Bollywood is For Lovers

In this episode we celebrate Valentine’s Day with Hindi cinema’s current reigning sweetheart, Alia Bhatt. 

Show Notes:

We celebrated Valentine’s Day early and went for a spa day

Narayanni’s Restaurant

Erin has been taking a Bollywood dance class at the University of Alberta

At only 22 and with only five films, Alia Bhatt’s cinematic output is very strong

 Student Of The Year and Highway

2 States: A Culture Clash Romance

There are a lot of schools in Bollywood films, and they all look the same to us

Romancing the family

“Iski Uski,” Punjabi wedding song vs. “Hulla Re,” Tamil wedding song

The festival song, check out the super steamy sex scene: “Offo!” 

Erin’s favourite Bollywood look ever

INTERVAL (“D Se Dance” from Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania)

Karan Johar’s involvement in Alia Bhatt’s career

Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania: DDLJ Redux 

Gender reversals

Kavya’s drinking challenge to Humpty

Humpty is a much more likeable guy than Raj

Kavya is a baller and AB does SRK

“Saturday Saturday,” a pointless club banger, and “Lucky Tu Lucky Me”

Shaandaar: A Bollywood fairy tale

Insomnia

Sindhis

Sexy Wedding Planner

A Kapoor/Kapur family affair

Cross-dressing bachelorette: “Gulaabo”

Mixed messages surrounding weight and physical appearance

“Senti Wali Mental,” gendered dance battle

Admirable themes in a bizarre package

Black and white with spot colour

NEXT TIME: we keep the love train going with three romances from Imtiaz Ali 

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In this episode we welcome Devin Bruce to discuss two adaptations of Shakespeare’s tragedies, Omkara and Haider, as well scotch and Bollywood’s profile, or lack there of, with western filmgoers. 

Show Notes:

The first half of this episode is long and free-wheeling, if you’d like to head straight to the reviews jump to 43:35

Devin Bruce of Scotch and Comics, The Listmakers Podcast, and Variant Edition’s Blog

Amrut’s Single Malt Whisky

Vikram Vij’s Bolly Water (Matt is right, Vij’s full name is Vikram Vij; Erin was mixing up his first name and surname) 

Thanks to Shash-D for his review

Our appreciation of musicals 

Cinema as a cultural gateway

Dhoom 3 and reviewing popular cinema

Bollywood in Edmonton and its profile

Ranveer Singh’s Durex ad

INTERVAL ("Bismil” from Haider)

Vishal Bhardwaj 

Unfortunately we couldn’t find Maqbool anywhere

Omkara

Ajay Devgan and Saif Ali Khan

Hierarchal structures in Shakespeare 

Konkona Sen Sharma and the big change from the play

“O Saathi Re,” the shot of them moving around the house

Our experience with Eros Now

Haider

1995 Kashmir conflict setting

Surprising references to Salman Khan

The lack of Horatio and the disappointing Ophelia

Tabu’s Gertrude

“So Jao”; The gravediggers 

NEXT TIME: We look at three rom-coms with Alia Bhatt, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, 2 States, and Shaandaar 

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In this episode we welcome Devin Bruce to discuss two adaptations of Shakespeare’s tragedies, Omkara and Haider, as well scotch and Bollywood’s profile, or lack there of, with western filmgoers. 

Show Notes:

The first half of this episode is long and free-wheeling, if you’d like to head straight to the reviews jump to 43:35

Devin Bruce of Scotch and Comics, The Listmakers Podcast, and Variant Edition’s Blog

Amrut’s Single Malt Whisky

Vikram Vij’s Bolly Water (Matt is right, Vij’s full name is Vikram Vij; Erin was mixing up his first name and surname) 

Thanks to Shash-D for his review

Our appreciation of musicals 

Cinema as a cultural gateway

Dhoom 3 and reviewing popular cinema

Bollywood in Edmonton and its profile

Ranveer Singh’s Durex ad

INTERVAL ("Bismil” from Haider)

Vishal Bhardwaj 

Unfortunately we couldn’t find Maqbool anywhere

Omkara

Ajay Devgan and Saif Ali Khan

Hierarchal structures in Shakespeare 

Konkona Sen Sharma and the big change from the play

“O Saathi Re,” the shot of them moving around the house

Our experience with Eros Now

Haider

1995 Kashmir conflict setting

Surprising references to Salman Khan

The lack of Horatio and the disappointing Ophelia

Tabu’s Gertrude

“So Jao”; The gravediggers 

NEXT TIME: We look at three rom-coms with Alia Bhatt, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, 2 States, and Shaandaar 

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In this episode we discuss the three most recent films from Bollywood auteur Anurag Kashyap.

