Bollywood is For Lovers

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Supplemental Episode 14: Nobody Does It Better, or Pathaan with MapleBrownie Feb 07, 2023

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Is Shah Rukh Khan here to save Bollywood? A special guest drops by to weigh in on Pathaan!
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Thank you Nim aka MapleBrownie for inviting us out and joining us for this review!
“Cinema in northeast Edmonton closed permanently“ via CTV
“India’s Right Wing Tried to Scuttle a Film. Fans Helped It Break Records” via the New York Times
Mike McCahill’s take “The spy who came in from the cold: ‘Pathaan’“

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142: 2022 Year End Review Jan 28, 2023

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Well we are a month into the new year, but before we see if SRK can save Bollywood, we are looking back at the last six months of 2022.
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(INTERVAL (“Piya Tu Ab To Aja” from Monica, O My Darling)

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141: The Manmohan, the Myth, the Legend: Bluff Master and Coolie Dec 01, 2022

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We celebrate the work of iconic masala director Manmohan Desai with two of his films, made twenty years apart.
Notes:

Our episodes on Amar Akbar Anthony and Mard
Masala film
Manmohan Desai
The source that Erin looked at that had different information on Desai than what’s online is Tejaswini Ganti’s Bollywood: a guidebook to popular Hindi cinema 1st edition
Chhalia
1977
Bluff Master
We are concerned about Pran’s drug problem
Desai’s signature
Songs: “Chali Chali Kaisi Hawa,” “Are Husn Chala,” “Govina Aala Re,” and “Jab Se Tujhe Jaan”
Matt got his Dutch angles

(INTERVAL (“Mujhe Pine Ka Shauk” from Coolie)

Coolie
Listen to the very end to hear our thoughts on Allah Rakha
The film that almost killed Amitabh Bachchan
Songs: “Sari Duniya Ka Boj,” “Lambuji Lambuji Bolo Tinguji,” and “Accident Ho Gaya All Rakha,”
3-hour Bollywood movies versus 3-hour Hollywood movies
Nation-building and labour rights
Erin and Matt’s Letterboxd

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140: The Night is Dark and Silent: Gyan Mukherjee's Kismet and Sangram Nov 17, 2022

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It’s that time of year where we polish our guns and light up our cigarettes, it’s Noirvember time and we are up to no good with two Ashok Kumar classics.
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Apologies for the sound quality, we discovered after recording that we had set up our mic improperly
Noirvember and our Noirvember playlist
Park Chan-wook isn’t a fan of Noir
Film Noir
Thank you tommydan55
Gyan Mukherjee
Ashok Kumar
Kismet
First Indian Blockbuster
Lost and found formula
Franz Osten and Josef Wirsching

(INTERVAL (“Aaj Himalay Ki Choti Se” from Kismet)

Sangram
Cop father/criminal son formula
1930s gangster films

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Netflix and Dil: Delhi Crime Season 2, or Criminal Intent Oct 30, 2022

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We return to the mean streets of Delhi with season 2 of Netflix’s Delhi Crime.
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Thank you Veedee24!
Delhi Crime
Netflix and Dil: Delhi Crime, or These Are Their Stories Dun Dun
The year of Shefali Shah
Kachcha Baniyan Gang
Denotified Tribes
Spoiler Zone: 31.17 - 40:12

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139: Halloween VIII: Invasion of the Idea Snatchers Oct 15, 2022

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It’s October and by now you probably know what that means, it’s time for Hindi Horror Halloween! This year we check out three scary movies that are remakes of popular Hollywood horror films.
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It’s Hindi Horror Halloween time!
Khooni Murda and Mahakaal
Sangharsh
Is The Silence of the Lambs actually a feminist workplace drama?
Hawa
Rakht
Dobaara: See Your Evil, Khamoshi, and Mike Flanagan
Papi Gudia
Chid’s Play
“Music I Love” and “Rehte Nashe Mein”

(INTERVAL (“Dekho Main Hoon Karishma” from Papi Gudia)

Raaz
What Lies Beneath
Sequels
Ghost detecting lemon
Kucch To Hai
I Know What You Did Last Summer
“Ye Mera Dil Sun Sun” and “Ding Dong Dole”

