Bollywood Drafts

Favorite Directors Top 10 This episode, Bollywood Drafts is taking a break from the usual format. Your host and moderator Manish welcomes Aahil for a casual ranking of their 10 favorite directors. They each picked ten and chose a film to represent that director's career. The conversation includes heavyweights and more lowkey filmmakers, and brings up nostalgia, innovation, and just pure emotions a...

Women's Wrongs Top 10 After celebrating inspiring stories about women's perseverance in the previous episode, Bollywood Drafts is flipping the coin. It's time for the Women's Wrongs Top 10, with movies about bad girls, women committing crimes, and taking their lives in their own hands. Through any means necessary! Join host and moderator Manish ( @vertigay314 ) in finding the top 10 "women's...

Women's Rights Top 13 For Women's History Month this March, Bollywood Drafts is doing a two-part episode celebrating women's stories: both the inspiring and the salacious! For part 1, host and moderator Manish looks for the top 13 "women's rights" movies. These are films about liberation, independence, freedom, and survival. With movies across all genres, this category is wide open and e...

NRI Movies Top 10 On Bollywood Drafts, we're ranking movies based outside of India! Whether it's the US, the UK, Australia, Canada or South Africa, or anywhhere, we're looking at the NRI experience. What are some similarities these movies have? What do they say about the life outside of India, the connection to back home, and the divide between the past and the future? Join host and moderator Mani...

Marriage Stories Top 10 Happy Valentine's Day from Bollywood Drafts! For the 3rd season premiere, we are ranking marriage stories on the podcast! What happens after happily ever after? These movies track the ups and downs of marriage, 'til death--or an affair or unemployment or in-laws--do us part! Join host and moderator Manish in finding the top 10 marriage movies in Bollywood! The players: Mani...

Manmohan Desai Top 10 It's the season 2 finale of Bollywood Drafts! And for this special occaision, we are ranking the top 10 movies from filmmaker Manmohan Desai. He was a pioneer of the masala genre, working with the top actors and creatives for decades. Not only were his films massively entertaining and memorable, but they featured taboo topics, political themes, and groundbreaking narratives....

Sequels Top 10 Join Bollywood Drafts in ranking the top 10 Bollywood sequels! From beloved franchises to spiritual sequels, this ranking is a roller coaster ride. Bollywood has given sequels to romantic comedies, action epics, superhero movies, and social satires, and we are here to dig through to find the best! Join host and moderator Manish ( @vertigay314 ) to find the top 10 Bollywood sequels!...

The Kapoor Dynasty Top 10 It's the holiday season, and it's time to celebrate with loved ones. And there's no bigger Bollywood family than The Kapoors. Spanning decades and generations, The Kapoors can be traced back to the beginning of the Hindi film industry. Raj, Kareena, Shashi, Ranbir, and more! Join host and moderator Manish ( @vertigay314 ) in finding the definitive top 10 movies featuring...

Netflix Originals Top 10 India's streaming content has ballooned over the last few years: attracting big names, unique concepts, and enjoyable movies of all genres. With that classic "tudum" noise, audiences are transported to brilliant stories with engaging characters. Join host and moderator Manish ( @vertigay314 ) in finding the top 10 Hindi language Netflix originals! The players: Cr...

Sridevi Top 17 (part 2) Let's give thanks to one of the most iconic Bollywood stars: Sridevi!! With hundreds of brilliant performances, Sridevi was one of the brightest stars to grace our screens. What better way to show appreciation than an epic top 17. Recorded in one setting, host and moderator Manish (@vertigay314) had to split up this 5+ hour episode into 2 parts. Here's the second part, feat...