Bollywood is For Lovers

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Supplemental Episode 11: Brian Collins’ Bollywood Horrors Feb 24, 2021

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In our eleventh supplemental Matt speaks to scholar Brian Collins about the new book Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence and Cinematic Fears in India.
Show Notes:

Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence and Cinematic Fears in India edited by Ellen Goldberg, Aditi Sen, and Brian Collins
Halloween III: Season of the Witch: Ramsay Brothers Horror and Bollywood at Cannes: Masaan, Titli and Miss Lovely
Carol J. Clover’s Final Girl
Devendra Varma

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111: The Many Luvs of Imran Khan: Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, I Hate Luv Storys, and Break Ke Baad Feb 12, 2021

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Happy Valentine’s Day Lovers! Romance is in the air, so we’re discussing three romantic comedies featuring retired (?) leading man Imran Khan.
Show Notes:

BiFL points are in the mail!
Imran Khan
Thank you to everyone who participated in our poll!
“A Bollywood Brokeback”
“Cleeeeeeeeo”
Who ate Imran’s lunch?
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
We didn’t know that Arbaaz and Sohail Khan grew up in Calgary

(INTERVAL (“I Hate Luv Storys” from I Hate Luv Storys)

I Hate Luv Storys
Matt takes issue with the title’s spelling
Work wife/husband
Women are flying away from Imran Khan
“Jab Mila Tu”
Rodney?
Break Ke Baad
Shout out to all of our listeners in Mauritius

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110: 2020 Year End Review Jan 27, 2021

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Well, we made it through 2020, and all we have to show for it are 17 short movie reviews! Enjoy!
Show Notes:

Thank you Rajat Dikshit!
Get in touch to claim those BiFL points!
Bulbbul
Dil Bechara
Shakuntala Devi
Lootcase
Raat Akeli Hai
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
Class of ‘83

(INTERVAL (“Dil Bechara” from Dil Bechara)

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#Bulbbul, #DilBechara, #ShakuntalaDevi, #Lootcase, #RaatAkeliHai, #GunjanSaxena, #GunjanSaxenaTheKargilGirl, #Classof83, #Classof'83, #Cargo, #DollyKittyAurWohChamakteSitare, #KhaaliPeeli, #SeriousMen, #Ludo, #Chalaang, #Sir, #SuragPeMangalBjari, #AKvsAK, #CoolieNo.1, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #2020BollywoodMovies

Supplemental Episode 10: Debashree Mukherjee’s Bombay Hustle Jan 13, 2021

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In our tenth supplemental episode Matt speaks to film historian Debashree Mukherjee about her new book Bombay Hustle: Making Movies in a Colonial City.
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109: Coolies Nos 1s with Asim Burney Dec 29, 2020

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We welcome back fellow podcaster Asim Burney to discuss two identical David Dhawan comedies made 25 years apart.
Show Notes:

Welcome Asim Burney of Upodcast and Khandaan
Judwaa episode
Twitter’s gonna hate
Should remakes exist at all?
Coolie No. 1 (1995)
How much ownership does Govinda have?
Comparisons to Jim Carrey and Umer Shareef
The songs are all bangers: “Coolie No. 1,” “Main Toh Raste Se Ja Raha Tha,” “Aa Jaana Aa jaana,” “Jeth Ki Dopahri Mein,” and “Tere Pyar Mein”
Govinda, style icon

(INTERVAL (“Husn Hai Suhana” from Coolie No. 1)

“Remember The Time”
Coolie No. 1 (2020)
Things we liked
Can we stop with fat jokes already?
Varun Dhawan is a star
Songs: “Teri Bhabhi,” “Mirchi Lagi Toh,” “MummyKassam,” and “Husnn Hai Suhaana New”
Coolie
Can we also stop with the crossdressing comedy?
Mint chocolate ice cream is for someone, but not for us

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#CoolieNo1, #CoolieNumber1, #DavidDhawan, #Govinda, #KarismaKapoor. #HarishKumar, #Kanchan, #KaderKhan, #ShaktiKapoor, #SadashivAmrapukar, #VarunDhawan, #Varundhawan, #SaraAliKhan, #PareshRawal, #JavedJeffrey, #RajpalYadav, #JohnnyLever, #SahilVaid, #ShikhaTalsania, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema

108: Underpants Captains: Chillar Party and Dhanak Dec 16, 2020

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We get in touch with our inner child by watching two Hindi-language children’s films.
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Indian farmers strike
Get your BiFL points in!
Vikas Bahl and the closure of Phantom Films
We don’t see a lot of Hindi-language children’s films
90s live-action children’s films: The Little Rascals, The Sandlot, etc.
Chillar Party
“For the love of dog”
Matt is in favour of civil disobedience
Bollywood dog rankings
Comparisons to Gangs of New York... and Peanuts!