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138: Bachchan ‘85 & ‘89 Sep 30, 2022

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We go back to the 1980s to catch up with two testosterone-tastic action films featuring your favourite hero and ours, Amitabh Bachchan.
Notes:

The Bachchan Series
The never-ending search for movies with subtitles
We couldn’t find 1986 or 1988
Mard
Best horse and best dog
Is Amrita Singh into BDSM?
Jabisco’s many costume changes
Hitchcock’s pure cinema
Is this The Mummy of its time
“Mard Tangewala,” “Sun Rubia Tumse Pyar Ho Gaya,” “Hum To Tambu Mein Bambu” and “Buri Nazarwale”
Would kids like this movie?

(INTERVAL (“Will You Marry Me” from Mard)

Toofan
The point at which the double roll switches
“Jadugar Ka Jadu Hathoon Kamal Hai”
Bollywood magicians
Jaadugar
Matt loves Pran
Erin watched The Graduate for It Pod To Be You

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#AmitabhBachchan, #AmritaSingh, #DaraSingh, #NirupaRoy, #PremChopra, #KamalKapoor, #Mard, #ManmohanDesai, #Toofan, #KetanDesai, #MeenakshiSeshadri, #FarooqShaikh, #Pran, #HindiCinema, #Bollywood

137: School Daze: Taare Zameen Par and Hindi Medium Sep 09, 2022

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It’s back to school season, at least for some people, and we are hitting the books with two films about the right to education.
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Paani on launchgood.com, donations to Pakistani refugees
floods.pk, a list of charities in the region trying to help
67th Filmfare Awards
These awards are just copying the BiFL Awards
We need to watch Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi
Erin loves back to school shopping and Canadian department stores
Taare Zameen Par
Akira Kurosawa
Dyslexia
Aamir Khan is a magic art fairy

(INTERVAL (“Jame Raho” from Taare Zameen Par)

Hindi Medium
The film actually came out after the 2016 Uri Attack, which led to ban of Pakistani actors in Bollywood
Angrezi Medium
Deepak Dobriyal redeems himself in our eyes
Irrfan Khan’s eyes

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136: Lady Problems, or Problem Ladies? Pataakha, Good Luck Jerry, and Darlings Aug 25, 2022

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We do our best to not feel the wrath of these women scorned as we check out three recent(ish) black comedies with female leads. Also lots of good music recommendations in this one.
Notes:

Black Comedy
That Mel Brooks quote was basically right: “Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.”
Pushing The Envelope: Being Cyrus and Delhi Belly, with Suchin Mehrotra
Not dependent on wordplay and puns, so might work better for people who don’t speak Hindi?
Pataakha
Everyone understands the Wario analogy
Radhika Madan
“Cows Around” by Corn Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans
Maybe both Pataakha and Jojo’s were influenced by Sabai?
SPOILER ZONE: 24:21- 27:45

(INTERVAL (“Paracetamol” from Good Luck Jerry)

Good Luck Jerry
“Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine” by the White Stripes
Kolamaavu Kokila
Maybe the South Indian film fans were right?
Knockoff Pankaj Tripathi?
Comic book imagery as lazy storytelling
Remake Heartbreakers with Janhvi Kapoor and Tabu, you cowards
Darlings
The Year of Shefali Shah
“Goodbye Earl” by the Chicks

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135: How Ranbir Kapoor Makes Friends and Influences People: Wake Up Sid and Rocket Singh Aug 12, 2022

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After a four year hiatus, Ranbir Kapoor is back! So we’re going back to look at a couple of his early roles.
Notes:

Mother India is obviously the Mother of the Year
Ranbir Kapoor
Method acting and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
We are discussing method acting in America where Kapoor studied, and not method acting in India like Dilip Kumar
Marlon Brando
Do you want to hear us discuss Saawariya?
RKs two modes: sad boy versus physical actor

(INTERVAL (“Pocket Mein Rocket” from Rocket Singh)

Wake Up Sid
Ayan Mukerji
We don’t understand what college is in India
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
Shimit Amin

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