Drugs Di Maa Di! Review of Udta Punjab

Thanks to the Supreme Court of India, Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor, and Diljit Dosanjh starrer film "Udta Punjab" has been released in theatres on the scheduled date. Interestingly, this film has a catchline "Drugs Di Maa Di!". Using slang words or phrases in any catchline is a rare phenomenon in Hindi movies. I've heard though, excessive slang words in the dialogs of the recent Hindi and even Bengali movies. "LOC Kargil", "Jab We Met" and "Baishe Srabon" are such examples. In "Udta Punjab", almost every character has thrown selected and commonly used Punjabi slang words in most of the scenes. Apparently, "Drugs Di Maa Di" looks innocent but whenever you see or hear "Maa Di" or "Maa Ki", your sixth sense tells you that it's a part of a slang phrase. This phrase also reminds me of a small incident in my life. A few years ago, I was once making a conversation with a girl of my team in our office. She was a sweet Punjabi girl. Now I don't remember the onset but when I spoke the word "London" in my typical Bengali accent, she said "What?". I repeated the word "London!". She responded with little irritation "What?". I was a little embarrassed but reiterated "London, the capital of the UK! You know". Then she replied with a relieved face, "Oh! You mean London, the city". I was baffled but within a few days, I figured out the exact reason behind her excitement. The Script Writer of "Udta Punjab" has also used other selected Punjabi slangs which mean "Mother F***er", "Sister F***er" and many more. I guess, the exceeding usage of slang words, is the reason that the Censor Board (CBFC) of which, the present Chairman is the famous (read notorious) Pahlaj Nihalani, has released the film with an "A" certificate. The SC ordered the Censor Board to release the film with only one cut, a couple of disclaimers, and the certificate. The Censor Board just followed that direction. I've seen the trailer in which there was a urination scene of Shahid Kapoor. But when the production house sent the film to the Censor Board, they suggested 89 cuts including that urination scene and the removal of the word “Punjab” from the title as if it is defaming the image of Punjab. If the Censor Board had objections against the urination scene, then why was it allowed by them in the first place?

The making of "Udta Punjab" is indeed a daring effort when it comes to choosing the subject of that film or any film for that matter. Many film Directors love to work on various socio-economic or socio-political issues in India. Director Abhishek Chaubey was not one of them before making this movie. But I must admit that he has successfully conveyed the message to the audience. The message is clear and it loudly says that drug trafficking and drug addiction among young people are the burning issues in Punjab these days. If the necessary actions against this menace are not taken, it will soon destroy the future of a whole generation in Punjab. The state will go to election in 2017. The political party that is currently in power, obviously won't let anybody or anything uncover or raise this issue that has been making them uncomfortable time and again. Their major concern is that the opposition parties might use this issue effectively against them in the forthcoming assembly election. It’s not unusual that all political parties will deny their failure and try to convince you that raising any such issue will defame the image of the state and in this case, Punjab. I am not sure about the connection but surprisingly it was Pahlaj Nihalani who made such comments on behalf of the ruling party of Punjab. He even said that Arvind Kejriwal, the present CM of Delhi, has produced "Udta Punjab". Bizarre theory!!! Pahlaj Nihalani had to suffer defeat and couldn't succeed in stopping "Udta Punjab" from releasing. His office now has to deal with another new allegation of leaking the uncut version of "Udta Punjab" on the Internet before its official release. Be it the release of the last Bond movie "Spectre" or this "Udta Punjab", Pahlaj Nihalani has found himself in controversies very often since he was appointed as the chairman of the Censor Board. Pahlaj Nihalani cut the kissing scenes in "Spectre" which was ridiculed by the cine fraternity in India by projecting the hero James Bond as Sanskari Bond on social media.

Even though I am not a fan of Anurag Kashyap who is one of the Producers of "Udta Punjab", when he defended "Udta Punjab" and shared his view with media persons, I trusted him because of his clear point of view. On the other hand, Pahlaj Nihalani made himself a laughing stock by making some absurd remarks. I haven't watched too many movies directed by Anurag Kashyap but I have watched the trailer of his upcoming film "Raman Raghav 2.0". Both the title and the trailer seem a little weird to me. I think Anurag Kashyap likes to bring out stories about the dark shades of society and human nature. Perhaps "Udta Punjab" was also his pet project but maybe he couldn't direct it because of his other commitments.

