Bollywood is For Lovers

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117: Magnificent Obsessions: SRK in Baazigar and Darr Jul 22, 2021

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We go back to 1993 to see how our beloved romantic hero Shah Rukh Khan shot to stardom in a pair of thrillers where he plays murderous obsessives.
Show Notes:

The darkness in Shah Rukh Khan
Comparisons to Sarah Michelle Gellar
King of Bollywoodby Anupama Chopra
Baazigar
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
A Kiss Before Dying and the 1991 movie version
Giallo
Songs: “Kitaben Bahut Si,” “Ae Mere Humsafar,” “Baazigar O Baazigar,” and “Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen”

(INTERVAL (“Jaadu Teri Nazar” from Darr)

Darr
Is this film wholesome?
Norman Bates
The Bollywood stalker
Songs: “Darwaza Band Karlo,” “Ang Se Ang Lagana,” “Solah Button Meri Choli,” “Likha Hai Yeh,” “Tu Mere Saamne”
SRK and Juhi Chawla jodi

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#ShahRukhKhan, #Kajol, #DalipTahil, #Raakhee, #RakheeGulzar, #ShilpaShetty, #SiddharthRay, #JohnnyLever, #Abbas-Mustan, #Darr#, YashChopra, #SunnyDeol, #JuhiChawla, #AnupamKher, #TanviAzmi, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema

Netflix and Dil: The Family Man Season 2, or Be a Maximum Guy Jul 07, 2021

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Our favourite unobservant husband/intelligence officer/clueless father is back, and this time he's off to Chennai to stop a new threat because he loves the game (and we love him)!
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116: 2021 Midyear Review Jun 23, 2021

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We made it to June, which means it’s time for our midyear review where we discuss all the notable Hindi-language films that were released in the first half of 2021, or at least the ones we bothered to watch.
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If you are able to lend your support to the COVID-19 pandemic situation in India, here is a list of verified organizations to donate to: https://donate.indiacovidresources.in/
Tribhanga
The Girl on the Train
Bombay Rose
Roohi
Time to Dance
Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar
Saina

(INTERVAL (“Faraar” from Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar)

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#Tribhanga,#TheGirlontheTrain, #BombayRose, #Roohi, #TimetoDance, #SandeepAurPinkyFaraar, #Saina, #Pagglait, #KoiJaaneNa, #TheBigBull, #HelloCharlie, #Radhe, #SkaterGirl, #Sherni, #Bollywood2021, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema

Supplemental Episode 13: OK Computer creators Pooja Shetty and Neil Pagedar May 26, 2021

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We are thrilled to welcome creators, directors, and writers of OK Computer Pooja Shetty and Neil Pagedar to discuss their influences, worldview, and the making of our favourite science fiction comedy mystery series.
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OK Computer
Pooja Shetty’s Twitter and Instagram
Neil Pagedar’s Twitter and Instagram

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#NeilPagedar, #PoojaShetty, #OKComputer, #ScienceFiction, #SciFi, #ScienceFictionTV, #SciFiTV, #IndianTV, #IndianTVShows, #HotStar, #VijayVarma, #RadhikaApte, #KaniKusruti, #ArtificialIntelligence, #AI, #Cyberpunk, #CyberNoir, #TechNoir

115: Mr. Criterion: Do Bigha Zamin and Shree 420 May 19, 2021

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Our favourite boutique film label, Criterion, has finally acknowledged Hindi cinema with two series on their streaming channel devoted to acclaimed filmmakers Bimal Roy and Raj Kapoor.
Show Notes:

We checked the list, we have 133 Criterion films including the Eclipse box sets
The Criterion Collection and the Criterion Channel
NYT: How the Criterion Collection Crops Out African-American Directors
This is the podcast where the Bollywood boxset rumours come from
Episode 69 on Raj Kapoor and episode 87 on Madhumati
Directed by Bimal Roy at the Criterion Channel
Do Bigha Zamin
Erin saw this film in her proletarian literature course
Bicycle Thieves and Italian neorealism
Cinema is always political
Songs: “Dharti Kahe Pukaar Ke,” “Hariyala Sawan Dhol Bajata,” “Ajab Teri Duniya Hai Mere,” and “Aa Ri Aaja Nindiya Tu”

(INTERVAL (“Ramaiya Vastavaiya” from Shree 420)

Three by Raj Kapoor on the Criterion Channel
Shree 420
Section 420
Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp
“Mera Joota Hai Japani”
Songs: “Dil Ka Haal Sune Dilwala,” “Ichak Dana Bichak Dana,” “Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh,” and “O Jaanewale”

