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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December 11, 201989: Live. Die. Repeat: Ra.One and Game Over with Ben Gelinas
Fire up the PS4, in this episode we’re joined by game developer Ben Gelinas to discuss a pair of films about video games intruding on the real world.

Show Notes:
Welcome Ben Gelinas!
Speed Dating For Ghosts
Ra.One
Pour one out for Akashi
But is this an accurate portrayal of game development?
The Japanese Enthiran/Robot trailer
Did Shah Rukh Khan invent twerking: “Criminal”
(INTERVAL (“Chammak Challo” from Ra.One)
Game Over (CW: violence against women, sexual assault)
Giallo films
Surprise, this is the most accurate gamedev movie?
The Last House on the Left
SPOILER ZONE for Game Over (1:13:08 till end)

NEXT TIME: The Dabangg series

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#Ra.One, #AnubhavSinha, #ShahRukhKhan, #KareenaKapoor, #ArjunRampal, #ArmaanVerma, #GameOver, #TaapseePannu, #AshwinSaravanan, #VinodhiniVaidyanathan, #Bollywood #IndianCinema, #Kollywood
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1h 39min
November 27, 201988: Playing With The Past: Gandhi and Rang De Basanti with Torrey Dance
In an effort to engage more with 20th Century Indian history, we play a board game about the Indian Independence movement and discuss Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s 2006 film Rang De Basanti.

Show Notes:
Welcome Torrey Dance!
If you’d like to skip the board game talk, jump to 48:21
What we were taught about the decolonization of India
Gandhi: The Decolonization of British India, 1917-1947
COIN Series
(INTERVAL (“Rang De Basanti” from Rang De Basanti)
Rang De Basanti
Awards aspirations
Indian revolutionaries
New Kings of the World by Fatima Bhutto
Arranged! and SHASN

NEXT TIME: Ra. One and Game Over

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#Gandhi, #GandhiTheDecolonizationofBritishIndia, #COIN, #COINGame, #BoardGame, #WarGame, #RangDeBasanti, #GMTGames, #RakeyshOmprakashMehra, #AamirKhan, #SiddharthNarayan, #KunalKapoor, #SohaAliKhan, #SharmanJoshi, #AlicePatten, #R.Madhavan, #WaheedaRehman, #AnupamKher, #KirronKher, #OmPuri, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema
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1h 41min
November 13, 201987: Out Of The Past: Madhumati and Woh Kaun Thi?
As the days grow shorter, we plunge ourselves into darkness and celebrate our favourite movie watching month, Noirvember, with two moody thrillers.

Show Notes:
Our Noirvember playlist
What exactly is film noir? hint: it’s not a genre
Mr. & Mrs. 55: Defining Bollywood Film Noir
Madhumati
Our first Bimal Roy and our first Vyjayanthimala
“Aaja Re Pardesi Main,” “Zulmi Sang Aankh Ladi,” “Dil Tadap Tadap Ke,” “Ghadi Ghadi Meraa Dil,” and “Chadh Gayo Papi Bichua”
(INTERVAL (“Tiki Riki Tiki Riki” from Woh Kaun Thi?)
Woh Kaun Thi?
The most noir Hindi film?
“Chodkar Tere Pyar Ka Daman,” “Lag Jaa Gale,” “Aap Kyon Royen,” and “Shokh Nazar Ki Bijliyaan”
Remake?

NEXT TIME: Gandhi: The Decolonization Of British India and Rang De Basanti

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#Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #Noirvember, #FilmNoir, #Madhumati, #BimalRoy, #DilipKumar, #Vyjayanthimala, #Pran, #JohnnyWalker, #LataMangeshkar, #WohKaunThi, #RajKhosla, #Sadhana, #ManojKumar, #K.N.Singh, #Helen, #PremChopra
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56min
October 31, 2019Halloween V: Typewriter, or Dedflix and Kill
It’s time for our fifth annual Hindi Horror Halloween episode, hosted by a not-so-spooky Erin and an actual vampire. This year we’re crossing over with our Netflix and Dil series to discuss Sujoy Ghosh’s supernatural ghost hunting series Typewriter.

Show Notes:
Welcome home Matt!
Our past Hindi Horror Halloween episodes, Netflix and Dil episodes, and that one on Anushka Sharma
Do horror films need to scare us to be successful? and yes, we debate this every year
Typewriter
Comparisons to Stranger Things and Scooby-Doo
“Christian Horror” by Renegade Cut
Our lamest Halloween episode yet…

NEXT TIME: Noirvember

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#Typewriter, #Netflix, #Halloween, #Bollywood, #HindiTV #SujoyGhosh,#PalomiGhosh, #SameerKochhar, #AarnaSharma, #JisshuSengupta,#AbhishekBanerjee, #PurabKholi
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41min
October 10, 2019Supplemental Episode 7: All Aboard the Taj Express
We discuss the dance theatre production Taj Express, which kicked off the 53rd season of Alberta Ballet and is currently touring North America.

Show Notes:
Thank you ronil_u!
Alberta Ballet
The Merchants of Bollywood: Shruti Merchant, Vaibhavi Merchant, and B. Hiralal Merchant
“The Disco Song” from Student of The Year and “Dholi Taaro Dhole Baaje” from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Taj Express

NEXT TIME: Typewriter

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#Bollywood, #Dance, #TajExpress, #ShrutiMerchant, #VaibhaviMerchant, #AlbertaBallet, #MusicalTheatre
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38min
September 30, 2019Supplemental Episode 6: The Stars of Taj Express
Taj Express has just kicked off their Canada and US tour in Calgary, ahead of their Edmonton dates Matt sat down with the stars to welcome them to Canada and discuss the exciting and unique Bollywood-inspired show.

