Bollywood is For Lovers

In this episode we summarize the highlights and lowlights of the year’s films so far and look ahead to the second half of 2016.

Show Notes:

· Matt on Letterboxd (https://letterboxd.com/mattbowes/)

· Thank you for all of the kind words, we appreciate them so much

· Erin was on the Split Screen podcast (http://www.blankpagebeatdown.com/split-screen-podcast-episode-13-bollywood-director-remakes-own-movie-in-hollywood/)

· We’re sad to have lost Anton Yelchin (go see Green Room)

· Wazir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wazir_(film))

· Kathy Gibson’s review (https://accessbollywood.net/2016/01/08/movie-review-wazir-2016/)

· Airlift (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlift_(film))

· Mastizaade (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastizaade)

· Fitoor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitoor)

· “Pashmina” (https://youtu.be/uxTXp0-iZrY) Note: this dance is not in the film

· Katrina Kaif’s red hair (http://www.indicine.com/img/2015/05/Katrina-Kaif-at-Cannes-2015.jpg)

· Neerja (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neerja)

· Sonam Kapoor at Cannes (http://im.rediff.com/movies/2016/may/16sonam-kapoor2.jpg)

· Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapoor_%26_Sons))

· Highest Grossing Indie Films of 2016 (http://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/the-20-highest-grossing-indies-of-2016-a-running-list-21839/)

(INTERVAL (“Jabra Fan” from Fan)

· Ki & Ka (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki_%26_Ka)

· Fan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_(film))

· Transforming SRK into his own fan (https://youtu.be/G5JMoRx_QyM)

· Housefull 3 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housefull_3)

· We still have to see Sarbjit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarbjit_(film)) and Udta Punjab (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udta_Punjab)

· Raman Raghav 2.0 trailer (https://youtu.be/xq1cEmhVa68)

· July: Sultan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_(2016_film)), Great Grand Masti (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Grand_Masti), Dishoom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishoom)

· August: Mohenjo Daro (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo_Daro_(film)), Banjo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_(2016_film))

· September: Baar Baar Dekho (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baar_Baar_Dekho), Akira (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(2016_Hindi_film)), M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.S._Dhoni:_The_Untold_Story) (we forgot to mention this)

· October: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ae_Dil_Hai_Mushkil)

· November: Rock On!! 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_On!!_2), Kahaani 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahaani_2)

· December: Befikre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befikre), Dangal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangal_(film))

NEXT TIME: three films shot in our home province of Alberta

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In this episode we summarize the highlights and lowlights of the year’s films so far and look ahead to the second half of 2016.

Show Notes:

· Matt on Letterboxd (https://letterboxd.com/mattbowes/)

· Thank you for all of the kind words, we appreciate them so much

· Erin was on the Split Screen podcast (http://www.blankpagebeatdown.com/split-screen-podcast-episode-13-bollywood-director-remakes-own-movie-in-hollywood/)

· We’re sad to have lost Anton Yelchin (go see Green Room)

· Wazir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wazir_(film))

· Kathy Gibson’s review (https://accessbollywood.net/2016/01/08/movie-review-wazir-2016/)

· Airlift (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlift_(film))

· Mastizaade (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastizaade)

· Fitoor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitoor)

· “Pashmina” (https://youtu.be/uxTXp0-iZrY) Note: this dance is not in the film

· Katrina Kaif’s red hair (http://www.indicine.com/img/2015/05/Katrina-Kaif-at-Cannes-2015.jpg)

· Neerja (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neerja)

· Sonam Kapoor at Cannes (http://im.rediff.com/movies/2016/may/16sonam-kapoor2.jpg)

· Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapoor_%26_Sons))

· Highest Grossing Indie Films of 2016 (http://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/the-20-highest-grossing-indies-of-2016-a-running-list-21839/)

(INTERVAL (“Jabra Fan” from Fan)

· Ki & Ka (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki_%26_Ka)

· Fan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_(film))

· Transforming SRK into his own fan (https://youtu.be/G5JMoRx_QyM)

· Housefull 3 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housefull_3)

· We still have to see Sarbjit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarbjit_(film)) and Udta Punjab (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udta_Punjab)

· Raman Raghav 2.0 trailer (https://youtu.be/xq1cEmhVa68)

· July: Sultan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_(2016_film)), Great Grand Masti (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Grand_Masti), Dishoom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishoom)

· August: Mohenjo Daro (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo_Daro_(film)), Banjo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_(2016_film))

· September: Baar Baar Dekho (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baar_Baar_Dekho), Akira (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(2016_Hindi_film)), M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.S._Dhoni:_The_Untold_Story) (we forgot to mention this)

· October: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ae_Dil_Hai_Mushkil)

· November: Rock On!! 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_On!!_2), Kahaani 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahaani_2)

· December: Befikre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befikre), Dangal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangal_(film))

NEXT TIME: three films shot in our home province of Alberta

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Follow us on Twitter! (https://twitter.com/bollywoodpod)

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In this episode we celebrate Pride by discussing three recent Hindi films featuring LGBTQ characters and issues.

