Bollywood is For Lovers

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83: 2019 Midyear Review Jul 22, 2019

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We’re midway through 2019, so it’s time to look back at the first six months of Hindi film releases. Show Notes: Uri: The Surgical Strike , Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga(Manish’s article), Gully Boy, Total Dhamaal, Luka Chuppi, Sonchiriya, Badla, Kesari, Hotel Mumbai (INTERVAL (“Rappan Rappi Rap” from Mard Ko Dard Nahi) Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, Junglee, Romeo Akbar Walter, Kalank, Student of the Year 2, De De Pyaar De, India’s Most Wanted, Bharat(Ode to My Father), Kabir Singh(the interview), Article 15 NEXT TIME: ladies get evenBollywood is For Lovers is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATBCheck out ATB’s PerchListen to The Well Endowed PodcastFind us on Apple Podcasts! and Stitcher! and audioBoom! and iHeartRadio! and Spotify! and Google Podcasts!Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwork!Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook!#Uri:TheSurgicalStrike, #Manikarnika:TheQueenofJhansi, #EkLadkiKoDekhaTohAisaLaga, #GullyBoy, #TotalDhamaal, #LukaChuppi, #Sonchiriya, #Badla, #Kesari, #MardKoDardNahiHota, #HotelMumbai, #Junglee, #RomeoAkbarWalter, #Kalank, #StudentoftheYear2, #DeDePyaarDe, #India'sMostWanted, #Bharat, #KabirSingh, #Article15, #Bollywood

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82: Shahid Kapoor, Is He Our Guy?: Ishq Vishk, Kaminey, and Mausam Jun 26, 2019

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With his latest film currently in theatres, we turn our attention to the career of the palpably handsome Shahid Kapoor.
Show Notes:

Erin has OPINIONS about Kabir Singh
Is Shahid Kapoor one of our guys?
We’ve already discussed a lot of his best films, like Jab We Met, Haider, & Udta Punjab
Ishq Vishk
In defence of the teen romcom & comparisons to Archie Comics
In Hindi films, college is high school?
The school’s canteen & the love guru: “Love Karo”
The boy can dance: “Kaun Hai Woh” & “Mujhpe Har Haseena”

(INTERVAL (“Dhan Te Nan” from Kaminey)

Kaminey
Why give both brothers a speech impediment?
Priyanka Chopra’s “home science”
Bollywood themes & conventions in new packaging
Is this an AIDS protest? “Fatak”
Mausam
Pastoral Punjab: “Rabba Mein Toh Mar Gaya Oye” & “Saj Dhaj Ke Tashan”
Leave a forwarding address

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Netflix and Dil: Delhi Crime, or These Are Their Stories Dun Dun Jun 11, 2019

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To say that we weren’t looking forward to this show is putting it mildly, but after a couple of tubs of ice cream and a few glasses of bourbon we made it through and discovered that Richie Mehta’s Delhi Crime is an engaging and thoughtful procedural about one of India’s most notorious crimes.
Show Notes:

2012 Delhi gang rape
India’s Daughter and Anatomy of Violence
Richie Mehta
Delhi Crime
Our previous true crime episode

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81: Yaasssh Chopra: Lamhe & Veer-Zaara with Manish Mathur May 22, 2019

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We welcome back fellow podcaster Manish Mathur to discuss the king of romance.
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Welcome back Manish!
M. Night Frights & It Pod to Be You
When Romance Met Comedy
Talk Film Society’s Patreon
Manish at Talk Film Society
Yash Chopra
Our episodes on Kabhi Kabhie & Dil To Pagal Hai

(INTERVAL (Chudiyan Khanak Gayeen from Lamhe)

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80: Adventures in the Public Domain: Aladin and Arjun: The Warrior Prince May 08, 2019

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Ahead of the release of Walt Disney’s new live-action Aladdin, we discuss the Bollywood version alongside Disney’s own animated Hindi-language fantasy, Arjun: The Warrior Prince.

Show Notes:

Thank you Anshita Makwana! 10 BiFL points!
Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin
Disney loves Alan Tudyk
Comparisons to Bollywood & Naomi Scott in Entertainment Weekly
Fancasting Disney with Matt
Will Smith will be in Student of The Year 2
One Thousand and One Nights
“Aladdin”
Brief digression on Aladdin the animated series and Mozenrath
The Adventures of Prince Achmed and The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Aladin
Sahil Khan, India’s Rob Lowe?
Ringmaster and his dark circus
Aladin’s birthday party: “Tak Dhina Din”
Genius grants Aloo’s first wish: “O Re Saawariya”
Genius sings for Aladin, Cyrano style: “You May Be”
The school’s costume party: “Bachke O Bachke”
Not enough parkour
Ratna Pathak

