We summarize the big hits and many misses that have come out so far this year.

Show Notes:

Erin’s mom has been listening to the show and she’s going to watch Talvar

Ok Jaanu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ok_Jaanu)

Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor are inexplicably popular

Kaabil (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaabil)

Matt pitches a Bollywood remake of Elle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elle_(film))

Dangal is still crushing it (https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/28/like-a-true-champ-dangal-is-making-a-miraculous-fight-to-the-finish-in-china/#76cad2632b5d)

Raees (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raees_(film))

Note: Nawazuddin Siddiqui has more films coming out in the second half of the year, we were planning on discussing them but the episode ran long

Sunny Leone’s item number: “Laila Main Laila (https://youtu.be/95I5VaR7GeU)”

Jolly LLB 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolly_LLB_2)

We still don’t understand the Indian legal system

Running Shaadi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_Shaadi)

Rangoon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoon_(2017_Hindi_film))

Miss Julia (https://youtu.be/o7TOBuJTQ20)

Badrinath Ki Dulhania (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badrinath_Ki_Dulhania)

Toxic masculinity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_masculinity)

(INTERVAL (“Tamma Tamma Again (https://youtu.be/EEX_XM6SxmY)” from Badrinath Ki Dulhania)

India Film Festival of Alberta (http://www.indiafilmfestival.ca/)

Phillauri (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillauri_(film))

Naam Shabana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naam_Shabana)

Begum Jaan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begum_Jaan)

Noor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_(film))

Pretentious Movie Reviews and Kanan Gill (https://www.youtube.com/user/knngill)

Meri Pyaari Bindu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meri_Pyaari_Bindu)

Sarkar 3 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarkar_3)

Half Girlfriend (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_Girlfriend_(film))

Why is the romantic lead assaulting the heroine?

The only thing worse than the girl getting cancer is fake cancer

Hindi Medium (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_Medium_(film))

Raabta (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raabta_(film))

Tubelight (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubelight_(film))

“Naach Meri Jaan (https://youtu.be/xbAEUGhAubU)”

Angamaly Diaries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angamaly_Diaries)

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baahubali_2:_The_Conclusion)

NEXT TIME: The films of Anurag Basu

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