Bollywood is For Lovers

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Netflix and Dil: Who Can Stop The Terrorists? Take Them Out For You? The Family Man Can! May 13, 2020

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With everyone working from home these days, we’re all struggling a little with work life/balance, just like Manoj Bajpayee in his counter-terrorism show The Family Man!
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We mourn the loss of Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor
Never Have I Ever
“Never Have I Ever…Seen a Show So Casteist and Racist” by Monica M
The John McEnroe film is Borg vs McEnroe; 7 Days in Hellis the tennis mockumentary
The Family Man
Raj & D.K.
Spoiler Zone (40:08 to 47:16)

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97: An Affair To Remember: Silsila and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Apr 29, 2020

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We get swept up in a sea of emotions with two epic melodramas about adultery.
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Adultery happens everywhere!
Silsila
Art imitating life?
Melodrama and Douglas Sirk
Songs: “Sar Se Sarke,” “Dekha Ek Khwab,” “Yeh Kahaan Aa Gaye Hum,” and “Rang Barse”

(INTERVAL (“Ladki Hai Ya Shola” from Silsila)

Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Who is the Black Beast?
When will the early/mid-2000s no longer be tacky?
Songs: “Rock N Roll Soniye,” “Mitwa,” “Tumhi Dekho Na,” “Where’s The Party Tonight,” and “Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna”
Matt discusses My Man Godfrey on It Pod To Be You

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Netflix and Dil: Pilot Season Apr 15, 2020

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With so much bingeable content available, we watch the pilots of six Indian streaming shows and discuss which ones we’re interested in seeing more of.
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96: The Pain of Disco: Namak Halaal and Disco Dancer Apr 01, 2020

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Put on your dancing shoes Lovers, we’re going to party the night away! Come back to 1982 with us as we revel in the heyday of Bollywood’s disco days.
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What is disco?
Vox’s “Why disco made pop songs longer” and and “The ingredients of a classic house track"
Trash, Art, and The Movies on Saturday Night Fever and The Last Days of Disco
“Disco Deewane”
Bappi Lahiri
Disco movies
Namak Halaal
Songs: “Pag Ghunghroo Baandh Meera Naachi Thi,” “Aaj Rapat Jaayen To Hamen Naa Uthaiyo,” “Jawaani Jaaneman,” “Thodi Si Jo Pee Li Hai,” and “Raat Baaki, Baat Baaki”

(INTERVAL (“Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja” from Disco Dancer)

Disco Dancer
Big in the USSR
Songs: “Goron Ki Na Kalon Ki,” “Auva Auva Koi Yahan Nache,” “Ae Oh Aa Zara Mudke,” “Krishna Dharti Pe Aaja,” and “Yaad Aa Raha Hai”
“Video Killed The Radio Star” and M.I.A.’s “Jimmy”

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95: The Medium is The Message: Dibakar Banerjee’s Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Love Sex Aur Dhokha, and Shanghai Mar 21, 2020

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As promised, we catch up with the work of one of Hindi cinema’s most interesting and inventive auteurs, Dibakar Banerjee.
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There’s a pandemic going on
Welcome Felix!
Dibakar Banerjee
Khosla Ka Ghosla and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
Episode 18 - Bollywood as Cannes: Masaan, Titli, and Miss Lovely
Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar
Comparisons to Steven Soderbergh
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Devinder Singh aka Bunty
Catch Me If You Can and Lupin III

(INTERVAL (“Bharat Mata Ki Jai” from Shanghai)

Love Sex Aur Dhokha
DPS MMS scandal and Tehelka Sting operations
Digital cameras
“Love Sex Aur Dhokha”
Shanghai
Z and Vassilis Vassilikos (and Mikis Theodorakis)

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94: From Korea With Love: Ek Villain, Jazbaa, and Te3n Mar 04, 2020

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In honour of Parasite sweeping the Academy Awards, we discuss three Hindi remakes of South Korean thrillers.
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(INTERVAL (“Aaj Raat Ka Scene” from Jazbaa)

Jazbaa
Seven Days
Aishwarya Rai in Operation Hot Mother
Te3n
Montage
Are they paying Vidya Balan more or less?
Why does everyone in Kolkata keep such detailed records?