(INTERVAL ( “Genie Rap” from Aladin)

Disney’s most violent movie?
Walt Disney India
Arjun: The Warrior Prince
El Capitan Theatre
The Mahabharata
Grant Morrison’s 18 Days
Too simple and yet too complicated
Indian mythological television series
Animated Rajinikanth: Kochadaiiyaan
Please tell us about the best animated films from India!
“Sanjay’s Super Team” and Sita Sings the Blues
We are out of our depth and we know it

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79: The People’s Champion: Akshay Kumar in Special 26, Holiday, and Baby Apr 26, 2019

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In a show of nationalistic pride, we turn our attention to the prolific and versatile Akshay Kumar in three contemporary action thrillers.

Show Notes:

Akshay Kumar
Our early AK experiences and how we came around
Episode 16 where we discuss Tees Maar Khan
Episode 22 where we discuss Bollywood films shot in Alberta including 8x10 Tasveer
Akshay Kumar is Canadian?
Khiladi
Special 26
1987 Opera House heist
Raid
The heist film
Lupin the Third
Flexing his dramatic muscles

(INTERVAL ( “Blame The Night” from Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty)

Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
Thuppakki
Sonakshi Sinha plays sports
Adopt a dog
Support the troops
Tonal whiplash or, playing hide the terrorist with Sonakshi
Baby
Naam Shabana, in hindsight it might be more of a prequel
The Boss Baby
“Cruising”
What if there was a wife?

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78: The Express Train Of Camp: Madam X and Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi with Sal Salam Apr 10, 2019

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We’re thrilled to welcome Sal Salam to discuss the incomparable Rekha in two iconic crime boss performances.

Show Notes:

Welcome Sal Salam
Sal on the Split Screen Podcast
The importance of strong women in Bollywood
Rekha
Sophia Loren loves spaghetti
How to get out of talking to reporters
Rekha’s parents: Pushpavalli and Gemini Ganesan
Forced into the movies
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Ghar
Art imitating life in Silsila
Khubsoorat, Khoon Bhari Maang, and Umrao Jaan
Camp and "Notes on ‘Camp’"
"Self Control"

(INTERVAL ( "In The Night No Control" from Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi)

Sal’s meme
Madam X
Streaming woes
The outfits and hair
Our episode on Don
Weapon X
Why tame the shrew?
Romantic duet: “Kaise Dil Jeete Aapka”
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi
Khiladi series
The (fake) Undertaker
Lionheart
Religious ceremony song: “Maa Sherawaliye Tera Sher Aa Gaya”
Old white people love death matches
He’s just Akshay: “Tu Kaun Hai Tera Naam Kya”
Calling the shots, even in death

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Netflix and Dil: Made in Heaven, or Take Me Down to Sarbh City Mar 29, 2019

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Zoya Akhtar has done it again! Hot off the heels of Gully Boy, she’s co-created a new Amazon Prime series with fellow director and screenwriter Reema Kagti about the lives of wedding planners in Delhi and the rich clients who hire them to bring a little bit of heaven to Earth, or so they think.

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77: How To Get Away With Murder: Drishyam, Ittefaq, & Badla Mar 20, 2019

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Have you ever wanted to get away with murder? How about catch someone in a web of lies? Well the films in this episode provide a litany of dos and don’ts for the budding career felon or detective, depending on where you fall on criminal spectrum.

Show Notes:

What’s an interrogation thriller? Erin made it up
Chocolate
Drishyam (2015)
Drishyam (2013)
The Devotion of Suspect X
Everything I know, I’ve learnt from the movies
Police brutality and its place in Hindi cinema
Erin doesn’t get Mohanlal
Congrats to Ajay Devgn on winning the KWK Audi
Ittefaq (2017)
Ittefaq (1969)
The film belongs to Akshaye Khanna
The fluorescent light
Set design

(INTERVAL (”Aukaat” from Badla)

Badla
The Invisible Guest
Businessperson of the year!
Her business is none of our business
Glen Mhor Hotel
Why would anyone believe that there is a payphone in the woods
The film belongs to Amrita Singh
Looked-room mystery
Matt is a dullard
The only thing on television is this case

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Netflix and Dil: Forget it, BiFL. It’s Mirzapur Mar 06, 2019

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With so much new streaming content dropping all of the time, we’re dedicating a new sub-series to Indian shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Eros Now, and more. First, or more accurately, third up is the violent gangster drama Mirzapur.

Show Notes:

Our Netflix and Dil playlist
Amazon Prime Video’s other shows: Breathe, Inside Edge, Four More Shots Please!, and the upcoming Made in Heaven
Mirzapur
Excel Entertainment and Karan Anshuman
Spoiler zone lasts from 34:55 to 40:26

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