Join hosts Matt Bowes and Erin Fraser for a bi-weekly podcast that explores the wonderful world of Hindi Cinema through the lens of two Canadian cinephiles! Contact us at bollywoodisforlovers@gmail.com
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 16 hours 23 minutes
episode 37: The Sarkar Series: Govinda Govinda, More Govinda
In advance of the third instalment, we discuss Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarkar(filmseries)) series. There are spoilers for Sarkar, Sarkar Raj, and The Godfather series.
Show Notes: Sequel naming conventions Money (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money(1993film)), Money Money (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoneyMoney(1995film)), and Money Money, More Money (https://en.wikipedia...
episode 36: So You Think You Can Bollywood, with Danica LeBlanc and Devin Bruce
In this episode we welcome Danica LeBlanc (https://twitter.com/DanicaHere), co-owner of Edmonton’s best comic book store Variant Edition (https://variantedmonton.com), and Devin Bruce (https://twitter.com/Doctor_Teeth), of the infrequently produced Scotch & Comics (https://scotchandcomics.wordpress.com) podcast, to discuss Bollywood on America’s So You Think You Can Dance and two films about international dance competitions...
episode 35: Muslims in America
In this episode we discuss two films about the Indian Muslim experience in post 9/11 America.
Show notes:
Matt loves his neti pot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_irrigation)
Racial discrimination in the Western world
A lack of nuance
Episode 15 – Kabir Khan, A Filmmaker Without Borders (https://audioboom.com/posts/4467731-episode-15-kabir-khan-a-filmmaker-without-borders?t=0)
New York (https://en.wikipedia...
episode 34: Bollywood's Fashion Plate, Sonam Kapoor
In this episode we discuss three films starring Bollywood leading lady and fashion icon Sonam Kapoor. Show notes: The death plague Sonam Kapoor as a brand The mannequin challenge (https://youtu.be/TFa6XI0CgPs) I Didn’t Wake Up Like This (https://www.buzzfeed.com/sonamkapoor/i-didnt-wake-up-like-this?utmterm=.ma7ooQon3Q#.yiBxxgxNYg) Erin gives Matt a compliment Sonam Kapoor Literally Never Allows Her Makeup Artists To Get Any Work Done (https://www.buzzfeed...
episode 33: 2016 Year End Review
In this episode we recap the back end of 2016′s Bollywood releases.
Show Notes:
We’re back!
Our episode on the first half of 2016 (https://audioboom.com/posts/4732056-episode-21-2016-mid-year-review?t=0)
The master list on Lettrboxd (http://letterboxd.com/mattbowes/list/bollywood-is-for-lovers-master-list/)
Bollywood (http://www.blue13dance.com/) at Disney’s California Adventure Festival of Holidays (https://disneyland.disney.go...
episode 32: Traveling in the Love Lane: The Films of Aditya Chopra
In honour of his latest release, Befikre, we discuss three films directed by Aditya Chopra.
Show Notes:
We’ve been very busy and very sick
Aditya Chopra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aditya_Chopra)
Our episode on DDLJ (https://audioboom.com/posts/4467726-episode-7-come-fall-in-love?t=0)
Yash Raj Films (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YashRajFilms)
Mohabbatein (https://en.wikipedia...
episode 31: Dev Anand’s Bombay Noir with Neale Barnholden
To celebrate the end of #Noirvember, we welcome fellow Edmonton cinephile and podcaster Neale Barnholden to discuss two classic Bollywood films noir starring Dev Anand.
Show Notes: Thank you Ryan Currie! Neale on Twitter (https://twitter.com/nealpolitan), Witch, Please (http://ohwitchplease.ca), and Plot Device (https://soundcloud.com/plotdevice) Matt and Erin want all films to feature singing and dancing dogs The Pacific Cinematheque (http://www.thecinematheque...
episode 30: Rolling In The Randeep (Hooda), with Shah Shahid
We welcome Shah Shahid of Blank Page Beatdown (http://www.blankpagebeatdown.com/) and the Split Screen Podcast (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/split-screen-podcast/id1056295660?mt=2) to discuss one of our favourite underrated stars, Randeep Hooda (https://en.wikipedia...
episode 29: Halloween II: Bollywood’s Scream Queen, Bipasha Basu
To get us in the Halloween spirit, we look at two horror films starring Bollywood’s reigning scream queen Bipasha Basu...
episode 28: The Race Is On! with Danny Bowes
We welcome back film critic Danny Bowes (http://www.bydannybowes.com/) to discuss Abbas-Mustan’s Race duology.
Show Notes:
We are not talking about the Jesse Owens film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race(2016film)) High-art versus high-entertainment Matt didn’t see the plot twists coming! Race (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race(2008film)) Ranvir Singh versus Ranveer Singh Akshaye Khanna steals Bipasha Basu from Saif Ali Khan at a party: “Dekho Hashe Mein (https://youtu...