In this episode we discuss three romances from director Imtiaz Ali. 

Show Notes:

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Big thanks to Manish Chandna for the episode suggestion. 

Imtiaz Ali, Rockstar, and Highway

Repression and the artistic temperament

Manic Pixie Dream Girl

We are not discussing Highway

Jab We Met and the screwball comedy

Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor

Poo is the shit!

Far-flung comparison to Cléo de 5 à 7 and Casa de Mi Padre

“Yeh Ish Hai” shot in the Himalayas; Jab We Met songs

Saawariya and The Movie Jerks 

Heer Ranjha

INTERVAL (”Heer Toh Badi Sad Hai” from Tamasha)

Love Aaj Kal

Deepika Padukone, Saif Ali Khan, and Rishi Kapoor

Saif Ali Khan is awful to his Swiss girlfriend

More obscure film references

“Chor Bazari” and Saif Ali Khan’s Jack Kirby t-shirt in “Twist”

Watch Cocktail

Tamasha and Ranbir Kapoor

“Why always the same story?”

Asterix in Corsica 

Indian censorship

The problem with films about artists

“Matargashti” falling in love in corsica vs. existential angst in “Wat Wat Wat”

Buttrflicks

NEXT TIME: We look Salman Khan’s three most profitable films to date.  

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