Bollywood is For Lovers

By Bollywood is For Lovers

Join hosts Matt Bowes and Erin Fraser for a bi-weekly podcast that explores the wonderful world of Hindi Cinema through the lens of two Canadian cinephiles!

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July 15, 2025Netflix and Dil: We Signed the Black Warrant
We watched the latest Vikramaditya Motwane project, Netflix's 2025 hit Black Warrant. We really liked it, which is not a huge surprise.

Show notes:
We picked this show on our last Pilot Season episode.
Our episode on Motwane's previous show, Jubilee: Bombay's Dream Factory, Jubilee
Our episode on three of Motwane's movies: Breaking Free: Vikramaditya Motwane’s Udaan, Lootera, and Trapped
James Ellroy
Our episode featuring Main Aur Charles and discussing Charles Sobhraj: Rolling In The Randeep (Hooda), with Shah Shahid
NEXT TIME: Movies about getting married, with Rashmeet

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June 14, 2025164: Bachchan '07 - '09
We continue our longest running series in which we explore Amitabh Bachchan's career year by year, this time we are in the late 2000s.

Show notes:
Our Bachchan series playlist
We are jumping ahead a bit, because we felt like it
2000 to 2006 Bachchan highlights
Amitabh Bachchan's elderly statesman reinvention
Cheeni Kum
Thoughts on R. Balki's filmography
A "Super R"?
(INTERVAL "Mere Buddy" from Bhootnath)
Bhoothnath
Oscar Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost"
Casper or Beetlejuice?
Bollywood family/children's films
Paa
Progeria and comparisons to Jack
More stylistic direction
Bachchan and ageing
NEXT TIME: Black Warrant

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1h 4min
May 26, 2025Netflix and Dil: Pilot Season Teen
There hasn't been much drawing us out to the theatre these days, so we asked ourselves, is there anything to watch at home? That's right lovers, it's time for another pilot season where we watch the pilot of six shows and choose which one we are going to watch, and review, a whole season of!

Show notes:
Black Warrant
Ziddi Girls
Dabba Cartel
Dupahiya
Kauf
The Royals
NEXT TIME: Mid-2000s Bachchan

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April 23, 2025Supplemental Episode 22: Om Shanti Om - Endless Cycle of Love
In this supplemental we travel to Japan to see Om Shanti Om, Takarazuka style.

Show notes:
Takarazuka Revue
Om Shanti Om: Endless Cycle of Love
NEXT TIME: Pilot Season 3

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1h 3min
April 04, 2025163: Madhubala Madness 2025: Mrs and Mrs '55 and Barsaat Ki Raat
March may be over, but we are still mad, mad for Madhubala!

Show notes:
Thanks to tommydan
Noir '58: Howrah Bridge and 12 O'Clock
The Great Epic: Mughal-e-Azam
Bollywood Drafts
A brief aside on Mahal
Tragically struck down too soon
INTERVAL ("Thandi Hawa Kali Ghata" from Mr. & Mrs. '55)
Mr. & Mrs. '55
The Orson Welles of India/The Guru Dutt of Hollywood
Limitations of the of the auteur theory
Our limited of our knowledge of the Hindu code bills
Cleo, don’t get on that plane
Romantic comedy tropes
General Jinjur and feminist parody
Matt mansplains feminism
Barsaat Ki Raat
Roshan songs
NEXT TIME: Takarazuka Om Shanti Om

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1h 4min
March 19, 2025162: Madhuri Madness 2025: Aaja Nachle and Maja Ma
Have we finally been cured of our madness? Find out in our last Madhuri Madness, at least for now.

Show notes:
Madhuri Madness
2000s Madhuri
Devdas vs. Dev.D with Paul Matwychuk
Ladies Be Angry: Gulaab Gang, Akira, & Mom
Aaja Nachle
Steve
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Comparison with Dil Toh Pagal Hai
Creative ego vs community cohesion
INTERVAL ("Aaja Nachle" from Aaja Nachle)
Maja Ma
What is Rajit Kapoor's accent?
More polygraph tests in this movie than anticipated
The boner subplot
Comparisons to The Birdcage and Beginners
What’s a sister-in-law?
Dixit is picking progressive projects, with varying degrees of success
The survivorship bias plane and left-handed-ness

NEXT TIME: Madhubala Madness 2025

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1h 9min
February 27, 2025Netflix and Dil: The Roshans and Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, or The Little Family That Could
We watched the latest in the ongoing series of Bollywood family-based puff pieces, Netflix's The Roshans, as well as the debut film of Hrithik Roshan, Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai.

