Bollywood is For Lovers

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

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...

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...

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 Prem Kii Kahaani

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...

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...

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...

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

We go back to the swinging sixties to get our groove on and maybe solve a murder or two, or ten, if we don’t end up dead ourselves!

Show notes:

• Erin forgets why they wanted to do this episode
• Ranveer Singh was in a ‘60s pastiche, and it was terrible
• Ghost World and And Then There Were None
• Gumnaam
• Pran is a fashion king
• Songs: “Hum Kaale Hain To,” “Is Duniya Mein Jeena Ho To,” and “Peeke Hum Tum Jo”

We go back to the golden age of filmmaking in Bombay with Vikramaditya Motwane’s period drama Jubilee.

Show notes:

• 68th Filmfare Awards
• Breaking Free: Vikramaditya Motwane’s Udaan, Lootera, and Trapped
• Jubilee
• “Jubilee Is a Beautifully Mounted Show About the 1930s but the Women Pioneers Have Been Erased”