Ep 252- Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiya 3

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[00:00:50] of Khandaan Podcast. My name is Asim Burney and I'm joined with my lovely co-host Amritha and Sujoy.

[00:00:55] Hey Amritha, hey Sujoy. Hey everybody. Hello. Happy Diwali guys. Thank you. Thank you. How was your Diwali?

[00:01:04] What did you guys get up to? What are the Diwali vibes for you guys? I ate a lot, I slept a lot

[00:01:08] and I went to one pandal. That's it. One Kalipuja pandal. That's it. If you want to know what my Diwali

[00:01:18] was like then you'll have to join the Khandaan Patreon because that's where I discussed it.

[00:01:23] Sujoy, you went to Hyderabad also? You went to like... Yeah, yeah. What did you do?

[00:01:31] So I have my niece staying there in Hyderabad. So I went to visit there for a family gathering and

[00:01:38] everything and I spent a long weekend there. Not much to do indoors so I went outdoors. It was still

[00:01:45] very hot but Hyderabad, what do you do? We went to Ramuji Film City. It was amazing.

[00:01:50] Oh wow. That's so cool. Yeah. And Ramuji Film City is nothing but celebrating Bahubali basically.

[00:01:59] That one franchise is holding the whole studio. But good for them, yeah. They have a whole

[00:02:06] canteen called the Bahubali Canteen. What do they serve there, man?

[00:02:11] They have like Katappa Bhatture. It's like massive. All the food items are named after the characters

[00:02:22] from the movie and they have like... Yeah, Devaseena lemonade and all of that.

[00:02:29] Do they have like in the Katappa... Was there Katappa Bhatture? Do they have like knives sticking into it that

[00:02:37] they suddenly stab you or something like that?

[00:02:39] No, no. It's nothing that deep. It's just named. That's it. Yeah. It was a massive canteen there and the

[00:02:47] Bhatture were massive. Like you should... You can easily share the one Bhatture between two people but

[00:02:53] yeah... Yeah, I was like very greedy and I regretted my choices there. But the food was amazing. And the

[00:03:01] studio itself, like the whole sets of Bahubali and the props were still there which was fun. And like my mum

[00:03:09] also went and my sister also went and neither my mum or my sister have seen the movie.

[00:03:15] And they were like... What is this? And I'm trying to explain.

[00:03:21] You must sound like a crazy person explaining the plot of Bahubali to somebody who hasn't seen it.

[00:03:27] You have seen it 20 years.

[00:03:29] Exactly. And there's no RRR, just Bahubali.

[00:03:32] Yeah, just Bahubali. And there are some other sets like... So we went on this tourist bus that takes us all throughout the studio and

[00:03:41] it goes through the fake prisons that you see in many Telegram movies and all of that.

[00:03:46] And the person who was, you know, on the mic, she was saying like,

[00:03:51] here's the Chennai Express shoot. Chennai Express came out a lot and yeah, this is called the Minamma Mandir.

[00:03:57] I don't know.

[00:03:58] Shah Rukh only climbed three steps but in the movie it's shown as 3000 steps.

[00:04:05] I was like, Chennai Express is not the peak of Hindi cinema that you should be so proud of.

[00:04:10] You know?

[00:04:11] They were adapting the content to Hindi speakers, you know?

[00:04:14] They were like, you can see Chennai Express.

[00:04:16] I can see the queue.

[00:04:19] That sounds amazing, man.

[00:04:20] That sounds amazing.

[00:04:21] Yeah, but it was fun. It was fun.

[00:04:23] I've been to like film studios and like I've been to one of our other studios in LA and Universal Studios.

[00:04:33] And one major thing is because my mom has accessibility issues,

[00:04:38] she had, she was, you know, I was pushing her on a wheelchair and

[00:04:42] man, India is not wheelchair friendly at all. It's such a pain. It's such a pain.

[00:04:48] Yeah.

[00:04:49] Yeah, I had the same thing when I was pushing my mom in Turkey, we went to Istanbul.

[00:04:55] And man, that is one hilly city.

[00:04:58] And like we were going to the Topkapi Palace and things like that.

[00:05:01] Also not wheelchair accessible, but also like male ego,

[00:05:05] like I like think I'm Salman Khan. So I'm just pushing it up the hill down the hill,

[00:05:14] lifting her where I need, you know, I just do it all myself.

[00:05:17] So yeah, I think that probably also doesn't help. But yeah, I realized I'm not a young man anymore.

[00:05:24] I have to do these kind of things.

[00:05:26] Yeah.

[00:05:26] So were they shooting anything while we were there?

[00:05:29] Oh, they didn't allow me to take my long lens because they were like,

[00:05:33] there might be some film shoots, but I didn't see any film shoots happening on the day.

[00:05:38] But yeah, there were quite a lot of big, you know, lots which were indoor and we didn't have

[00:05:46] access to those. So probably something was going on.

[00:05:48] Nice, nice, nice, nice, nice.

[00:05:51] One little housekeeping note. We said a while back that we were going to do a 250 episode.

[00:05:59] That's kind of evolved into something else because I made a random post about 80s movies.

[00:06:04] And so many people are excited that we're doing an 80s movie. This is the thing TikTok does.

[00:06:11] But yeah, so we're going to be doing an 80s series on Khandan. It's probably going to be start

[00:06:16] of the year next year. But we want to hear from you, which 80s movies do you want us to discuss?

[00:06:23] Send us at upodcasting at gmail.com or on Twitter or on Facebook, whatever, however you want to reach

[00:06:30] us Instagram. And at the moment, we're just collating a list and then we will decide which

[00:06:36] one we will pick. But yeah, it would be great to hear your thoughts, which 80s movie you absolutely

[00:06:42] want us to discuss. And yeah, yeah, it's going to be fun. I'm excited for this one. I'm also excited by

[00:06:49] the excitement of our audience, like how much they're psyched about the 80s. I did not expect

[00:06:55] it that people would, you know, like, it's always about the 90s and the early 2000s. We're never really

[00:06:59] about the 80s, right? Apparently, there's a lot of 80s kids that listen to our podcast and it just

[00:07:05] like went off like fireworks. They were all just like, yes, we want you to watch this and we want you to

[00:07:10] watch that and we want you to watch this. So yeah, get in touch with us, like send us an email at

[00:07:16] youpodcasting at gmail.com. You can tag us on Twitter if you like, or the easiest thing is

[00:07:24] to just join our Patreon, even as a free member and just send us your suggestions.

[00:07:30] I already have 40 movies. I'm keeping a list already. I'm over 40 already. So yeah, there's

[00:07:39] a lot and do send your suggestions. I mean, some crazy things I got. Did you watch that?

[00:07:45] Um, song that was sent by Preetam, I think in email? Yeah, I watched that whole thing. That was insane

[00:07:53] man. Like I was like, wow, the 80s were wild. Uh, but yeah, um, we'll be revisiting this when

[00:07:59] uh, idea pakka ho chuga hoga. Uh, we're not there yet. Um, cool. I want to just read that out

[00:08:05] though. Yeah. Because, uh, it was one of the funniest things. Where is that? Yeah, there we go.

[00:08:11] Um, I just remembered what you wrote. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, so I just want to read out the entire

[00:08:20] email because it's such a good email. Uh, and, um, I'm just going to use their, um, uh, you know,

[00:08:28] their social media, uh, handle, which is Preetam's and Preetam has been a Kandan listener from way back,

[00:08:36] right? Like I remember them being like one of our earliest listeners. Um, and it says,

[00:08:42] Dear Sujoy Asim Amrita, I rewatched Bazi after your episode and you're right. It still holds up.

[00:08:48] Whoever did the restoration, they should do a bunch more. Maybe you should reach out to them and ask if

[00:08:52] there are any more in the pipeline. Um, you heard it here first, Bazi restorers, like, you know,

[00:09:01] uh, Kandan listeners would like you to like work on more projects. Um, so they continue by saying,

[00:09:08] uh, did you know Mamta Kulkarni's Elisht Bo is a masala film style member of a drug syndicate called

[00:09:14] Akasha headed by a drug kingpin called Bakhtash Abdullah, who is

[00:09:22] now in prison, thanks to a movie style operation by America's DEA, where they snatched him from Kenya.

[00:09:29] I swear to God, I read that sentence three times before my brain could take it in. I was like,

[00:09:37] what? This is from IMDB. Um, anyway, I was so disappointed to see his picture for a drug

[00:09:44] baron in Kenya. I was totally expecting Ajigar Jurral and there's some real life detective work by the

[00:09:52] Bombay police that took them up from a, um, small time dealer further and further up the chain

[00:09:57] until they were knocking on the doors of a publicly traded pharma company with 2,000 crores of product

[00:10:04] to be shipped under the radar to Mamta's boat. So this was like a huge deal. It wasn't even like a

[00:10:11] small time, like drug peddler or something. Um, and now that hubby is being investigated,

[00:10:18] she apparently bravely stepped up and now travels across the world to do negotiations with other

[00:10:24] criminal organizations on his behalf. She's basically Sushmita Sen from that series that Aria or whatever.

[00:10:35] Anyway, also her beau allegedly got Chhota Rajan to threaten Rajkumar Santoshi during China Gate.

[00:10:44] Um, anyway, uh, she says, I'm really glad you're planning to do more 80s movies. I leave you with this item

[00:10:52] song from Pratikar. It released in 1991, but spiritually it's an 80s song. Please don't miss the spear throwing,

[00:11:00] casual racism. And in the most random act I've seen in a song, dancing nuns.

[00:11:08] This song, I'm going to post it, but it has everything. It has Islamophobia. Uh, it has

[00:11:15] misogyny. It has just plain racism, um, overt sexuality, uh, blackface. It has everything.

