Bollywood is For Lovers

Since we can’t see Padmavati, we discuss three Bollywood films that have been mired in controversy.

Show Notes:

Padmavati (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmavati_(film))

‘Padmavati’: Incidents that made headlines about the Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh-Shahid Kapoor film (https://timesofindia.indiatimes...

To cap off #Noirvember, we look at two Noir-inspired films from one of Hindi cinema’s most acclaimed and controversial directors, Anurag Kashyap.

Show Notes:

It’s still #Noirvember

Our misadventures in film sourcing

Ittefaq (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ittefaq(1969film)) never showed up

Subtitle issues on Eros Now and iTunes

The failure of Bigflix

Scarecrow Video (http://blog.scarecrow.com/)

Anurag Kashyap (https://en.wikipedia...

To celebrate #Noirvember, we discuss two contemporary neo-noirs that focus on the femme fatale archetype.

Show Notes:

Will we or won't we do an episode on Ittefaq (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ittefaq(1969film))

Erin’s mother watched Dangal, and she loved it!

We miss Neale (https://twitter.com/nealpolitan)! Listen to last year’s #Noirvember’s episode (https://audioboom.com/posts/5339719-dev-anand-s-bombay-noir-with-neale-barnholden)

Film noir (https://en...

In our third supplemental episode we’re speaking to producer and screenwriter Sri Rao about his upcoming book Bollywood Kitchen, available November 7th.

Show notes:

Sri Rao’s website (http://www.newyorksri.com/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/newyorksri), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/NewYorkSri/)

Check out Sri’s book tour (http://www.newyorksri.com/books/)

Preorder Bollywood Kitchen at Amazon (https://www.amazon...

In our third annual Hindi Horror Halloween episode we discuss the films of B-cinema auteurs the Ramsay Brothers.

Show Notes: Ghosts foiled our first recording attempt

Phobia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobia(2016film)) and

Trapped (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapped(2017Hindi_film))

1920 (https://en.wikipedia...

We welcome Asim Burney of Upodcast (http://upodcasting.com/) to discuss David Dhawan’s hit 1997 comedy Judwaa and his recent remake Judwaa 2.

Show Notes:

Upodcast (http://upodcasting.com/)

The London advantage

Interviewing Bollywood celebrities

A critic’s perspective versus a fan’s

Anupama Chopra (http://www.filmcompanion.in/) and Baradwaj Rangan (https://twitter...

We welcome online film writer Manish Mathur (https://twitter.com/TheManish89) to discuss one of Bollywood’s most polarizing performers, Katrina Kaif.

Show Notes:

Newton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_(film)) is India’s submission for the Best Foreign Language film at this year’s Academy Awards

Our episode on the India Film Festival of Alberta (https://audioboom...

In this episode we look at three late 70s films from Bollywood’s most enduring star, Amitabh Bachchan.

Show Notes:

The Big B! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan)

The Great Gatsby (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheGreatGatsby)

We couldn’t find Zanjeer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanjeer(1973film)) or Deewaar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deewaar) unfortunately

Shemaroo on YouTube https://www.youtube...

We welcome Piyush Patel (https://www.facebook.com/FHWGS/) to discuss two films by acclaimed South Indian director Mani Ratnam.

Show Notes:

Erin’s mother liked Talvar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talvar_(film))

CJSR (http://www.cjsr.com/)

70th anniversary of India’s Independence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndependenceDay(India)) and Partition (https://en.wikipedia...

We welcome Kathy Gibson (https://twitter.com/kathyfgibson) of Access Bollywood (https://accessbollywood.net/) to discuss two martial arts films as well as covering Hindi cinema with a Western lens.

Show Notes: Listen to Kathy on the Split Screen Podcast with Shah Shahid! (http://blankpagebeatdown.com/category/split-screen/) Access Bollywood’s streaming lists: Netflix (https://accessbollywood.net/bollywood-movies-streaming-on-netflix/), Amazon (https://accessbollywood...