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. 

Show Notes:

The first half of this episode is long and free-wheeling, if you’d like to head straight to the reviews jump to 43:35

Devin Bruce of Scotch and Comics, The Listmakers Podcast, and Variant Edition’s Blog

Amrut’s Single Malt Whisky

Vikram Vij’s Bolly Water (Matt is right, Vij’s full name is Vikram Vij; Erin was mixing up his first name and surname) 

Thanks to Shash-D for his review

Our appreciation of musicals 

Cinema as a cultural gateway

Dhoom 3 and reviewing popular cinema

Bollywood in Edmonton and its profile

Ranveer Singh’s Durex ad

INTERVAL ("Bismil” from Haider)

Vishal Bhardwaj 

Unfortunately we couldn’t find Maqbool anywhere

Omkara

Ajay Devgan and Saif Ali Khan

Hierarchal structures in Shakespeare 

Konkona Sen Sharma and the big change from the play

“O Saathi Re,” the shot of them moving around the house

Our experience with Eros Now

Haider

1995 Kashmir conflict setting

Surprising references to Salman Khan

The lack of Horatio and the disappointing Ophelia

Tabu’s Gertrude

“So Jao”; The gravediggers 

NEXT TIME: We look at three rom-coms with Alia Bhatt, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, 2 States, and Shaandaar 

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