[00:11:23] Like, that's what I'm saying. The 80s were wild. They like literally just threw a dart at like

[00:11:30] every single thing that they could like think like, you know, like how do we perform bigotry now?

[00:11:35] And then they were just like, that is how we'll do it. Yeah. It's amazing. I think it's when,

[00:11:40] you know, like bigots and like conservative people always say, you know, things used to be easy back

[00:11:45] in the 80s. Like this is what they mean. This song, like they could just like do whatever they wanted.

[00:11:51] Yeah.

[00:11:53] Uh, but yeah, if you, you should head to the, the caption in our episode and definitely check it

[00:12:00] out because Asen's going to put it in and it is amazing. It's, it's worth watching it to be honest.

[00:12:05] I should also put that article of Mamta in there, uh, as a show note, because it's, it's,

[00:12:09] it's fascinating to be honest. Um, let's move on to our main discussion. Um,

[00:12:15] I think speaking of Islamophobia,

[00:12:19] the segue, the segue was seamless. So I want to talk about this because this week

[00:12:26] is very important. This week, a large part of the world is making a choice. It's either choosing

[00:12:34] fascism or do we choose a decline that we've been seeing over so many years? And do we just

[00:12:43] choose this other choice because the other is basically fascism, you know, or there's a third

[00:12:50] choice available only to some, but will not help anybody. So we're talking about Singham again

[00:12:58] and, and, and the third choice was Dil Toh Paagal Hai. By the way, that's what I watched over the

[00:13:04] weekends. Um, we only Sujoy managed to watch both of these movies. Um, so we're not gonna,

[00:13:13] I don't know how we're going to do this. I, I chose Singham again and Amrita, you chose.

[00:13:19] Didn't we choose though? Like, I don't know how much of a choice this will watch.

[00:13:25] So you went with the lesser of two evils vote, Amrita. True. And I went for straight fascism.

[00:13:31] That's what happened. Yes. You were like, I will watch the world burn before my eyes. Exactly.

[00:13:36] I was like, I can't do it. It was funny because I was, and like, uh, Kenneth, uh, from 30 Rock,

[00:13:44] I chose, uh, choice is a sin. So I watched them work. Actually, I was thinking, because I thought we had

[00:13:52] reviewed Surya Banshee, but we actually hadn't. We reviewed the trailer and then we never reviewed

[00:13:58] the full movie. I, I think. Did we, did we watch it? Cause I did not watch it. I watched it. I watched it.

[00:14:04] Oh, that's right. What did I even ask? So guys, I had this whole idea last, uh, uh, when did I watch

[00:14:12] Surya Banshee? Sunday, right? So last Wednesday, I had this idea. I'll watch all of the movies. Like before

[00:14:18] Sunday, I'll be ready. But I was like, wouldn't it be easier to just stab your eye, like with a

[00:14:24] knife repeatedly than I doing this? So I watched Surya Banshee first, cause I wanted to go back.

[00:14:31] Cause I was like, yeah, like, it doesn't make sense. They really didn't know about a universe back in,

[00:14:36] when they started with Singham. But Surya Banshee took so much out of me. I was like, I can't do this.

[00:14:43] I can't do this for the love of Katrina. I can't do this. So I stopped. I couldn't,

[00:14:48] I couldn't watch all of the movies, but, uh, yeah. Uh, what I was saying during our discussion

[00:14:55] of, uh, Surya Banshee is that I like, I want to see what the other side is thinking. Cause I can

[00:15:02] know what they're, how their mind works. That's why I go to Singham. I want to see how these fascists are

[00:15:08] thinking. Um, but you guys really, um, you really like Sujoy really tried to get me to watch

[00:15:16] Bhol Bula Iyant 3, a movie I wanted to watch. I just didn't have time. Um, I had a march for

[00:15:22] Palestine on Saturday. I went to Diddo Pagale on Friday and then Singham was Sunday. And I was like,

[00:15:27] I can't, I can't do anything more. I'm done. Um, but, um, I want to hear from you guys. How was

[00:15:33] Bhol Bula Iyant 3? It's getting like pretty good reviews, right? Like, I don't know if it's good

[00:15:38] reviews or comparatively to Singham 3, it's better. Like what, what was the verdict?

[00:15:43] I think it's a little bit of both actually. A, like, you know, it's like shit versus diarrhea.

[00:15:48] So everyone's just like, Oh, like this is fine. Um, at least it's a turd that we can flush.

[00:15:53] Um, but it is okay. I like, I genuinely, the, the issue that I had with Bhol Bula Iyant 3

[00:16:03] is the, uh, the first half of the film. Um, that was, it was just like very, like,

[00:16:12] I didn't care about any of it. You know what I mean? Like the jokes weren't all that funny.

[00:16:19] Like it really, the thing that you have to understand about Bollywood filmmaking is that

[00:16:24] it is so star driven, especially things like this, that if you don't connect with the star that is

[00:16:32] playing it, and if you don't find them charming, you know, like even to, I'm not saying like a

[00:16:37] mega star, like Shah Rukh or Salman. I mean, like, even to the level of say a Barun Dhawan or a Ranveer Singh.

[00:16:44] If you don't find them charming in some way, then it really doesn't work for you.

[00:16:51] The movie has to then do a lot of heavy lifting, right?

[00:16:53] Like, yeah.

[00:16:54] And this is not the kind of movie that has the writing to counteract that. Like it just doesn't.

[00:16:59] Um, so I, I remember like, there's like, uh, there's like a point where like, uh, there's a song and the songs are like so badly retrofitted.

[00:17:07] Like it, this is clearly one of those movies where like you make the movie and then you just insert a song.

[00:17:14] Um, so there's like a romantic song between Kathik and Triti Dimre.

[00:17:20] Um, and I think like it sounded again, like this is the problem with Bollywood music these days, right?

[00:17:26] It's entirely forgettable. Like, I have no idea what that song, I could not, I don't remember the tune whatsoever.

[00:17:33] I don't remember the lyrics whatsoever. It was just, I just remember sitting in the theater and thinking, why does this sound like a breakup song?

[00:17:43] But like, it's a romantic song where like the two people are falling in love.

[00:17:48] But like, it sounded as if like Kathik Aryan was like mourning his dead love.

[00:17:53] I was just like, I don't understand. And also like Kathik is just a, like, he's not very gifted in songs.

[00:18:00] You know what I mean? Um, he doesn't have that.

[00:18:02] But like, again, the songs in Hindi cinema are a very specific thing.

[00:18:07] They require a very specific talent. And I don't think Kathik really has that.

[00:18:12] And, um, Vidya Balin was probably my favorite thing in the first half because she showed up and she was just like, you know, um, just menacing.

[00:18:23] And they, they were trying to screw it up by like, you know, like shooting her from weird angles and stuff to show that she's a, uh, she's an evil witch or whatever.

[00:18:32] But, uh, even despite that kind of sabotage, I think like it was working.

[00:18:37] And then the second half, Madhuri shows up.

[00:18:40] And, uh, immediately my entire thing improved.

[00:18:45] I was just like, uh, yay.

[00:18:46] She didn't have much to do.

[00:18:48] And it was also clearly like, not like a very like well-written role or anything.

[00:18:53] But, um, even with inferior writing, like both Vidya and Madhuri can do like so much more.

[00:19:01] You know what I mean?

[00:19:02] Hmm.

[00:19:02] And then when the climax happened and I don't know, like, do we want to spoil this?

[00:19:07] I want to hear from Sujoy and then I want to, then we can get into spoilers.

[00:19:11] I think.

[00:19:11] So like when the climax happened, it came out of, it genuinely surprised me.

[00:19:18] And it, that happens very seldom with Hindi cinema in my experience, whether it's, you know, like the twist in the tale.

[00:19:26] It happens very seldom for me.

[00:19:28] I did not see this coming from any way, shape or form.

[00:19:32] Like I did not know.

[00:19:34] Um, I kept waiting for like it to be revealed that Tripti Dimri was like the third ghost or something like that.

[00:19:40] But, um, it was not.

[00:19:42] And I was very pleasantly surprised and I am still a bit shook.

[00:19:48] So, so, and this is a movie with like a lot of kindness, which I was not expecting, uh, from a movie from Anise Bazmi, you know?

[00:19:59] So, um, yeah.

[00:20:01] What did you think Sujoy?

[00:20:03] Uh, yeah, I agree with all of what you said really, but mostly because I saw Singham before the effect was there for me.

[00:20:12] Like the moment I settled in, it starts with the Amije Tomar, right?

[00:20:17] Um, which is sort of a foretelling of the ghost that was about to become.

[00:20:22] It starts off with the, the origin story of the ghost.

[00:20:25] We'd never get to see the face of the, the person who is the ghost.

[00:20:28] And then you see the, the, the, the Raja of this, uh, Roktaghat or whatever this, uh, kingdom is, uh, uh, you know, executing, uh, punishing this person to be burnt like a witch or of sorts.

[00:20:46] And then, uh, the curse then follows into the afterlife.

[00:20:49] The ghost then comes back to take their revenge and pretty much haunt the Mahal.

[00:20:54] And that becomes like the, the Royal family never gets to live in the Mahal after that.

[00:21:00] And coming from watching Singham here, like the creative choices were so stark.

[00:21:06] Like Singham just felt like an autopilot movie.

[00:21:09] And this was like, yes, people really thought about how the look should be like the whole, uh, you know, flashback to the origin story is shot like a dream sequence.

[00:21:19] It felt like a jolt of creativity suddenly.

[00:21:23] And I was like, am I watching an Anis Buzmi movie?

[00:21:25] And then like, once you settle in, obviously the Anis Buzmi flares come in, right?