There is no film more honest than UDTA PUNJAB .. And any person or party opposing it is actually GUILTY of promoting drugs

— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) June 6, 2016

Let's discuss about the story of "Udta Punjab". There is no particular story in this film. Four leading characters are living their individual lives on their own and finally, all of them fight the same battle against a common enemy. But their struggles and the war against drugs have been presented so nicely that the audience gets attached to this fusion kind of story. Tommy Singh aka Gabru (played by Shahid Kapoor) is a popular Punjabi Rock Singer who sings for young people. His music glorifies the madness of youth and the fun of taking drugs by them. Tommy himself is a drug addict too. People believe that Tommy's music is encouraging young people to take more drugs. One day Tommy got arrested and that proved to be the turning point that changed his life completely. He understands that he needs to get rid of this addiction of drugs. He refuses to take drugs but faces consequences both mentally and physically. He now finds it hard to sing for his fans. This addiction would have ruined his career one day anyway, had he decided to go on and not save himself from this menace. We have seen a similar story in the movie "Aashiqui 2" directed by Mohit Suri. The hero Rahul Jaykar who was also an alcoholic Singer, fought his battle against his addiction. Like Rahul, our Tommy also felt vulnerable that he was getting torn apart from inside as soon as he decided to throw away drugs. Tommy needed friendly support and love to get over his hurdles. That love came to him as a surprise. When Tommy was running away from some goons, an unknown girl (played by Alia Bhatt) came to his rescue, helped him to hide, and even fought with the goons. Tommy falls in love instantly and finds a purpose to live for. This girl who was once a member of Jharkhand's champion hockey team, moved to Punjab as a farm labourer to get her family out of poverty. Eventually, she also fought the battle against drugs in her way. Sartaj Singh (played by Diljit Dosanjh) is a police sub-inspector who has compromised with his honesty for the corrupt system. But when he found his little brother Bali (played by Master Prabhjyot Singh) hospitalised due to a drug overdose, his conscience woke up and told him to do his duty. Bali was saved and taken care of by Dr. Preet Sahni (played by Kareena Kapoor) who runs a drug rehabilitation clinic and also fights against drugs. Both Sartaj and Preet decided to take down the drug racket. The rest of the story is a little terrible and doesn't give us a happy ending. But the drug racket got busted in the climax.

Alia Bhatt is new in the film industry and yet, has shown a great deal of maturity in her acting which has made me a fan of her acting. Any new actress also being the younger daughter of the renowned film Director Mahesh Bhatt, should have chosen a glamorous path to shine her filmy career but instead, she has taken the challenging path. She has established her presence on solid ground as she is performing her best in these versatile roles. Shahid Kapoor is a senior actor but even he has surprised me with his crazy yet natural acting. Kareena Kapoor and the debutant Diljit Dosanjh's acting is good but not that special. But I like the character Tayaji (played by veteran actor Satish Kaushik). He has delivered an excellent performance in this cameo role.

Two soundtracks "Chitta Ve" and "Ud-Daa Punjab" are already gaining popularity. Actor cum Singer Diljit Dosanjh has also sung a song "Ikk Kudi". I cannot resist myself from mentioning one last thing that when I saw the name of the Editor Meghna Sen in the title sequence, it made me proud.

Te3n: Movie Review by Tanmoy Sarkar

"Te3n" is that well-discussed and well-anticipated film which I had been eagerly waiting for to be released in Kolkata ever since the news broke out that Mr. Amitabh Bachchan started shooting in Kolkata and the first picture of him in which he was riding on a scooter, came out in the public domain. Initially, I thought this was "Kahaani 2" because of Sujoy Ghosh's presence in the team but then I realised that he is not the Director but rather happened to be one of the Producers in this movie of which the title is "Te3n". Well, the film was released in the theatres on the 10th of June and I watched this movie on the 11th night in South Kolkata. I watch a lot of movies but do not post a status for all of them on Facebook. I publish a few only if I think that I should write something about it in my Blog. That's why I generally do that after watching the full movie. But this time when I was about to post my status on Facebook, I just couldn't find the official Facebook page of "Te3n". There was an ordinary page without a profile image and that page got only 249 likes at that time. That page must have been created by a fan or automatically by Facebook. So, it seems that team "Te3n" didn't even try to promote the movie on Social Media. If I remember correctly about the promotion on Television, I've only seen a couple of interviews of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, Sujoy Ghosh, and the Director Ribhu Dasgupta. But I think I've hardly seen Vidya Balan or Nawazuddin Siddiqui promoting this movie on any platform or media. So, I must say that team "Te3n" has taken a very poor marketing strategy or practically none at all for promoting this movie.

