 Hey, welcome back to our stupid reaction to the edited sub-corban. I'm Rick. And you can follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and other juicy content. It's so juicy. And you can follow us on Patreon, follow us on Twitter, and the bell will be on the notification squad. BAM! You know the drill. And today, we are doing a movie review for Detective... How would you say it, Rick? Well, I would say Bumkesh Bakshi. Bumkesh Bakshi. Yes, it would be. That's the more Bengali-ized version of it. It would be Bumkesh Bakshi for most other people. But I'm going into the Bengali version of Bakshi. And it's starring, say his name, Rick. Starring as Bakshi is Sushant Singh Rajput. And we are aware and we're aware right when it happened. Yep, woke up to the news. The tragedy of his death. And we talked about it on Instagram and Twitter. I even put something on the community page of YouTube. I know some of you didn't see all that. But we are very aware. And we thought the best way to honor him, because we don't know him very well. We saw him once in PK, right? Yes, the supporting. And so we didn't know him well, kind of like we knew Earfun already. But we thought the best way to do it would be to watch one of his films. Yeah, and we did put, you had put up on the channel immediately a photograph of him on the community board and had said that we were shocked as well. And I think we could have all let you know. But stupid babies, you know our hearts. You knew we were going to do something to honor him in some way. We could have just let you know, hey, it's it's forthcoming. But that's specifically what this is about. And yeah, there is comparatively, we don't want to minimize the tragedy of his demise or his beloved stature. But for us, our exposure to Earfun and even someone like a Rishi Kapoor, who had 50 years of history in the industry and over 160 films. And Earfun had 30 years in the industry with over 100 films. And we were more exposed to Earfun. And it actually had a deeper personal impact on us. But I don't want that to minimize in any way. We recognize the there's a difference with this one, especially in light of the fact that there's a lot of controversy around that one, which is we're not interested in the controversy side of things. We're more interested in honoring the man as the artist and remembering for what he contributed with his art form and talking about the issues that are really important to talk about. And Johnny and I did an Instagram immediately where we had celebrated our one year anniversary, but we began talking purely about mental health issues and about the generic, the germane subject matter that's surrounding his the tragedy of his passing. And if anybody ever I would encourage anybody who's going through stuff to reach out and also. If you have family members, just all in friends, just always reach out. I said this in a tweet, just like Robin Williams, people thought he was the funniest, funniest guy, but he they in the most like happy person. But usually those people that aren't showing it are the ones that are probably hurting the most usually. And sometimes there's nothing you can do at all. But it's the I think the best thing to do is just always reach out. That's the that's the bare minimum we can do. Yeah. And to reach out in a way, reach out in a way that's more than just hey, how you doing? Yeah. Yeah. Because if you know someone well enough and it's tricky because a lot of the times people can spiral really, really fast and you didn't even know they were having an issue because they hit it and that's a shame. Yeah. So but it is if there's one thing I hope can come out of this, I hope this can de-stigmatize because I've never understood why the issue of someone taking their own life has a stigma attached to that and this taboo of people not talking about it. I don't understand it. And we need to be able to have open dialogue and discussion about this and mental health issues, the way we talk about any other health issue we've got. Yeah. Normalize mental health. Yes. Anyways, so that's our little spiel about him. Thoughts and prayers go with him and his family and his friends. But anyways, to the review, which is why this video is here because we want to learn more. And this was him at the forefront. And there were other films we could have chose, but this was the most readily available was on Amazon Prime. And so that's where we watched it. It's while investigating the disappearance of a chemist, a detective, uncovers a large conspiracy to unsettle Calcutta. Rick Calcutta. Directed by Say his name, Rick. Directed by Dibbakar Banerjee. Clearly Bengali. Yep. And a starring, also starring Niraj Kabai. Is that how you say it? Yes. Yeah, Niraj Kabai, who we will talk about. Yes. But there's a there's a there's a Mukherjee in there as well. Swastika Mukherjee was in that as well. She's a Bengali actress. So this is 100 percent spoiler review. That's how we like to do things. If you haven't seen it, go watch it and then come back, please. Yeah. So Rick, Rick, initial thoughts. My initial thoughts. I didn't write my quintessential paragraph, but I do have a paragraph's worth of information. My initial thoughts are it's an it's a weird mixture for me. Ultimately, I enjoyed the film. There's some things about it that I thought were stellar. Other things I thought weren't my cup of tea based on the little information I know about the book it came from. But that's just being nitpicky. So one of the things that I was