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. 

Show Notes:

Juliet knows more about Indian culture than us, by virtue of being South Indian

Watching bootlegs and the rise of digital distribution 

Matt forgot to plug in the mic, and broke his chair

Netflix, please fix the subtitles on Chak De! India 

Dilwale (Rohit Shetty, 2015) with Shah Rukh and Kajol

We are wrong about the translation of “Dilli Wali Girlfriend” it means “Girlfriend from Delhi” 

Johnny Lever

SRK & Kajol’s beautiful song set in Iceland,"Gerua” 

“Tukur Tukur” the end credits song

Kriti Sanon

INTERVAL (”Pinga” from Bajirao Mastani)

2015 in Bollywood

Anushka Sharma produced NH10

Deepika Padukone dominated with Piku, Tamasha, and Bajirao Mastani

Kangana Ranaut proves she is a box office draw with Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakane Do

Varun Dhawan establishes himself outside of the Dharma Productions banner

Salman Khan continues to reign supreme

Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet bombed, adding to Ranbir Kapoor’s string of failures

Alia Bhatt releases her first flop with Shaandaar and Vikas Bahl might be a one hit wonder

Aishwarya Rai’s comeback, Jazbaa, underwhelmed

Sanjay Leela Bhanslai does not disappoint with his magnum opus Bajirao Mastani

The Maratha Empire

Ranveer Singh as  Bajirao I, Deepika Padukone as Mastani, and Priyanka Chopra as Kashibai

Freedom to love

Box office battle

“Malhari” and “Deewani Mastani”

NEXT TIME: The work of director Anurag Kashyap

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