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Hindi Horror Halloween turns 10! And for this landmark entry in our longest running series, we're going back to the beginning and giving horror auteur Ram Gopal Varma another chance... to scare us!
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This our tenth Hindi Horror Halloween!We still know nothing about Ram Gopal VarmaBollywood DraftsErin thinks Matt just remembers that David Cronenberg made a film with Marilyn ChambersRaatSam Raimi's shaky camHow this movie redefined Bollywood horrorINTERVAL ("Barbie Girl" from Kaun?)
Kaun?The horror of being home aloneManoj Bajpayee just wants a sandwich and to watch TVIttefaq and Signpost to MurderNEXT TIME: We are taking a break, see you in December!
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We continue the tricky journey of following Amitabh Bachchan's career through its most treacherous stretch: the '90s.
Show notes:Thank you DT24xTime for a Tezaab rewatch?The Big B recapAmitabh Bachchan CorporationBegun, the Dadscension hasKhuda GawahBuzkashi, the national sport of AfghanistanWhy did Badshah Khan actually go to jail?Amitabh Bachchan's School for Gifted Youngsters(INTERVAL "Sona Sona" from Major Saab)
Major SaabRushed endingMedical beardsMatt considers joining the Indian Army after a decade of propagandaSooryavanshamA passing of the torch ... to himselfJustice for KarishmaThe Good Animal?The danger in looking at a career from outsideMohabbatein was discussed in episode 32, "Travelling in the Love Lane: The Films of Aditya Chopra"Check out Bollywood Drafts!NEXT TIME: Hindi Horror Halloween X
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Alongside Nim (@MapleBrownie), we discussed the opening night event of the tenth annual India Film Festival of Alberta, as well as a workshop put on by film archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur.
Show notes:Bollywood Drafts PodcastIndia Film Festival of AlbertaGhoomerOur coverage of the 2017 India Film Festival of Alberta, where we saw A Death in the GunjCelluloid ManFilm Heritage FoundationNEXT TIME: Nineties Bachchan, we swear
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We checked out the latest talking heads documentary about Bollywood cinema, Namrata Rao's Angry Young Men. Did we learn anything?
Show notes:De PalmaFriedkin UncutNetflix and Dil: High and Low - Cinema Marte Dum Tak and The RomanticsNever Sleep Again: The Elm Street LegacyCrystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13thThe Story of Film: An OdysseyWoodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk HorrorAngry Young MenNEXT TIME: Nineties Bachchan
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It's midyear review time! We check in on the first six months of the year and all of the Bollywood (and Bollywood-adjacent) movies that made it in front of our eyeballs.
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Merry ChristmasFighterArticle 370Laapataa LadiesMurder Mubarak (Episode 154)CrewINTERVAL ("Ghagra" from Crew)
Monkey ManAmar Singh Chamkila (Episode 155)Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2Kalki 2898 ADSharmajee Ki BetiKillNEXT TIME: it's a surprise!
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#MerryChristmas, #Fighter, #Article370, #LaapataaLadies, #MurderMubarak, #Crew, #MonkeyMan, #AmarSinghChamkila, #LoveSexAurDhokha2, #LSD2, #Kalki2898AD, #SharmajeeKiBeti, #Kill, #HindiCinema, #Bollywood, #Bollywood2024 -
We travel back to the mid-2000s with one of Bollywood's most fearless actresses, Preity Zinta.
Show notes:The Stanley Cup finals are on (we lost)Bollywood DraftsPreity Zinta (has not made an impression on Matt)We would really like to see SangharshHeaven on Earth (and its gorgeous poster)Erin's thesis on Preity ZintaINTERVAL ("It's Time to Disco" from Kal Ho Naa Ho)
Kal Ho Naa HoToronto plays New YorkThe film's approach to homosexual jokesAnand comparisonsErin hates "movie diseases"Mid-2000s fashionSalaam NamasteSiddharth Anand really pivots Jaaved Jaffrey's Crocodile Dundee Baby drop rate NO, FART ZONE Too much pro-life propagandaNEXT TIME: TBD
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We travel back to the opulence of 1940s Lahore with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's lush Netflix period drama Heeramandi.
Show notes:HeeramandiTawaifsBe Kind Rewind - Sofia Coppola and the Godfather Part III DisasterNext time: Preity Zinta
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#Heeramandi, #SanjayLeelaBhansali, #ManishaKoirala, #SonakshiSinha, #AditiRaoHydari, #RichaChadha, #SharminSegal, #SanjeedaSheikh, #TahaShahBadusha, #Netflix, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema -
We are belting our hearts out with two Netflix features on the turbulent lives of popular singers.