Show notes:
Thank you Señorita for the review!
Previously on Bollywood Family History Story Time: our episodes on The Romantics, and Angry Young Men
Three generations, four guys: Roshan, Rajesh Roshan, Rakesh Roshan, and Hrithik Roshan
As non-Hindi speakers who didn't grow up with these songs, it can be a little tough for us to understand the significance of music, especially outside of the movies
Pop vs. classical music
People they should have interviewed: Rekha, Salman Khan, Jadoo
Plagiarism allegations for Rajesh
Extortion in late '90s-early 2000s Hindi film
Our episode on Koi... Mil Gaya: Dancing on Hoodoos: Bollywood in Alberta
Our episode on the Krrish films: A Little Bit of That Jadoo Magic: Krrish with Brandon Schatz
Why didn't they talk about Kites (apart from the obvious reasons)
INTERVAL: ("Ek Pal Ka Jeena", from Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai)
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
Being replaced by a better, richer version of yourself, this is basically The Substance
The double role gimmick works better when there's reincarnation or direct family ties
We want more Ameesha Patel movie recs
NEXT TIME: Madhuri Madness 2025

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1h 16min
February 09, 2025161: Anil Kapoor's 2000s: Bulandi, Calcutta Mail, and Welcome
We return to our Anil Kapoor decades series with three films from the 2000s: a double role, an action mystery, and an ensemble comedy.

Show notes:
Anil Kapoor's 80s and 90s
Moving from lead actor to ensemble films
Aesthetic shifts in 2000s Bollywood
Reflecting on Slumdog Millionaire and its impact
Bulandi
Remake of Nattamai
"Gourd scene"
Songs: "Saari Duniya Mein," "Teri Meri Ik Jind," and "Ab Bujho Ri Bujho"
We don't know Raveena Tandon
INTERVAL ("Teri Akhiyon Main" from Bulandi)
Calcutta Mail
It's a remake of Choodalani Vundi, Erin apologizes for completely butchering that title
Hong Kong vibes
The "dead wife" home movie
Song: "Kahan Pe Meri Jaan Jaogi"
Welcome
Inspired by Mickey Blue Eyes
Will we watch Welcome to the Jungle?
Songs: "Honth Rasiley" and "Welcome"
We forgot Irrfan was in Slumdog Millionaire, as we noted we haven't seen it since it came out
NEXT TIME: The Roshans

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1h 10min
January 16, 2025160: 2024 Year End Review
2024 has come and gone, and before we start to get excited about what movies the new year will bring us, we must first look back at the highs and the lows of Bollywood’s past six months.

Show notes:
Munjya
Bad Newz
Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba
Khel Khel Mein
Stree 2
The Buckingham Murders
INTERVAL ("B(h)adass" from CTRL)
CTRL
Jigra
Do Patti
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
Singham Again
Baby John

NEXT TIME: Anil Kapoor's 2000s

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2h 3min
October 23, 2024159: Halloween X: Vicious Voyeurs, or Ram Gopal Varma Strikes Again
Hindi Horror Halloween turns 10! And for this landmark entry in our longest running series, we're going back to the beginning and giving horror auteur Ram Gopal Varma another chance... to scare us!

Show notes:
This our tenth Hindi Horror Halloween!
We still know nothing about Ram Gopal Varma
Bollywood Drafts
Erin thinks Matt just remembers that David Cronenberg made a film with Marilyn Chambers
Raat
Sam Raimi's shaky cam
How this movie redefined Bollywood horror
INTERVAL ("Barbie Girl" from Kaun?)
Kaun?
The horror of being home alone
Manoj Bajpayee just wants a sandwich and to watch TV
Ittefaq and Signpost to Murder
NEXT TIME: We are taking a break, see you in December!

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47min

FAQs about Bollywood is For Lovers:

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