really impressed by the art department and the production design and the direction combined. And I always include we do the cinematography and the lighting design and all of that combined. It was downright Spielbergian. Sometimes it felt like Raiders of the Lost Ark. Which is high level compliment. It's it was very stylized. And I and people do that all in every different industry. It's called like hyper realistic, like stylistic style. Stylistic, that doesn't make any sense. I think they did it in the Robert Downey Junior Sherlock Holmes. You just are fricking lying on the same page with me. Yeah, because obviously this is a Sherlock Holmes type. It's not it's not playing Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is a lot more sassy than than this character is. But it's the same type. He's a really good detective who's not actually on the police force that solves stuff like that. But the stylistic of it, I really, really, really, really enjoyed. And I actually really enjoyed this film. I thought it was a really good film. The only thing I think kept it from being a great film was some of the pacing in it. It's I think it could have been sped up just a little bit in certain parts to keep up with the high pace and the intensity of some of the scenes, like especially towards the end, where it got so much better toward the end. And so that's but everything else, the acting in this, there's there's even white great actors. I was going to say, I wrote this down. I wrote, hey, we got a good white guy. Mark Bennington as Wilkie. Thank you, sir, for redeeming the non Indian actors on screen because you did a great job. And apparently we've seen him but we've seen him before as well. He was in Kassari and some some other things. But yeah, he was really, really good. But let's first talk about Su. Su Shant. Say his name. Yeah, Su Shant. Su Shant Singh Rajput. I want to make sure I get his name correct. This is our it's really my first exposure. I barely remember him in P.K. Because that was a year and a half ago. It's it's very vague in my memory. I remember as he was good, but I don't remember much other than that. This, I thought he really, really did really, really well in this character. I 100% believed everything he did. And I thought he has a very not the energy, but also but like some of the like in Lutera and Gully Boy, like a Ranveer quality to him. And I'm not saying he's like Ranveer, but it's like that's the vibe I get sometimes when I'm watching him. And I, you know, how I respect Ranveer as an actor. I think he's a really good actor. He was giving me those same vibes. He says a lot with his face without actually doing very much. Yes. And an underlying an underlying bubbling, almost an underlying kind of rage and maybe too strong of a word. But yeah, and it especially came out in one of my favorite points in the film, which is toward the end when he's got everybody around the table and he's telling them really what's going on. And your copies there going, oh, come on, that's probably my favorite part of the film. Such an amazing scene. When him when him sparring with Niraj. Yes. Oh, my favorite part of the film. But yeah, we'll get to Niraj in a second. But they I thought this entire the entire film, he held it together. I was captivated every single time he was on screen. And he never had a false moment ever. He's a really, really, really good actor. And I'm glad this was our first exposure really to his his career, because I think it's a good exposure, even if the film because the only problem I have like that would like to have with the film, everything else is top notch. I love the score. I love the cinematography. I loved all the actors. It's just the pacing sometimes just didn't keep you as engaged as he wanted it to. And that's really the only downside. It wasn't really anything with Suhan. Every every encounter he had with other characters I saw was really, really good. He. Yeah. And I don't know anything about the actual book at all. That comes from Bengal. And I don't know if he does a Bengali accent correctly either. Or if you do it, if he's doing a Bengali accent, I don't know any of that. From my I are one thing that I found is Bengali is those circular glasses. Yes, sir. Are they specific to Bengal? Because it seems like in every Bengali movie, there's always multiple characters with those circular glasses. Yeah, circular glasses and a persona of being very intelligent and red and literature and art and and cultured is absolutely. Those glasses are like that. And what they didn't carry with another thing is with that is the Satyajit Ray cigarette. Those are quintessential Bengali attributes. Yes, so. So, yeah, he was phenomenal. And it's very sad to see such a talented actor go way before his for his time. But let us know before we get into the rest what we should watch of his next. I know Kaipoche, Aimee Sidoni. There's also one that starts with an S as well that I couldn't find, which is why we didn't watch it. Was it to to to a Sunshiria Sunshiria? I think we just reacted to the trailer not too long ago. But anyways, let us know down below. Now, getting to Niraj. This man, we've seen him in quite a few things, let me tell you. He is one of the best actors India has. Like hands down everything. And it's sad because he's normally and I don't know if maybe this is by design or if it's just he doesn't get the opportunities that a more attractive Ranveer or Shahid Kapoor get as the leading man. But the dude is amazing. He is