Bollywood is For Lovers
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SubscribersWe watched the latest in the ongoing series of Bollywood family-based puff pieces, Netflix's The Roshans, as well as the debut film of Hrithik Roshan, Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai.Show notes:
Thank you Seño...
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01:15:48
We return to our Anil Kapoor decades series with three films from the 2000s: a double role, an action mystery, and an ensemble comedy. Show notes:
Anil Kapoor's 80s and 90s
Moving from lead actor to ...
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- 1 year ago
01:09:11
2024 has come and gone, and before we start to get excited about what movies the new year will bring us, we must first look back at the highs and the lows of Bollywood’s past six months.Show notes:
Mu...
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- 1 year ago
02:02:18
Hindi Horror Halloween turns 10! And for this landmark entry in our longest running series, we're going back to the beginning and giving horror auteur Ram Gopal Varma another chance... to scare us!Sho...
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- 1 year ago
46:25
We continue the tricky journey of following Amitabh Bachchan's career through its most treacherous stretch: the '90s.Show notes:
Thank you DT24x
Time for a Tezaab rewatch?
The Big B recap
Amitabh Bach...
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01:17:42
Alongside Nim (@MapleBrownie), we discussed the opening night event of the tenth annual India Film Festival of Alberta, as well as a workshop put on by film archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur.Show no...
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- 1 year ago
01:27:00
We checked out the latest talking heads documentary about Bollywood cinema, Namrata Rao's Angry Young Men. Did we learn anything?Show notes:
De Palma
Friedkin Uncut
Netflix and Dil: High and Low - Cin...
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- 2 years ago
55:23
It's midyear review time! We check in on the first six months of the year and all of the Bollywood (and Bollywood-adjacent) movies that made it in front of our eyeballs.Show notes:
Merry Christmas
Fig...
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- 2 years ago
01:42:59
We travel back to the opulence of 1940s Lahore with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's lush Netflix period drama Heeramandi.Show notes:
Heeramandi
Tawaifs
Be Kind Rewind - Sofia Coppola and the Godfather Part II...
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- 2 years ago
41:54
We are belting our hearts out with two Netflix features on the turbulent lives of popular singers. Show notes:
Straight-to-streaming films are legit now
Qala
Comparison to Amadeus
Halloween VI: Hell ...
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- 2 years ago
01:10:46
To wrap up Madhuri Madness 2024 we're joined by our good friend Rashmeet to discuss two action films in which our beloved heroine finds herself at the centre of a deadly love triangle. Show notes:
Wel...
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- 2 years ago
01:00:05
To celebrate International Women's Day, we are kicking off Madhuri Madness 2024 with two feminist consciousness raising ensemble dramas.Show notes:
Happy International Women’s Day
Madhuri Madness
E...
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- 2 years ago
01:02:55
We welcome filmmaker Jaydeep Sarkar, series director and executive producer of Rainbow Rishta, a new docuseries available now on Amazon Prime.Show notes:
Jaydeep Sarkar
Rainbow Rishta
NEXT TIME: Madhu...
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- 2 years ago
36:30
It's hard for us to believe, but we've reached two million downloads! To celebrate, we wanted to look back at the evolution of the show and apologize for everything we have gotten wrong over the past ...
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- 2 years ago
44:28
We are on the case with Bollywood's leading actress, the incomparable Vidya Balan, will we solve it before she does? Listen to find out!Show notes:
Vidya Balan
Star power and acting prowess
Bobby Jaso...
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- 2 years ago
53:26
To celebrate Noirvember this year, we delve into the catalogue of Sujoy Ghosh with the (not exactly noir) thrillers Kahaani and this year's Netflix release Jaane Jaan. Show notes:
Noirvember and our ...
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- 2 years ago
01:13:14
Happy (belated) Halloween Lovers! We may be late but our tradition of exploring all things spooky that Hindi cinema has to offer lives on! This year we are sinking our teeth into Netflix's romantic ho...
