Bollywood is For Lovers

We welcome Shah Shahid of Blank Page Beatdown (http://www.blankpagebeatdown.com/) and the Split Screen Podcast (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/split-screen-podcast/id1056295660?mt=2) to discuss one of our favourite underrated stars, Randeep Hooda (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randeep_Hooda)

Show Notes:

Thank you filmilibrarian for the review!

The influx of Bollywood podcasts

The genesis of the Split Screen Podcast

Insight into high school Matt and Erin (and Shah and his wife, awww)

Media comprehension skills we take for granted

Edmonton Bollywood fans ask Cineplex to screen Hindi and Punjabi language films on south side (http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2016/08/24/edmonton-bollywood-fans-ask-cineplex-to-screen-hindi-and-punjabi-language-films-on-south-side)

Cineplex says it won’t play Tamil film Kabali at its theatres due to safety concerns (http://www.citynews.ca/2016/07/14/cineplex-says-it-wont-play-tamil-film-kabali-at-its-theatres-due-to-safety-concerns/)

Monsoon Wedding (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsoon_Wedding) and D (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_(film))

Highway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_(2014_Hindi_film)) (so many feels)

The bulge effect

INTERVAL (“Jab Chaye Tera Jadoo (https://youtu.be/qLBUiCssD44)” from Main Aur Charles)

John Day (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Day_(film))

German-Russian actress Elena Kazan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Kazan)

Too much exposition and not enough cohesion

Forced biryani overdose

Catholic overtones, maybe from the original Spanish film (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325145/)

Main Aur Charles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Aur_Charles)

Charles Sobhraj aka The Bikini Killer aka The Serpent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sobhraj)

Charisma and pulling off a terrible look (http://static.koimoi.com/wp-content/new-galleries/2015/09/trailer-launch-of-movie-main-aur-charles-7.jpg)

Convoluted editing

Can Randeep Hooda dance? (https://youtu.be/9WfgCE0Yn7Y)

Accents are hard

Female objectification and point of view

Bombay Talkies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Talkies_(film))

Character actor or art house performer?

NEXT TIME: we celebrate Noirvember with two classic Bollywood films noir and Neale Barnholden (https://twitter.com/nealpolitan)

Find us on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers/id1036988030?mt=2)! and Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers)! and audioBoom (https://audioboom.com/channel/bollywood-is-for-lovers)!

Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/BollywoodPod)! Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodIsForLovers/)!

#RandeepHooda #MonsoonWedding #Highway #JohnDay #NaseeruddinShah #ElenaKazan #MainAurCharles #CharlesSobrahj #RichaChadda #BombayTalkies

To get us in the Halloween spirit, we look at two horror films starring Bollywood’s reigning scream queen Bipasha Basu.

Show Notes:

We are now available on Indian iTunes

Thanks to Tilottama Biswas for the review

Horror as a niche genre

Planet Money Episode 650: The Scariest Thing in Hollywood

Scream Queens

Bipasha Basu

Should we review Bollywood workout videos?

Creature 3D

Imran Abbas as a fake Booker Prize winning writer

Don’t be the guy that brings the guitar to the party

The creature is a Brahmaraksha, we have no idea if this is a real legend or not (the Wendigo is!)

The creature’s design and roar

Kathy Gibson’s review

INTERVAL (”Katra Katra” from Alone)

Alone

Karan Singh Grover as Bips’ on-screen (and off-screen) husband

Bipasha Basu’s skin is flawless

How to film a exorcism without objectifying the possessed woman

Bollywood Bloodbath and “He Meet Me In The Guest House”

Conjoined twins; real life is a lot more frightening than this film

NEXT TIME: We welcome Shah Shahid of Blank Page Beatdown and the Split Screen Podcast to discuss Randeep Hooda

Find us on iTunes! and Stitcher! and audioBoom!

Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook!

#screamqueen #bipashabasu #creature3d #imranabbas #mukuldev #vikrambhatt #karansinghgrover #alone #bollywood #bollywoodpodcast #bollywoodisforlovers

To get us in the Halloween spirit, we look at two horror films starring Bollywood’s reigning scream queen Bipasha Basu.

Show Notes:

We are now available on Indian iTunes

Thanks to Tilottama Biswas for the review

Horror as a niche genre

Planet Money Episode 650: The Scariest Thing in Hollywood

Scream Queens

Bipasha Basu

Should we review Bollywood workout videos?

Creature 3D

Imran Abbas as a fake Booker Prize winning writer

Don’t be the guy that brings the guitar to the party

The creature is a Brahmaraksha, we have no idea if this is a real legend or not (the Wendigo is!)