When I talk about the movie, the first question that comes to mind is about its title. Why Te3n or Three? One thing is clear that the story revolves around 3 main characters played by BigB, Vidya Balan, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. But other than this fact of 3 main character's presence in this film, I've found no relevant reason in its title "Te3n". Despite being one of the 3 main characters, Vidya Balan's name was shown with the tag "Guest Appearance" in the title sequence. I think I've got many reasons to be heartbroken and frustrated after watching this movie. There were good ingredients and a good recipe and yet, the actual dish that the chef has cooked is not the one it was meant to be. All Bengali Film Directors who have made Hindi Bollywood films, are well-known for their realistic ideology and by and large do take care of every minute detail while making a movie.

I've also read some other reviews written by other Cine-Critics. One said about the sloth progress of the storytelling and another Critic talks about too many unnecessary flashbacks in this movie. I also agree with them. The story and the art of storytelling both are essential and without each other's support, no single fact alone can make a film successful. While telling a story, especially a thriller, the storyteller sometimes gets you a flashback or so he thinks is necessary to make the audience glued to the story otherwise they might get lost as the plot gets unraveled. The storyteller sometimes also thinks that flashback helps the audience connect the missing dots. I believe Producer Sujoy Ghosh, Director Ribhu Dasgupta, and their team are very much obsessed with BigB, Vidya Balan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, City of Joy Kolkata, Kolkata Police, Howrah Bridge, River Ganga, Maa Durga and Bisorjon, Kolkata Tram, etc. But these are all good ingredients for a good dish but it's up to the chef and his skills to make a good dish by using these good ingredients and a good recipe.

I'll talk about this thrilling story. I've found so many flaws in the story and storytelling. I think Maa Durga's Bisorjon scene was irrelevant and the Howrah Bridge was shown in the wrong scenes. The story is about Two kidnappings which took place in the heart of Kolkata. The first kidnapping happened in Ripon Street but remained unresolved even after eight long years. John Biswas, the grandfather (played by BigB) of the victim (John's granddaughter Angela Biswas), regularly goes to Kolkata's Police Headquarters in Lalbazar and returns empty-handed back home. Since the kid Angela was abducted in Ripon Street as she was returning from school to home, one can presume that her family used to and still lives in or close to Ripon Street. Just because the team "Te3n" is obsessed with Howrah Bridge, that doesn't mean you can show that bridge in any scene. In one part of the film, the grandfather crosses the river Ganga by Howrah Bridge while returning from Lalbazar to his home in or around Ripon Street. The grandfather listens to a familiar voice in a tape that was recorded by police eight years ago. In this tape, the kidnapper, Manohar Sinha (played by Sabyasachi Chakraborty) allowed the victim to speak on the phone. She shouted, "I am sorry Grandpa. I made a mistake. I should have listened to you". Normally victim says "Save me grandpa" but instead, she says something else. This recording was shown in such a way as if it somehow led to a clue. Ultimately it never got proven as a clue nor did it help Grandpa in any capacity to resolve the mystery.

Grandpa was rightly on his course to find the kidnapper for taking his revenge by bringing him to justice. He set the rest of his life's goals and never lost hope. One day, he got a small clue which led him to go to Imambara in Hooghly. But even after ignoring Father Martin's request to ride on his motorcycle, traveling the distance of 54 km twice and then multiple times by a junk scooter is a reliable idea or not, my friend, I leave it to the audience and their common sense. Later the plot as it was unraveled, showed that the kidnapper buried all the evidence inside a trunk in a burying place at Imambara in Hooghly. The kidnapper committed his crime in Kolkata and buried the evidence in Hooghly. Come on man!! Who wrote this story? I've got more. The kidnapper got his 20 Lacs as he demanded and the ransom money was arranged none other than by our Kolkata police. Police!!! Does police ever arrange ransom money for kidnappers? If yes as a part of their plan to catch the criminal, then why use real money instead of blank currency notes? After a successful pick up of the ransom money, the kidnapper called the grandfather once again and threatened that he had to give him another 20 Lacs rupees as a punishment for his act of calling the police. The kidnapper directed him to get out of the city and follow a dirt road. Man! This is Kolkata, not Ramgarh you are talking about.