Show Notes:

It’s Edmonton Pride week (http://www.edmontonpride.ca/)

Gay stereotypes and comedic relief

Thank you Annarios for your review!

Is Erin funny?

Deep Mehta’s Fire(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_(1996_film)) and Bombay Talkies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Talkies_(film))

Margarita With A Straw (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarita_with_a_Straw)

Disliking a film with good intentions

Kalki Koechlin’s commitment to her role

Gabrielle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_(2013_film))

“normal” is relative

INTERVAL (“Kar Gayi Chuli” (https://youtu.be/-sWXx1mbgtU) from Kapoor & Sons)

Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapoor_%26_Sons)

Arjun Kapoor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjun_Kapoor) in name only

Spoiler alert: Fawad Khan’s character is gay and his family doesn’t know

Fawad Khan is really attractive (http://st1.bollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/602805.jpg)

Not defining a character by their sexuality

Dramatizing coming out

Aligarh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aligarh_(film))

Based on a real event (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramchandra_Siras)

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_377_of_the_Indian_Penal_Code)

Being forced to become an advocate for a cause

Freeheld (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeheld_(2015_film))

India Film Festival of Alberta (http://indiafilmfestival.ca/films.html)

NEXT TIME: a 2016 mid-year round up

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!

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#KapoorAndSonsa, #FawadKhan, #ShakunBatra, #Aligarh, #ManojBajpayee, #RajkummarRao, #HansalMehta, #MargaritaWithAStraw, #KalkiKoechlin, #ShonaliBose, #Pride, #LGBTQCinema, #Bollywood #BollywoodIsForLovers, #BiFL

In this episode we celebrate Pride by discussing three recent Hindi films featuring LGBTQ characters and issues.

Show Notes:

It’s Edmonton Pride week (http://www.edmontonpride.ca/)

Gay stereotypes and comedic relief

Thank you Annarios for your review!

Is Erin funny?

Deep Mehta’s Fire(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_(1996_film)) and Bombay Talkies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Talkies_(film))

Margarita With A Straw (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarita_with_a_Straw)

Disliking a film with good intentions

Kalki Koechlin’s commitment to her role

Gabrielle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_(2013_film))

“normal” is relative

INTERVAL (“Kar Gayi Chuli” (https://youtu.be/-sWXx1mbgtU) from Kapoor & Sons)

Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapoor_%26_Sons)

Arjun Kapoor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjun_Kapoor) in name only

Spoiler alert: Fawad Khan’s character is gay and his family doesn’t know

Fawad Khan is really attractive (http://st1.bollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/602805.jpg)

Not defining a character by their sexuality

Dramatizing coming out

Aligarh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aligarh_(film))

Based on a real event (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramchandra_Siras)

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_377_of_the_Indian_Penal_Code)

Being forced to become an advocate for a cause

Freeheld (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeheld_(2015_film))

India Film Festival of Alberta (http://indiafilmfestival.ca/films.html)

NEXT TIME: a 2016 mid-year round up

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!

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

#KapoorAndSonsa, #FawadKhan, #ShakunBatra, #Aligarh, #ManojBajpayee, #RajkummarRao, #HansalMehta, #MargaritaWithAStraw, #KalkiKoechlin, #ShonaliBose, #Pride, #LGBTQCinema, #Bollywood #BollywoodIsForLovers, #BiFL

In this episode we are joined by writer and film lover Allan Mott to discuss Canadian porn star turned Bollywood heroine Sunny Leone.

Show Notes:

Welcome Allan Mott (https://twitter.com/HouseofGlib)!

