We welcome Kathy Gibson (https://twitter.com/kathyfgibson) of Access Bollywood (https://accessbollywood.net/) to discuss two martial arts films as well as covering Hindi cinema with a Western lens.
Show Notes:
Listen to Kathy on the Split Screen Podcast with Shah Shahid! (http://blankpagebeatdown.com/category/split-screen/)
Access Bollywood’s streaming lists: Netflix (https://accessbollywood.net/bollywood-movies-streaming-on-netflix/), Amazon (https://accessbollywood.net/bollywood-movies-streaming-on-amazon-prime/), Heera (https://accessbollywood.net/bollywood-movies-streaming-on-amazons-heera-channel/)
How the Hindi and Indian film industries have benefited from streaming services
The ups and downs of Eros Now (http://erosnow.com/)
The public library is still the best resource around
Does anyone understand cricket?
Josh Larsen of Larsen On Film (http://www.larsenonfilm.com/)
Lack of local media coverage for Hindi cinema
Access Bollywood’s Bollywood Box Office (https://accessbollywood.net/category/box-office-2/)
South Indian ticket pricing
MovieMavenGal (https://moviemavengal.com/)
American versus Canadian film tastes
Reviewing Hindi cinema as an outsider
(INTERVAL (“Cham Cham https://youtu.be/f6vY6tYvKGA” from Baaghi)
Martial arts in Bollywood (there aren’t that many)
Kalaripayattu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalaripayattu)
Vidyut Jammwal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidyut_Jammwal)
Asian filmmaking traditions: India versus East Asia
Commando: A One Man Army (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando:_A_One_Man_Army)
First Blood (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Blood)
“Saawan Bairi (https://youtu.be/3nIFEKebpcs )” and “Lena Dena (https://youtu.be/D_3tB85ba-k)”
Baaghi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baaghi_(2016_film))
So bad it’s good?
The most idiotic hero and heroine
The economics of underground fighting leagues
Tiger Shroff (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Shroff) and Shraddha Kapoor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shraddha_Kapoor)
A Flying Jatt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Flying_Jatt)
The Raid Redemption (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raid_(2011_film))
Kazu Patrick Tang’s wig (http://kungfukingdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Kazu-Patrick-Tang-Dragonwolf-2.jpg)
Xenophobic portrayal of Thailand
Tiger Shroff’s star potential and nepotistic expectations
NEXT TIME: We’re joined by CJSR DJ Piyush Patel to discuss the films of Mani Ratnam.
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