In a twist of the plot when the kidnapper was caught and brought to justice, the kidnapper confessed his crime and told the reason behind it. He said that eight years ago, his daughter needed heart surgery and therefore he needed money at any cost. Now consider some points. The kidnapper Manohar Sinha's daughter has a son Ronnie who is now around 8 years old. A woman who got a severe heart surgery of which the effect is still visible, couldn't be allowed by doctors for pregnancy. That means she was already married eight years ago and had a son during the time of her heart surgery. Remember her husband who serves in the Indian Army. I think the Indian Army takes all the liabilities on the medical issues of the family including the wife of an army jawan or an officer. So, the kidnapper's worry about arranging money for her daughter's heart surgery doesn't have solid ground as it was written by the story writer.

The police officer Martin Das who investigated the kidnapping case eight years ago, is now a priest. Please don't take it otherwise if I say that an ex-police officer later becoming a Christian priest, not a Hindu priest or a Muslim imam, looks more suitable in a modern thriller story. Doesn't it? The grandfather John Biswas made a list of a few suspects and handed over the list to Father Martin on Christmas evening and then at the same time, coincidentally, Manohar Sinha's son and grandson (Ronnie) also paid a visit to that Church. Ronnie made a beautiful greeting card and presented it to Father Martin. He loved that card and promised Ronnie that he would always keep it in his home. Father Martin also kept that list of suspects in that greeting card and went inside the Church. Incidentally, Father Martin becomes part of the investigation team that is investigating the present kidnapping of Master Ronnie. The present investigation is being led by a special police inspector Sarita Sarkar (played by Vidya Balan). Eventually, Father Martin gets solid proof that John Biswas has something to do with the present kidnapping of Master Ronnie. Father Martin rushed to John's house and searched his bed. There, he found that greetings card which proves that the storyteller also tries to establish that Ronnie was with John for sure. But I think the voice marching proof was good enough and finding the greetings card was unnecessary besides the fact that the storyteller never showed us how that greetings card reached John's house.

Let's take a pause and consider yourself as the grandfather. You now know who the kidnapper was. Since he has destroyed most of the evidence, what would you do to bring him to justice? Just because you cannot do it legally and you see that the kidnapper has also got a grandson, Ronnie, you make a plot to kidnapping that grandson. That grandson has remained very happy even after being abducted by a kidnapper as it has been shown in this film to prove that the 2nd kidnapping should not be considered as a crime by the audience. You are justifying a new kidnapping for bringing an old kidnapper to justice. I think the Script Writer always has the upper hand. This story especially the climax with a twist could have been told differently.

Acting was superb and every actor has done justice with his or her acting reputation in this film. But the music was mediocre. The music doesn't stay in mind for long.

Bat(Man) v Super(God)man: Dawn of Justice (League or Fantasy)

A few months ago, when I came to know about this movie and also saw the trailer, my first reaction was made of just two words, why and how? Batman and Superman both are superheroes fighting for justice like good against evil, right? Then why on Earth would they turn against each other? What made them or in what circumstances, they became adversary? But more than that to be answered, I have got to know how Batman matched his strength with that of Superman. The Man of Steel is not a human, but rather an alien, a Kryptonian by birth. Since the Kryptonian Star was much older and bigger than our Sun and the higher gravity that Krypton had compared to our Earth, the strong molecular structure in his body cells, gave him this unbelievable strength like a God. We have seen in all previous Superman movies that his strength has no credible limit. What kind of heavy things Superman can move or lift just by using his bare hands? A Car, a Bus, a Ship, a Mountain, a Continent, or even a Planet! Practically all of them. Zack Snyder (Director) has already shown us in his previous movie "Man of Steel" that Superman should have credible limited strength without compromising the laws of Physics. Superman's biological father Jor-El once advised his son Kal-El (Superman) to keep testing his limits and that is exactly what Superman has been doing so far. He is the savior, the new God of Earth.

