didn't enjoy that and It's nothing wrong with it. It's just personal taste. I didn't like the ending Okay, wait before we get to the ending because I wanted to ask you about that now since we're talking about the actors, obviously Our lead actor. I thought was 100% believable. He was phenomenal. JV Forgive me for the mispronunciation Somia Julu. Yeah, I thought all three the him the His love interest or that the one he's kind of tethered with yeah The daughter I thought the kid even did a pretty good job. He was very cute He was he did what they he they asked him to do like this very I love that scene where he goes to the house for the first time Yeah, and he touches the door and it's the instrument. Yeah, and then when he sets his foot inside It's everything his mom said that a whole The whole relationship of it's really it's coming true for him music and I dance. Yeah together and I loved The prostitute every moment she was on screen for me She was delightful from dancing while the music's going on at the shore and he sees her and she's waiting for the rebuke And he doesn't give it to her that The tie-in of their relationship and her adoration of his gift from God and his acceptance of her to be around Yeah, and the other thing too. I love about his character was his Recognition of his God giftedness, but he didn't convey an arrogance about himself. Yeah He just accepted the fact that yes, this is my giftedness and I'm confident But he wasn't condescending to people and the moments he had an outburst of anger You see him catching himself and correcting himself, but I thought the performances across the board I was especially so much music in all the music That's it was delightful. It was I think like three-fourths music Yeah, I think this entire every like eight minutes. Yeah, there's a new number, which was awesome. Yeah, okay the ending now Okay, what don't you like about it? I already know it's just I loved it. It makes no sense It does. Well, I here's the thing like I said, there's nothing cinematically wrong with it It's just my personal taste is I like the whole you know He's singing coughing while he's trying to get through it and then instead of helping him this kid comes up and sings the song for him The power of music. No, no, but why but why what does it represent? I understand all that it represents it So I'm not saying I don't understand it. I know that it's I don't like I love it. I don't like it I like I You're realistic almost most of the time during this and then the thing that really set me over the edge was that She died. Yes. I hated it. I loved it. I hated it I loved it and not only did she die But in there dying posture be her hand is on his foot. I got it I saw I loved it and I understand why they did everything. I just don't like it I if he died that would have been fine, but the fact that they were some for some reason he dies now She dies. Yes. Oh, it's so beautiful. I loved that he and I know you know what it represents You know, he is the boy singing it represented exactly what happened when he took off his ankle it and put it on the boy He's passing. He's passing the torch of not just the art form but of the history and He's gonna die knowing that this art he loved so much and he's watched go completely away that no one celebrates anymore It's a new generation is gonna keep it alive He can die in peace knowing that the art form he love is in good hands. Oh, I understand and then for her her adoration and her love is so inextricably linked to him that the moment he ceases to be She ceases to be in the same way that a couple that's been married for so many years when one dies The other one typically is dead within a few months. Well, they weren't even together But they wish that adoration level on a spiritual level for me Sense if they were like Mary they've been I love I love that they had to be like this I love they had to be like that. Oh, I thought it was great. I knew you hate it Like when people die in the end of film that's always that's always nice, but this was it was over the top I knew I knew he I knew he's gonna say I love that they died Yeah, she shouldn't have died. No, she shouldn't have and he shouldn't have had the coughing fit with the kid come up and start singing Yeah, it's just my personal taste is not that style of ending I I think I think it was actually fine. It's like each was trying to sing he was coughing He was doing and he died and that whole thing I would have still got the symbolism of him passing it on and then all that kind of stuff It's just my personal taste. So, you know, that's that's that's what you're here for I've grown acclimated to hajmola. You still think it tastes like Satan's asshole. That's all right Some of us I've always had good taste Anyways, I really enjoyed this film. Let us know what's the next classic and the next to Luku film We should watch. It's actually funny. I saw your post About this film, I think it's a classic. Well, it's the one that I just put up and said the more I'm in first India and I actually didn't think anybody would pick up on it so quick No, but somebody in the comments I saw he was right off the bat that said you're not exploring into your exploring Bollywood and I was like well This is a this is a to Luku film. I don't know. I really know what you're talking about Anyways, yeah, so let us know what's the next classic was the next to Luku film. We should watch down below