Western pop culture isn’t universal

Hrithik Roshan cats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactyl_cat)

Our Krrish 3 review for The Pulp (http://thepulppress.com/boozy-bollywood-krrish-3-2013/)

Allan’s Pecha Kucha presentation on The Apple: “Transcending Tacky” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7KrmX3hA2I&feature=youtu.be)

Devon Sanders’ “Dignity In Satin: How Wonder Woman Taught Me To Be a Better Man” (http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/dignity-satin-wonder-woman-taught-man-almo/)

Sunny Leone, Vivid Girl turned Bollywood actress (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Leone)

“It Happened To Me: I Worked Graveyard at a Sex Store” (http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/working-at-a-sex-store)

Making the transition from an adult industry to a mainstream one

Kim Kardashian, Traci Lords, and Sasha Grey

The ways beautiful women are stereotyped and underestimated

Allan’s thoughts on Starcrash (http://allan-mott.squarespace.com/starcrash/?rq=starcrash http://allan-mott.squarespace.com/starcrash-part-2/?rq=starcrash)

INTERVAL “Tere Bin Nahi Laage” from Ek Paheli Leela (https://youtu.be/3PYjIzUyEbM)

Ek Paheli Leela (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ek_Paheli_Leela)

Double role: Meera (https://youtu.be/53JF_3tjrqU) and Leela (https://youtu.be/YNWSrCeG9LU)

Matt didn’t see the twist coming!

Don’t throw away your antidepressants away

The brother’s band’s music (https://youtu.be/chI9Egi2r9s)

Why do free spirited Bollywood heroines always need to be tamed?

Mastizaade (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastizaade)

The Masti series and Milap Zaveri (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masti_(film_series))

Lily (the Madonna) and Laila (the whore) Lele (https://youtu.be/baECOS06_fM)

Titli Boobna (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizele_Thakral)

All animal footage was filmed outside of India

The Indian Censor Board (https://www.buzzfeed.com/andreborges/cbfc-facts?utm_term=.heD03zdZN#.ujZKJPxnz)

NEXT TIME: We look at three films featuring LGBTQ characters and issues, Margarita With A Straw, Kapoor & Sons (since 1921), and Aligarh

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!

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

#SunnyLeone, #Mastizaade, #EkPaheliLeela, #TussharKapoor, #VirDas, #RiteshDeshmukh, #Bollywood, #BollywoodIsForLovers, #BiFL

In this episode we are joined by writer and film lover Allan Mott to discuss Canadian porn star turned Bollywood heroine Sunny Leone.

Show Notes:

Welcome Allan Mott (https://twitter.com/HouseofGlib)!

Western pop culture isn’t universal

Hrithik Roshan cats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactyl_cat)

Our Krrish 3 review for The Pulp (http://thepulppress.com/boozy-bollywood-krrish-3-2013/)

Allan’s Pecha Kucha presentation on The Apple: “Transcending Tacky” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7KrmX3hA2I&feature=youtu.be)

Devon Sanders’ “Dignity In Satin: How Wonder Woman Taught Me To Be a Better Man” (http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/dignity-satin-wonder-woman-taught-man-almo/)

Sunny Leone, Vivid Girl turned Bollywood actress (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Leone)

“It Happened To Me: I Worked Graveyard at a Sex Store” (http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/working-at-a-sex-store)

Making the transition from an adult industry to a mainstream one

Kim Kardashian, Traci Lords, and Sasha Grey

The ways beautiful women are stereotyped and underestimated

Allan’s thoughts on Starcrash (http://allan-mott.squarespace.com/starcrash/?rq=starcrash http://allan-mott.squarespace.com/starcrash-part-2/?rq=starcrash)

INTERVAL “Tere Bin Nahi Laage” from Ek Paheli Leela (https://youtu.be/3PYjIzUyEbM)

Ek Paheli Leela (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ek_Paheli_Leela)

Double role: Meera (https://youtu.be/53JF_3tjrqU) and Leela (https://youtu.be/YNWSrCeG9LU)

Matt didn’t see the twist coming!

Don’t throw away your antidepressants away

The brother’s band’s music (https://youtu.be/chI9Egi2r9s)

Why do free spirited Bollywood heroines always need to be tamed?

Mastizaade (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastizaade)

The Masti series and Milap Zaveri (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masti_(film_series))

Lily (the Madonna) and Laila (the whore) Lele (https://youtu.be/baECOS06_fM)

Titli Boobna (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizele_Thakral)

All animal footage was filmed outside of India

The Indian Censor Board (https://www.buzzfeed.com/andreborges/cbfc-facts?utm_term=.heD03zdZN#.ujZKJPxnz)

NEXT TIME: We look at three films featuring LGBTQ characters and issues, Margarita With A Straw, Kapoor & Sons (since 1921), and Aligarh

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!

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

#SunnyLeone, #Mastizaade, #EkPaheliLeela, #TussharKapoor, #VirDas, #RiteshDeshmukh, #Bollywood, #BollywoodIsForLovers, #BiFL

In this episode we discuss three films that played at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard program. 