incredible, especially towards like when I saw he was in it, I was like, I didn't know he was in it. I was like, oh, oh, cool. Good. We like him a lot. And then when he he he was basically the Moriarty in this film for for their Sherlock, right? But towards the end of the film, when him and Sujit or Su Suhan right, are sparring off. Yeah. And he just kept laughing. And it was, oh God, I can't explain the smile on my face the entire time. Then that last what, 20, 25 minutes. And then at the very end, when he was just, you know, shish kabab and people, including his own eye, it was incredible. I love it. Oh, I loved it. But also the man is just so, so fricking talented as an actor. Everything we've seen him in, right? Yes. It's so, so good. Yeah, he's everything we've ever seen. And I didn't know he was in it, obviously, until he appeared on screen. And yes, I the moment that scene started, the way it was directed and Sushant started to talk, I everything changed. Like I was engaged, I like get engaged and pulled in. And I'm like, oh, yeah, this is meat and potatoes time. Let him spar, let him spar. And they just let him go with shot really well. And we've never seen Niraj do anything that wasn't believable. It was fun to see him really, as we've said this before, we said this with SRK and my name is Khan. He flexed his the spianatic muscles in this one. We got to really see some of what this man is capable of. And it is a it's a it's a shame that he isn't a larger name, per se, because I sense that this man has the capacity to really surprise a lot of people with his depth as an actor. Yeah, how long I feel like he's been around a long time. I believe he has been around, but he does he does a lot of work. I don't I don't know for sure. His filmography on on IMDB goes back to just 2012, which doesn't seem correct. But maybe it maybe you just got to if he got maybe it was like a Steve Carell got a late start in his career. Could very well be. But and yeah, back to Sushant. He. It's one of those really frustrating things again. And, you know, having not gotten to know him, it's different. So like when Heath left and when Philip Seymour Hoffman left, those were brutal, not just because they were so tragic and so premature, but because we were so those were some of I mean, your favorite actor and Keith was one of mine. And Philip Seymour Hoffman was one of mine. And it just. The the robbing that took place of what could have been the other roles that could have been. And I can see what other people saw in Sushant. And it is it's just tremendously sad to think that he didn't even begin to get started to show us what he was capable of. Because I think he was without question capable of being. He he carried the film as the main character and did it believably. And it's just it is. There's nothing else to say, but it's just a tragic, tragic loss because I see a really, really talented actor. Yeah, 35 just hit you're not even in your prime. I feel like actors don't hit their prime till they're in like their late thirties to fifties, basically, in terms of if you're like in the industry because you get to start really doing a lot of meaty stuff, especially now with such great television going on. And yeah, so so sad. But also the the I want to talk about the score in this. I thought the score was really, really good and unique in a lot of ways. There was no big songs in it. It wasn't it wasn't anything like that, which is one of the thing I thought it was an attestment to it was very different than anything we've seen out of Bollywood. Yeah, yeah, at all. But I've never seen a film this stylized and this that doesn't have the big Bollywood numbers like that. Or like, if it doesn't have that, it's like a on your cash shop. And it's it's like gritty and realistic. This was obviously very hyper realistic, like the Robert Downey Junior Sherlock Holmes style. And so but I thought the the score was really, really good and really interesting in a lot of places. And so I want to shout out to the composer or did he also do gangs? I did you check the credits. She it's a she since in Sineha. Can Walker. Yeah, she did gangs as well. Oh, wonderful. Yeah. So very really talented composer. But I thought as well, everybody else in the film, I thought all the the females. The the two main ones, the ones that played I'm angry, Debbie. And then the there was one more female. I can't they don't have pictures on this thing. Both did really, really well. Everybody. No, that was Divya Menon, who was Satya Wadi, who turns out to be kind of like a love interest for him. Yes. Yes. Yeah, that's that's Divya Menon. And then obviously Swastika Markerji. Yeah, this was one of the few films where even the supporting characters were all really, really good. And so that's that's actually something that's hard to do. There's usually in most films that we've watched, there's at least some supporting characters that were like, like I said, I don't know if you thought there were other issues. I know the main issue I thought was just the pacing of this. No, they go ahead. No, no, I was just going to say, I think it could have been maybe one forty five, as opposed to two ten, which is what it was. And maybe sped it up and it could have been like a great film. And because that's the main thing, but what it was, there's something else that you thought that was. Yeah, my my only thing, which before I say that, I want to reiterate something I said at the outset, which is I can't speak more highly for Divakar