5: S5E5: Silsila (1981) - Top 10 Love Triangles

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