Show Notes:

Check out our interviews with Metro Edmonton and CBC's Edmonton AM

Big thanks to Vinay B for his review and insight

The 61st Filmfare Awards

Unfortunately Bajirao Mastani hasn't overtaken Dilwale, at least not at the international box office

Take a drink every time Erin says "phenomenal"

Split Screen's 2016 Bollywood preview

Anurag Kashyap, Bollywood Auteur and real downer

Filmography rundown

Anurag Kashyap vs. the Indian Censors

MST3K aside; Girl in Gold Boots and "Creepy Girl"

Vittorio De Sica and Bicycle Thieves

Gangs Of Wasseypur (2012)

Runs 319 minutes, was split into two parts for theatres and has been split into eight for Netflix

Matt's secret desire to be a gangster

Translating for impact

INTERVAL (”Kaala Rey” from Gangs Of Wasseypur)

Ugly (2013)

Anti-smoking warnings in Indian cinema

Everyone is corrupt, the city itself is diseased 

Bombay Velvet (2015) 

A huge flop

This movie is made specifically to appeal to our sensibilities

Influenced by James Ellroy and 30s gangster films

Lounge singing, bootlegging, queer subtext, and street fighting

It only took us 10 episodes to make a Ghandi in Clone High reference

Bombay Velvet's award-winning special effects

NEXT TIME: Devin Bruce joins us to discuss Vishal Bhardwaj’s Omkara and Haider

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In this episode we discuss the three most recent films from Bollywood auteur Anurag Kashyap.

Show Notes:

Check out our interviews with Metro Edmonton and CBC's Edmonton AM

Big thanks to Vinay B for his review and insight

The 61st Filmfare Awards

Unfortunately Bajirao Mastani hasn't overtaken Dilwale, at least not at the international box office

Take a drink every time Erin says "phenomenal"

Split Screen's 2016 Bollywood preview

Anurag Kashyap, Bollywood Auteur and real downer

Filmography rundown

Anurag Kashyap vs. the Indian Censors

MST3K aside; Girl in Gold Boots and "Creepy Girl"

Vittorio De Sica and Bicycle Thieves

Gangs Of Wasseypur (2012)

Runs 319 minutes, was split into two parts for theatres and has been split into eight for Netflix

Matt's secret desire to be a gangster

Translating for impact

INTERVAL (”Kaala Rey” from Gangs Of Wasseypur)

Ugly (2013)

Anti-smoking warnings in Indian cinema

Everyone is corrupt, the city itself is diseased 

Bombay Velvet (2015) 

A huge flop

This movie is made specifically to appeal to our sensibilities

Influenced by James Ellroy and 30s gangster films

Lounge singing, bootlegging, queer subtext, and street fighting

It only took us 10 episodes to make a Ghandi in Clone High reference

Bombay Velvet's award-winning special effects

NEXT TIME: Devin Bruce joins us to discuss Vishal Bhardwaj’s Omkara and Haider

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Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook!

In this episode we welcome our first friendly, Juliet Franklin, to discuss two recent releases, Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani, and to reflect on some of the highlights and lowlights of the past year of Hindi cinema. 

Show Notes:

Juliet knows more about Indian culture than us, by virtue of being South Indian

Watching bootlegs and the rise of digital distribution 

Matt forgot to plug in the mic, and broke his chair

Netflix, please fix the subtitles on Chak De! India 

Dilwale (Rohit Shetty, 2015) with Shah Rukh and Kajol

We are wrong about the translation of “Dilli Wali Girlfriend” it means “Girlfriend from Delhi” 

Johnny Lever

SRK & Kajol’s beautiful song set in Iceland,"Gerua” 

“Tukur Tukur” the end credits song

Kriti Sanon

INTERVAL (”Pinga” from Bajirao Mastani)

2015 in Bollywood

Anushka Sharma produced NH10

Deepika Padukone dominated with Piku, Tamasha, and Bajirao Mastani

Kangana Ranaut proves she is a box office draw with Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakane Do

Varun Dhawan establishes himself outside of the Dharma Productions banner

Salman Khan continues to reign supreme

Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet bombed, adding to Ranbir Kapoor’s string of failures

Alia Bhatt releases her first flop with Shaandaar and Vikas Bahl might be a one hit wonder

Aishwarya Rai’s comeback, Jazbaa, underwhelmed

Sanjay Leela Bhanslai does not disappoint with his magnum opus Bajirao Mastani

The Maratha Empire

Ranveer Singh as  Bajirao I, Deepika Padukone as Mastani, and Priyanka Chopra as Kashibai

Freedom to love

Box office battle

“Malhari” and “Deewani Mastani”

NEXT TIME: The work of director Anurag Kashyap

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In this episode we welcome our first friendly, Juliet Franklin, to discuss two recent releases, Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani, and to reflect on some of the highlights and lowlights of the past year of Hindi cinema. 