Batman is 100% pure human. He may be the strongest amongst all humans but in comparison with the strength of Superman, his strength might seem naive. So, why would a human even dare to challenge a God? What compels him to do so? Only anger, hatred, or the quest for vengeance can drive a human to choose such a path of challenging a God in a battle. If I want to spend some words to describe Batman (played by Ben Affleck), he seems to be a little older compared to his predecessors in all previous Batman movies. The actor himself is quite old but it is in the script that this Batman has been acting like a vigilante in Gotham City for the last 20 years and the script never tried to make this Batman look younger. Maybe that is why Ben Affleck was the perfect choice for this role. But surprisingly, this Batman is using Body Armor on top of his usual Batman Suit. He also looks stronger and bulkier than ever as the director perhaps wanted to make him look well-prepared against Superman. But I have noticed one more feature in Batman’s characteristics. Christian Bale who played the role of Batman in the last Dark Knight Trilogy, used to deepen his natural voice while talking with people. Why does Batman do that? Is it the part of disguise or is it because of the reason that no one should recognize his original voice? Take any normal human being or for that matter, take yourself. Somebody will only do that if he needs to make himself look more mature. Come on! Batman doesn’t need to do that. If covering up the real identity is the sole purpose of deepening one’s voice, one should take technical help and that is exactly what Batman has done in this movie.

These two superheroes come from two different cities. Superman represents Metropolis and Batman comes from Gotham City as I used to know from their stories. Some critics say that these two cities are the two sides of the same coin. These two fictional cities were created keeping the city of New York in mind. No wonder someone finds similarities between the skylines of these two cities. Some even say that New York is Metropolis in daylight and Gotham at night. But the stories of these two superheroes were different and so were their cities. Even in this movie, the script has kept these two cities as different ones. When Superman was engaged in that great battle with General Zod in Metropolis, Bruce Wayne arrived at the scene and much to our surprise, was trying to save the employees in the Wayne Tower. Now I am baffled. Wayne Tower is in Metropolis? This Wayne Tower, which belongs to the Wayne Enterprise of which the owner is Bruce Wayne himself, should be in Gotham City instead of Metropolis, isn't it? I guess, the scriptwriters desperately wanted to make these two superheroes fight with each other which would raise the level of interest among the people towards this movie but to do so, they also had to give or construct a very good reason for preparing the ground for this epic battle between Batman and Superman. So, they created one such reason. Bruce Wayne saw his Wayne Tower along with the employees, toppling down to the ground at Metropolis as a result of the fight between Superman and General Zod. Bruce Wayne holds Superman responsible for the death of not only those employees of Wayne Enterprise but also thousands of people in Metropolis. So, driven by the pursuit of justice or the vendetta for those dead people, Bruce Wayne AKA Batman then set his new goal of bringing Superman to justice. Come on! This is superhero vs. superhero you are talking about. One can understand that this is not the ultimate battle because both are fighting for good. Maybe their ways of dealing with evil, are different but any one of them cannot be projected as a villain. Batman just used the excuse of controlling the God like Superman who might be the savior of good at least for now but if not controlled by someone in this world, he might turn into evil anytime in the future, who knows! Keeping this vendetta part aside, if I may say that Batman was simply jealous and couldn't accept the fact that there was a new superhero in town and he had to neutralize this new threat which can snatch away his glory of being the savior of the city. But that was not in the script, just my version of describing the motive behind his intentions for challenging Superman on the ground. Suppose you are Batman and if you know that you are no match with Superman, then how would you prepare yourself even before going to face to face with Superman? You have two options, either you have to raise your level of strength to his level or you have to somehow make his strength down to match with yours. It was no longer a secret to the people of Earth that Kryptonite is such an element that acts like venom to a Kryptonian like Superman and can drain all his powers out for at least a few moments and that might give Batman the window of opportunity to defeat Superman. Then comes the enemy or arch-human nemesis of Superman, if you may see him in that way, Lex Luthor. His highly efficient human criminal mind always tries to find new ways to vanquish Superman. Once Kryptonite was found in the Indian Ocean region, both Lex Luthor and Batman went after that Kryptonite because they knew that Kryptonite was the weapon they needed if they wanted to defeat Superman. Eventually, Batman got that Kryptonite.

