This week on the Let' Talk, Melbourne podcast we've a double bill episode.

The first segment is with author Ralph Arida, based in Lebanon who's recent writing on Hollywood movies and representation was published in Rolling Stone magazine. Ralph drops by the pod to discuss responsible viewing, role of Hollywood movies and more.

The second segment is with the Croatian based photographer Sanjin Kastelan, a visual stylist, a sensualist and chronicler of mood and moments through his camera.

I hope you enjoyed this episode and as always please share your comments and feedback.

Al Cossar - Artist Director Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) joins the podcast this week to talk about the movies featuring in the festival, including critics campus for emerging critics, music events, panel discussions and much more. This festival is a celebration of movies and the city that celebrates movies. I was really excited to discuss the significance of the festival to the city and its culture.

Movies as existing as Sirat, Mastermind, It was just an accident to Secret Agent and many more. I hope you enjoyed this podcast. Tell us about the films you are excited to see at MIFF.

It was so much fun to chat to Amrita Rajan - host of the popular Khandaan podcast - on one of the most iconoic genre directors of hindi cinema, Vijay Anand. Amrita is an informed voice and was great to chat to her and I hope you enjoy our conversation.

Vijay Anand is one of the greatest Hindi movie directors who made some excellent movies and his contribution to Hindi cinema and his legacy is peerless. With his stylish song picturization, mystery, thriller elements and a critique on India of its time, his movies are truly a joy to watch and a wonder to behold. Teesri Manzil, Guide, Blackmail, Johnny Mera Naam, Jewel thief, Tere mere sapne are each classics in their own right.

This week on the podcast we are counting down the ten best songs of the legendary chorographer Saroj Khan. The late great Khan was a singular, dynamite force for hind cinema songs, from making the career defining songs with stars like Sridevi, Madhuri and Aishwarya. We talk about Khan's legacy and revolutionary song picturization.

To do her ten best songs, on the pod, we have the lovely Filmi Ladies Pitu and Beth back on the heat seat.

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Tell us your top ten Saroj Khan songs in the comment section.

As it's Pride Month in Australia, we interviewed the CEO of the Victorian Pride Centre (vpc) Paul Horwell on what the iconic vpc means to the city of Melbourne, State of Victoria and the community at large.

I hope you enjoy this episode and as always we welcome your feedback.

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@filmiladies answer LTM pod listeners questions on Maut ke saudagar, recasting Qurbani and the Bollywood presence at the Met Gala.

Sharon Comello is a Sydney based painter and artist who's recent collection of art work in on women. Her paintings are bright, vibrant portraits of women and capture women in all their glory and beauty.

She drops by the to talk about her journey from being a sports captain in school to a painter and much more.

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Let's Talk, Melbourne podcast also get discount if you buy from the above link.

I hope you enjoy this episode.

As the final episode of the film series on Hindi cinemas most influential directors, Manish Mathur and I discuss the career and influence of Zoya Akthar.

Zoya made her debut with a smashing, now cult movie Lucky By chance, she went on to make many good movies and not so good adaptation of the Archies comics.

On the episode we talk about her films, her visual and writing style and her influence and legacy and he take on class commentary.

I am always delighted to have Manish on the pod, this is his third appearance - he always has such rich and interesting takes on all things cinema. He is the host and producer of the very popular podcast Bollywood drafts.

I hope you've enjoyed this episode and series, would love to hear your thoughts.

Aditya Aggarwal is a Toronto based film curator and writer. He drops by the pod this week to deep dive into one of the founding furthers of Hindi Cinema Bimal Roy. Roy's Do Bigha Zamin was nominated for the Palme d'Or and he went to make many critically and commercially successful movies such as   Parineeta, Biraj Bahu, Devdas, Madhumati, Sujata, Parakh.

Aditya and I talk about Roy's movies, cinematography, framing, music and his legacy. Aditya is a thoughtful, informed voice, who is both succinct and eloquent in his insights and observations on cinemas, it was pure joy to talk to an avid cinema lover and chronicler, if you've not read his movie review on Raj Kapoor's Awara - (https://inreviewonline.com/2024/09/24/the-thief-turns-bardic-on-raj-kapoors-awaara/?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwKCOAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp677o15lfGzpIdvlR0kp-eneASMrRJrQr2tubP6aW5Kdhl85cyMjQIAhCcwl_aem_3MFGUx9gxEMUlaW3Wxb44A ) It's a gorgeous piece of film writing. When you have film fans on the pod it does add to the episodes POV. I hope you enjoy this episode.

Aditya is on IG (https://www.instagram.com/intnlmnlgue/?igsh=M2k5cHdsNG5uNnYx# )

Pitu Sultan is the co-host of the amazing movie podcast Filmi Ladies and is also my movie twin. She and I mostly - and uncannily - like the same movies. She also is an eloquent and thoughtful movie chronicler and on the pod this week as part of the movies stories showcasing hindi movie directors - we discuss the career of one of our favorite directors Rajiv Rai.

Yudh, Tridev, Vishwatma, Mohra and Gupt - he has a winning streak, making banging movies in line, on the pod we discuss his rule in brining the masala in action/commercial movies. I hope you like this episode and please feel free to share your feedback.