Bollywood is For Lovers

138: Bachchan ‘85 & ‘89

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We go back to the 1980s to catch up with two testosterone-tastic action films featuring your favourite hero and ours, Amitabh Bachchan.

Notes:
  • The Bachchan Series
  • The never-ending search for movies with subtitles
  • We couldn’t find 1986 or 1988
  • Mard
  • Best horse and best dog
  • Is Amrita Singh into BDSM?
  • Jabisco’s many costume changes
  • Hitchcock’s pure cinema
  • Is this The Mummy of its time
  • “Mard Tangewala,” “Sun Rubia Tumse Pyar Ho Gaya,” “Hum To Tambu Mein Bambu” and “Buri Nazarwale”
  • Would kids like this movie?
    • (INTERVAL (“Will You Marry Me” from Mard)

    • Toofan
    • The point at which the double roll switches
    • “Jadugar Ka Jadu Hathoon Kamal Hai”  
    • Bollywood magicians
    • Jaadugar
    • Matt loves Pran
    • Erin watched The Graduate for It Pod To Be You
      • Next time: Hindi Horror Halloween

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