The creature’s design and roar

Kathy Gibson’s review

INTERVAL (”Katra Katra” from Alone)

Alone

Karan Singh Grover as Bips’ on-screen (and off-screen) husband

Bipasha Basu’s skin is flawless

How to film a exorcism without objectifying the possessed woman

Bollywood Bloodbath and “He Meet Me In The Guest House”

Conjoined twins; real life is a lot more frightening than this film

NEXT TIME: We welcome Shah Shahid of Blank Page Beatdown and the Split Screen Podcast to discuss Randeep Hooda

Find us on iTunes! and Stitcher! and audioBoom!

Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook!

#screamqueen #bipashabasu #creature3d #imranabbas #mukuldev #vikrambhatt #karansinghgrover #alone #bollywood #bollywoodpodcast #bollywoodisforlovers

To get us in the Halloween spirit, we look at two horror films starring Bollywood’s reigning scream queen Bipasha Basu.

Show Notes:

We are now available on Indian iTunes

Thanks to Tilottama Biswas for the review

Horror as a niche genre

Planet Money Episode 650: The Scariest Thing in Hollywood

Scream Queens

Bipasha Basu

Should we review Bollywood workout videos?

Creature 3D

Imran Abbas as a fake Booker Prize winning writer

Don’t be the guy that brings the guitar to the party

The creature is a Brahmaraksha, we have no idea if this is a real legend or not (the Wendigo is!)

The creature’s design and roar

Kathy Gibson’s review

INTERVAL (”Katra Katra” from Alone)

Alone

Karan Singh Grover as Bips’ on-screen (and off-screen) husband

Bipasha Basu’s skin is flawless

How to film a exorcism without objectifying the possessed woman

Bollywood Bloodbath and “He Meet Me In The Guest House”

Conjoined twins; real life is a lot more frightening than this film

NEXT TIME: We welcome Shah Shahid of Blank Page Beatdown and the Split Screen Podcast to discuss Randeep Hooda

Find us on iTunes! and Stitcher! and audioBoom!

Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook!

#screamqueen #bipashabasu #creature3d #imranabbas #mukuldev #vikrambhatt #karansinghgrover #alone #bollywood #bollywoodpodcast #bollywoodisforlovers

We welcome back film critic Danny Bowes (http://www.bydannybowes.com/) to discuss Abbas-Mustan’s Race duology.

Show Notes:

We are not talking about the Jesse Owens film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(2016_film))

High-art versus high-entertainment

Matt didn’t see the plot twists coming!

Race (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(2008_film))

Ranvir Singh versus Ranveer Singh

Akshaye Khanna steals Bipasha Basu from Saif Ali Khan at a party: “Dekho Hashe Mein (https://youtu.be/41wHHp1L1-4)”

Hardboiled plot machinations

Saif Ali Khan ex-machina and star charisma

Comparisons to Don (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_(2006_Hindi_film) ) and Dhoom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoom)

Katrina Kaif dancing: “Zara Zara Touch Me (https://youtu.be/Sv_kEdNwYtQ)” and “Khwab Dekha (https://youtu.be/6FuItxLckvA)”

INTERVAL (”Allah Duhai Hai (https://youtu.be/Cmpd1uxqr7E)” from Race 2, also there’s a Race version (https://youtu.be/n-bsPnT5ZpQ))

Rcae 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_2)

Sibling rivalries

…and beach parties (https://youtu.be/VpCQaoQO2qE)!

Underground pit fights

What is the race?

Even MORE plot twists

Eric Roberts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Roberts)?

Oh right, the Shroud of Turin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin)

Will there be a Race 3?

Matt’s Lupin III (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupin_the_Third) comparison

Why show a character trained in weaponry but not use her?

Anil Kapoor’s 24 stint

NEXT TIME: Two films starring Bollywood’s scream queen Bipasha Basu

Find us on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers/id1036988030?mt=2)! and Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers)!

Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/BollywoodPod)! Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodIsForLovers/)!

#Race #Race2 #AbbasMustan #SaifAliKhan #BipashaBasu #AkshayeKhanna #AnilKapoor #KatrinaKaif #JohnAbraham #DeepikaPadukone #JacquelineFernandez

We welcome back film critic Danny Bowes (http://www.bydannybowes.com/) to discuss Abbas-Mustan’s Race duology.

Show Notes:

We are not talking about the Jesse Owens film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(2016_film))

High-art versus high-entertainment

Matt didn’t see the plot twists coming!

