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How come nobody told us there was a 2023 Tamil film with a fully CGI Clint Eastwood?! Well, at least our guest did - so luckily we're joined today by Gigi aka Girl aka @SummerOfFilm to talk Karthik Subbaraj's 2023 "Pandyaa Western" JIGARTHANDA DOUBLEX. Hop on board for a crash course in Desi cinema and its political contexts, what Clint means to Desis, and why we all have to stop Getting RRR Vibes From This. We cannot stress enough how nuts the CGI Clint is in this movie, folks. And the rest of it is great too! It's on Netflix right now, go watch it! And listen to the ep!

As always, thank you to Jetski for our theme music and to Jeremy Allison for our artwork.

Follow Gigi: https://x.com/SummerOfFilm https://letterboxd.com/moviehideen/

Gigi's Further Viewing List: AURAT (1940) NADODI MANNAN (1958) AAYIRATHIL ORUVAN (1965) SHOLAY (1975) DAKU HASINA (1987) KODAMA SIMHAM (1990) KUSHI (2000) KANCHANA (2011) JIGARTHANDA (2014)

Gigi's Further Reading List: Cut-outs, Caste and Cine Stars: The Word of Tamil Politics by Vaasanthi Conversations With Mani Ratnam by Baradwaj Rangan https://letterboxd.com/nrh/ https://muckrack.com/subha-rao/articles https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/anupama-chopra/movies