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Netflix and Dil: The Fame Game, or Madhuri Madness 2
We wrap up Madhuri Madness month with a look at Madhuri Dixit’s foray into streaming TV, the buzzy Netflix family mystery The Fame Game...
episode 128: Madhuri Madness: Parinda and Dil
March Madness is here, but it isn't basketball we're excited about, it's Madhuri Dixit! Kicking off our series on one of Bollywood's most talented leading ladies, we discuss two early roles...
Netflix and Dil: Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein, or The Netflix Curse?
We dive head-first into the buzzy new Netflix show about romantic obsession and small-town power, but is it worth more than an eye-roll?
Show notes:
- Tried and Refused Productions' review
- Rahul Desai's review at Film Companion
- Suchin Mehrotra's review at Film Companion
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episode 127: OTP: Guru with Manish Mathur
Happy Valentine's Day Lovers! We welcome back film critic, fellow podcaster, and romance aficionado Manish Mathur to discuss art imitating life with Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai in Guru...
The Sixth Annual BiFL Awards!
Matt and Erin hand out the sixth annual BiFL Awards for 2021 achievements in Hindi Cinema...
episode 126: 2021 Year End Review
Happy New Year Lovers! As always, we've spent the first weeks of the new year catching up with films from the previous year, and we're here to tell you about it...
episode 125: Rebel Yell: Mangal Pandey, The Legend of Bhagat Singh, and Sardar Udham
We bone up on our Indian history with three biopics about revolutionaries during the Indian independence movement.
Show notes:
- The Indian independence movement lasted from 1857 to 1947, but keep in mind we are not experts in Indian history when listening to this episode.....
episode 124: Noir '58: Howrah Bridge and 12 O'Clock
In our annual Noirvember episode, we discuss two moody murder mysteries from 1958...
episode 123: Crisis on Infinite Singhams: Rohit Shetty's Cop Universe with Devin Bruce
Sooryavanshi has finally unloaded itself into theatres and our good friend and cinephile Devin Bruce has dropped by to discuss Rohit Shetty’s ethically questionable Cop Universe.
Show notes:
Heads up, one of these films deals with sexual violence...
episode 122: Halloween VII, Part 2 The Quickening: Folk Horror and Tumbbad
The witching hour is almost here, and we're not done with our annual Hindi Horror Halloween! Inspired by Kier-La Janisse's Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, we explore the folk horror subgenre and how we see it being realized in Hindi-langauge filmmaking including in Rahi Anil Barve's Tumbbad...