[00:21:30] The, the comedy elements of Raj Paliadav and all the other people.

[00:21:35] There's, um, what's his, Feth Vijay Raaz as well.

[00:21:38] And those comedy elements just are nonstop.

[00:21:42] Like they really want to bank on the success of three and make it, they are marketing it heavily as a horror comedy, not just a horror drama or whatever.

[00:21:52] Right.

[00:21:53] Um, so they really lean in, into the comedy and there are people who were losing their shit.

[00:22:00] There were families that had come for the screening and they really enjoy that comedy bit.

[00:22:05] And that was the sore thumb for me, like the, especially in the drama elements, like when the drama is happening, you know, Raj Mala Yadav comes in and, you know, delivers a silly line and people were laughing.

[00:22:20] But that sort of took away the, the impact of the drama in a way, especially in the climax where you think that shit's gonna hit the fan.

[00:22:30] And it's, it's not as serious as, as, as it should have been just because it gets diluted by the comedy, which is the, the brand of Anis Buzmi, you know, in a way.

[00:22:42] Uh, but as Amrita said, the, the, it is like such a surprise that climax, I am still thinking about it.

[00:22:51] Like it's written from a very, you know, um, humane perspective in a way, which I did not expect from Anis Buzmi.

[00:22:59] It's all about acceptance and, you know, um, yeah, we will talk about more about it in the spoilers, I guess.

[00:23:05] But, uh, yeah, it, it's such a, such a breath of fresh air because a, you know, ghost movies are, there is a whole theory about why ghosts are always portrayed as, uh, women because of, you know, how the patriarchal society works and how women oppression in the society finds its release in the afterlife for women to express their power and all of that.

[00:23:31] But also how women being powerful is, you know, seen as evil and sort of flip that narrative here where the ghost is not, you know, whatever we think it is.

[00:23:43] It's, it's, yeah, it's fascinating to how, you know, sort of break that tradition of the lore that ghosts are often women who have been tortured, who have been wronged in their life.

[00:23:55] And they are back to, you know, find their revenge, be it like three or be the many Ramsey movies that we have seen before, or, you know, be it Raz even, or be it the Korean or the Japanese horror movies or La La Rona or whatever the Spanish horror movies that we've seen.

[00:24:13] Um, it's, it's really refreshing, but also the perspective of this movie, the resolution of this movie is, is something, yeah, that climax came and just shook me and I'm still thinking about it.

[00:24:25] But as a whole, maybe when I revisit this movie, I might like it less because of the comedy, I think, because of how it sort of dilutes that impact of the whole story.

[00:24:41] Um, but I think that is necessary because they want the box office numbers, I suppose.

[00:24:46] And they are, you know, banking on people laughing their way to the box office or, yeah, or, you know, going to watch it again and again, maybe.

[00:24:56] Not sure.

[00:24:56] But yeah, I, I, I liked it.

[00:24:59] I like, I, I'm still thinking about it.

[00:25:01] And that's very difficult to say about Bollywood movie today.

[00:25:03] Yeah.

[00:25:05] Yeah.

[00:25:05] No, I think it's gotten quite positive reviews pretty much around the board.

[00:25:09] It seems like, I think even Haroon Rashid, our friend liked it too.

[00:25:12] I think on his Instagram, I was watching a reel of his.

[00:25:15] Beth really liked it as well.

[00:25:16] Yeah.

[00:25:17] And I think specifically people are mentioning the climax of the movie, right?

[00:25:22] So I think let's, let's get into it.

[00:25:24] I will watch this movie.

[00:25:25] I, uh, Sujoy got me like a dodgy print,

[00:25:29] but I couldn't even recognize Tripti Dimri when she walked on.

[00:25:33] And I was like, if I'm not able to watch Tripti Dimri,

[00:25:37] I'm not going to be able to watch Madhuri.

[00:25:39] There's no point in me continuing this movie, right?

[00:25:42] Uh, there was actually people walking on screen.

[00:25:45] I could see their faces.

[00:25:46] It's like, yeah, not the greatest.

[00:25:48] So I will watch this, but I, I'm really keen on hearing what the climax makes,

[00:25:53] what, why the climax is so special.

[00:25:55] So if you don't want to get spoiled, maybe, um,

[00:25:58] you know, take off your earphones or like forward by 10 minutes or five minutes,

[00:26:02] uh, um, that will be probably the best thing.

[00:26:05] So yeah.

[00:26:06] Amrita, what's, what's this climax about?

[00:26:07] What's so amazing about it?

[00:26:09] So in the climax, um, you know, so, uh, Tripti Dimri and, uh,

[00:26:15] Kathi Karyana basically arguing about which of the two are, uh, is the ghost?

[00:26:21] Is it, um, you know, is it Vidya Balan's character or is it Madhuri Dixit's character?

[00:26:26] Because they're both very suspicious.

[00:26:28] And, um, they first try to battle Vidya Balan's character.

[00:26:37] And then Madhuri turns around and says, oh, she's Manjelika, you know?

[00:26:42] So they have like a whole face off.

[00:26:43] And then just as they're about to beat up Madhuri,

[00:26:49] Vidya Balan comes up and says, wait, wait, wait.

[00:26:53] She's not a ghost and neither am I because I just realized as you were trying to hurt me

[00:26:59] that, you know, like we've all been manipulated by a third entity.

[00:27:04] And so she asks the real entity to step forward.

[00:27:09] And then it turns out that the real ghost, the real Manjelika is, um, basically another version of Kathic Aryan.

[00:27:21] So basically, uh, Vidya Balan and, um, uh, Madhuri Dixit in their previous life,

[00:27:28] there were two princesses called Manjelika and Anjelika.

[00:27:32] And they had a brother called Bebendranath whom they hated because he was the son.

[00:27:37] Oh, the king on the portrait, right?

[00:27:38] That part I did see.

[00:27:39] Yeah, yeah.

[00:27:40] So he was, uh, you know, he was the heir to the throne, uh, despite the fact that these two women were like so much better than him.

[00:27:48] And then one day they realized that he's trans and he doesn't want to be king.

[00:27:56] He just wants to dance and be like, you know, like an artist.

[00:28:00] Um, and they immediately rat him out to their dad who is, um, completely ashamed of the fact that they have,

[00:28:10] that he has a trans son, uh, or trans daughter, I guess.

[00:28:14] And, uh, basically has, you know, Debe Indranath.

[00:28:20] So Debe Indranath is like idolizes his, um, or her two elder sisters, Anjelika and Manjelika.

[00:28:28] And she chooses the name Manjelika for herself.

[00:28:33] And that is the Manjelika that gets burnt at the stake and whose spirit is, uh, you know, in the, is like trapped in the fort.

[00:28:45] And so when the reincarnated, reincarnated versions of, uh, Anjelika and Manjelika come to the palace in this life,

[00:28:57] the ghost version of Manjelika says, you know what?

[00:29:02] I'm going to take my revenge with you too.

[00:29:05] And I'm going to set both of you on fire.

[00:29:08] And then at the, at the end, the ghost is trapped and the, everyone expects these two women to burn her again.

[00:29:19] And like burn her soul and like, you know, get rid of her.

[00:29:22] And that's when the two sisters are like, we would, we didn't take birth and like come again in order to repeat our mistakes,

[00:29:30] but to do better, which is like a very, um, like, it's not like a, um, like a hugely, um, unexpected or giant statement for a non-Bollywood movie to make or like a non-Indian movie to make.

[00:29:48] But in Indian movie like that, it just sounded like so revolutionary, you know?

[00:29:53] Yeah.

[00:29:53] Um, and then basically they're, they're just very accepting and loving towards the ghost.

[00:30:00] And the ghost is finally able to forgive them and, um, ascend from, you know, whatever is happening.

[00:30:09] Achieve salvation.

[00:30:10] Yes.

[00:30:11] Um, and honestly, in that words, I feel mean saying this, but I'm going to say it anyway.

[00:30:16] Uh, the biggest jump scare that I had was basically, uh, Kathakarian's face when he was attaining Moksha.

[00:30:24] And I was just like, Oh, I did not need to see that smile.

[00:30:27] Uh, but, um, it was just really, yeah, it was just really, it was really nice.

[00:30:35] Um, and it's that same, like, it's the same thing with three, uh, two, three, three, two, two, right?

[00:30:45] Yeah.

[00:30:45] It was the same thing with three, two, which is like, it's a very, um, milquetoast progressivism

[00:30:51] sort of a thing, you know?

[00:30:53] Like, it's not, you know, like, it's not revolutionary in the least, but even the small

[00:30:59] steps that it takes, I'm just like really surprised.

[00:31:04] Like, I did not expect there to be a trans Manjulika.

[00:31:08] Like, that was, that just was so surprising.

[00:31:11] And then for that person to be very clearly the victim, you know, there's no reason why

[00:31:18] their dad had to burn her at the stake.

[00:31:21] You know, you know, he could have just had her murdered or something, but he literally

[00:31:27] is just so disgusted by the thought of having a trans daughter that, uh, he has her burnt

[00:31:33] at the stake.

[00:31:34] And also the ghost Manjulika makes it very clear that her problem is not so much that she

[00:31:45] was burnt at the stake.

[00:31:47] Her problem is that she was betrayed and cast aside and abandoned by the women that she trusted.

[00:31:55] You know, these were like her two sisters that she looked up to and she wanted to emulate.

[00:32:02] And those sisters threw her under the bus.

[00:32:05] So it was just, uh, it was like a very, um, yeah, I liked the climax.

[00:32:11] I'll add one more thing to what all Amrita said so, so eloquently, um, is that the whole

[00:32:19] climax bit when it starts to happen, it's sort of goes back to the flashback and what actually

[00:32:24] happened in the 200 years ago, whatever.