Show Notes:

Juliet knows more about Indian culture than us, by virtue of being South Indian

Watching bootlegs and the rise of digital distribution 

Matt forgot to plug in the mic, and broke his chair

Netflix, please fix the subtitles on Chak De! India 

Dilwale (Rohit Shetty, 2015) with Shah Rukh and Kajol

We are wrong about the translation of “Dilli Wali Girlfriend” it means “Girlfriend from Delhi” 

Johnny Lever

SRK & Kajol’s beautiful song set in Iceland,"Gerua” 

“Tukur Tukur” the end credits song

Kriti Sanon

INTERVAL (”Pinga” from Bajirao Mastani)

2015 in Bollywood

Anushka Sharma produced NH10

Deepika Padukone dominated with Piku, Tamasha, and Bajirao Mastani

Kangana Ranaut proves she is a box office draw with Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakane Do

Varun Dhawan establishes himself outside of the Dharma Productions banner

Salman Khan continues to reign supreme

Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet bombed, adding to Ranbir Kapoor’s string of failures

Alia Bhatt releases her first flop with Shaandaar and Vikas Bahl might be a one hit wonder

Aishwarya Rai’s comeback, Jazbaa, underwhelmed

Sanjay Leela Bhanslai does not disappoint with his magnum opus Bajirao Mastani

The Maratha Empire

Ranveer Singh as  Bajirao I, Deepika Padukone as Mastani, and Priyanka Chopra as Kashibai

Freedom to love

Box office battle

“Malhari” and “Deewani Mastani”

NEXT TIME: The work of director Anurag Kashyap

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In this episode we discuss director Sanjay Leela Bhansali with an in-depth look at three of his films

Show Notes:

This episode is late, we’re sorry (but our next episode will be out soon)

Matt and Boman Irani are becoming pretty close

Shout out to Shah Shahid and the Split Screen Podcast

Sanjay Leela Bhansali, director of Devdas and Ram-Leela

Vidhu Vinod Chopra, director of Broken Horses

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Who can tell the difference between Italy and Hungary?

Kissing will not get you pregnant 

Erin doesn’t watch the songs before seeing the film

Oprah lied to us

INTERVAL (”Dholi Taro Dhol Baaje” from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)

Black

When Matt was a child he didn’t know the difference between Helen Keller and Anne Frank

Rani Mukherjee evokes Chaplin

When does SLB set his films?

Guzaarish, a about euthanasia or “ethanasia”

Hrithik Roshan, without the use of his body

He does dance with a giant bubble though

and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan claps

Don’t replay Action Replayy

Auteurism

NEXT TIME: we go to the movies to see Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani with our good friend Juliet Franklin 

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In this episode we discuss director Sanjay Leela Bhansali with an in-depth look at three of his films

Show Notes:

This episode is late, we’re sorry (but our next episode will be out soon)

Matt and Boman Irani are becoming pretty close

Shout out to Shah Shahid and the Split Screen Podcast

Sanjay Leela Bhansali, director of Devdas and Ram-Leela

Vidhu Vinod Chopra, director of Broken Horses

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Who can tell the difference between Italy and Hungary?

Kissing will not get you pregnant 

Erin doesn’t watch the songs before seeing the film

Oprah lied to us

INTERVAL (”Dholi Taro Dhol Baaje” from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)

Black

When Matt was a child he didn’t know the difference between Helen Keller and Anne Frank

Rani Mukherjee evokes Chaplin

When does SLB set his films?

Guzaarish, a about euthanasia or “ethanasia”

Hrithik Roshan, without the use of his body

He does dance with a giant bubble though

and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan claps

Don’t replay Action Replayy

Auteurism

NEXT TIME: we go to the movies to see Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani with our good friend Juliet Franklin 

Find us on iTunes!  and Stitcher!

Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook!

In this episode we discuss director Sanjay Leela Bhansali with an in-depth look at three of his films

Show Notes:

This episode is late, we’re sorry (but our next episode will be out soon)

Matt and Boman Irani are becoming pretty close

Shout out to Shah Shahid and the Split Screen Podcast

Sanjay Leela Bhansali, director of Devdas and Ram-Leela

Vidhu Vinod Chopra, director of Broken Horses

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Who can tell the difference between Italy and Hungary?

Kissing will not get you pregnant 

Erin doesn’t watch the songs before seeing the film

Oprah lied to us

INTERVAL (”Dholi Taro Dhol Baaje” from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)

Black

When Matt was a child he didn’t know the difference between Helen Keller and Anne Frank

Rani Mukherjee evokes Chaplin

When does SLB set his films?

Guzaarish, a about euthanasia or “ethanasia”

Hrithik Roshan, without the use of his body

He does dance with a giant bubble though

and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan claps

Don’t replay Action Replayy

Auteurism

NEXT TIME: we go to the movies to see Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani with our good friend Juliet Franklin 

Find us on iTunes!  and Stitcher!

Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook!