Movie Wala Podcast

Rangeela is a 1995 Indian drama film directed by  directed and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It stars Aamir Khan, Jackie Shroff and Urmila Matondkar.  A middle class young woman (Urmila), who dreams of Bollywood fame, is caught in a love triangle between her childhood friend (Aamir Khan) and a famous actor (Jackie Shroff).(Source:ImdB) You can listen and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes / Stitcher / TuneIn or on YouTube. You can also listen to this episode right here on this player below.

 

Podcast Episode Summary:

We talk about the opening credits 

We talk about fashion that changed the entire industry

We talk about the connection between Saagar and Rangeela

Quotables:

This was definitely THAT one movie that I was excited about - Tanvi

 

I am pretty sure every 90s kids will have had that phase after watching Rangeela - Flo

 

I still remember when the teaser came out - Tanvi

 

Some of the songs are still too hot for TV - Flo

Saajan is a 1991 Indian drama film directed by Lawrence D'Souza and starring Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan.A poet (Sanjay Dutt) and his best friend (Salman Khan) fall in love with the same woman (Madhuri Dixit).(Source:ImdB) You can listen and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes / Stitcher / TuneIn or on YouTube. You can also listen to this episode right here on this player below.

 

Podcast Episode Summary:

We talk about Madhuri's fashion and makeup in the 90s

We have differing views on choreography 

We talk about the innocence of the film and ours ;)

Quotables:

What I liked about the movie was that it was set in the innocence era - Tanvi

 

These portrayals have been the foundation of our existence - Tanvi

 

Salman Khan is just good at comedy - Flo

 

We time travel, go back and crush on him and come back - Flo

Arth (English: Meaning) is a 1982 Indian drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Raj Kiran and Rohini Hattangadi. A film-maker (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) who is having an extra-marital affair with an actress (Smita Patil) decides to leave his wife (Shabana Azmi). Arth is the story of this women's search for her identity. 

 

Podcast Episode Summary:

We talk about parallel cinema queens Smita Patil and Shabana Azmi

We talk about Mahesh Bhatt and his art of marrying commercial and parallel cinema

We talk about three different marriages that are portrayed in the movie

 

Quotables:

Even though she is an actress, she is still wearing wearable clothes - Tanvi

 

The house was filled with wicker furniture..even the couch felt very lived in - Flo

 

Ghazals were not a part of hindi movies per se - Tanvi

 

The way he had shown the bond between Shabana and her maid - Flo

Silsila is a 1981 Indian Hindi romantic drama film directed by Yash Chopra. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Rekha, Shashi Kapoor and Sanjeev Kumar. Amit (Amitabh Bachchan) a poet decides to bury his past life along with his love for Chandni (Rekha) when he meets Shobha (Jaya Bachchan). Shobha's life has come to a standstill after her fiancé and Amit's brother Shekhar (Shashi Kapoor) dies in a plane crash. Amit had only come to mourn the death of his brother with Shobha but ends up sacrificing his own love and life in an attempt to give Shobha a new lease of life. When fate brings Amit and Chandni face to face again, both are married to different people - but neither can ignore their feelings for each other. (Source: IMDb) You can listen and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes / Stitcher / TuneIn or on YouTube. You can also listen to this episode right here on this player below.

 

Podcast Episode Summary:

We talk about THE biggest casting coup that ever was in Bollywood

 

We talk about Amitabh's swagger and specifically the 70s and the 80s Amitabh

 

We talk about just the beauty of all the cast involved

Quotables:

 

If this is not a love story..I don't know what is - Flo

 

You know how when you love something so much ..you have no words and you feel like a giggly teenager - Flo

 

If this is not sex on screen, I don't know what is - Tanvi

 

This affair refuses to die - Tanvi

Sangam  is a 1964 Bollywood romance film, directed by Raj Kapoor, written by Inder Raj Anand, and produced by Kapoor with Mehboob Studio and Filmistan. The film stars Vyjayanthimala, Raj Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar in the lead roles, with Iftekhar, Raj Mehra, Nana Palsikar, Lalita Pawar, Achala Sachdev and Hari Shivdasani appearing in supporting roles. Sundar (Raj Kapoor), Gopal (Rajendra Kumar) and Radha (Vyjayantimala) have been friends since childhood. As they grow into adults, Sundar develops an obsessive romantic attraction to Radha, but she prefers Gopal, who is also in love with her. Yet, as Sundar has confided his feelings for Radha to him, Gopal decides to sacrifice his love for his friend's sake. (Source: Wikipedia) You can listen and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes / Stitcher / TuneIn or on YouTube. You can also listen to this episode right here on this player below.

