Banter, Bollywood and Beyond

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This episode Alex scratches a long held itch, which is that of watching a film featuring the late and legendary Sridevi. After consulting with Smytta, he went for this 1983 amnesiac classic by Balu Mahendra, which is itself a remake of his own Tamil film, Moondram Pirai. 

Srivdevi plays Reshmi, who regresses back to childhood after a pretty horrible accident. She makes the acquaintance of teacher Somu (Kamal Haasan, also a Pretty Big Deal) who rescues her from a pretty dismal future and takes her up to a set of mountains which Alex can't pronounce (Ooty) to try and find a cure and look after her. This sets up all matter of things: the funkiest music ever to grace the sight of someone greeting a puppy, a weird romantic subplot with a student, some quite shocking violence and an iconic ending. 

But is the central relationship all a bit dodgy? And how come it looks like most of it was filmed in a picturesque Swiss village? And does the ending really hit the spot anymore? All these questions, paraphrased at least, will be answered in this episode. 

Content warning: as a result of themes brought up in this movie, we do discuss some quite shocking details about everyday sexual harassment in this episode. If that sounds too much for you, give this episode a miss. 

Next week: Mandi. 

Image attribution: Originally from the source below, as seen on Wiki Commons. 

https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/parties-and-events/celebs-grace-the-red-carpet-of-zee-cine-awards-2018/celebs-grace-the-red-carpet-of-zee-cine-awards-2017-more-image-3/

 

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Banter, Bollywood and BeyondBy Alex and Smytta