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- 2 years ago
51:59
We welcome writer Sunny Singh to the show to discuss her fascinating new book A Bollywood State of Mind!Show notes:
Thank you Sunny Singh for joining us!
A Bollywood State of Mind: A journey into the ...
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- 2 years ago
01:11:23
We return to the career of Yash Chopra with two iconic mid-70s blockbusters: one, the first film to carry the YRF name and the other, maybe the most influential Bollywood film ever made.Show notes:
Pa...
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- 2 years ago
01:05:41
We go to the lawless deserts in Homi Adajania's blood-soaked Hotstar crime drama, Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo, to find out who Dimple Kapadia will choose as her successor, and see if they will even make i...
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- 2 years ago
37:59
Somehow we are more than halfway through 2023, which means it's time for the midyear review where we discuss 11 Hindi-language films that have come out so far this year.Show notes:
Pathaan (Supplemen...
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- 3 years ago
02:06:59
It's been a rough year so far for Bollywood, but luckily there are plenty of new streaming shows that have caught our attention, some might say too many though. That means it's time for another pilot ...
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- 3 years ago
01:11:30
We welcome Canadian musician and playback singer Shashaa Tirupati on to discuss her career in Indian cinema, as well as winning a National Film Award and what it's like to work with A.R. Rahman and ot...
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- 3 years ago
41:02
Strap in Lovers, we’re going on an international chase to catch Asia’s biggest criminal mastermind, Don. Show notes:
It's not only difficult to catch Don (1978), it's impossible
“Bachchan ‘76 - ‘78″
T...
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- 3 years ago
01:06:07
We go back to the swinging sixties to get our groove on and maybe solve a murder or two, or ten, if we don’t end up dead ourselves!Show notes:
Erin forgets why they wanted to do this episode
Ranveer S...
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- 3 years ago
56:22
We go back to the golden age of filmmaking in Bombay with Vikramaditya Motwane’s period drama Jubilee.Show notes:
68th Filmfare Awards
Breaking Free: Vikramaditya Motwane’s Udaan, Lootera, and Trapped...
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- 3 years ago
01:05:05
Who better to play actors in Bollywood, than Bollywood actors? We discuss two films that present a very different take on the lifestyles of working screen actors.Show notes:
Episode 3: Bollywood on Bo...
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- 3 years ago
56:02
In our second annual Madhuri Madness we discuss two awards-nominated performances from the early 90s.Show notes:
Madhuri Madness 2022: Parinda and Dil and The Fame Game
Sadly The Fame Game has been...
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49:00
We welcome The Romantics director Smriti Mundhra on to discuss her new Netflix docuseries on Yash Raj Films, Bollywood stars' bookshelves, the nepotism question, and whether Befikre will ever find its...
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- 3 years ago
31:00
We go behind the scenes to learn about the making of some of Hindi cinema’s most famous and infamous films with two new docuseries.Show notes:
Thank you Rakesh KT!
Cinema Marte Dum Tak
Vice Media
The ...
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- 3 years ago
54:24
Is Shah Rukh Khan here to save Bollywood? A special guest drops by to weigh in on Pathaan!Show notes:
Thank you Nim aka MapleBrownie for inviting us out and joining us for this review!
“Cinema in nort...
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- 3 years ago
01:23:13
Well we are a month into the new year, but before we see if SRK can save Bollywood, we are looking back at the last six months of 2022. Show notes:
2022 Midyear Review
Jugjugg Jeeyo
Ek Villain Returns...
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- 3 years ago
02:17:59
We celebrate the work of iconic masala director Manmohan Desai with two of his films, made twenty years apart. Notes:
Our episodes on Amar Akbar Anthony and Mard
Masala film
Manmohan Desai
The source...
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48:38
It’s that time of year where we polish our guns and light up our cigarettes, it’s Noirvember time and we are up to no good with two Ashok Kumar classics.Notes:
Apologies for the sound quality, we disc...