Show Notes:
Taj Express and Alberta Ballet
Ninad Samaddar and Tanvi Patil
Calgary White Hat

NEXT TIME: Taj Express

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#Bollywood, #TajExpress, #AlbertaBallet #NinadSamaddar, #TanviPatil, #ShrutiMerchant, #VaibhaviMerchant, #MusicalTheatre, #Dance
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24min
September 24, 201986: Double O Sexy: Bang Bang! and A Gentleman, brought to you by Pizza Hut
In honour of Siddharth Anand’s War coming out in a week, we thought we’d treat ourselves to a pair of sexy, globetrotting action movies.

Show Notes:
Are we even looking forward to War?
Knight and Day (Split Screen Podcast Episode 3 - The Tom Cruise of Bollywood)
Bang Bang!
Songs: “Tu Meri,” “UFF,” and “Meherbaan”
Katrina Kaif is all of us
Access Bollywood scribe Kathy Gibson spoke with the guy who works at the Pizza Hut
(INTERVAL (“Bang Bang” from Bang Bang!)
A Gentleman
Initech
Matt was too sleepy to call the twist
Songs: “Chandralekha,” “Baat Ban Jaye,” and “Disco Disco”
Self-awareness of the genre

NEXT TIME: Taj Express

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#War, #SiddharthAnand, #HrithikRoshan, #BangBang!, #KatrinaKaif, #DannyDenzongpa, #JavedJaffrey, #JimmySheirgill, #Raj&DK, #SidharthMalhotra, #JacquelineFernandez, #DarshanKumaar, #SunielShetty, #Bollywood, #PizzaHut
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50min
September 10, 2019Netflix and Dil: Sacred Games Season Two, or Game Over?
Our favourite streaming show, Sacred Games, is back for its second and potentially last season! We catch up with Gaitonde and Inspector Sartaj as they continue to try and stop the nuking of Mumbai.

Show Notes:
Our Netflix and Dil playlist
Thank you lalaland4905!
Sacred Games
Neeraj Ghaywan

NEXT TIME: a pair of fun and sexy action movies

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#SacredGames, #AnuragKashyap, #VikramadityaMotwane, #NeerajGhaywan, #SaifAliKhan, #NawazuddinSiddiqui, #PankajTripathi, #KalkiKoechlin, #RanvirShorey, #AmrutaSubhash, #NeerajKabi, #JatinSarna, #ElnaazNorouzi, #LukeKenny, #ChittaranjanTripathy, #SurveenChawla, #GirishKulkarni, #Bollywood
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48min
August 28, 201985: Anil Kapoor’s 80s: Mashaal, Chameli Ki Shaadi, and Tezaab
We love our listeners, we love them so much that when they suggest great episode ideas we turn them into a series! Join us for our first episode covering the films of Anil Kapoor, starting off with three features from the 1980s.

Show Notes:
Thank you Mandy K R!
Thank you for suggesting this episode Bollylitsa and everyone who recommended films!
Anil Kapoor was born on a lucky day
Split Screen Podcast: The Hollywood Remake Of ‘Parinda’
Mashaal
Songs: “Foot Pathon Ke Hum,” “Holi Aayi Re,” “Mujhe Tum Yaad Karna,” and “Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Mein”
(INTERVAL (“Ek Do Teen” from Tezaab)
Chameli Ki Shaadi
Come for AK, stay for Amrita Singh
Songs: “Utar Aayi Akhade Mein,” “Tu Jahan Bhi Chalega,” “Mohabbat Ke Dushman,” and “Peena Haraam Hai”
Tezaab
Streets Of Fire
Songs: “Kehdo Ke Tum Ho Meri Warna,” “Ek Do Teen Char,” and “So Gaya Yeh Jahan”

NEXT TIME: Sacred Games Season 2

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#AnilKapoor, #YashChopra, #JavedAkhtar, #DilipKumar, #Mashaal, #WaheedaRehman, #RatiAgnihotri, #GulshanGrover, #AmrishPuri, #ChameliKiShaadi, #BasuChatterjee, #AmritaSingh, #AmjadKhan, #PankajKapoor, #Tezaab, #NChandra, #MaduriDixit, #AnupamKher, #ChunkyPandey, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #Podcast
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1h 9min
August 06, 201984: Ladies Be Angry: Gulaab Gang, Akira, & Mom
You’ve heard of the Angry Young Man, but what do men really have to be angry about anyways? In this episode we discuss three films where women get angry and then get even.

Show Notes:
Thank you lilianmeere!
Women have a lot to be upset about
Gulaab Gang
Sampat Pal Devi
Girl on girl conflict
Songs: “Dheemi Dheemi Si“ and “Rang Se Hui”
(INTERVAL (“Gulaabi” from Gulaab Gang)
Akira (not Akira)
Mouna Guru
But can Anurag Kashyap act?
Mom
Sridevi’s last film
Rape/revenge films

NEXT TIME: 1980s Anil Kapoor

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#GulaabGang, #SoumikSen, #MadhuriDixit, #JuhiChawla #TannishthaChatterjee, #DivyaJagdale, #PriyankaBose, #Akira, #ARMurugadoss, #SonakshiSinha, #KonkonaSenSharma, #AnuragKashyap, #AmitSadh, #Mom, #RaviUdyawar, #Sridevi, #NawazuddinSiddiqui, #AkshayeKhanna, #SajalAli, #AdnanSiddiqui, #Bollywood
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1h 10min

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