Banerjee, the director and his cinematographer, Nicos Andritzakis and the entire production team and the way they transformed Calcutta to look like World War Two. Yeah. And some of the there were so many shots. Well, in case you guys didn't know this, my favorite director is Steven Spielberg. And there were so many shots that were so reminiscent, not in a copying way, but I would love to talk to Mr. Banerjee and say, please tell me either you've been inspired by Spielberg your whole life or you wanted to replicate the feel of Raiders of the Lost Ark, because it's the same time period. There were some things he did where I had Sanjay Leela Bansali moments of look at that shot. Yeah, so beautiful, over and over again, just beautiful, beautiful. You could sit through this film and not know anything that's going on. You didn't have subtitles on. You don't speak Hindi. And you would just enjoy looking at the costuming and the cinematography and the production design and art direction and the lighting and go, dang, this is really gorgeous. My only my only qualm, and this is me being extraordinarily picky and I don't even have the answer to the question I'm going to pose. I don't know if this does justice to the material from which it comes, because obviously this is coming from a book, a series of books, which is the equivalent I've been told, as you've mentioned, the Indian Sherlock Holmes. And I don't know. Like, for example, I'm glad you brought up the Robert Downey Junior version of Sherlock, because for my tastes, I weigh. And I you may agree with me. I very prefer Benedict Cumberbatch's series to Robert Downey Junior's films. Yeah, I don't think they're bad films, but as far as my personal taste and me feeling like they capture the intelligence of Sherlock Holmes and the the vibe, even though it's contemporized with Sherlock, to me, there's no comparison. And I wonder for those who really understand the the actual the books created by I'm going to butcher his name, but it's Sherry Dindu Bandyopadyav, who created the character in the books. I don't I don't know if there would be people who know that they say, no, it was too stylized. It really didn't get into the detail of the intelligence, because I did feel for a detective who done it slew thing. It wasn't really the ending didn't wasn't mind blowing. I was very entertained. Yeah. But that's my only that's my nitpicky purist. I want to make sure we've done honor to the source material. And I don't even know if it dishonored it in some way. That's my only critique of the film. Yeah. Well, yeah, I thought it was really good to let us know what next a sous chante film we should watch next. I would love to get into him more and learn about his career even more to honor the man. But we just want to reiterate one more time that we are very sorry for the loss for him and his family. And we know there's a lot of you out there, same with that where we're on and with Rishi that are grieving right now. And we hope to bring you some some giggles in this time. Yeah. And and and I also hope that our our lack of connectivity and understanding of Sushant doesn't in any way distance us in some way from what those of you who really were connected to him feel with the loss because this is different for us understandably than it was for, say, Irfan on a personal level. And we're not going to pretend that we care more than we do. And we're not we don't feel it's impersonal to be honest about the fact that we just didn't we didn't know and it's tragic. But really hope that we're able to be honoring to him in a way for those of you who loved him feel like we're doing justice to that and bringing something to light at the very least of letting us continue a conversation. You know, we do talk about social things on the channel, but our primary interest is in artistry. That's why you go over to our personal channels and our personal Instagrams and Twitter for more juicy content. We get a little more personal over there because that's where we feel it's more comfortable to do it. And really, really hope that you guys know that what we always want to bring is our most honest, heartfelt responses to things and that we did our very best to try to honor a man who definitively was gone too soon. And hopefully you guys continue to talk with one another and love one another and not shame each other or anyone else who deals with suicide or suicidal thoughts or mental health problems and reach out and love each other. Yeah, reach out and love each other and be real with your actions, not just your words. I promise you there's more people that you know that have depression and mental health issues than don't. I promise you. And so it's not it's not something that should be taboo. It should be as normal as breathing to talk about this stuff because most most people deal with it. But if if you are in need, I will put links to some suicide and mental health. I think you posted something about them right on your on your Instagrams. Yeah, I did. I had posted. Yeah, post them in the description below for anybody who needs them to see them, just so if just to know, you know, there are place people out there that do want to help. And if you miss them and want some more, yes, on my Instagram, all you have to do is look for the picture of Sushant. And in that feed, you slide. There's four or five slides of different hotlines that are connected to Suicide.org all over India, Mumbai, New Delhi, Calcutta. They're all over the place. Love you guys.