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Episode 153 - Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! and Murder Mubarak

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 playlist

To Those Who Killed Me and Call of the Void, the mystery books Matt has edited

You can't have too few or too many characters in a murder mystery

Detective Bymokesh Bakshy!

"When the Hindu Right Came for Bollywood"

Byomkesh Bakshi

Comparisons to other famous fictional detectives

Kosuke Kindaichi

1940s setting

The music and the violence go too hard

INTERVAL ("Calcutta Kiss" from Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!)

Murder Mubarak

Is 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 years

Fantasy casting The Thin Man

NEXT TIME: Singer Movies

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#Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!#Byomkesh Bakshi #Dibakar Banerjee #Sushant Singh Rajput #Anand Tiwari #Neeraj Kabi #Swastika Mukherjee #Meiyang Chang #Murder Mubarak #Homi Adajania #Pankaj Tripathi #Sara Ali Khan #Vijay Varma #Karisma Kapoor #Dimple Kapadia #Sanjay Kapoor #Bollywood #Hindi Cinema

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bollywoodisforlovers · 29 days

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Episode 153 - Madhuri Madness 2024: Aarzoo and Pukar

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.

Show notes:

Welcome Rashmeet!

Madhuri Madness

Madhuban Performing Arts and Urja Yeg

Aarzoo

Gaslight, Girlboss, Gatekeep

Obsession gazebo

Darkman

"Dosti Karte Nahin" and "Mil Jaate Hain"

St. Andrews

INTERVAL ("Kay Sera Sera" from Pukar)

"Que Sera Sera"

Pukar

"Hai Jaana Hai Jaana"

Are we Rajkumar Santoshi fans?

Torturing Anil Kapoor

Madhuri Dixit's emotional range and appeal

NEXT TIME: Detective movies

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#Madhuri Dixit #Aarzoo #Lawrence D'Souza #Akshay Kumar #Saif Ali Khan #Paresh Rawal #Amrish Puri #Pukar #Rajkumar Santoshi #Anil Kapoor #Manrata Shirodkar #Om Puri #Danny Denzongpa #Prabhu Deva #Lata Mangeshkar #Bollywood #Hindi Cinema

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bollywoodisforlovers · 2 months

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Episode 152 - Madhuri Madness 2024: Mrityudand and Lajja

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 Day

Madhuri Madness

Every film industry is patriarchal (except Paradise Island)

Hollywood vs Bollywood women’s pictures

Mrityudand

Shabana Azmi and Om Puri

Prakash Jha’s political filmmaking

INTERVAL ("Badi Mushkil" from Lajja)

Lajja

A real multi-starrer

Manisha Koirala learns about feminism

Tonally inconsistent

Ajay Devgn's whip sword

NEXT TIME: MD & SRK

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bollywoodisforlovers · 2 months

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Supplemental Episode 20: Rainbow Rishta Director Jaydeep Sarkar

We welcome filmmaker Jaydeep Sarkar, series director and executive producer of Rainbow Rishta, a new docuseries available now on Amazon Prime.

Show notes:

Jaydeep Sarkar

Rainbow Rishta

NEXT TIME: Madhuri Madness

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#Bollywood #Jaydeep Sarkar #Hindi Cinema #Hindi TV #Indian TV #Docuseries #Documentary #Amazon Prime #LGBTQ+#LGBTQ+ India

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bollywoodisforlovers · 3 months

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Episode 151 - 2023 Year End Review

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)

Jawan

Jaane Jaan (Episode 149)

Khufiya

INTERVAL ("Dishoom Dishoom" from The Archies)

Thank You for Coming

12th Fail

Tiger 3

Animal

This is the only Bullet Machine we respect in these parts

The Archies

Kho Gaye Hum Kahan

NEXT TIME: Surprise Netflix and Dil!

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#Bollywood #2023 Bollywood #Hindi Cinema #Neeyat #Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani #Jawan #Jaane Jaan #Khufiya #Thank You for Coming #12th Fail #Animal #The Archies #Kho Gaye Hum Kahan

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bollywoodisforlovers · 4 months

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Supplemental Episode 19: Two Million Apologies!