[00:32:27] Uh, and then you see the, the other version of, um, Mere Dholna or Ami Cheh Tomar, which

[00:32:33] is from Karthik's perspective.

[00:32:34] And this time it's sung by a Sonu Nigam, right?

[00:32:37] And you know, in music theory, you have all the major chords are the happy ones and the

[00:32:43] minor chords turn it into like a, a sort of a, a deeper or more darker tone.

[00:32:50] And all the happier notes of Mere Dholna, which is usually, usually the, the two versions

[00:32:56] that came before this is the happier romantic, um, you know, longing for love kind of a song.

[00:33:01] And here it's this, with the wailing of this first, like, um, of Monjulika, the, uh, Devendranath

[00:33:08] or Debu, uh, of the betrayal, you know, uh, the tale is being told through that.

[00:33:14] And it's such a, like, because the lyrics are so like simply told it's, it's like Hindi

[00:33:21] music, man.

[00:33:22] Bollywood music just transcends it.

[00:33:24] It adds a new dimension to it.

[00:33:26] Uh, which I don't think Karthik Aryan could have just by, you know, being there as an actor.

[00:33:33] The song adds so much, so much more to this.

[00:33:36] Uh, yeah, the song is out now on streaming.

[00:33:38] It wasn't, uh, initially when the whole album dropped, but it's out now on streaming and

[00:33:43] I've been listening to it.

[00:33:44] It's fabulous.

[00:33:45] Uh, like we were earlier talking about the, the music of this movie, the two songs that

[00:33:51] are the hits of the movie are the ones that have been carrying forward from the first

[00:33:55] movie.

[00:33:56] It's the Bhol Bholaiya track and made it whole now Rami Jaitamar, you know, it's, it's

[00:34:00] like, yeah, Pritam.

[00:34:03] And also like Karthik, uh, every time we discuss Karthik, it always becomes like a bashing

[00:34:09] situation.

[00:34:10] Yeah.

[00:34:11] I'm like, I can't, but like, what am I supposed to do?

[00:34:14] Like it generally, these are the facts.

[00:34:16] What, what can I say?

[00:34:18] But, you know, uh, so there's a, obviously like Manjulika has to do her dance routine,

[00:34:24] right?

[00:34:24] To Ami Jaitamar.

[00:34:27] And, um, Karthik can't do it.

[00:34:29] He can't do Kathak.

[00:34:30] He's not an Anvir Singh?

[00:34:31] He doesn't have a bit of Anvir in him?

[00:34:33] No.

[00:34:33] He can't even fake it, you know?

[00:34:36] Like he's just terrible at doing Kathak.

[00:34:39] Um, and he's not even doing anything like, and especially because we've just seen Madhuri

[00:34:45] at the beginning of the interval.

[00:34:48] Uh, and she was like, she's obviously, you know, she's like, everything is just like on

[00:34:53] point.

[00:34:53] And everything is just like cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut.

[00:34:56] And then suddenly it's just Karthik like slouching all over the screen.

[00:35:01] And it was just like, uh.

[00:35:03] Uh, when, when Karthik was dancing, could you see Tripti Dimri on the background?

[00:35:07] Just like, oh my God, I'm so happy that this is not going to be on me this time.

[00:35:11] I'm like, I'm sorry.

[00:35:15] Yeah.

[00:35:16] Uh, but so, yeah.

[00:35:17] And also like Tripti, like I don't, I didn't really see the point of her in this film.

[00:35:22] Like she was just there.

[00:35:23] She was pretty.

[00:35:24] Um, she's very pretty.

[00:35:25] There's a point where she sings, uh, I'm chini go chini tohomare.

[00:35:29] Yeah.

[00:35:29] And I was like, oh, that's kind of cute.

[00:35:32] But the other like big crime of this movie is the bong accent for everybody.

[00:35:38] And it's like, there are actual Bengali actors in this movie and everybody else who's speaking

[00:35:44] Bengali or in the bong accent.

[00:35:47] And I, especially like Raspal Yadav and what's the other guy?

[00:35:51] Um, what's his name?

[00:35:53] Sanjay Mishra.

[00:35:54] Oh my God.

[00:35:54] So terrible.

[00:35:57] It's almost a hate crime.

[00:36:01] Yeah.

[00:36:01] I mean, I, I think it sounds good what you guys are saying.

[00:36:05] I think if you kind of go with low expectations and then the movie kind of surprise you, that's,

[00:36:11] that's already like more than you have been given by, you know, Bollywood content this

[00:36:16] year, I feel.

[00:36:17] Um, yeah, I, I would totally keep it in my, I don't know how many other, like, I don't

[00:36:24] know if we have enough movies to consider our top 10 of Bollywood, but it's, it's, it's

[00:36:29] there in the best of the year.

[00:36:31] Wow.

[00:36:31] I think that's a very high praise then.

[00:36:34] Okay.

[00:36:34] Okay.

[00:36:35] Cool.

[00:36:35] I'll, uh, I'll try to catch it because I definitely can't watch the print you sent me, but, uh,

[00:36:39] I'll try to catch it.

[00:36:41] Maybe there was a reason I sent you that.

[00:36:43] So then you go and watch it.

[00:36:44] Yeah.

[00:36:45] You want to play 3D chess with me?

[00:36:47] I don't know about time.

[00:36:50] Um, yeah.

[00:36:54] Let's talk about speaking of going in with low expectations.

[00:37:00] Let's talk a bit about Singham again.

[00:37:03] Um, am I correct in reading?

[00:37:06] You went twice to this movie?

[00:37:08] No, no.

[00:37:09] I just went once.

[00:37:10] Okay.

[00:37:10] Uh, okay.

[00:37:11] Maybe the Singham again got me confused.

[00:37:13] It's like, has he gone again to Singham?

[00:37:18] You're true.

[00:37:18] The movie's name is Singham again.

[00:37:20] Singham again and again.

[00:37:23] Amrita, how many Singhams have you seen?

[00:37:26] None.

[00:37:27] Really?

[00:37:28] Zero.

[00:37:29] I have not seen Singham.

[00:37:30] I have seen, not seen Simba.

[00:37:32] I have not seen Sudevanshi.

[00:37:34] I have not seen a single one of them.

[00:37:36] What about the Tamil one?

[00:37:38] The what?

[00:37:39] The Tamil one.

[00:37:40] Oh, that, that one.

[00:37:42] Yeah.

[00:37:42] I can't remember.

[00:37:43] I think maybe I have, or maybe I haven't.

[00:37:46] The only, like the only Rohit Shetty movies that I've actually seen, uh, since before Singham.

[00:37:54] No, wait.

[00:37:55] I have seen Singham.

[00:37:57] I have seen Singham.

[00:37:58] It really left like an indelible impression on you, right?

[00:38:02] Singham is the one where they, uh, in this climax, they hang the.

[00:38:07] They shoot him.

[00:38:08] The, they shoot him.

[00:38:10] Or then I don't know.

[00:38:11] There's one in which like they hang the guy.

[00:38:14] Like they all come together and they hang him.

[00:38:15] Yeah, that's the one.

[00:38:16] Oh, they hang him?

[00:38:17] I thought they shot him.

[00:38:18] Okay.

[00:38:19] Yeah, yeah.

[00:38:19] Or like all the, all the police officers are in the guy's house.

[00:38:23] Exactly.

[00:38:23] Prakash Raju.

[00:38:24] Okay.

[00:38:24] Yeah.

[00:38:24] Yes.

[00:38:25] Yeah.

[00:38:25] So that's Singham.

[00:38:26] Yeah, that's Singham.

[00:38:27] Yeah.

[00:38:27] Okay.

[00:38:27] So I've seen that.

[00:38:28] Um, I, maybe they did shoot him.

[00:38:31] I don't know.

[00:38:32] I can't remember.

[00:38:32] I just remember they're all there.

[00:38:34] Yeah.

[00:38:34] Um, but I, yeah, I think like the last, the last like, uh, Rohit Shetty movies that I saw

[00:38:42] with a conscious mind were Jenna Express and Dilwale and I blame Shah Rukh for that.

[00:38:49] Um, but apart from that, like, no, I don't really watch Rohit Shetty movies anymore.

[00:38:54] Nice.

[00:38:55] Um, yeah, I went in with super low expectations because I knew I was, there was no way I was

[00:39:01] going to like this movie.

[00:39:02] Um, but I'm not going to say it surprised me because it gave me exactly what I thought

[00:39:06] it would, but maybe just having seen Surya Wanshi recently, I feel it's probably the second

[00:39:14] best out of these five movies.

[00:39:18] No, not Surya Wanshi, Singham again is probably the second best out of me being Singham one

[00:39:23] is the best one and then Singham again.

[00:39:26] And then if you like how much you like Ranveer Singh in this Simba mode, you can flip two

[00:39:33] and three around and maybe Simba is slightly better than Singham again.

[00:39:36] So that's kind of my ranking I was thinking about.

[00:39:39] Um, because Surya Wanshi is, we never talked about that movie, but it is so strange.

[00:39:46] It is so Islamophobic that movie.

[00:39:47] It is so Islamophobic.

[00:39:50] It's Surya Wanshi.

[00:39:51] Oh, like it is extreme.

[00:39:54] Like, cause it was at that peak where they could just get away with anything.

[00:39:58] Right?

[00:39:58] Like I think fight and I've made this statement before.

[00:40:01] I think fighter really flopping or not flopping, but not delivering as much as they hoped for.

[00:40:07] It has kind of changed the narrative that they cannot push it as much as they want.

[00:40:12] There's a baseline level where people will accept Islamophobia and anti-Pakistan sentiment.

