Somehow we are more than halfway through 2023, which means it's time for the midyear review where we discuss 11 Hindi-language films that have come out so far this year.

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Pathaan (Supplemental 14)

INTERVAL ("Bandaa Title Track" from Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai)

Next time: Netflix and Dil Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo

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It's been a rough year so far for Bollywood, but luckily there are plenty of new streaming shows that have caught our attention, some might say too many though. That means 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!

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NEXT TIME: 2023 Midyear Review

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We welcome Canadian musician and playback singer Shashaa Tirupati on to discuss her career in Indian cinema, as well as winning a National Film Award and what it's like to work with A.R. Rahman and other top composers.

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Shashaa Tirupati and her Youtube channel

NEXT TIME: Pilot Season Part 2

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Strap in Lovers, we’re going on an international chase to catch Asia’s biggest criminal mastermind, Don. 

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Petronas Towers, as seen in Entrapment

(INTERVAL (“Aaj Ki Raat” from Don: The Chase Begins Again)

Hallo Berlin!

Mission: Impossible similarities

Next time: Pilot Season Vol. 2

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We go back to the swinging sixties to get our groove on and maybe solve a murder or two, or ten, if we don’t end up dead ourselves!

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Ghost World and And Then There Were None

(INTERVAL (“Jaan Pehechan Ho” from Gumnaam)

Laxmi Chhaya returns!

Next time: Don and Don 2

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We go back to the golden age of filmmaking in Bombay with Vikramaditya Motwane’s period drama Jubilee.

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Next time: 60s murder mysteries

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Who better to play actors in Bollywood, than Bollywood actors? We discuss two films that present a very different take on the lifestyles of working screen actors.

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(INTERVAL (“Aap Jaisa Koi” from An Action Hero)

Next time: Vikramaditya Motwane’s Jubilee

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In our second annual Madhuri Madness we discuss two awards-nominated performances from the early 90s.

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(INTERVAL (“Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai” from Khalnayak)

Next time: actors playing actors

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We welcome The Romantics director Smriti Mundhra on to discuss her new Netflix docuseries on Yash Raj Films, Bollywood stars' bookshelves, the nepotism question, and whether Befikre will ever find its audience. 

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NEXT TIME: Madhuri Madness

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We go behind the scenes to learn about the making of some of Hindi cinema’s most famous and infamous films with two new docuseries.

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NEXT TIME: Madhuri Madness!

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