Bollywood is For Lovers

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104: Babytown Frolics: Badhaai Ho and Good Newwz with Julie-Anne Weaver Oct 14, 2020

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To celebrate our new nephew, we welcome his mother Julie-Anne Weaver on to discuss a pair of pregnancy comedies.
Show Notes:

The mountains are full of Jadoo!
Welcome Julie-Anne! She has actually been to India.
Why are both of these movies about how men feel?
Badhaai Ho
Our Ayushmann Khurrana episode
News flash: parents have sex too
How the film discusses abortion
What it’s like to have a baby during a pandemic
Songs: “Badhaaiyan Tenu” and “Morni Banke”

(INTERVAL (“Zumba” from Good Newwz)

Good Newwz
Baby’s Day Out
We don’t hate Julie-Anne
The film’s problematic aspects
We have found the plot for the sequel!
Why do women have to put up with the invasive questions?
Songs: “Laal Ghaghra,” “Sauda Khara Khara,” and “Chandigarh Mein”

NEXT TIME: the sixth annual Hindi Horror Halloween with special guest Matthew Stepanic
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Netflix and Dil: A Suitable Boy, or the Gold Diggers of 1951 Sep 29, 2020

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Fresh off of its appearance at the closing night of TIFF, we discuss Mira Nair’s six-part adaptation of Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy.
Show Notes:

Thank you Mildmanneredgamer!
Join Erin at YEGPodFest!
Toronto International Film Festival
Mira Nair
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
A Suitable Boy
Spoiler Zone (52:26 to 1:01:01)

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103: We Want To Be Dimple Kapadia’s Friend: Bobby, Saagar, and Rudaali Sep 16, 2020

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In honour of her Hollywood debut, we discuss three of Dimple Kapadia’s most iconic and acclaimed films.
Show Notes:

Thank you you crazybrownchik (and Chris)
Attend YEGPodFest and Erin’s panel with other Bollywood podcasters
Chatting with the Khandaan crew
Dimple Kapadia
Tenet
Thank you Film Companion for the MUBI code
Bobby
Matt makes fun of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards but they gave Adam Sandler Best Actor for Uncut Gems
We are forced to stan Jack Braganza’s suit
Songs: “Main Shayar To Nahin,” “Mujha Kucjin Kehna Hai,” “Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein,” “Jhoot Bole Kauwa Kaate,” and “Ae Phansa”

(INTERVAL (“Jaane Do Naa” from Saagar)

Saagar
The return of Bum Chums
Dimple Kapadia’s bathing suit
Rudaali
Mahasweta Devi
Professional mourners
“Superman’s Song” (we will not explain 90s Canadiana)
Song: “Jhooti Mooti Mitwa Aawan Bole”
Matt coins the term Dimp Simps

NEXT TIME: A Suitable Boy

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102: Bachchan ‘79 - '81 Aug 29, 2020

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We continue our exploration of Amitabh Bachchan’s career, finishing up the 1970s and moving into the 1980s.
Show Notes:

Thank you to Erin’s mother for helping us get to 1 million downloads/listens!
We didn’t win the Oilers 50/50 draw
Watch our panel at Namaste 2020: Global Utsava of Indian Soft Power
Kriya at Fantasia 2020
Kaala Patthar
Our new favourite guy
Dad movies

(INTERVAL (“Janu Meri Jaan” from Shaan)

Shaan
“Pyaar Karne Waale Ryaar Karte Hain,” “Dariya Mein Jahaz Chale,” and “Yamma Yamma”
Matt’s new character: ‘80s Film Twitter Movie Length Guy
Blofeld
Bollywood crocs
Kaalia
“Dil To Dete Nahin,” “Jahan Teri Yeh Nazar,” “Sanam Tum Jahan,” “Jab Se Tumko Dekha,” “Tum Saath Ho Jab,” and “Kaun Kisiko Bandh Saka”

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101: First Frames: Dil Chahta Hai, Ek Hasina Thi, and Socha Na Tha Aug 14, 2020

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We go back to the 2000s to discuss some of the first films from some of Bollywood’s most celebrated contemporary auteurs.
Show Notes:

What happened to Khosla Ka Ghosla?
The 19th anniversary is bronze
Dil Chahta Hai
A classic Mr. Holland’s Opus reference
How much time does the film cover?
The pants game
Its influence and imitators
“Kaisi Hai Ye Rut”

(INTERVAL (“Wo Ladki Hai Kahan” from Dil Chahta Hai)

Ek Hasina Thi
Our Noirvember episode on Sriram Raghavan
Women in Prison films
They mention that Film Noir is not a genre, take a drink
Socha Na Tha
Our Imtiaz Ali episode
“Abhi Abhi”
Erin thinks Abhay Deol is cute
Imtiaz Ali makes the same film over and over again
“Yara Rab”
Ayesha Takia’s brother IS the preist from 1920

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100: The Goddess Who Carries The Burden of The World, Mother India Jul 29, 2020

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In our (canonical) 100th episode, we discuss one of the most iconic and influential Hindi films of all time, Mehboob Khan’s 1957 epic Mother India.
Show Notes:

100 Baby! Thank you to the Alberta Podcast Network, Audioboom, all of our past guests, all of our listeners, and especially Paul Matwychuk!
Mishima: A Life in Four Chaptersthank you A.J. Devlin!
Our favourite episodes, biggest podcasting regrets, and reflecting on the podcast thus far
Mother India
Our experiences with the film in university

(INTERVAL (“O Janewalo Jao Na” from Mother India)

Katherine Mayo’s Mother India
Fellini was nominated for 12 Oscars and won four
Songs: “Matwala Jiya Dole Piya,” “O Gaadiwale,” “Duniya Mein Aaye Hain,” “Dukh Bhare Din Beete Re Bhaiya,” “Ghunghat Nahin Kholoongi,” and “Na Main Bhagwan Hoon”
Soviet montage and Constructivism (we were kind of conflating the two movements, they are different but related) and the Kuleshov effect
D.W. Griffith and Gone With the Wind

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Supplemental Episode 8: 60 Questions Jul 14, 2020

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For our 100th episode we intended to devote a small segment of the show to answering listener questions, but we received so many questions we instead put together an entire supplemental episode devoted to answering them. This took some time, it’s long, but we did our best to answer each and every one.
Show Notes:

Thank you: Saad Ilyas, TheManish89, Safiyya Austen, Debbie Soderlund, Kimberly Tully, sidhu177, NaanSamantha, BombayTalkies, karmakaramit7, Tepid_Waters, monsoon_blues, SeebooTheGoblin, CandidGamera, AvinashAjjarapu, AshishMadathil, baisakhi, theshahshahid, bollylitsa, raj712, shreysaxena2308, maahin, SuzetteChan, akaifishy, morgansiesta, ScouseOfTheEast, desi_casanova, ClaireEKelly, Devin Bruce, and Karen Unland

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99: 2020 Midyear Review Jun 24, 2020

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While movie theatres still aren't fully open around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has still be a lot of great movies released so far this year and we’re still going to talk about them in our annual midyear review!
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(INTERVAL (“Illegal Weapon 2.0″ from Street Dancer 3)

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Netflix and Dil: Paatal Lok, or Lords of Dogtown Jun 16, 2020

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We go down to the underworld with Amazon Prime’s new show Paatal Lok to unravel a mystery that reveals the rotten truth about corruption in many levels of society.
Show Notes:

"On TV, Cops Are Always the Main Characters”
Paatal Lok
Episode 65: Anushka Sharma’s Clean Slate: NH10, Phillauri, and Pari
Svarga, Dharti, and Paatal
Transgender actress Mairembam Ronaldo Singh
Spoiler Zone (41:38 to 46:28)

NEXT TIME: Our 2020 Midyear Review
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98: Anil Kapoor’s 90s: Beta, 1942: A Love Story, and Rajkumar May 28, 2020

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Picking up our Anil Kapoor series, we discuss three of his films from the 1990s: two well loved hits and an epic flop.
Show Notes:

Our episode on Taal and our episode on Lamhe
Thanks JustGivemeTheReboot! (Do you like ReBoot?)
Parinda on the Split Screen Podcast
Virasat and Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain
Beta
Madhuri Dixit just had sex aka “Saiyya Jee Se Chupke”
Other songs: “Dhak Dhak Karne Laga,” “Koyal Si Teri Boli,” and “Sajna Mein Teri Tu Mera”
Dickensian/Victorian/Jane Eyre
Is that a Jojo’s reference?

(INTERVAL (“Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh” from 1942: A Love Story)

1942: A Love Story
“Mars, the Bringer of War”
Songs: “Pyaar Hua Chupke Se,” “Rooth Na Jaana,” and “Rim Jhim Rim Jhim”
Rajkumar
Matt explains why we watched this film
Powerpoint and wordart
A bulletproof plot summary
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
George Michael’s “Faith” versus “Payal Meri Jadu Jagati Hai”
Songs: “Ye Khoobsurat Badan,” “Tu Bijlee Hai,” “Bechain Hoon Main” “Maine Kiye Paar,” and “Oh Mere RajKumar”
Cannibal bungee cord fight
Behind The Actors Studio: Naseeruddin Shah
A moustache on top of a moustache

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