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Straight-to-streaming films are legit nowQalaComparison to AmadeusHalloween VI: Hell Hath No Fury, Stree and Bulbbul with Matthew StepanicElvis and Norah JonesStyle over substanceINTERVAL ("Baaja" from Amar Singh Chamkila)
Dil-Luminati TourWee Book InnAmar Singh ChamkilaAmar Singh ChamkilaComparisons to western hip hopThe Mr. Holland's Opus problemJodiThe use of archival imagesNEXT TIME: Heeramandi
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#Qala, #AnvitaDutt, #TriptiDimri, #SwastikaMukherjee, #BabilKhan, #AmitSial, #SameerKochar, #AbhishekBanerjee, #AmarSinghChamkila, #ImtiazAli, #DiljitDosanjh, #ParineetiChopra, #NishaBano, #RahulMittra, #Netflix, #HindiCinema, #Bollywood -
We are polishing our magnifying glasses and donning our deerstalkers, because once again, murder is afoot!
Show notes:We just love murder mysteries!Our Noirvember playlistTo Those Who Killed Me and Call of the Void, the mystery books Matt has editedYou can't have too few or too many characters in a murder mysteryDetective Bymokesh Bakshy!"When the Hindu Right Came for Bollywood"Byomkesh BakshiComparisons to other famous fictional detectivesKosuke Kindaichi1940s settingThe music and the violence go too hardINTERVAL ("Calcutta Kiss" from Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!)
Murder MubarakIs Sanjay Kapoor one of our guys?"In a movie about rich people you can't kill the help"Karisma Kapoor's first film in 12 yearsFantasy casting The Thin ManNEXT TIME: Singer Movies
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To wrap up Madhuri Madness 2024 we're joined by our good friend Rashmeet to discuss two action films in which our beloved heroine finds herself at the centre of a deadly love triangle.
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Welcome Rashmeet!Madhuri MadnessMadhuban Performing Arts and Urja YegAarzooGaslight, Girlboss, GatekeepObsession gazeboDarkman"Dosti Karte Nahin" and "Mil Jaate Hain"St. AndrewsINTERVAL ("Kay Sera Sera" from Pukar)
"Que Sera Sera"Pukar"Hai Jaana Hai Jaana" Are we Rajkumar Santoshi fans?Torturing Anil KapoorMadhuri Dixit's emotional range and appealNEXT TIME: Detective movies
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To celebrate International Women's Day, we are kicking off Madhuri Madness 2024 with two feminist consciousness raising ensemble dramas.
Show notes:Happy International Women’s DayMadhuri Madness Every film industry is patriarchal (except Paradise Island)Hollywood vs Bollywood women’s picturesMrityudandShabana Azmi and Om PuriPrakash Jha’s political filmmakingINTERVAL ("Badi Mushkil" from Lajja)
LajjaA real multi-starrerManisha Koirala learns about feminismTonally inconsistentAjay Devgn's whip swordNEXT TIME: MD & SRK
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#MadhuriDixit, #Mrityudand, #PrakashJha, #ShabanaAzmi, #OmPuri, #ShilpaShirodkar, #MohanJoshi, #MohanAgashe, #HarishPatel, #Lajja, #RajkumarSantoshi, #ManishaKoirala, #Rekha, #MahimaChaudhary, #JackieShroff, #AnilKapoor, #AjayDevgn, #JohnnyLever, #InternationalWomen'sDay, #Bollywood, #Feminism, #FeminisminFilm, #HindiCinema -
We welcome filmmaker Jaydeep Sarkar, series director and executive producer of Rainbow Rishta, a new docuseries available now on Amazon Prime.
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Jaydeep SarkarRainbow RishtaNEXT TIME: Madhuri Madness
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Somehow we made it through 2023, which certainly was a year in Bollywood. Did Tiger 3 hit the jackpot? Did we soldier through Jawan? Find out now!
Show notes:The 69th Annual Filmfare Awards (nice)Neeyat (Episode 150)Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Supplemental Episode 17)JawanJaane Jaan (Episode 149)KhufiyaINTERVAL ("Dishoom Dishoom" from The Archies)
Thank You for Coming12th FailTiger 3AnimalThis is the only Bullet Machine we respect in these partsThe ArchiesKho Gaye Hum KahanNEXT TIME: Surprise Netflix and Dil!
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#Bollywood, #2023Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #Neeyat, #RockyAurRaniKiPremKahaani, #Jawan, #JaaneJaan, #Khufiya, #ThankYouforComing, #12thFail, #Animal, #TheArchies, #KhoGayeHumKahan -
It's hard for us to believe, but we've reached two million downloads! To celebrate, we wanted to look back at the evolution of the show and apologize for everything we have gotten wrong over the past eight and a half years.
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Thank you to all of our listeners near and far for lending us your ears two million times!Supplemental Episode 8: 60 Questions (which was to celebrate 100 episodes, not one million listens)NEXT TIME: 2023 year end wrap up
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We are on the case with Bollywood's leading actress, the incomparable Vidya Balan, will we solve it before she does? Listen to find out!