(INTERVAL (“Chatte Batte” from Chillar Party)

Dhanak
SRK versus Salman Khan
Impromtu wedding guests
Walking acorss the world in crocs, singing “Let’s Give Love a Chance”

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#Bollywood, #ChillarParty, #NiteshTiwari, #VikasBahl, #PankajTripathi, #Dhanak, #ShahRukhKhan, #SalmanKhan, #NageshKukunoor, #Children'sFilms, #IndianChildren'sFilms, #HindiCinema

107: Noirvember Adjacent: Singapore and Ittefaq Nov 25, 2020

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In our annual Noirvember episode, we discuss two thrillers from the 1960s that maybe one could call noir, or neo-noir, or noir-ish... noir-esque?
Show Notes:

The liquor store sent us twice as much Prosecco as we ordered
Our Noirvember playlist
“Filmfare recommends: Best Bollywood noir films of the ’50s”
Film Noir
Singapore
Songs: “Aane Laga Jeene Ka Maza,” “Dekho Ji Dekho,” “Tum Lakh Chhupana Chahoge,” “Hat Jao Deewane Aaye,” and “Dhokha Khayegi Na Yaaron Ki Nazar”

(INTERVAL (“Yeh Sahar Bada Albela” from Singapore)

Ittefaq
Peeping Tomand Samuel Fuller
No interval, no songs, lots of twists
Signpost to Murderand Rope
Ittefaq 2017

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#Singapore, #ShaktiSamanta, #ShammiKapoor, #Padmini, #MariaMenado, #Shashikala, #Agha, #K.N.Singh, #MadanPuri, #Ittefaq, #YashChopra, #B.R.Chopra, #RajeshKhanna, #Nanda, #Bindu, #Iftekhar, #GajananJagirdar, #Bollywood, #BollywoodNoir, #FilmNoir, #Neo-noir, #HindiCinema

106: Time Enough for Love: Love Story 2050, Action Replayy, and Baar Baar Dekho Nov 11, 2020

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We go backwards and forwards in time to uncover the true meaning of love, maybe, with three time traveling romances!
Show Notes:

Thank you Amrita!
Does Erin really hate time travel movies?
Thermae Romae
Love Story 2050
Harman Baweja aka not Hrithik Roshan
Liking rain is not a personality
Why Amazon Prime? Why?
The future is going to be far more futuristic than they originally predicted
Space Mutiny

(INTERVAL (“Lover Boy” from Love Story 2050)

Action Replayy
“re-introducing” Aditya Roy Kapur
Toxic masculinity
Songs: “Chhan Ka Mohalla,” “Nakhrea,” and “Medley”
Baar Baar Dekho
Our interview with Sri Rao
We would all like to be in Thailand with Katrina Kaif
“Once In A Lifetime”
Songs: “Nachda Ne Saare,” “Sau Aasmaan,” and “Kala Chashma”
How it compares to About Time

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#LoveStory2050, #PriyankaChopra, #HarmanBaweja, #BomanIrani, #HarryBaweja, #ActionReplayy, #AkshayKumar, #AishwaryaRai, #AdityaRoyKapur, #NehaDhupia, #KirronKher, #OmPuri, #VipulAmrutlalShah, #BaarBaarDekho, #KatrinaKaif, #SiddharthMalhotra, #RamKapoor, #SayaniGupta, #NityaMehra, #SriRao, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #TimeTravel

Supplemental Episode 9: Erin and Friends at YEGPodfest 2020! Nov 05, 2020

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Here's a quick bonus episode for you this week, as Erin was tasked with putting together a panel discussion on Bollywood podcasting for this year's inaugural YEGPodFest.
She reached out to Asim Burney (Khandaan Podcast, Upodcast), Manish Mathur (It Pod To Be You, Queer and Now) and Ankur Desai (Parde Ke Peeche) to find out their thoughts about Bollywood podcasting in general, and specifically why Hindi cinema criticism is so underrepresented in podcasting.
To check out the video version of the discussion, check it out here at the Khandaan Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FGnv3jNOw8
#YEGPodfest, #BollywoodPodcast, #Khandaan, #Upodcast, #ItPodToBeYou, #QueerandNow, #PardeKePeeche, #HindiCinema

105: Halloween VI: Hell Hath No Fury, Stree and Bulbbul with Matthew Stepanic Oct 29, 2020

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In our sixth annual Hindi Horror Halloween, we are joined by writer and bookseller Matthew Stepanic to discuss two films about vengeful, supernatural women.
Show Notes:

Matthew Stepanic, Glass Bookshop, and Glass Buffalo
Should horror movies be judged on how scary they are?
“Elevated horror”
Horror Story

(INTERVAL (“Kamariya” from Stree)

Stree
The “Nale Ba” urban legend
Balancing act between horror and comedy
The power of “friendship”
Bulbbul
Chudail myth
Rabindranath Tagore and Nastanirh

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