Bollywood is For Lovers

In this episode we discuss three romances from director Imtiaz Ali.  Show Notes: New review! Thank you Shah166! Big thanks to Manish Chandna for the episode suggestion.  Imtiaz Ali, Rockstar, and Highway Repression and the artistic temperament Manic Pixie Dream Girl We are not discussing Highway Jab We Met and the screwball comedy Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor Poo is the shit! Far-flung compari...

In this episode we celebrate Valentine’s Day with Hindi cinema’s current reigning sweetheart, Alia Bhatt.  Show Notes: We celebrated Valentine’s Day early and went for a spa day Narayanni’s Restaurant Erin has been taking a Bollywood dance class at the University of Alberta At only 22 and with only five films, Alia Bhatt’s cinematic output is very strong  Student Of The Year and Highway 2 States: ...

In this episode we welcome Devin Bruce to discuss two adaptations of Shakespeare’s tragedies, Omkara and Haider, as well scotch and Bollywood’s profile, or lack there of, with western filmgoers.  Show Notes: The first half of this episode is long and free-wheeling, if you’d like to head straight to the reviews jump to 43:35 Devin Bruce of Scotch and Comics, The Listmakers Podcast, and Variant Edit...

In this episode we discuss the three most recent films from Bollywood auteur Anurag Kashyap. Show Notes: Check out our interviews with Metro Edmonton and CBC's Edmonton AM Big thanks to Vinay B for his review and insight The 61st Filmfare Awards Unfortunately Bajirao Mastani hasn't overtaken Dilwale, at least not at the international box office Take a drink every time Erin says "phenomenal" Split...

In this episode we welcome our first friendly, Juliet Franklin, to discuss two recent releases, Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani, and to reflect on some of the highlights and lowlights of the past year of Hindi cinema.  Show Notes: Juliet knows more about Indian culture than us, by virtue of being South Indian Watching bootlegs and the rise of digital distribution  Matt forgot to plug in the mic, and b...

In this episode we discuss director Sanjay Leela Bhansali with an in-depth look at three of his films Show Notes: This episode is late, we’re sorry (but our next episode will be out soon) Matt and Boman Irani are becoming pretty close Shout out to Shah Shahid and the Split Screen Podcast Sanjay Leela Bhansali, director of Devdas and Ram-Leela Vidhu Vinod Chopra, director of Broken Horses Hum Dil D...

This week we take an in depth look at Aditya Chopra’s landmark romance Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, or DDLJ Show Notes: Thanks to (the attractive) Allan Mott for reviewing the show Matt's podcast roundup on The Pulp Celebrating DDLJ's 20th Anniversary December 18th is stacked with movie releases Erin makes a Rocky reference We recognize Amrish Puri from his iconic role in Temple of Doom Kajol's un...

In this episode we discuss global Bollywood sensation Priyanka Chopra and take an in depth look at three of her iconic films. Show Notes: Thanks to LizC (@lizcook) who caught a mistake in the previous episode We went to TD Presents Diwali Bollywood Dance Night at Northlands Matt learns the difference between Diwali and Dilwale  Award-winning actress, model, and singer Priyanka Chopra Too many segu...

In this episode we discuss three Bollywood horror films featuring popular and familiar supernatural creatures. Show Notes: Happy Halloween! Matt plugs John Carpenter’s Halloween (not a Bollywood film) Shout out to Edmonton’s DEDfest Ranging MMS is the found footage horror film we mention Bipasha Basu, Bollywood’s scream queen Nagini, Indian snake women Pretentious Movie Reviews Bhoot (Ram Gopal Va...

In this episode we discuss some of the biggest rising stars in Bollywood by looking at four recent films. Show notes: Matt is getting old, and he would like Priyanka Chopra to attend his birthday Quantico is doing well, go Pranks! Band Baaja Baaraat (Maneesh Sharma, 2010) Ranveer Singh, party catalyst, fashionista, and major object of affection   Anushka Sharma  “Dum Dum” and “Ainvayi Ainvayi” Ran...

In this episode we discuss how Bollywood presents itself in cinema by looking at a few films that take use behind the scenes of the Hindi film industry. Show notes: Om Shanti Om (Farah Khan, 2007) Arjun Rampal makes a great villain New term: Junior Artist “Dard E Disco” a.k.a. “The Pain of Disco” So Many Good Dance Scenes Luck By Chance (Zoya Akhtar, 2011) Nepotism and gender imbalances Opening se...

In our second episode we discuss some of the biggest actors and actresses in Hindi cinema, as well as introduce a few common Bollywood terms and tropes. Show notes: We already have reviews! The dance scene for “Gallan Goodiyan” from Dil Dhadakne Do is here The Heroes Amitabh “The Big B” Bachchan Shah Rukh Khan, aka King Khan Aamir Khan (his show is Satyamev Jayate) Salman Khan Abhishek Bachchan Hu...

In our inaugural episode we discuss who we are and why we love Hindi cinema, aka. Bollywood. As well as dispelling some common misconceptions about Bollywood, we reveal some good picks for films to watch if you’re new to Bollywood and where to find them.  Show notes:  Erin lists her credentials  Matt failed to major in Bollywood in University  Shout out to The Pulp (where we first publicly exposed...