Show notes:Vidya BalanStar power and acting prowessBobby JasoosFeminist themesMany spinning platesINTERVAL ("Sweety" from Bobby Jasoos)
NeeyatCharacter actor castAnu MenonSplit diopter and split screenNEXT TIME: 2 million
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#VidyaBalan, #BobbyJasoos, #SamarShaikh, #AliFazal, #ArjanBajwa, #KiranKumar, #RajendraGupta, #SupriyaPathak, #TanviAzmi, #Neeyat, #AnuMenon, #RamKapoor, #RahulBose, #DipannitaSharma, #NeerajKabi, #AmritaPuri, #ShashankArora, #PrajaktaKoli, #ShefaliShah, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #DetectiveMovies -
To celebrate Noirvember this year, we delve into the catalogue of Sujoy Ghosh with the (not exactly noir) thrillers Kahaani and this year's Netflix release Jaane Jaan.
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Noirvember and our Noirvember playlistSujoy GhoshAdventures in the Public Domain: Aladin and Arjun: The Warrior PrinceKahaaniKolkata as asphalt jungleThe effectiveness of a pregnant detectiveINTERVAL ("Jaane Jaan" from Jaane Jaan)
Jaane JaanThe Devotion of Suspect X and Keigo HigashinoComparisons to Drishyam"Aa Jane Jaan" from IntaquamThe Kalimpong atmosphere NEXT TIME: Detective Balan
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#Noirvember, #FilmNoir, #NeoNoir, #SujoyGhosh, #Kahaani, #VidyaBalan, #NawazuddinSiddiqui, #SaswataChatterjee, #ParambrataChatterjee, #IndraneilSengupta, #JaaneJaan, #KareenaKapoor, #KareenaKapoorKhan, #JaideepAhlawat, #VijayVarma, #TheDevotionofSuspectX, #SuspectX, #KeigoHigashino, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema -
Happy (belated) Halloween Lovers! We may be late but our tradition of exploring all things spooky that Hindi cinema has to offer lives on! This year we are sinking our teeth into Netflix's romantic horror-comedy Tooth Pari.
Show notes:This episode is quite late as we were our of the country and Erin got sickNeighbours trailerTooth Pari: When Love BitesPratim D. Gupta and X: Past Is PresentNEXT TIME: Noirvember
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#ToothPari, #ToothPari:WhenLoveBites, #PratimD.Gupta, #AnishRailkar, #TanyaManiktala, #ShantanuMaheshwari, #Revathi, #TillotamaShome, #SikandarKher, #SaswataChatterjee, #AdilHussain, #HindiHorror, #NetflixIndia, #Bollywood -
We welcome writer Sunny Singh to the show to discuss her fascinating new book A Bollywood State of Mind!
Show notes:Thank you Sunny Singh for joining us!A Bollywood State of Mind: A journey into the world’s biggest cinemaHeads up, we discuss some spoilers for Jawan if you haven't seen it yetNEXT TIME: Hindi Horror Halloween
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We return to the career of Yash Chopra with two iconic mid-70s blockbusters: one, the first film to carry the YRF name and the other, maybe the most influential Bollywood film ever made.
Show notes:Past Yash Chopra films we have discussed: Netflix and Dil: High and Low - Cinema Marte Dum Tak and The Romantics and Yaasssh Chopra: Lamhe & Veer-Zaara with Manish MathurZanjeer and the Angry Young ManYash ChopraRajesh KhannaThomas Hardy and the cad awareness book"Ab Chahe Maa Roothe"Comparisons to Douglas SirkINTERVAL ("Ni Main Yaar Manana Ni" from Daag)
DeewaarGunga Jumna and Mother IndiaMatt is the evil brotherInfluences on Hong Kong cinema and Slumdog MillionaireWhat can we bring to a conversation about this film?Bachchan: Back to the BeginningNEXT TIME: Hindi Horror Halloween
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We go to the lawless deserts in Homi Adajania's blood-soaked Hotstar crime drama, Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo, to find out who Dimple Kapadia will choose as her successor, and see if they will even make it out alive to enjoy their inheritance.
Show notes:Saas, Bahu Aur FlamingoHomi AdajaniaWe Want To Be Dimple Kapadia’s Friend: Bobby, Saagar, and RudaaliNetflix and Dil: Forget it, BiFL. It’s MirzapurNext time: Deewaar
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#Hotstar, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #SaasBahuAurFlamingo, #HomiAdajania, #DimpleKapadia, #IshaTalwar,#AngiraDhar, #RadhikaMadan, #VarunMitra, #AshishVerma, #UditArora, #JimitTrivedi, #MonicaDogra, #DeepakDobriyal, #NaseeruddinShah - もっと表示する