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**Bollywood is For Lovers**

Join hosts Matt Bowes and Erin Fraser for a bi-weekly podcast that explores the wonderful world of Hindi Cinema through the lens of two Canadian cinephiles!

Contact us at bollywoodisforlovers@gmail.com

Latest Episodes:

134: The Invisible Hand of Justice: Mr. India Jul 29, 2022

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Strap on your invisibility bracelets Lovers, we’re teaming up to save the day with the one and only Mr. India!
Notes:

Why doesn’t EPL want to buy Mr. India?
Shekhar Kapur
Bandit Queen and “The Great Indian Rape Trick”
Elizabeth, The Four Feathers, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
The novelization of Elizabeth
Kapur’s many unrealized projects
Mr. India
Salim-Javed
Fu Manchu and Zorro

(INTERVAL (“Hawa Hawai” from Mr. India)

Justice for Tina
The Tramp
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Kids want to be the hero and they want to help the hero
Why the bucket hat?
Superhero weaknesses
Songs: “Parody Song,” “Karte Hain Hum Pyaar Mr. India Se,” and “Kate Nahin Kat Te”

Next time: Ranbir Kapoor
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133: 2022 Midyear Review Jun 30, 2022

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It’s time for another midyear review where we discuss 12 of the most notable Hindi-language films released in the past six months.
Notes:

(INTERVAL (“Ami Je Tomar” from Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2)

Next time: Anil Kapoor
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#Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #Bollywood2022, #LooopLapeta, #Gehraiyaan, #BadhaaiDo, #GangubaiKathiawadi, #BachchhanPaandey, #Jalsa, #SharmajiNamkeen, #Thar, #Heropanti2, #JayeshbhaiJordaar, #BhoolBhulaiyaa2, #Anek

132: Outlaw Country: Paan Singh Tomar, Sonchiriya, and Thar Jun 17, 2022

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We set out on the back country trails with three modern takes on the western genre.
Notes:

Content Warning: two of these films feature sexual assault as plot points
What is a Western? Did they die out?
The Emergency
The period Hindi Westerns: The Magnificent Two (Sholay)
Revisionist Hollywood Westerns, Dark Westerns, Blaxploitation Westerns, the list goes on
We miss Irrfan Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput
Spoiler alert, none of these movies end very well for the main character
Paan Singh Tomar
We have watched many sports biopics, they usually don’t have this many gunfights though

(INTERVAL (”Baaghi Re” from Sonchiriya)

Sonchiriya
Alberta is the wild west
Caste politics and feminism
Thar
Violence should have a point
Catharsis and heroic bloodshed (see RRR)
Spoiler Zone: 55:57 - 1:00:54

Next time: 2022 midyear review
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131: Star Vehicles: Shaitan, Talaash, and Jalsa Jun 03, 2022

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We go for a ride with three films about destructive car accidents and the wreckage they leave behind.
Show notes:

Did Erin invent a new genre?
Class, privilege, and getting away with murder
Chappaquiddick
Shaitan
Gregg Araki
Anurag Kashyap’s unreleased Paanch
The anti-Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
Matt was thinking of Very Bad Things

(INTERVAL (“Hawa Hawai” from Shaitan)

Talaash: The Answer Lies Within
Warning there will be spoilers
Reema Kagti’s filmography
Did Kareena Kapoor Khan name her son after this film?
Rajkummar Rao cop universe
Spoiler Zone: 41:30 to 46:25
Jalsa
Two female leads over 40! We love to see it!
Unrealized potential
We just want to see Shefali Shah happy

Next time: Modern Westerns
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#Shaitan, #BejoyNambiar, #KalkiKoechlin, #RajeevKhandelwal, #RajkummarRao, #NeilBhoopalam, #GulshanDevaiah, #KirtiKulhari, #Talaash, #TalaashTheAnswerLiesWithin, #AamirKhan, #ReemaKagti, #KareenaKapoor, #KareenaKapoorKhan, #RaniMukerji, #NawazuddinSiddiqui, #Jalsa, #SureshTriveni, #VidyaBalan, #ShefaliShah, #RohiniHattangadi, #ManavKaul, #VidhartiBandi, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #ShivPanditt

130: Death of the Author: Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa Apr 30, 2022

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With the Criterion Channel now streaming the work of Guru Dutt, we discuss the acclaimed director’s most iconic film, Pyaasa.
Show notes:

We upgraded our mic setup
Criterion Channel’s The World of Guru Dutt
Past episodes: Dev Anand’s Bombay Noir and Noir ‘58
Mr. Criterion: Do Bigha Zamin and Shree 420
Bollywood doesn’t need Western validation, but accessibility is nice
Pyaasa
The Goddess Who Carries The Burden of The World, Mother India
Restoration in 2015
“All-Time 100 Movies”

(INTERVAL (“Sar Jo Tera Chakraye” from Pyaasa)

