Khandaan- A Bollywood Podcast

Welcome to Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast! We catch up on all things current this week including: 03:07 SHAMSHERA - is it really as bad as everyone (Asim) says?  10:36 THE LEGEND OF MAULA JATT - is the long-awaited return of Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan to (at least some of) our screens.  21:15 INDIAN MATCHMAKING on Netflix - it's the Return of Sima Aunty Patreon: If you want to listen to our review...

Welcome back to Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast and our review of LAAL SINGH CHADDHA!Directed by Advait Chandan and adapted from FORREST GUMP (1994) by Atul Kulkarni, Laal Singh Chaddha has been in the eye of the storm since we first saw a teaser pre-pandemic, for reasons good as well as terrible. Starring Aamir Khan as the titular character and costarring Kareena Kapoor as his one true love while M...

Another trip into the Khandaan Archives while the team is on break. This week we are taking about the seminal Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, a fan and listener favourite. Do let us know if you are enjoying these trips down memory lane, we should be back with taaza content very soon! Till then stay cool!

Welcome to another trip into our Khandaan Archive, we decided to again go back to 2018 when we recorded the episode with top friend @bethlovesbolly. This is Karan Arjun. Shownotes: Patreon: So you can help support us and grow our podcast by contributingThe Khandaan Merchandise store is live: A great new way to support your favourite Bollywood podcast. Your support will help us create and grow the...

Welcome to a special episode of Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast where we give you a sneak peak into the kind of content you're likely to get on our Patreon. On this episode, it's just Asim and Amrita shooting the breeze about a couple of things that happened over the week. (You'll have to listen to find out why Sujoy is MIA). First up, we discussed the latest episode of KOFFEE WITH KARAN where Karan...

Directed by Yash Chopra, with recreated music by the late, great Madan Mohan, VEER ZAARA (2004) is the kind of old-school Bollywood filmmaking you’d be hard-pressed to find today. Starring Shahrukh Khan as an Indian who falls in love with a Pakistani, played by Preity Zinta, and ably supported by a stunning cast including Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Manoj Bajpayee, Boman Irani, Anupam Kher, Kir...

On this week's Khandaan Podcast, Asim and Sujoy try to hold out the fort the best they can as Amrita was only able to join the episode for the final 30 min (blame Bangalore traffic) We manage to fit in a discussion on Zee 5's Broken News, Anek  and Stranger Things on Netflix, Runway 34 on Prime as well as preview the new season of Koffee With Karan. Shownotes: Here is a link to a list of charities...

Welcome to a brand new catchup of Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast with Top Friend Beth Loves Bollywood! First up, we discuss the trailer for RAKSHA BANDHAN (06.50) starring Akshay Kumar and SHAMSHERA (13.00) starring Ranbir Kapoor and directed by Karan Malhotra.  Beth also watched JUG JUGG JEEYO (27.50)starring Neetu Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, and Kiara Advani. Next, we all watched BHOOL BHU...

Welcome to another trip into our Khandaan Archive, we decided to again go back to 2019 when we recorded the episode something clicked and the Khandaan Jadoo started for all of us! This is Andaaz Apna Apna. Shownotes: Patreon: So you can help support us and grow our podcast by contributingThe Khandaan Merchandise store is live: A great new way to support your favourite Bollywood podcast. Your suppo...

Khandaan Archives revisits episodes from our fault.  This week we go all the way back to 2019 when we first discussed Karan Johar's debut movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai!   Shownotes: Patreon: So you can help support us and grow our podcast by contributingThe Khandaan Merchandise store is live: A great new way to support your favourite Bollywood podcast. Your support will help us create and grow the show...

Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast is all about upcoming new releases today! We first discuss LAAL SINGH CHADDHA, Aamir Khan’s ambitious remake of Forrest Gump that got royally roasted when it’s trailer released. Next we discussed Akshay Kumar’s SAMRAT PRITHVIRAJ underperforming while Shah Rukh Khan took over Twitter with his teaser for JAWAN. Asim watched KGF: CHAPTER 2 while Sujoy watched VIKRAM and...

Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast is back with a plethora of hot takes! Pitu Sultan fills in Amrita's. seat to discuss 1999's Mann starring Aamir Khan and Manish Koirala! We have also uploaded a Patreon Only version of this episodes with 30 min extra content. If you want to listen and support us, you can do that by going here 05.15  First off Indian Wedding season is back? Or is it divorce season in D...

This week's Khandaan Podcast is something a little different. As you know, we launched our Patreon channel earlier this year with the intention of trying new formats, experimenting with content, and just creating a little space where we can do things that might not fit with the main feed.  Today, we have Amrita who is kicking it off with an audio essay about 1992: the Year that Changed Bollywood....

Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast is jam-packed today! We discuss the trailers for Vikram and The Archies and more while our main review is Sanam Bewafa (1991).01.00  We kick things off with the spectacular failure of JAYESHBHAI JORDAAR as predicted by our desi Nostradamus, Khandaan’s own Asim.07.20  We saw the trailer for VIKRAM starring Kamal Hassan, Vijay Sethupathi, and Fahadh Faasil, and discuss...

Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast is back with Heropanti 2, Jayeshbhai Jordaar, Thar and more! Refreshed from our break and with little life updates, the gang’s all back to discuss what’s going on in the world of Indian film this week!05:20 Sujoy watched HEROPANTI 2 aka Someone Please Make Ahmad Khan Stop Directing Movies starring Tiger Shroff, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Tara Sutaria. 14:50 We discuss t...

Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast welcomes back Raja Sen for all things Baadshah (1999) today! Starring Shah Rukh Khan (a.k.a. the Badshah of Bollywood), Twinkle Khanna, and a very unexpected supporting cast of old dependables, this Abbas Mustan directorial has been the top request of many of our guests over the years - but Raja Sen was the first to book it. Join us as we discuss why this is a cult mo...

Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast dives into RRR, Bridgerton, Jalsa, ’83 and more! This episode is jam-packed with current releases.    Trailer: 04:51 We watched the trailer for Ahmed Khan’s HEROPANTI 2 starring Tiger Shroff, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Tara Sutaria. 14:20 We also watched the trailer for DASVI starring Abhishek Bachchan, Nimrit Kaur, and Yami Gautam.   Reviews:20:20 Amrita watched BRIDGE...

Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast brings you Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004) as we return to regular programming. In this episode, we are joined by Shreemi Verma, the world-famous Face of Panache! Although MUJHSE SHAADI KAROGI wasn’t her first pick, it is a movie that she has watched multiple times and we had lots to discuss. Starring Salman Khan during the worst phase of his career, Akshay Kumar as he wa...

Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast is full of fresh content - the Pathaan, Tiger 3, Jayeshbhai Jordaar trailers plus Badhaai Do and Rudra deep dives among other things. This was a jam-packed week for content but we are still catching up on some things from before. - We watched BADHAAI DO directed by Harshavardhan Kulkarni and starring Rajkumar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar as two people in the closet who ente...

Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast is full of fresh content - the Pathaan, Tiger 3, Jayeshbhai Jordaar trailers plus Badhaai Do and Rudra deep dives among other things. This was a jam-packed week for content but we are still catching up on some things from before. - We watched BADHAAI DO directed by Harshavardhan Kulkarni and starring Rajkumar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar as two people in the closet who ente...

Welcome to Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast where today we’re all about Irrfan Khan and PIKU (2015).  We wanted to leave our Other Khan series on a high note and who better to guide us to the top than Irrfan and Deepika Padukone? Directed by Shoojit Sircar, this is unarguably one of Padukone’s best roles and she goes toe-to-toe with not just the powerhouse that is Irrfan but also Amitabh Bachchan.  B...

Today on Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast - Gangubai Kathiawadi, The Fame Game, A Thursday, Love Hostel, and more! The last week of February brought us a slew of things to discuss: 02.15 We start with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI starring Alia Bhatt or the movie that brought India back to Bollywood in theaters 18.00 Next we discuss LOVE HOSTEL starring Bobby Deol, Sanya Malhotra, and V...

Khandaan A Bollywood Podcast continues it's Other Khan series with Sharmila Tagora who became Begum Ayesha Sultana Khan when she married the Nawab of Pataudi- Mansoor Ali Khan. If you're a Khandaan Podcast listener you know we set our own rules! As decided by our Patron's (You can help decide the movies we cover by joining here) we went with 1967' s An Evening in Paris starring Sharmila Tagore and...

Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast is all about Gehraiyaan, our main review, but we also discuss Loop Lapeta, Rocket Boys, and The Great Indian Murder. This week we’re delighted to bring back an old friend Manish (@vertigay314), host of It Pod To Be You and the Queer and Now podcasts. Check out his podcasts for some wide ranging and fun content. Our first topic of discussion was the late Lata Mangeshka...

Khandaan a Bollywood podcast is back with 1986’s JANBAAZ, a deep dive into Hindi film nostalgia with Feroze Khan.  This intimate introduction to the fertile brain of Hindi cinema’s most stylish actor left us stunned. We all thought we knew what we were getting into but Khan managed to surprise us at every turn. Co-starring Dimple Kapadia, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapoor, Dalip Tah...