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 15 hours 12 minutes
episode 16: Danny Bowes, Vocabulary Boy
In this episode we welcome writer and film critic Danny Bowes to discuss reviewing Bollywood movies and the films that introduced him to South Asian cinema.
Show Notes: Superstar Rajinikanth and Enthiran Star power and celebrity Matt’s wrong, Tees Maar Khan’s Rotten Tomatoes score is 18% Appreciating popular cinema Bollywood’s popularity in North America, but lack of exposure Writing for rogerebert...
episode 15: Kabir Khan, A Filmmaker Without Borders
In this episode we discuss three films by Kabir Khan that focus on global perspectives and reactions to terrorist attacks.
Show Notes:
Kabir Khan, from documentaries to mainstream commercial filmmaking Ek Tha Tiger and Bajrangi Bhaijaan Human scale perspective of global politics Kabul Express Loosely based on Khan’s own experiences in post-Taliban Afghanistan Whiskey Tango Foxtrot and Afghan vs...
episode 14: Bollywood’s Bro, Salman Khan
In this episode we discuss Salman Khan’s three most profitable films to date...
episode 13: Love Nowadays: Three Romances by Imtiaz Ali
In this episode we discuss three romances from director Imtiaz Ali.
Show Notes:
New review! Thank you Shah166! Big thanks to Manish Chandna for the episode suggestion...
episode 12: Bollywood's Sweetheart, Alia Bhatt
In this episode we celebrate Valentine’s Day with Hindi cinema’s current reigning sweetheart, Alia Bhatt...
episode 11: Two Tragedies by Vishal Bhardwaj, with Devin Bruce
In this episode we welcome Devin Bruce to discuss two adaptations of Shakespeare’s tragedies, Omkara and Haider, as well scotch and Bollywood’s profile, or lack there of, with western filmgoers...
episode 10: Bollywood's Enfant Terrible, Anurag Kashyap
In this episode we discuss the three most recent films from Bollywood auteur Anurag Kashyap...
episode 9: Dilwale & Bajirao Mastani with Juliet Franklin
In this episode we welcome our first friendly, Juliet Franklin, to discuss two recent releases, Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani, and to reflect on some of the highlights and lowlights of the past year of Hindi cinema...
episode 8: Straight From The Heart: Three Films by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
In this episode we discuss director Sanjay Leela Bhansali with an in-depth look at three of his films
Show Notes:
This episode is late, we’re sorry (but our next episode will be out soon) Matt and Boman Irani are becoming pretty close Shout out to Shah Shahid and the Split Screen Podcast Sanjay Leela Bhansali, director of Devdas and Ram-Leela Vidhu Vinod Chopra, director of Broken Horses Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Who can tell the difference between Italy and Hungary? Kissing will...
episode 7: Come ... Fall in Love: DDLJ at 20
This week we take an in depth look at Aditya Chopra’s landmark romance
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, or DDLJ
Show Notes:
Thanks to (the attractive) Allan Mott for reviewing the show Matt's podcast roundup on The Pulp Celebrating DDLJ's 20th Anniversary December 18th is stacked with movie releases Erin makes a Rocky reference We recognize Amrish Puri from his iconic role in Temple of Doom Kajol's unibrow So much Switzerland Shout out to Pretentious Movie Reviews Raj is an...