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.

Show notes:

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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#Bollywood #Hindi Cinema #Bollywood Podcast #Apologies

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bollywoodisforlovers · 5 months

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Episode 150 - Detective Vidya-chu: Bobby Jasoos and Neeyat

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 Balan

Star power and acting prowess

Bobby Jasoos

Feminist themes

Many spinning plates

INTERVAL ("Sweety" from Bobby Jasoos)

Neeyat

Character actor cast

Anu Menon

Split diopter and split screen

NEXT TIME: 2 million

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bollywoodisforlovers · 5 months

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Episode 149 - Sujoy (Ghosh) Division: Kahaani and Jaane Jaan

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.

Show notes:

Noirvember and our Noirvember playlist

Sujoy Ghosh

Adventures in the Public Domain: Aladin and Arjun: The Warrior Prince

Kahaani

Kolkata as asphalt jungle

The effectiveness of a pregnant detective

INTERVAL ("Jaane Jaan" from Jaane Jaan)

Jaane Jaan

The Devotion of Suspect X and Keigo Higashino

Comparisons to Drishyam

"Aa Jane Jaan" from Intaquam

The Kalimpong atmosphere

NEXT TIME: Detective Balan

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bollywoodisforlovers · 6 months

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Halloween IX: Interview With the Dentist, or Dedflix and Kill (Again)

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 sick

Neighbours trailer

Tooth Pari: When Love Bites

Pratim D. Gupta and X: Past Is Present

NEXT TIME: Noirvember

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#Tooth Pari #Tooth Pari: When Love Bites #Pratim D. Gupta #Anish Railkar #Tanya Maniktala #Shantanu Maheshwari #Revathi #Tillotama Shome #Sikandar Kher #Saswata Chatterjee #Adil Hussain #Hindi Horror #Netflix India #Bollywood

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bollywoodisforlovers · 6 months

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Supplemental Episode 18: Sunny Singh's Bollywood State of Mind!

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 cinema

Heads up, we discuss some spoilers for Jawan if you haven't seen it yet

NEXT TIME: Hindi Horror Halloween

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#Bollywood #Hindi Cinema #Sunny Singh #A Bollywood State of Mind #Shah Rukh Khan #Amitabh Bachchan #Footnote Press #Indian Cinema #Film Theory

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bollywoodisforlovers · 7 months

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Episode 148 - Two wives, or two brothers? Daag and Deewaar

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 Mathur

Zanjeer and the Angry Young Man

Yash Chopra

Rajesh Khanna

Thomas Hardy and the cad awareness book

"Ab Chahe Maa Roothe"

Comparisons to Douglas Sirk

INTERVAL ("Ni Main Yaar Manana Ni" from Daag)

Deewaar

Gunga Jumna and Mother India

Matt is the evil brother

Influences on Hong Kong cinema and Slumdog Millionaire

What can we bring to a conversation about this film?

Bachchan: Back to the Beginning

NEXT TIME: Hindi Horror Halloween

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bollywoodisforlovers · 8 months

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Netflix and Dil: Girlzapur, or Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo

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 Flamingo

Homi Adajania

We Want To Be Dimple Kapadia’s Friend: Bobby, Saagar, and Rudaali

Netflix and Dil: Forget it, BiFL. It’s Mirzapur

Next time: Deewaar

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#Hotstar #Bollywood #Hindi Cinema #Saas Bahu Aur Flamingo #Homi Adajania #Dimple Kapadia #Isha Talwar #Angira Dhar #Radhika Madan #Varun Mitra #Ashish Verma #Udit Arora #Jimit Trivedi #Monica Dogra #Deepak Dobriyal #Naseeruddin Shah

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bollywoodisforlovers · 8 months

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Supplemental Episode 17: It's All About Loving Their Family, or Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani with Manish Mathur

After bemoaning the state of Bollywood in our last episode, Karan Johar has given us something worth celebrating!