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- 3 years ago
55:53
We return to the mean streets of Delhi with season 2 of Netflix’s Delhi Crime.Show notes:
Thank you Veedee24!
Delhi Crime
Netflix and Dil: Delhi Crime, or These Are Their Stories Dun Dun
The year of S...
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47:16
It’s October and by now you probably know what that means, it’s time for Hindi Horror Halloween! This year we check out three scary movies that are remakes of popular Hollywood horror films.Notes:
It’...
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- 3 years ago
01:18:22
We go back to the 1980s to catch up with two testosterone-tastic action films featuring your favourite hero and ours, Amitabh Bachchan.Notes:
The Bachchan Series
The never-ending search for movies wit...
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- 3 years ago
57:55
It’s back to school season, at least for some people, and we are hitting the books with two films about the right to education. Notes:
Paani on launchgood.com, donations to Pakistani refugees
floods...
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- 3 years ago
01:14:03
After a four year hiatus, Ranbir Kapoor is back! So we’re going back to look at a couple of his early roles. Notes:
Mother India is obviously the Mother of the Year
Ranbir Kapoor
Method acting and t...
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- 4 years ago
01:13:23
Strap on your invisibility bracelets Lovers, we’re teaming up to save the day with the one and only Mr. India!Notes:
Why doesn’t EPL want to buy Mr. India?
Shekhar Kapur
Bandit Queen and “The Great I...
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58:22
It’s time for another midyear review where we discuss 12 of the most notable Hindi-language films released in the past six months.Notes:
Looop Lapeta
Gehraiyaan
Badhaai Do
Gangubai Kathiawadi
Bachchha...
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01:46:58
We set out on the back country trails with three modern takes on the western genre. Notes:
Content Warning: two of these films feature sexual assault as plot points
What is a Western? Did they die out...
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- 4 years ago
01:04:39
We go for a ride with three films about destructive car accidents and the wreckage they leave behind.Show notes:
Did Erin invent a new genre?
Class, privilege, and getting away with murder
Chappaquidd...
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- 4 years ago
01:03:20
We dust off our bats and take a swing at the World Cup with two cricket biopics.Show notes:
Chess boxing
Past sports episodes: 6, 24, 27, & 118
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Is Neeraj Pandey on a ...
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- 4 years ago
01:11:54
We wrap up Madhuri Madness month with a look at Madhuri Dixit’s foray into streaming TV, the buzzy Netflix family mystery The Fame Game.Show notes:
Supplemental Episode 3: Sri Rao's Bollywood Kitchen!...
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51:00
March Madness is here, but it isn't basketball we're excited about, it's Madhuri Dixit! Kicking off our series on one of Bollywood's most talented leading ladies, we discuss two early roles. Show note...
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- 4 years ago
58:16
We dive head-first into the buzzy new Netflix show about romantic obsession and small-town power, but is it worth more than an eye-roll?Show notes:
Tried and Refused Productions' review
Rahul Desai's ...
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- 4 years ago
48:20
Happy Valentine's Day Lovers! We welcome back film critic, fellow podcaster, and romance aficionado Manish Mathur to discuss art imitating life with Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai in Guru. Show n...
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- 4 years ago
01:33:28
Matt and Erin hand out the sixth annual BiFL Awards for 2021 achievements in Hindi Cinema. Show notes:
Karan Johar Memorial Award for Best Costume Design
Sanju Award for Excellence in Hair Design
Pari...
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- 4 years ago
16:46
Happy New Year Lovers! As always, we've spent the first weeks of the new year catching up with films from the previous year, and we're here to tell you about it.
Show notes:
Haseen Dillruba
Toofaan ...
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Join hosts Matt Bowes and Erin Fraser for a bi-weekly podcast that explores the wonderful world of Hindi Cinema through the lens of two Canadian cinephiles! Contact us at bollywoodisforlovers@gmail.com
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