When Lex Luthor kidnapped Superman's foster mother Martha Kent and blackmailed him to face Batman's challenge, he said to Superman that even God gets down to his knees before the will of a man. Then came the moment of truth, the superlative battle which we have been waiting for. Batman made good use of Kryptonite and built some special weapons like Kryptonite Gas Shells and even a Kryptonite Spear. Equipped with these special weapons, well-prepared Batman managed to defeat Superman. While fighting with Superman, Batman makes him suffer a lot and delivers some special dialogue like “Smell the fear” during the moment when the Kryptonite Gas Shell bursts and makes Superman vulnerable. Batman even said, “Men are brave but you are not even a man”. Very well, Batman is brave and strong, agreed. But when Superman gets his powers back as the effect of Kryptonite Gas doesn’t last longer, Batman suddenly stops fighting and raises his right hand towards Superman in an almost surrendering posture. That doesn’t match with his dialogues, does it? But I have found an interesting reaction from the audience. If God appears and likes to fulfill your wish that he will give you the power of either Superman or Batman, then what wish would you like to make for, Superman or Batman? Superman because most of the people will agree with you that Superman's powers are superior than those of Batman. Now there is a dilemma. Batman's glory, glamour, and style are not at all inferior to Superman's power. But if the audience is asked and left no option but to take a side, then what would you expect from the audience? If you have thought that most of them would pick Superman, then I am afraid that you were wrong. When Batman was kicking Superman's ass, most of the people in the audience were applauding. I wondered, why? People are emotional and when they realize that even a human can defeat a God with his strong willpower, intelligence, and skill, they easily get attached to that human, and in this movie, Batman. But when Batman was just about to kill Superman with that Kryptonite Spear, Superman pleaded to him to save his mother "Martha Kent", Batman hesitated and got over that desire of accomplishing his revenge. Batman was also stunned for a moment because "Martha" was also a familiar name to him. Batman's mother was also known with the same name "Martha". Coincidence, huh?

Then both Batman and Superman set their immediate goals like Batman to rescue "Martha" and Superman to deal with Lex Luthor. This scoundrel Lex Luthor, with his great criminal mind, had a backup plan for dealing with Superman. Remember that Kryptonian Scout Ship crashed at Metropolis in the movie “Man of Steel”. That Scout Ship was still 37% operational and got the Genesis chamber inside it. Lex Luthor earned access inside that ship by managing a US Senator in exchange for a promise of building a destructive game-changer weapon based on alien technology and delivering it to the government of the USA. As far as I can remember the story of "Man of Steel" was directed by Zack Snyder, I think there were two Master Keys for these Scout Ships. One came to Earth along with the spacecraft which carried infant Superman to Earth. That Master Key which used to contain the conscience of Jor-El, the biological father of Superman, went to the Phantom Zone during the great battle of Metropolis. The other Master Key which was owned by General Zod, was still attached to the Mainframe Computer of that crashed Scout Ship. I was under the impression that the programming of these Master Keys is unchangeable like ROM in our Computers or Mobile Phones. So, that second Master Key could only be activated by General Zod himself. Since General Zod was dead, Lex Luthor used the fingerprint of Zod and activated that Master Key. Well well well, up to this point, the story was acceptable but isn't it obvious that the Mainframe Computer of that alien Scout Ship should have identified the fake General Zod immediately after using that Master Key by Lex Luthor? But much to our surprise, that alien Computer not only accepted the fact that General Zod was dead but also accepted the authority of Lex Luthor. This is proof that even ROM can be reprogrammed in alien technology which is supposed to be much superior to ours. But logically is it acceptable or is it a small error in the script?

The appearances of Wonder Woman and monster Doomsday were expected and so were the very few appearances of Aquaman, Cyborg, and Flash because it was evident that all the characters of DC Comics were gradually coming together to form an alliance called “Justice League”. This alliance is more like “Avengers” which is also based on the characters of Marvel comics. All the events in this movie are heading in the direction of forming that alliance. Frankly speaking, I didn’t like the looks of this monster Doomsday. Even though he is a monster and should look like one if you consider the fact that this monster was the creation of alien technology, you expect little more when it comes to the looks or get-ups of such a monster. Anyway, Doomsday was killed by Superman with that same Kryptonite Spear but before his death, Doomsday also killed Superman. But Superman cannot be killed or he doesn’t die at least in stories. We got the hint just before the end of the movie that Superman is certainly going to come back soon in the next movie.