Show Notes:

We’re on audioBoom and now reaching an audience in Pakistan and India Matt’s adventures in the Toronto airport The Cannes Film Festival Teaser for Anurag Kashyap’s Raman Raghav 2.0 Parallel Cinema is For Lovers! Cinéma vérité Miss Lovely Pornography in India Bollywood Bloodbath INTERVAL (“Mann Kasturi” from Masaan)

Cannes films are depressing Titli Yash Raj produced Grace Of Monaco, so is it also Bollywood? The difference between liking a film and respecting it Erin cares little for the daddy and brother issues Masaan Cremation ghats Oh hey, this film has a fully realized female character This film is about the big things: life, sex, and death NEXT TIME: We’re joined by Allan Mott to discuss Canadian porn-star turned Bollywood heroine Sunny Leone

Find us on iTunes! and Stitcher! and audioBoom!

Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook!

#Masaan, #Titli, #MissLovely, #CannesFilmFestival, #UnCertainRegard, #AshimAhluwalia, #NawazuddinSiddiqui, #NeerajGhaywan, #RichaChadda, #KanuBehl, #BollywoodIsForLovers, #BiFL

In this episode we discuss three films that played at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard program.

Show Notes:

We’re on audioBoom and now reaching an audience in Pakistan and India

Matt’s adventures in the Toronto airport

The Cannes Film Festival

Teaser for Anurag Kashyap’s Raman Raghav 2.0

Parallel Cinema is For Lovers!

Cinéma vérité

Miss Lovely

Pornography in India

Bollywood Bloodbath

INTERVAL (“Mann Kasturi” from Masaan)

Cannes films are depressing

Titli

Yash Raj produced Grace Of Monaco, so is it also Bollywood?

The difference between liking a film and respecting it

Erin cares little for the daddy and brother issues

Masaan

Cremation ghats

Oh hey, this film has a fully realized female character

This film is about the big things: life, sex, and death

NEXT TIME: We’re joined by Allan Mott to discuss Canadian porn-star turned Bollywood heroine Sunny Leone

Find us on iTunes! and Stitcher! and audioBoom!

Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook!

#Masaan, #Titli, #MisLovely, #CannesFilmFestival, #UnCertainRegard, #AshimAhluwalia, #NawazuddinSiddiqui, #NeerajGhaywan, #RichaChadda, #KanuBehl, #BollywoodIsForLovers, #BiFL

In this episode we discuss the iconic 1975 blockbuster Sholay.

Show Notes:

Sholay’s poster (and Citizen Kane’s)

We are now on audioBoom!

The Story Of Film: An Odyssey (it’s 15 episodes not 12!)

“Sholay BC and Sholay AD” Anupama Chopra, Sholay: The Making of A Classic

Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan

Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh

Source issues

The Magnificent Two and the influence of Hollywood westerns

Sholay as national allegory

Film romance mirrors life

INTERVAL (”Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge” from Sholay)

Expectations and watching a classic for the first time

The portrayal of violence

Lasting tropes and aesthetics

Location photography

“Haan Jab Tak Hai Jaan” and the male gaze

Director’s cut

Cross-cultural film pollination

Please Criterion Collection release this film!

“40 Years Of Sholay” by Siddhant Adlakha and “The Blinding Light Of Sholay: A 40th Anniversary Appreciation” by Danny Bowes

NEXT TIME: We look at three films hat have played at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard competition

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#Sholay, #AmitabhBachchan, #Dharmendra, #JayaBachchan, #HemaMalini, #AmjadKhan, #GabbarSingh, #SanjeevaKumar, #Bollywood, #BiFL, #BollywoodisForLovers

In this episode we discuss the iconic 1975 blockbuster Sholay.

Show Notes:

Sholay’s poster (and Citizen Kane’s)

We are now on audioBoom!

The Story Of Film: An Odyssey (it’s 15 episodes not 12!)

“Sholay BC and Sholay AD” Anupama Chopra, Sholay: The Making of A Classic

Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan

Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh

Source issues

The Magnificent Two and the influence of Hollywood westerns

Sholay as national allegory

Film romance mirrors life

INTERVAL (”Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge” from Sholay)

Expectations and watching a classic for the first time

The portrayal of violence

Lasting tropes and aesthetics

Location photography

“Haan Jab Tak Hai Jaan” and the male gaze

Director’s cut

Cross-cultural film pollination

Please Criterion Collection release this film!

“40 Years Of Sholay” by Siddhant Adlakha and “The Blinding Light Of Sholay: A 40th Anniversary Appreciation” by Danny Bowes

NEXT TIME: We look at three films hat have played at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard competition

Find us on iTunes! and Stitcher!

Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook!

#Sholay, #AmitabhBachchan, #Dharmendra, #JayaBachchan, #HemaMalini, #AmjadKhan, #GabbarSingh, #SanjeevaKumar, #Bollywood, #BiFL, #BollywoodisForLovers