[00:40:18] But if you go over it, it doesn't work at the box office that much anymore.

[00:40:23] It turns some people off.

[00:40:25] And I think that adjustment is very, um, you can see it in Singham again, where there's,

[00:40:32] there's still enough in it to kind of, you know, feed the frenzied mob, but it's not the level of Surya Wanshi.

[00:40:41] Um, so there were, I just want to say a few positives that I found in Singham again,

[00:40:47] because otherwise everybody's going to be talking about the negatives.

[00:40:50] This is not a good movie.

[00:40:51] I'm not going to say it's a good movie, but these are the better parts of it.

[00:40:54] Um, the drone photography is really good.

[00:40:59] Um, it's, you know, it's remarkably, remarkably, remarkably good.

[00:41:04] Um, and I know with like, I'm mentioning this because Roeth Shetty,

[00:41:10] all of his movies always makes it like Farah Khan.

[00:41:13] It's Roeth Shetty and his team.

[00:41:15] And a lot of these teams, his team are very capable technicians, stunt people, um, cameramen,

[00:41:25] uh, you know, dolly operators, like drone footage, um, that are working in a shitty movie.

[00:41:32] They're talented people working in a shitty movie, right?

[00:41:35] The man at the helm is not talented enough to make great movies.

[00:41:40] But they are doing great work behind the screen.

[00:41:43] And I think in the drone footage, there's a lot of these shots, especially one at the interval,

[00:41:47] where they're all kind of standing after like a huge fight has happened.

[00:41:51] And the drone just goes all the way back.

[00:41:53] I thought it was really well done.

[00:41:56] Um, also just general DOP work, photography work.

[00:42:00] Like I, you haven't seen, uh, the previous singums, but, uh, remember like goal.

[00:42:05] I don't know if you've seen goal, mile two and three.

[00:42:08] And like he had these, this movie he made Sunday or something like that, where there was like

[00:42:12] a lot of like fast cut, but there was a lot of these fluorescent pastel colors, even in

[00:42:17] Chennai expense.

[00:42:18] The colors are very saturated in your eyes, like constantly punching you in the face.

[00:42:23] And that's kind of toned down.

[00:42:25] It feels like a more natural world.

[00:42:28] Um, so that's another positive.

[00:42:30] So it's not like it burns your eyeballs.

[00:42:32] I think something magical is happening between Tiger Shroff's ability to do action and all

[00:42:42] of these stunt people in Rohit Shetty's team that were waiting for somebody capable to do

[00:42:47] the action that they want to do, because they've not had somebody do that.

[00:42:52] Um, you know, uh, uh, Ajay Devgan has a specific way of doing action, which is very low effort,

[00:42:59] high power, kind of, he just ripping things and punching and slapping.

[00:43:03] And Ranveer Singh, he's very active, but I wouldn't say he has like a style to his action

[00:43:11] necessarily.

[00:43:11] Now he's not an action star in my mind, at least.

[00:43:14] Akshay was, but that whole movie was shot during COVID.

[00:43:17] They couldn't do what they wanted to do.

[00:43:19] It couldn't reach that scale.

[00:43:20] But Tiger Shroff, they found something that really piques your interest.

[00:43:27] It's like, wow, this could actually be something.

[00:43:29] And Tiger really puts his best foot forward, which he did with War and a few other movies,

[00:43:34] which is good.

[00:43:35] Um, I'm struggling to find a fourth good thing about this movie.

[00:43:43] The scenes with Ranveer Singh are funny.

[00:43:45] They're funny.

[00:43:47] They're genuinely funny, right?

[00:43:49] Especially when he gets caught.

[00:43:50] Like everybody was laughing at that sequence.

[00:43:54] And when they took photos and Ranveer is posing in the photos.

[00:43:59] Yeah.

[00:43:59] Genuinely funny sequences with Ranveer.

[00:44:02] And I have to say, there's also just a sort of excitement to see all of these stars come

[00:44:07] together.

[00:44:08] Like, they're all spoiled.

[00:44:10] It's, you know what's happening.

[00:44:12] You know, they announced it from like 20 minutes before that Akshay will be showing that Akshay

[00:44:16] will be coming.

[00:44:17] And they, it's from the interval, they talk about it already.

[00:44:20] Um, but it's cool.

[00:44:23] It's like, and you, sometimes you don't even know if they were actually in the same spot

[00:44:27] when they shot the sequences.

[00:44:29] Like the CGI is so bad, but those are literally the only positives.

[00:44:32] Uh, but I wanted to start with something positive.

[00:44:35] Otherwise it's like, oh, bias critics, you got paid for negative.

[00:44:38] Dude, we didn't get paid.

[00:44:39] We're just doing negativity for free, you know?

[00:44:41] So I wanted to start with positivity here.

[00:44:44] Um, Sujoy, do you agree with at least some of the positives I'm mentioning here?

[00:44:48] Uh, I would agree with, three with Ranveer Singh.

[00:44:53] I would also add like the Arjun Kapoor intro scene was kind of good compared to the rest

[00:45:00] of the movie.

[00:45:01] Arjun was generally good, actually, to be honest.

[00:45:04] Like I also like.

[00:45:05] It was one note.

[00:45:06] It was one note.

[00:45:07] Like the evilness that he had, the menace that he had to show, it was pretty much the

[00:45:12] whole gag that was on AIV roast that Arjun Kapoor has a mean Kameena laugh.

[00:45:18] Yeah.

[00:45:18] Like when he, he smiles, he looks Kameena and that's the whole vibe.

[00:45:22] But then that intro scene, he, he slashes through the entire police station.

[00:45:28] That was pretty cool.

[00:45:30] But then after that, it's nothing.

[00:45:33] Like he's supposed to be the big bad that all of these people assemble to overcome because

[00:45:39] just one Singh cannot do.

[00:45:41] And like, even when he, uh, Singh is negotiating with the minister that he's going to go to

[00:45:47] Sri Lanka to rescue his wife because this Ravan has captured him or Danger Lanka or whatever

[00:45:52] has captured.

[00:45:53] That's a genuinely cool name, by the way, Danger Lanka.

[00:45:55] Yeah.

[00:45:56] Danger Lanka is a really cool name.

[00:45:58] Yeah.

[00:45:58] But the minister says it's a suicide mission, but we don't get that.

[00:46:04] When they reached Lanka, there is nothing suicide about it.

[00:46:07] They don't, they build him up, but there's nothing that they see he's going to come with

[00:46:10] a thousand men.

[00:46:11] He never comes with a thousand men.

[00:46:13] He's literally there with like 15 dudes.

[00:46:15] Yeah.

[00:46:16] There's, there's no drama.

[00:46:17] There's no obstacle to overcome in a way.

[00:46:20] Why does Singh need all this help?

[00:46:23] Like, I don't get it.

[00:46:24] Tiger Shroff?

[00:46:25] No.

[00:46:25] No, I disagree.

[00:46:27] I disagree.

[00:46:29] There was one sequence where I was like, they know the internet really well because you

[00:46:35] know this one too.

[00:46:35] Remember when Tiger Shroff started, there was that meme where he slowly turns into Bebo.

[00:46:40] Remember that one?

[00:46:41] There were like four pictures of Tiger Shroff and slowly he's becoming Bebo.

[00:46:46] And here there's like a scene when Bebo is running.

[00:46:48] She goes behind the tree and then Tiger Shroff comes out.

[00:46:52] And I was like, that's that meme in real life.

[00:46:55] That's what they do there.

[00:46:56] Oh, wow.

[00:46:56] I didn't, I didn't notice that.

[00:46:59] I just like, it was funny that, you know, outside that Kalari ashram or whatever, where

[00:47:07] they are, you know, sort of rescued Bebo and they are, you know, the Arjun and his

[00:47:13] gang come and they are fighting outside.

[00:47:15] Like, it's basically ballerina Tiger again, you know, just, he needs to just walk from

[00:47:21] point A to point B, but he's doing flips.

[00:47:24] It's so hilarious when you look at it.

[00:47:26] There's one cool scene though with Tiger with the flaming whip.

[00:47:30] And that was a pretty image.

[00:47:32] That whole sequence I thought was really well done.

[00:47:35] Like his both fight sequences.

[00:47:37] And also when he like, there's this sequence at the end and I've seen it in the trailer,

[00:47:41] if you've seen the trailer, Amrita, they come in with their like fast cars and they're spinning

[00:47:46] the car and Tiger is shooting one end.

[00:47:48] And then the other end, Deepika is hanging.

[00:47:51] She's literally hanging and shooting people.

[00:47:53] I was like, that looks really cool.

[00:47:54] Like visually, but that's what the movie is.

[00:47:57] Basically, you have to have the mindset of an 80 year old boy, you know, like you have

[00:48:00] to be smashing cars together and smashing your dolls together and say that's cool.

[00:48:05] And I used to be that guy.

[00:48:07] So I used to be 80 year old boy.

[00:48:08] So I can kind of put my mind back into that space.

[00:48:11] Basically what you're saying is if this is the first movie that you watch, it will be

[00:48:14] amazing for you.

[00:48:15] If you've seen a movie, this is amazing.

[00:48:18] Like, what about the ladies?

[00:48:22] What about Bebo and Deepika?

[00:48:25] Deepika is terrible in this.

[00:48:27] Yeah, she's not good.

[00:48:30] I thought she would be kind of a saving grace, but I think she's very much doing her Chinna

[00:48:35] express thing.

[00:48:36] Like she's basically that, but in a uniform.

[00:48:40] But also it just doesn't make sense.

[00:48:42] I don't think like her character doesn't make sense.

[00:48:45] Like now Singham has become this recruitment aid tool for the Indian state.

