Mangala Talkies

As is our wont, we shall attempt and shine a 'Spotlight' on a film that we loved. The film under spotlight today is Joyland. Joyland might not have had deeper pockets to start with, but that part changed later. Joyland was a winner of Un Certain Regard Jury prize at Cannes Film Festival in 2022. It was in the final 15 films in the race for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. It...

The film that we shall talk about is argued as Francis Ford Coppola best work. Even Coppola thinks that this is his best work. One half of Mangala Talkies - Jateen - the one who does not wear bow tie also thinks this is Coppola's best work. The film is: The Conversation.  The Conversation was released between 2 Godfather films. The Godfather and The Godfather Part II. It was a the part o...

Ep 7: IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack – Half-baked Treatment and Lopsided Reactions Misguided plane (and the film) which lands nowhere. In this episode Jateen and Sachin spar over their respective review of the Netflix series IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack. Sachin was not too enthused and Jateen was sufficiently amused. WHY? Give it a listen. If you have any views write to us at our social media accounts...

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Here’s a question for you. Pull out a paper. And write down your answer to this question: which is the movie – Arnold made the most money on? I bet your answer starts with letter T or C. By the end of 1987, he had killed 283 people. More than anyone else in Hollywood during that time, by far. It took him eight films, but he did it. And that meant something. It meant that he was an action movie sta...

We know Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar were direct contemporaries. They had a friendship and but they also had a well-guarded rivalry. Which is to be expected from the contemporaries.  There is that famous story when Raj Kapoor moved heaven and earth to cast Dilip Kumar in Sangam. Sagam made in 1963 was an ambitious project. To be produced and directed by Rak Kapoor. It had a dram like plann...

Best film made on the partition. One of the best films made in India. One of the best films made in India in 1970s. In case of the film under discussion today, these are not some vacuous headlines on its DVD cover. But these are legitimate claims that this film can made. We are of course talking about 'Garm Hava' Garm Hava was released in May 1974. Directed by M.S. Sathyu Story and Screenplay by K...

#benaam #majboor #amitabhbachchan #bachchan #salimjaved #NarendraBedi #ravitandon #bollywoodpodcast Two films in today podcast - Benaam and Majboor! It's a double bill. Two films in a single ticket. The common thread between both the films is - both are Big B - Amitabh Bachchan films and both were released fifty years ago. These were significant films for Amitabh and they came in the same year 197...

#nanapatekar #abtakchhappan #nanapatekarbestdialogue Nana Patekar has been doing long form interviews for the last several years now. In these interviews, Nana is and has always been very open and candid about his life, his film roles and professional relationships. These days we also find him talking about his writing contribution to the film roles. However there has not been any interview where...

Welcome to our podcast. Mangala Talkies ! Today we shall attempt and shine a 'Spotlight' on a film that we loved. This film lacked deeper pockets to run marketing campaign. This film was glossed over at the awards shows. The mysterious algorithm of the streaming giant also does not suggest readily.  I am referring to the Marathi film ''The Disciple'' It was released in April 2021. These days...

The film that we sat down to discuss today is a Hollywood film - ' Born on the Fourth of July ' It was released on 20 December 1989. We also discussed the release and reception of the film later in the show. The story of the film in short is as follows: In the mid-1960s, suburban New York teenager Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise) enlists in the Marines, fulfilling what he sees as his patriotic duty. During...

Today we will be doing another link in the series - Happy 50th. Happy 50th is where celebrate, deliberate and at times investigate the classic and the blockbuster films which were released 50 years ago. The film that we sat down to discuss today is a Hindi film - ' Rajnigandha ' It was released on 13 September 1974. A synopsis of the film goes like this : Deepa played by Vidya Sinha lives with her...