Show notes:

Thank you Manish Mathur for joining us (and suggesting we record this surprise episode)!

Listen to It Pod to Be You

Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani

NEXT TIME: Netflix and Dil Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo

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#Bollywood #Hindi Cinema #Bollywood 2023 #Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani #Karan Johar #Alia Bhatt #Ranveer Singh #Dharmendra #Jaya Bachchan #Jaya Bhaduri #Shabana Azmi

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bollywoodisforlovers · 9 months

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Episode 147 - 2023 Midyear Review

Somehow we are more than halfway through 2023, which means it's time for the midyear review where we discuss 11 Hindi-language films that have come out so far this year.

Show notes:

Pathaan (Supplemental 14)

Almost Pyaar with Dj Mohabbat

Shehzada

Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar

Mrs. Chetterjee vs Norway

Bheed

INTERVAL ("Bandaa Title Track" from Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai)

Bholaa

Gaslight

Kathal

Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai

Bawaal

NEXT TIME: Netflix and Dil Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo

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#Bollywood #Hindi Cinema #Bollywood2023 #Pathaan #Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat #Shehzada #Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar #Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway #Bheed #Bholla #Gaslight #Gaslight 2023 #Kathal #Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai #Bandaa #Bawaal

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bollywoodisforlovers · 10 months

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Netflix and Dil: Pilot Season Dobaara

It's been a rough year so far for Bollywood, but luckily there are plenty of new streaming shows that have caught our attention, some might say too many though. That means it's time for another pilot season where we watch the pilot of six shows and choose which one we are going to watch, and review, a whole season of!

Show notes:

The Streaming Show

Bestseller

The Night Manager

Tooth Pari: When Love Bites

Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo

Dahaad

Scoop

NEXT TIME: 2023 Midyear Review

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bollywoodisforlovers · 10 months

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Supplemental Episode 16: Our Chat with Shashaa Tirupati

We welcome Canadian musician and playback singer Shashaa Tirupati on to discuss her career in Indian cinema, as well as winning a National Film Award and what it's like to work with A.R. Rahman and other top composers.

Show notes:

Shashaa Tirupati and her Youtube channel

Shashaa's beautiful Tamil interpretation of Bon Iver's "Perth"

#BollywoodMonster Mashup 2023 IG Meet and Greet live on Instagram (@BollywoodMonsterMashup), Sunday July 9, 12 PM EST/ 9:30 PM IST

NEXT TIME: Pilot Season Part 2

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bollywoodisforlovers · 11 months

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Episode 146 - “I'm the Dude, Playing a Dude, Disguised As Another Dude”: Don and Don 2

Strap in Lovers, we’re going on an international chase to catch Asia’s biggest criminal mastermind, Don.

Show notes:

It's not only difficult to catch Don (1978), it's impossible

“Bachchan ‘76 - ‘78″

The Making of Don

Don: The Chase Begins Again

Petronas Towers, as seen in Entrapment

Songs: “Yeh Mera Dil,” “Main Hoon Don,” and “Khaike Paan Banaraswala”

Comparisons to contemporary Bollywood action

Don has read The Game

(INTERVAL (“Aaj Ki Raat” from Don: The Chase Begins Again)

Don 2

Another stacked year, and a great year for the Akhtars

Hallo Berlin!

Songs: “Zaraa Dil Ko Thaam Lo” and “Dushman Mera Don 2″

Mission: Impossible similarities

Where will they go in Don 3?

Suchin Mehrotra‘s The Streaming Show

Next time: Pilot Season Vol. 2

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#Don #Don: The Chase Begins Again #Don 2 #Shah Rukh Khan #Priyanka Chopra #Priyanka Chopra Jonas #Amitabh Bachchan #Farhan Akhtar #Javed Akhtar #Arjun Rampal #Boman Irani #Om Puri #Kareena Kapoor #Kunal Kapoor #Lara Dutta #Hrithik Roshan #Bollywood #Hindi Cinema

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