[00:48:52] Basically Salman Bhai being and recruiting, you know, Arjun Kapoor and Varun Dhawan and

[00:48:57] everybody else.

[00:48:58] And everywhere he has little Singhams that love him.

[00:49:01] And there's this whole backstory that apparently he's very close with Tiger Shroff and he's

[00:49:06] very close with Deepika.

[00:49:08] And we've never heard this story.

[00:49:10] We don't know about this, but they're like, oh, and there's always like this.

[00:49:14] One thing I do have to say again, like this was another positive.

[00:49:17] I have to say this made me understand the Ramayana slightly better than Adi Purush did.

[00:49:24] You know what?

[00:49:25] The funniest thing is like somebody was just saying to me that this movie is going to teach

[00:49:30] Aasim the Ramayana much more than any other thing.

[00:49:35] I swear to God, because it's so blatant.

[00:49:39] Like the only thing it was missing is like big arrow saying, if that was, I would have

[00:49:47] then gotten it completely.

[00:49:49] But I was like, yeah, I'm getting it.

[00:49:51] Like Adi Purush, I didn't understand it at all.

[00:49:53] Like I was like, what is this blackbird?

[00:49:56] And who are these monkey people?

[00:49:58] You know, and here I was like, oh, it's that guy.

[00:50:00] Oh, now I get it.

[00:50:01] The blackbird is Tiger Shroff.

[00:50:03] Yeah.

[00:50:04] Blackbird is Tiger Shroff.

[00:50:05] Monkey man is Ranveer Singh.

[00:50:07] Now I get it.

[00:50:07] You know, like I did, I did because they give you, they tell you who, who is, they tell

[00:50:14] you Tiger Shroff is Lakshman.

[00:50:16] Then they show you him in a pose and as Ram and Lakshman.

[00:50:20] And then they intercut with Bebo's Ram Leela, but like a very infographic one.

[00:50:28] Like a very screen X thing.

[00:50:32] And then they intercut with these unknown actors that are dressed like Ram and Lakshman.

[00:50:36] And I was like, oh, now you explained it three times.

[00:50:39] Now I understand it.

[00:50:40] I'm not that now.

[00:50:41] I just need the arrows, you know.

[00:50:44] But why is Tiger Lakshman?

[00:50:46] Like, have we seen Tiger before in the single universe?

[00:50:49] No, that's what I'm saying.

[00:50:50] That's what I'm saying.

[00:50:50] They have all of this backstory, but we don't know.

[00:50:53] They're not like, they've, and I was also thinking, wasn't the other, the Shilpa Shetty

[00:51:00] cop show also part of this universe?

[00:51:02] They've, them, they've forgotten.

[00:51:04] They're not in it, you know.

[00:51:07] But all these other...

[00:51:08] The one with Siddharth Malhotra.

[00:51:08] Yeah, Siddharth Malhotra.

[00:51:10] Yeah, cop squad, police squad, whatever it was.

[00:51:12] Yeah, whatever.

[00:51:14] That was my siren noise.

[00:51:18] Sing them again.

[00:51:22] Womp womp.

[00:51:25] Womp womp.

[00:51:26] Trumpets.

[00:51:27] Womp womp.

[00:51:28] Oh, God.

[00:51:29] That's what goes on in my mind when I'm watching these movies.

[00:51:33] I would have to say, when, you know, when they started to build up Arjun's character,

[00:51:38] right?

[00:51:39] Danger Lanka.

[00:51:41] They sort of build up to it by saying, oh, he's got these three really dangerous men.

[00:51:46] And then that becomes a means to introduce Deepika's character.

[00:51:50] And Deepika's character, like, it's literally a comedy fight, you know?

[00:51:54] Like, Deepika's character literally punches them in the nuts.

[00:51:59] Yeah.

[00:52:00] These three goons are reduced to, like, you know, papaloo-taploo.

[00:52:05] It's just hilarious, man.

[00:52:07] Dude, I had a real issue with that kind of thing, right?

[00:52:10] Like, because this is that kind of, like, fascist feminism that goes on there.

[00:52:16] It's like, women are as strong as men, but we will, because we punch you in the nuts.

[00:52:21] Like, basically, it's like, we can't handle you otherwise, but if we punch you in the nuts,

[00:52:26] then we win the fight.

[00:52:26] I was like, this doesn't make sense.

[00:52:28] Just let her have a proper fight.

[00:52:30] Let her do a kickflip.

[00:52:31] Let her do a patan kind of move.

[00:52:32] And that she doesn't get to do, but she can kick people in the nuts.

[00:52:36] I was like, and then the main fight, she's not even there.

[00:52:38] Like, there were a lot of these things that I was like, yeah, this is just bullshit.

[00:52:42] But, you know, like, we have filmmaking that is based on, you know, books.

[00:52:48] We have filmmaking that's now even based on, you know, video games and viral Twitter threads, right?

[00:52:56] This movie seems to be based on, you know, when you go to the museum and you have that little video that explains to you what the art pieces were.

[00:53:04] That's what Singham is with the Ramayana.

[00:53:06] It's like a museum video explaining it.

[00:53:08] And that's the level of filmmaking that you have.

[00:53:10] And retrofitting it into the Singham lore.

[00:53:14] What about Baby?

[00:53:16] It's alright.

[00:53:17] I mean, she's beautiful.

[00:53:22] She's luminescent.

[00:53:23] But she's doing it for a paycheck.

[00:53:25] She has no heart in this.

[00:53:27] You see that, right?

[00:53:28] Like, it's like a paycheck movie for her.

[00:53:31] She doesn't...

[00:53:33] I mean, the role is really weird.

[00:53:35] Like, it feels like a role very...

[00:53:37] She's not on board with it.

[00:53:38] She's basically not on board with this bullshit.

[00:53:40] And it feels that way when I'm watching it.

[00:53:44] But, I mean, it's Bebo.

[00:53:46] You can always kind of watch it.

[00:53:47] But it's not...

[00:53:47] It's neither...

[00:53:49] Like, she's supposed to be Sita, right?

[00:53:51] Like, the one you save.

[00:53:54] But I feel like...

[00:53:57] All that I now understand of the Ramayana...

[00:54:00] I think Singham again...

[00:54:03] As an expert in the Ramayana...

[00:54:07] I feel there's a lot of subtext between Ravan...

[00:54:11] And Sita...

[00:54:12] And her kidnapping...

[00:54:14] And I feel all of that subtext and context...

[00:54:16] Just goes away if she's everybody's bhabi, right?

[00:54:19] Like, that...

[00:54:20] I feel that...

[00:54:21] Like, they're putting her on a pedestal...

[00:54:23] Because she's the bhabi.

[00:54:24] But then...

[00:54:25] Yeah, it just...

[00:54:27] Wait...

[00:54:28] Danger Lanka also thinks of her as his bhabi?

[00:54:30] Yeah.

[00:54:30] Like, he doesn't want her to die.

[00:54:33] And like...

[00:54:33] Because...

[00:54:34] Danger Lanka in terms of...

[00:54:36] So, the big reveal is...

[00:54:38] That he's the secret Muslim terrorist, right?

[00:54:40] Danger Lanka is not Danger Lanka.

[00:54:42] He's Zubair Hafiz, basically.

[00:54:44] He's Danger Pakistan.

[00:54:45] Yeah, he's Danger Pakistani.

[00:54:47] Although there's no...

[00:54:48] He's not coded as a Pakistani.

[00:54:50] He doesn't speak like a Pakistani.

[00:54:51] He doesn't act like a Pakistani.

[00:54:53] Not that he acts like a Sri Lanka.

[00:54:55] Apparently, he was...

[00:54:56] Apparently, he was London educated.

[00:54:58] Yeah, which...

[00:54:59] Also does not act like...

[00:55:01] Somebody who has ever been to London.

[00:55:03] He's Danger London.

[00:55:07] He's the grandson of Jackie Shroff's character...

[00:55:10] From Surya Vanshi.

[00:55:12] Yeah.

[00:55:12] I have no idea what that is.

[00:55:14] Okay.

[00:55:15] So, technically, he should be like...

[00:55:18] Like, quite a bit younger than Bebo.

[00:55:20] Like, if we look at...

[00:55:21] Like, the timeline should be...

[00:55:22] But again, these doesn't...

[00:55:24] All of this is not important for Rohit Shetty.

[00:55:27] Yeah.

[00:55:27] It should not be important for us.

[00:55:28] But also, like, the whole politics of Rohit Shetty, right?

[00:55:32] And how much he truly believes in the one power that the cops should have in this country.

[00:55:39] And they should be the ones who will save us, you know?

[00:55:43] And, like, especially in terms of international threats in this country.

[00:55:50] Khaki-wearing men, riding on helicopters, guarding borders.

[00:55:56] Like, this movie started off from, you know, internal troubles with politicians, with...

[00:56:02] What did...

[00:56:03] Corruption.

[00:56:05] And, you know, drug trafficking and all of that.

[00:56:08] And now it's become this whole scale full-on, you know, nation-saving exercise that this khaki-wearing men are supposed to be doing.

[00:56:16] And they are negotiating with international terrorists.

[00:56:19] And they have been given the power to do that by ministers.

[00:56:22] It's such a weird...

[00:56:24] Yeah.

[00:56:25] It's such a naive way at looking at how the country operates, in a way.

[00:56:32] It's...

[00:56:32] Yeah.

[00:56:33] It's troubling.

[00:56:34] And then people buying into it is also troubling, right?

[00:56:37] I think fascism is just generally...

[00:56:40] And let's...

[00:56:41] I'm not going to make a qualms about it.

[00:56:42] Rohit Shetty is clearly a fascist.

[00:56:44] Like, that's...

[00:56:44] Yeah.