 

Podcast Episode Summary:

We talk about the wardrobe and how this might have been the longest honeymoon ever

We talk about how indulgent Raj Kapoor's magnum opus is

We talk about how this was the prototype of all Yash Chopra movies that followed

Quotables:

The movie felt so indulgent - Tanvi

 

I would happily have her entire wardrobe from the movie - Flo

 

Many songs have become a parody and when you watch these movies, you realize they are not as caricature-ish as we have made them to be - Tanvi

 

That whole premise of the movie was so weak - Flo

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam is a 1962 Indian Hindi film produced by Guru Dutt and directed by Abrar Alvi. A lowly servant, Bhootnath (Guru Dutt) gets close to the wife (Meena Kumari) of his employer, and narrates her story through his eyes and perspective. Source:IMDb You can listen and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes / Stitcher / TuneIn or on YouTube. You can also listen to this episode right here on this player below.

 

Podcast Episode Summary:

 

We talk about the courtesan dancers and the beauty of Madhubala

 We talk about why they would show independent but never let them be and instead give them a crutch to fall back and get regressive

We wonder if anyone can even replicate that charisma that yesteryear actors had

Quotables:

He doesn't see his wife as a desirable woman - Flo

I saw the movie for what it was - Tanvi

I just LOVED her makeup and her nose pin - Tanvi

I would go back watch these specific scenes between Madhubala and her husband - Flo

Devdas is a 1955 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood_films_of_1949) Indian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_people) Bollywood (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood) film, directed  by Bimal Roy, with music by Naushad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naushad) . The film stars Dilip Kumar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilip_Kumar) , Suchitra Sen and Vyjayanthimala in a love triangle. Set against the backdrop of rural (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_triangle) Bengal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal) during feudal times, it's the story of childhood friends, Devdas and Paro and whose love blossoms as they grow older, but are not able to get married due to Devdas' last minute cowardly decision and the story is about his descent into alcoholism and his friendship with Chandramukhi (Vyjayanthimala). You can listen and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes / Stitcher / TuneIn or on YouTube. You can also listen to this episode right here on this player below.

 

 

Podcast Episode Summary:

We talk about the lack of English words in the movie

We talk about is Devdas is a loser

We talk about if it e liked the way Paro and Chandramukhi were portrayed and comparisons were obviously made between this version and SLB's version

Quotables:

The author did not like this piece of work and he was not happy with it - Tanvi

It's almost 30 minutes that they show their childhood and thye even have a song sequence? - Flo

I had to set my brain to 1900 - Tanvi

I have always liked Paro - Flo

Andaz (English: Style) is a 1949 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood_films_of_1949) Indian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_people) Bollywood (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood) film, directed by Mehboob Khan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehboob_Khan) , with music by Naushad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naushad) . The film stars Dilip Kumar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilip_Kumar) , Nargis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nargis) and Raj Kapoor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Kapoor) in a love triangle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_triangle) , with Cukoo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cukoo) and Murad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murad_(actor)) in supporting roles. Nina (Nargis) is the rich and spoiled daughter of a rich businessman. One day while horse-riding she loses control of her horse and is rescued by a young man named Dilip (Dilip Kumar). Dilip falls in love with her but Nina is already engaged and gets married to Rajan (Raj Kapoor). Would this cause a strain in their relationships? You can listen and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes / Stitcher / TuneIn or on YouTube. You can also listen to this episode right here on this player below.

 

Podcast Episode Summary:

We talk about depiction of modern India

We talk about character arcs that took the easy way out

We talk about if it is ok to cut out problematic dialogues and re-release them

Quotables:

This movie released two years after the independence..let that sink in - Tanvi

 

The decor was so classily and elegantly done - Flo

 

And all of them talk to each other in riddles - Tanvi

And then..the story took a deep dive - Flo

Shakespeare once said that " Is it even a love triangle if Bollywood has not made a movie on it"? ok, fine, he did not say that. But if he had, he would not be lying. We are back with Season 5, and we are discussing all the iconic love triangles in Hindi cinema. Give it a listen here and find out why we picked this particular genre and what you can expect in this series.

In this supplement episode, we talk about Ranveer Singh, with our listener Veronique, who also picked the movies we are discussing. We talk about Lootera, Band Baaja Baaraat and Dil Dhadakne Do. You can listen and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes / Stitcher / TuneIn or on YouTube. You can also listen to this episode right here on this player below.

Podcast Episode Summary:

    We talk about why we are cynical about filmfare awards

    We wonder if we would be friends with him IRL

    We talk about he is so giving as an actor, in all the roles he plays

    We talk about his amazing skill of morphing into the characters he takes on

Quotables:

I didn't really know how big a star he was, when I watched his debut movie just last year - Veronique   

We had no idea what he would become when we watched him for the first time in Banda baaja baarat - Flo

I backed the right horse with Ranveer Singh - Tanvi

I usually don't enjoy movies that don't end well but.. - Veronique