Pyaasa’s Sight and Sound votes
Comparison to Orson Welles
“Jinhen Naaz Hai Hind Par”
Ten years after Partition
“The Death of the Author” by Roland Barthes
The “starving artist”
“I Threw It On The Ground”
“Hum Aap Ki Ankhon Mein”

Next time: car accident movies

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#Criterion, #CriterionChannel, #CriterionCollection, #GuruDutt, #Pyaasa, #WaheedaRehman, #JohnnyWalker, #Rehman, #MalaSinha, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema

129: Print the Legend: M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story and 83 Apr 13, 2022

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We dust off our bats and take a swing at the World Cup with two cricket biopics.
Show notes:

Chess boxing
Past sports episodes: 6, 24, 27, & 118
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Is Neeraj Pandey on a downward streak?
Dhoni really just wants to play soccer
Why can’t these films afford decent wigs?!
You shouldn’t have to be familiar with the subject matter to enjoy the film
Dhoni is remarkable because he is remarkable
We miss Sushant Singh Rajput

(INTERVAL (“Sakht Jaan” from 83)

83
Was it a box office flop?
Phantom Films
Sports as nation-building
It’s about the journey not the destination
Mongoose bat

Next time: Pyaasa

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#Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #CricketCinema, #M.S.Dhoni, #M.S.Dhoni:TheUntoldStory, #SushantSinghRajput, #DishaPatani, #KiaraAdvani, #AnupamKher, #BhumikaChawla, #83, #RanveerSingh, #PankajTripathi, #TahirRajBhasin, #Jiiva, #SaqibSaleem, #NeenaGupta, #BomanIrani, #KapilDev

Netflix and Dil: The Fame Game, or Madhuri Madness 2 Mar 31, 2022

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We wrap up Madhuri Madness month with a look at Madhuri Dixit’s foray into streaming TV, the buzzy Netflix family mystery The Fame Game.
Show notes:

Supplemental Episode 3: Sri Rao's Bollywood Kitchen!
The Fame Game
Spoiler Zone: 37:06 - 45:00

NEXT TIME: Cricket Biopics
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#MadhuriDixit, #TheFameGame, #SriRao, #Netflix, #NetflixIndia, #SanjayKapoor, #ManavKaul, #SuhasiniMulay, #RajshriDeshpande, #LakshvirSaran, #MuskkaanJaferi, #GaganArora

128: Madhuri Madness: Parinda and Dil Mar 17, 2022

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March Madness is here, but it isn't basketball we're excited about, it's Madhuri Dixit! Kicking off our series on one of Bollywood's most talented leading ladies, we discuss two early roles.
Show notes:

March Madness is a US college basketball thing
The stans took over our Twitter poll
Madhuri Dixit
Anil Kapoor’s 80s: Mashaal, Chameli Ki Shaadi, and Tezaab
Parinda
Split Screen Podcast: The Hollywood Remake of Parinda
"Sehre Main Dulha Hoga" aka the baby song
Broken Horses
Anupama Chopra's review
"Kitni Hai Pyari Pyari"
What Top Gun was going for

(INTERVAL (“Pyaar Ke Mod Pe" from Parinda)

Dil
Is Aamir Khan Jason Voorhees?
Forcibly marrying someone in front of their dad
Enemies to lovers
"Hum Pyar Karne Wale"
Crave, our favourite Canadian streaming service has added some Bollywood films

Next time: The Fame Game Netflix & Dil
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#MadhuriDixit, #AnilKapoor, #JackieShroff, #NanaPatekar, #AnupamKher, #VidhuVinodChopra, #SaeedJaffrey, #AamirKhan, #Parinda, #Dil, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #IndraKumar

Netflix and Dil: Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein, or The Netflix Curse? Feb 24, 2022

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We dive head-first into the buzzy new Netflix show about romantic obsession and small-town power, but is it worth more than an eye-roll?
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NEXT TIME: Madhuri Madness begins!

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127: OTP: Guru with Manish Mathur Feb 11, 2022

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Happy Valentine's Day Lovers! We welcome back film critic, fellow podcaster, and romance aficionado Manish Mathur to discuss art imitating life with Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai in Guru.
Show notes:

Welcome back Manish!
Remembering Lata Mangeshkar
Are couples who work together in Hollywood cursed?
Manish willed it into existence, Penélope Cruz got the Oscar nom!
Iconic Bollywood power couples

(INTERVAL (“Tere Bina" from Guru)

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Erin has fond memories of a gag in Housefull 3
Dhai Akshar Prem Ke, Kuch Naa Kaho, Umrao Jaan, Dhoom 2, Sarkar Raj, and Raavan
Lovers In A Dangerous Time: Dil Se.. & Raavan with Piyush Patel
Mani Ratnam is a wet director
Movie Wala's Just Because We Can - Jaya Bachchan
Guru
Songs: "Mayya Mayya," "Barso Re," and "Ek Lo Ek Muft"
The Thin Man series

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