[00:56:45] He is.

[00:56:45] He is.

[00:56:46] Like, you can see it in his...

[00:56:47] You know, he's been very...

[00:56:49] Like, you know, like, some people, you watch their movies and you are like, well, this is, like, real propaganda.

[00:56:56] Yeah.

[00:56:56] And then, like, a lot of people will come and be like, well, you know, you know, it's just a movie.

[00:57:00] Like, he doesn't necessarily need to believe in it.

[00:57:02] No, Rohit Shetty 100% believes in it.

[00:57:05] 100%.

[00:57:05] And he's not even shy about, like, saying it.

[00:57:08] Yeah.

[00:57:08] You know?

[00:57:09] Like, I just saw, like, this interview where he was talking about, like, corporate booking or whatever.

[00:57:14] And he was talking about paid PR, you know, social media trends and stuff like that.

[00:57:21] And he was talking about...

[00:57:22] And this was exactly what he said.

[00:57:24] He said he has a lot of friends in the cyber police cell.

[00:57:30] And they're all his friends.

[00:57:32] And they're willing to, like, give him information.

[00:57:36] And I'm like, I know that you think that this is an amazing thing to say.

[00:57:43] But what you are just saying right now is corruption.

[00:57:47] Yeah, but he's okay with it.

[00:57:49] Like, the police are not...

[00:57:49] Yeah.

[00:57:50] Like, that's what it is.

[00:57:51] Yeah.

[00:57:52] What...

[00:57:53] I was watching Singham again.

[00:57:54] And, like, I've mentioned this before.

[00:57:55] Rohit Shetty is a fascist in my mind.

[00:57:57] He's a fascist filmmaker.

[00:57:59] But that's okay.

[00:58:00] Like, you can be a fascist.

[00:58:02] Like, I think Sandeep Reddy Vanga is a fascist also, right?

[00:58:04] Like, this fascist filmmaker, they make a movie and stuff like that.

[00:58:07] But with watching Singham again, I was, like, also thinking, like, how simple of a mindset fascism is, right?

[00:58:14] Like, it's so easy.

[00:58:16] The solution to everything is just shoot them, right?

[00:58:18] Like, and I think that's also Rohit Shetty's solution to everything.

[00:58:23] If somebody is tweeting something bad at me, I will find you and I will shoot you or I will threaten you.

[00:58:29] You know, that's how he solves the Kashmir problem in this movie.

[00:58:32] That's how he solves the Sri Lanka problem.

[00:58:34] Everything, you just shoot.

[00:58:36] If you don't want to shoot, you just threaten you're going to shoot.

[00:58:41] And then you maybe still shoot them afterwards, you know?

[00:58:44] That was the climax of Suryavanshi.

[00:58:46] After everything that happened, they just shoot these terrorists.

[00:58:49] In front of every cop, they just shoot them.

[00:58:52] Like, you know?

[00:58:53] And that's fine.

[00:58:54] That's, you know, sing them again.

[00:58:58] You know?

[00:58:58] Music.

[00:58:59] Chalu, you know?

[00:59:00] And everybody's on board.

[00:59:01] Ranveer Singh is fully on board.

[00:59:03] He loves the fascism, too.

[00:59:04] I don't want to...

[00:59:06] I want to add him to the mix here.

[00:59:08] Because we will say, you know, Ranveer Singh, nice guy, you know, metrosexual, wears a dress, all this fun, fun games.

[00:59:15] He's fully on board with this vision.

[00:59:17] He's fully on board with it.

[00:59:18] He's enjoying it.

[00:59:19] He's enjoying the hell out of it.

[00:59:21] So I'm not going to, like, you know, defend him.

[00:59:25] DP Covington even say, you know, although she has done fighting and stuff like that, she's not really involved in this movie with the fascism, necessarily.

[00:59:31] She's so minimal as a character.

[00:59:33] Neither is Bebo.

[00:59:34] Very minimal.

[00:59:36] Tiger Shove, minimal.

[00:59:37] Like, he's just, like, you know, helping out where he can.

[00:59:40] Ranveer Singh is fully on board with the fascism.

[00:59:42] Like, he loves this.

[00:59:43] This is the hero who he wants to be.

[00:59:45] So I just wanted to kind of add that part here to it.

[00:59:50] But, yeah, it's just a very simple kind of, but as a counterpoint, we grew up on 70s movies, you know, the Javed Akhtar era.

[01:00:01] And those were very much communist leaning, right?

[01:00:05] Like, if you watch, like, a Kuli, you watch a Diwar.

[01:00:07] They were very much communist leaning sensibilities in that movie.

[01:00:11] So I can understand that now we're seeing the flip side of it and we're just getting fascism compared to that.

[01:00:18] And Singh again also made me think of this recent interview about, with Javed Akhtar.

[01:00:23] And I think he was talking about Animal at that time, where he was saying that, you know, we talk about the angry young man when we're talking about Amitab.

[01:00:32] But he was angry because of the system.

[01:00:34] There's a reason for his anger.

[01:00:37] And that's what we want to portray in our movies.

[01:00:40] What is your reason to be angry now?

[01:00:43] And when I'm watching Singham again, that's the part that I can't figure out.

[01:00:48] Singham is very angry, right?

[01:00:50] But all of the system, all of the police force, all of the government is on his side.

[01:00:57] But he is still angry.

[01:00:59] Like, you have all the tools available to you.

[01:01:02] Why do you not solve it?

[01:01:03] Like, if your solution is just I'm going to shoot it, then, you know, that's just ridiculous in my mind, right?

[01:01:11] Like when he goes to save his wife from Danger Lanka, he has tanks available.

[01:01:16] He has helicopters available.

[01:01:18] He has missiles available.

[01:01:19] He has, what do you call that?

[01:01:22] Aircraft carrier ships available.

[01:01:24] He has regular meetings with the chief minister or some department head of the government.

[01:01:32] All of this he has available.

[01:01:35] Arjun Kapoor has a machete and 15 guys that are out of shape.

[01:01:39] And it is still built up as the biggest threat ever.

[01:01:42] And that's why I feel this idea of fascist filmmaking just feels so weak to me.

[01:01:50] It's when you're so alpha that you're such a beta, you know, like it's so weak.

[01:01:55] You're little whiny men.

[01:01:57] That's all you are.

[01:01:58] Like, it's so, it's ridiculous.

[01:02:01] It's really eye-opening to see.

[01:02:02] That's why I like, in a way, going to watch this movie.

[01:02:05] Because like the blinders are off.

[01:02:07] You can see the purest vision.

[01:02:10] And that's why I also liked in Animal to a certain degree, right?

[01:02:13] You get such a pure, filtered vision of what these people think.

[01:02:18] It's like, wow, it's impressive.

[01:02:20] But this has none of the flares even that Animal had in terms of filmmaking.

[01:02:25] But what you're also describing is something that I've brought up repeatedly, I think, on this podcast.

[01:02:31] Which is that people don't seem to know how to write anymore.

[01:02:34] Or to like plot, you know?

[01:02:36] Like, we've seen this before in like multiple Salman Khan movies, for example.

[01:02:40] Where the hero is not allowed to be vulnerable in any way.

[01:02:45] And if you don't have any vulnerability, then like, what is the arc for the hero to rise?

[01:02:54] Oh my God.

[01:02:55] So, when you're talking about vulnerability, Ajay Devgan, once his wife gets kidnapped, right?

[01:03:01] Ajay Devgan has the same expression throughout this movie.

[01:03:04] Through all the obstacles, through all the trials and tribulations that Singham goes through in this movie.

[01:03:10] And that is like post Vimal Pan Masala, Gutka and all the ganja that he has, you know, smoked.

[01:03:17] It's like the droopiest of droopy eyes.

[01:03:20] It's just mild annoyance throughout.

[01:03:24] This is a minor inconvenience, you know?

[01:03:29] It's hilarious.

[01:03:30] It's hilarious.

[01:03:31] Yeah.

[01:03:31] Although I have to say, like, you guys didn't watch it.

[01:03:34] But when they were doing that police squad show that they did, there was like a...

[01:03:39] Anupama Chopra, I think, was doing like a round table with...

[01:03:42] Amrita is just laughing the shit I watch.

[01:03:44] And he's like, why?

[01:03:46] And then I talk about Anupama.

[01:03:48] I'm like, you know, like, this man does not have enough time to like go watch movies.

[01:03:55] But he's like sitting there watching round tables about like police squad.

[01:04:00] Like what?

[01:04:01] Yeah.

[01:04:02] So, there was this sequence where Rohit Shetty was making fun of Shilpa Shetty.

[01:04:07] That there's a specific walk that Rohit Shetty hero needs to do.

[01:04:13] It's like in a slow C formation.

[01:04:16] And then he showed it.

[01:04:17] And you see, yeah, this is what he shoots, basically.

[01:04:20] And Shilpa Shetty wasn't able to figure it out at all.

[01:04:23] So, it was just like a moment in that round table.

[01:04:26] But I was watching Ajay Rivgan do that walk.

[01:04:30] And I was like, yeah, these two are like the Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese of shitty movie making.

[01:04:37] Like, basically, they gel so well together.

[01:04:40] And it goes to show that Ajay Devgan is able to do all of these things.

[01:04:45] Like, we cannot discount that Ajay Devgan is a great actor.

[01:04:48] Like, he's a good actor.

[01:04:49] Like, we've seen him so many times in so many other things.

[01:04:52] But he slums it with Rohit Shetty.

[01:04:55] He's on his pitch.

[01:04:56] And they deliver these massive, massive hits, you know.

[01:04:59] They have something synced into the Indian general audience.

[01:05:04] And it works at the box office every time.