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Netflix and Dil: OK Computer, or Do Androids Dream of Electric Pineapples? Apr 28, 2021

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Do you like robots? Yes! What about killer robots? Oh robots don’t kill you say? We’ll see about that! We get to the bottom of Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics with Hotstar’s new sci-fi-comedy-mystery series OK Computer.
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If you are able to lend your support to the COVID-19 pandemic situation in India, here is a list of verified organizations to donate to: https://donate.indiacovidresources.in/
Ok Computer
Kani Kusruti
Cyberpunk

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114: Jane Addiction: Bride and Prejudice and Aisha with Karen Unland Apr 14, 2021

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Karen Unland is back to discuss to two Indian adapatations of classic Jane Austen novels.
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Welcome back Karen Unland of That’s A Thing?!
Teen culture is all about remixing
That’s A Thing?!: “New life for Clone High, fake life for VTubers”
Jane Austen
Hollywood’s love of Austen
Where are all the LGBTQ2S+ Austen adaptations?
Are we living in another Austen moment?

(INTERVAL (“By The Way” from Aisha)

Bride and Prejudice
Gurinder Chadha
Why wont HBO let Indira Varma live?
Pride and Prejudice
This is not a Bollywood film
“No Life Without Wife” and “My Lips Are Waiting (Goa Groove)”
Aisha
Emma and Clueless
Abhay Deol is a snack
Women making movies for women
Songs: “Sham,” “Behke Behke,” and “Gal Mitthi Mitthi”

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#JaneAusten, #AustenMovies, #Austen, #BrideandPrejudice, #AishwaryaRai, #AishwaryaRaiBachchan, #AlexisBledel, #MartinHenderson, #NadiraBabbar, #AnupamKher, #NaveenAndrews, #IndiraVarma, #Aisha, #SonamKapoor, #AbhayDeol, #IraDubey, #CyrusSahukar, #AmritaPuri, #AnandTiwari, #ArunodaySingh, #LisaHaydon, #GurinderChadha, #RajshreeOjha, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #IndianCinema, #NRICinema, #DisaporaCinema

Supplemental Episode 12: Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ Unfinished Life Mar 31, 2021

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In this supplemental episode we discuss Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ new memoir, Unfinished, and her latest film project, The White Tiger.
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113: The Mother of all Equations: Nil Battey Sannata and Shakuntala Devi with Amanda Mullins Mar 14, 2021

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Happy Pi Day Lovers! To celebrate we’ve invited our friend Amanda Mullins on to discuss two films about women and math.
Show Notes:

Welcome Amanda Mullins!
Erin may or may not have made cherry pie today
Studying maths
Erin claims to like math
Math stereotypes in movies
Number sense
The Futurama Theorem
Gender stereotypes of mathematicians in pop culture

(INTERVAL (“Pass Nahi Toh Fail Nahi” from Shakuntala Devi)

Nil Battey Sannata
Remakes: Amma Kanakkuand Udaharanam Sujatha
“Hard work sucks and I hate doing it”
Monte Carlo simulations
Shakuntala Devi, the film
Shakuntala Devi, the person
Numberwang
Discrete math
Would you hire someone to perform math?
Bad Bollywood wigs syndrome
Her book on homosexuality

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#ShakuntalaDevi, #VidyaBalan, #AnuMenon, #SanyaMalhotra, #AmitSadh, #JisshuSengupta, #PrakashDelawadi, #NilBatteySannata, #AshwinyIyerTiwari, #SwaraBhasker, #RatnaPathakShah, #PankajTripathi, #Bollywood, #Math, #PiDay, #WomeninSTEM, #Womeninmath, #HindiCinema

112: Bachchan ‘82 - '84 Mar 03, 2021

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We continue to explore Amitabh Bachchan’s filmography, one year at a time.
Show Notes:

How we choose the movies for this series (hint: it’s random)
We couldn’t find Coolie
Thank you Rajat Dikshit
Khud-Daar
The theme of reuniting the family
Matt wants more tall man comedy
Flying car song: “Hat Ja Bajoo Nahin To Uda Doonga”
Dishoom “From Bombay With Love”
“Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain I Love You” and “Disco 82″

(INTERVAL (“Disco 84″ from Inquilaab)

Nastik
3 movies for the price of one
“Aaj Ka Ye Din Kal Ban Jayega”
Inquilaab
Bachchan as a police officer?
“Aaj Abhi Yahi,” “Bichhoo Lad Gaya” and “Abhimanyu Chakravyuh Mein”
Spoiler zone from 57:51 to 1:02:00

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