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#Parasite, #HallyuWave, #KoreanWave, #KoreanCinema, #Oldboy, #Zinda, #EkVillain, #MohitSuri, #RiteishDeshmukh, #SiddharthMalhotra, #ShraddhaKapoor, #Jazbaa, #SanjayGupta, #AishwaryaRai, #IrrfanKhan, #ShabanaAzmi, #JackieShroff, #AtulKulkarni, #Te3n, #RibhuDasgupta, #SujoyGhosh, #AmitabhBachchan, #NawazuddinSiddiqui, #VidyaBalan, #SabyasachiChakraborty, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema

93: Bachchan ‘71 & ‘72 Feb 19, 2020

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We return to our long abandoned series on Amitabh Bachchan series and discuss two of his earliest films, before he made it big.
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Thank you sohaz!
Our previous Bachchan episodes
It’s been two years
The 65th Filmfare Awards
Saat Hindustani
Bhuvan Shome and Bombay Talkie

(INTERVAL (“O Maheki Maheki Thandi Hawa” from Bombay to Goa)

Anand
Not enough book fair?
Rajesh Khanna
Patch Adamsand Awakenings
Portrayal of the health care system
Bombay to Goa
Mehmood
Road to…
Aruna Irani’s bathing suit

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92: Stories We Tell: Bombay Talkies, Lust Stories, & Ghost Stories Feb 06, 2020

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Three movies, four directors, twelve stories. We dive into three anthology films that each explore a different theme: cinema, sex, and horror.
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Shorts and anthology films
X: Past Is Present
Coen Brothers’ “World Cinema” from Chacun son cinema
Trevor Anderson and Matthew Rankin
Guy Maddin’s “The Heart Of The World”
Bombay Talkies
Ekstra
“Apna Bombay Talkies”

(INTERVAL (“Bachchan” from Bombay Talkies)

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91: 2019 Year End Review Jan 22, 2020

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Buckle up, it’s going to be a long one as we discuss the most notable Bollywood films of the back half of 2019, from July to December.
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Article 15, again, Photograph, Super 30, Judgementall Hai Kya, Khandaani Shafakhana, Jabariya Jodi, Batla House, Mission Mangal, Chhichhore, Dream Girl, Section 375, The Zoya Factor, Prassthanam, War

(INTERVAL (“Ghungroo” from War)

The Sky Is Pink, Laal Kaptaan, Saand Ki Aankh, Made In China. Drive, Commando 3, Panipat, (Marjaavaan), Pati Patni Aur Woh, Mardaani 2, The Body, Dabangg 3, Good Newwz

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90: Dabangg 3 makes Dabangg 2 look like Dabangg Dec 31, 2019

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Chulbul Pandey is back, and this time he’s out for revenge...like he always is. With Dabangg 3 now playing in theatres, we discuss all three films in Salman Khan’s problematic action-comedy series.
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“India: Intimations of an Ending” by Arundhati Roy
Dabangg
Yakuza
Erin’s ongoing issues with cop movies, police violence, and the long walk to fascism
Songs: “Hudd Hudd Dabangg,”“Tere Mast Mast Do Nain,” “Munni Badnaam Hui,” and “Humka Peeni Hai”

(INTERVAL (“Fevicol Se” from Dabangg 2)

Dabangg 2
Why are women constantly being killed or put in danger in these films?
Songs: “Dagabaaz Re Dabangg” and “Pandey Jee Seeti”
Dabangg 3
T-Series and ringtones
Character actor Nawab Shah
Songs: “Hud Hud,” “Habibi Ke Nain,” “Yu Karke,” and “Munna Badnaam Hua”

NEXT TIME: Our 2019 year end review
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