[01:05:06] Like, in terms of filmmaking.

[01:05:07] In terms of the themes that they're speaking to.

[01:05:11] I don't know.

[01:05:11] It feels like...

[01:05:12] I read somewhere Singham did 110 crores in three days.

[01:05:16] Which, I mean, yeah.

[01:05:18] You got a hit on it, you know.

[01:05:19] Yeah, Bulbulea also did 103 crores in three days.

[01:05:24] But this movie cost 375 crores to make.

[01:05:28] Yeah.

[01:05:28] Right?

[01:05:29] And the money that it makes is going to be split between distributors and theatres.

[01:05:34] And then it comes to the producers.

[01:05:35] To make it a profit is a huge sum.

[01:05:38] And I don't think it's going...

[01:05:40] Yeah, I don't want to wish ill on people.

[01:05:44] But this movie needs to tank.

[01:05:46] It's all I'm saying.

[01:05:49] I think it's funny.

[01:05:49] I think it's this movie.

[01:05:50] Because they want to, like, build it up like the Bollywood Avengers, right?

[01:05:53] That's what they're hoping it to be.

[01:05:55] But, like, clearly, Rohit Chetty has not seen the Marvel movies, I feel.

[01:06:00] Because, like, they built up Jackie Shroff as the Thanos in the last movie.

[01:06:04] Like, I'm coming to you and all that kind of thing at the end.

[01:06:07] And then they just capture him on a bridge on a scooty.

[01:06:11] Like, that's it.

[01:06:12] That was it.

[01:06:12] And then they get this whole thing about all the Kashmiri youth are coming out.

[01:06:16] Amrita, you have to see this.

[01:06:19] So, they capture Jackie Shroff.

[01:06:21] And there's a moment where, oh, all the Kashmiri youth are coming out.

[01:06:24] Oh, no, yaar.

[01:06:25] We're going to have to fight these young people.

[01:06:27] We're going to have to shoot them.

[01:06:28] Because, obviously, that's the only solution they have.

[01:06:30] And then one of these little, you know, Kashmiri guys come up.

[01:06:33] He's like, don't worry.

[01:06:35] This is new Kashmir.

[01:06:36] Kashmir, we are with you.

[01:06:38] And...

[01:06:39] What?

[01:06:40] Pathar marna old time.

[01:06:41] Old fashion.

[01:06:42] Yeah, old fashion.

[01:06:43] Cool logues are with fascism, you know.

[01:06:46] Like, we cool young people are up with it.

[01:06:49] So, yeah.

[01:06:50] That's Singham again.

[01:06:53] So, I was just looking up the budget for the two releases.

[01:06:57] And Bulbulaya 3 was made on a budget of 150 crores.

[01:07:00] And has already made back, like, 75% of its budget in its opening week.

[01:07:07] Whereas Singham again was made on a budget between 350 to 374 crores.

[01:07:14] And is not even, like, one-fourth of the way there.

[01:07:17] I don't think it's going to break even then.

[01:07:19] I don't think it's going to break even either.

[01:07:22] Okay, well.

[01:07:23] And Roy Chattu desperately needs a hit.

[01:07:26] Yes, he does.

[01:07:27] Yeah.

[01:07:27] Yeah.

[01:07:28] It's funny, na?

[01:07:29] Like, because we have these names in Bollywood filmmaking.

[01:07:34] And they're all failing to a certain degree, right?

[01:07:36] We have Karan Johor.

[01:07:38] We have Adi Chopra.

[01:07:39] We have Rohit Shetty.

[01:07:40] We have Rajkumar Hirani.

[01:07:42] Huh?

[01:07:43] We haven't really talked about the Dharma thing.

[01:07:45] We haven't.

[01:07:46] But we will talk about it.

[01:07:48] But that's what I'm...

[01:07:49] Because everybody on Twitter was obsessed with Karan Johor.

[01:07:55] Alia Bhatt flopped Karan Johor.

[01:07:58] Like, he didn't get, like, a thousand crore investment for his studio.

[01:08:04] But, like, what about Rajkumar Hirani when he delivers a dunky, right?

[01:08:08] He doesn't make a movie for three years and then he makes a dunky, which is shit.

[01:08:12] And then Rohit Shetty, who's gotten circus that flopped and now he's not going to break

[01:08:18] even with Singham again.

[01:08:19] Farah Khan, who hasn't made a movie in ages.

[01:08:22] Suraj Barjatia hasn't made a movie in ages.

[01:08:27] Adi Chopra wants to be a studio head, you know?

[01:08:29] So...

[01:08:29] I heard, like, the most amazing story because I was just like, and maybe I don't understand

[01:08:34] the Bollywood business anymore because apparently Suraj Barjatia approached Ranveer to make

[01:08:41] a movie and Ranveer Singh turned him down.

[01:08:44] I'm like, in the...

[01:08:46] Like, I don't know.

[01:08:47] Like, I'm just such a 90s kid.

[01:08:49] Like, to me, it is inconceivable that somebody would turn down Suraj Barjatia.

[01:08:53] You know what I mean?

[01:08:54] Like, why would you do that?

[01:08:56] Even if it's a shit movie.

[01:08:58] Ranveer saw, like, I'm a friend of my love and Ritik go, auntie.

[01:09:02] And he was like, no, it's not so much.

[01:09:05] It's not so much energy for me.

[01:09:07] I mean, like, he, like, Suraj Barjatia, like, after,

[01:09:11] Mai Preem Ki Diwani Hoon, he's never made, like, a, you know, like, a modern movie.

[01:09:18] Like, even when he did Prem Ratan Dhan Paio, he went back to his original formula of, like,

[01:09:24] sanskari love.

[01:09:25] Basically, remaking old Rajasri movies.

[01:09:28] Exactly.

[01:09:29] And, like, it would, like, and it clearly worked, right?

[01:09:32] Like, Prem Ratan Dhan Paio, like, you know, obviously there was a Salman factor to it.

[01:09:36] But it made, like, a crazy amount of money.

[01:09:40] Like, it wasn't like, it wasn't like a, you know.

[01:09:43] Prem Ratan Dhan Paio was made on a budget of 90 crores and made almost 440 crores.

[01:09:51] Why would you, like, say no to that?

[01:09:53] I don't understand, like, what he's, what, to make, like, a Rohit Shitti movie.

[01:09:58] Like, what?

[01:09:59] Because he's fully on board, Amrita.

[01:10:01] That's what I'm saying.

[01:10:02] I think there's this idea that, you know, because he did Rocky or Rani Ki Prem Kahani

[01:10:07] or he does Gully Boy, that he's not fully on board with Rohit Shitti.

[01:10:12] But this, he really enjoys this.

[01:10:14] This is what he likes at the moment, you know.

[01:10:17] So dumb.

[01:10:18] Yeah, it's really, really dumb.

[01:10:19] And, I mean, I think for our Patreon, we're going to be talking a bit about the Baby John trailer.

[01:10:24] I want to, I have some thoughts comparing Ranveer to Varun when we talk about it.

[01:10:29] Yeah, I think...

[01:10:30] We are also talking the Bhishek Bachchan.

[01:10:33] Yes, yes.

[01:10:33] So we're going to talk about a few trailers.

[01:10:35] So do join us on Patreon if you want to hear that bonus episode.

[01:10:38] I think we're done.

[01:10:39] I'm done with Singham.

[01:10:40] I don't want to talk about it anymore.

[01:10:42] I'm exhausted.

[01:10:44] Also, one last thing.

[01:10:45] Is this the only Rohit Shitti movie which has no songs?

[01:10:49] It's weird, na?

[01:10:51] Like, it's weird because it weighs on you.

[01:10:53] Like, if you have a three-hour movie, the songs really break it up, right?

[01:10:58] It kind of goes with the flow.

[01:11:00] And here...

[01:11:00] It has Tiger Shaw.

[01:11:02] It has Deepika.

[01:11:03] It has Ranveer.

[01:11:04] It has Akshay.

[01:11:06] Kareena.

[01:11:07] Maybe Ajay is not really a songwala guy.

[01:11:10] But no songs given to any of them.

[01:11:13] Like, there is an intro scene where there is like a festival going and, you know, really saturated colors.

[01:11:18] But there is no proper song.

[01:11:20] I bet they're going to be like, you know, like,

[01:11:22] we tried something different, but the audience wasn't ready for it.

[01:11:27] Yeah.

[01:11:28] And then, like, we're going to see Spin City and, you know, like,

[01:11:34] unpool in front of us over the next...

[01:11:37] I'm going to say a line from a recent show that I watched.

[01:11:39] Aage saj ja ke f*** off.

[01:11:43] We need to put that on a T-shirt.

[01:11:47] Whatever it doesn't have in songs, it makes up in...

[01:11:53] Okay, guys.

[01:11:54] I think let's wrap it up.

[01:11:55] Amrita, where can people find you online?

[01:11:58] You can find me on Twitter and increasingly on Blue Sky at AmritaIQ.

[01:12:04] Oh, wow.

[01:12:04] Okay.

[01:12:05] Even I didn't know that.

[01:12:06] So, John, where can people find you online?

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[01:12:51] Let us know about if you really enjoyed Singham, if it's working for you.

[01:12:55] Like, you know, maybe you just feel that, you know, the solution is shooting people.

[01:12:59] You can try to shoot us if you want, you know.

[01:13:01] Also, let us know what you, if you watched Bool Bool E3, what you actually thought about the movie.

[01:13:06] Did you liked it or did you like it?

[01:13:08] Or were you, you know, not moved by the comedy, etc.

[01:13:12] All your thoughts.

[01:13:13] Yeah.

[01:13:14] And we'll be back with a new episode very soon.

[01:13:17] Thank you for listening.