Race (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(2008_film))

Ranvir Singh versus Ranveer Singh

Akshaye Khanna steals Bipasha Basu from Saif Ali Khan at a party: “Dekho Hashe Mein (https://youtu.be/41wHHp1L1-4)”

Hardboiled plot machinations

Saif Ali Khan ex-machina and star charisma

Comparisons to Don (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_(2006_Hindi_film) ) and Dhoom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoom)

Katrina Kaif dancing: “Zara Zara Touch Me (https://youtu.be/Sv_kEdNwYtQ)” and “Khwab Dekha (https://youtu.be/6FuItxLckvA)”

INTERVAL (”Allah Duhai Hai (https://youtu.be/Cmpd1uxqr7E)” from Race 2, also there’s a Race version (https://youtu.be/n-bsPnT5ZpQ))

Rcae 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_2)

Sibling rivalries

…and beach parties (https://youtu.be/VpCQaoQO2qE)!

Underground pit fights

What is the race?

Even MORE plot twists

Eric Roberts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Roberts)?

Oh right, the Shroud of Turin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin)

Will there be a Race 3?

Matt’s Lupin III (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupin_the_Third) comparison

Why show a character trained in weaponry but not use her?

Anil Kapoor’s 24 stint

NEXT TIME: Two films starring Bollywood’s scream queen Bipasha Basu

Find us on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers/id1036988030?mt=2)! and Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers)!

Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/BollywoodPod)! Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodIsForLovers/)!

#Race #Race2 #AbbasMustan #SaifAliKhan #BipashaBasu #AkshayeKhanna #AnilKapoor #KatrinaKaif #JohnAbraham #DeepikaPadukone #JacquelineFernandez

To celebrate the podcast’s first anniversary we reflect on the past year before turning our focus to one of Hindi cinema’s most iconic and celebrated films, Lagaan.

Show Notes:

Happy anniversary to Bollywood is For Lovers and thank you to all of our guests and listeners!

Understanding and appreciating popular cinema versus art house

Western film criticism’s bias by omission towards Bollywood

BBC’s The 21st Century’s 100 greatest films (http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films)

Arbitrary markers of cinematic quality

Forbes’ The World’s Highest-Paid Actors 2016 (http://www.forbes.com/actors/#130fee382740) (also Erin meant Andy Lau, who doesn’t seem to appear on the list this year, but he did last year)

Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagaan)

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film)

(INTERVAL (“Chale Chalo (https://youtu.be/LQmHKl3oNu0)” from Lagaan)

Comparisons to Sergio Leone (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Leone) and Akira Kurosawa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa), and John Ford (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ford)

We’ve been watching Hindi films for a year and can speak a handful of words, but Elizabeth Russell learns Hindi overnight

The team as a microcosm for India

Things that Matt learned about cricket

Songs: “Ghanan Ghanan (https://youtu.be/GmCn31pq8i0),” “Radha Kaise Na Jale (https://youtu.be/qNnvL0ztJhA),” “O Rey Chhori (https://youtu.be/3PIKesjmQTs),” and “O Paalanhaare (https://youtu.be/kbMinfmC3E0)”

NEXT TIME: We welcome back Danny Bowes (https://twitter.com/bybowes) to discuss Race (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(2008_film)) and Race 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_2)

Find us on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers/id1036988030?mt=2)! and Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers)!

Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/BollywoodPod)! Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodIsForLovers/)!

#Lagaan #AamirKhan #GracySingh #RachelShelley #PaulBlackthorne #AshutoshGowariker #ARRahman #BestForeignLanguageFilm #AcademyAwards #Oscars #Bollywood #BollywoodPodcast #BollywoodisForLovers

To celebrate the podcast’s first anniversary we reflect on the past year before turning our focus to one of Hindi cinema’s most iconic and celebrated films, Lagaan.

Show Notes:

Happy anniversary to Bollywood is For Lovers and thank you to all of our guests and listeners!

Understanding and appreciating popular cinema versus art house

Western film criticism’s bias by omission towards Bollywood

BBC’s The 21st Century’s 100 greatest films (http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films)

Arbitrary markers of cinematic quality

Forbes’ The World’s Highest-Paid Actors 2016 (http://www.forbes.com/actors/#130fee382740) (also Erin meant Andy Lau, who doesn’t seem to appear on the list this year, but he did last year)

Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagaan)

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film)

(INTERVAL (“Chale Chalo (https://youtu.be/LQmHKl3oNu0)” from Lagaan)

Comparisons to Sergio Leone (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Leone) and Akira Kurosawa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa), and John Ford (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ford)

We’ve been watching Hindi films for a year and can speak a handful of words, but Elizabeth Russell learns Hindi overnight

The team as a microcosm for India

Things that Matt learned about cricket

Songs: “Ghanan Ghanan (https://youtu.be/GmCn31pq8i0),” “Radha Kaise Na Jale (https://youtu.be/qNnvL0ztJhA),” “O Rey Chhori (https://youtu.be/3PIKesjmQTs),” and “O Paalanhaare (https://youtu.be/kbMinfmC3E0)”

NEXT TIME: We welcome back Danny Bowes (https://twitter.com/bybowes) to discuss Race (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(2008_film)) and Race 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_2)

Find us on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers/id1036988030?mt=2)! and Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers)!

Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/BollywoodPod)! Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodIsForLovers/)!

#Lagaan #AamirKhan #GracySingh #RachelShelley #PaulBlackthorne #AshutoshGowariker #ARRahman #BestForeignLanguageFilm #AcademyAwards #Oscars #Bollywood #BollywoodPodcast #BollywoodisForLovers

We welcome fellow Edmonton podcasters and funny people The Movie Jerks (http://www.themoviejerks.ca/) on to discuss Jism and Jism 2.

Show Notes:

Welcome to The Movie Jerks and our lost collaboration episode

Aśoka (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%9Boka_(film)) and Saawariya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saawariya)

Liking movies that flop

Shawn Gramiak’s desire to be beat up by Salman Khan

How Bollywood challenges western perceptions of quality cinema

Cinematography, colour, and travelogues

Jism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jism_(2003_film)) (remake of Body Heat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Heat), which is itself a remake of Double Indemnity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Indemnity_(film))

John Abraham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Abraham_(actor)) and Bipasha Basu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipasha_Basu)

Channel 4 poll of the 100 sexiest film scenes (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Jism-among-hottest-in-UK-poll/articleshow/362453.cms?referral=PM)

Sexual tension (https://youtu.be/wK4fHX9K6Q4)

(INTERVAL (“Maula (https://youtu.be/yqiNOCfn-wU)” from Jism 2)

· Jism 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jism_2)

· Arunoday Singh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arunoday_Singh)

· Unreliable subtitles

· Sunny Leone’s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Leone) debut

· The Jism cinematic universe and thematic sequels

· Objectification of the female body

· Chemistry between Randeep Hooda (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randeep_Hooda) and Leone (https://youtu.be/FzjRz4ijgCM)

· Beeba Boys (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeba_Boys)

NEXT TIME: For our first anniversary we’re looking at one of the most iconic and acclaimed Bollywood films of all time, Lagaan

Find us on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers/id1036988030?mt=2)! and Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers)! and audioBoom (https://audioboom.com/channel/bollywood-is-for-lovers)!

Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/BollywoodPod)! Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodIsForLovers)!

#Jism #JohnAbraham #BipashaBasu #Jism2 #SunnyLeone #RandeepHooda #Arunoday Singh #Bollywood #Bollywoodpodcast #BollywoodisforLovers

We welcome fellow Edmonton podcasters and funny people The Movie Jerks (http://www.themoviejerks.ca/) on to discuss Jism and Jism 2.

Show Notes:

Welcome to The Movie Jerks and our lost collaboration episode

Aśoka (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%9Boka_(film)) and Saawariya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saawariya)

Liking movies that flop

Shawn Gramiak’s desire to be beat up by Salman Khan

How Bollywood challenges western perceptions of quality cinema

Cinematography, colour, and travelogues

Jism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jism_(2003_film)) (remake of Body Heat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Heat), which is itself a remake of Double Indemnity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Indemnity_(film))

John Abraham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Abraham_(actor)) and Bipasha Basu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipasha_Basu)

Channel 4 poll of the 100 sexiest film scenes (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Jism-among-hottest-in-UK-poll/articleshow/362453.cms?referral=PM)

Sexual tension (https://youtu.be/wK4fHX9K6Q4)

(INTERVAL (“Maula (https://youtu.be/yqiNOCfn-wU)” from Jism 2)

· Jism 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jism_2)

· Arunoday Singh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arunoday_Singh)

· Unreliable subtitles

· Sunny Leone’s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Leone) debut

· The Jism cinematic universe and thematic sequels

· Objectification of the female body

· Chemistry between Randeep Hooda (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randeep_Hooda) and Leone (https://youtu.be/FzjRz4ijgCM)

· Beeba Boys (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeba_Boys)

NEXT TIME: For our first anniversary we’re looking at one of the most iconic and acclaimed Bollywood films of all time, Lagaan

Find us on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers/id1036988030?mt=2)! and Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers)! and audioBoom (https://audioboom.com/channel/bollywood-is-for-lovers)!

Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/BollywoodPod)! Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodIsForLovers)!

#Jism #JohnAbraham #BipashaBasu #Jism2 #SunnyLeone #RandeepHooda #Arunoday Singh #Bollywood #Bollywoodpodcast #BollywoodisforLovers