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We are belting our hearts out with two Netflix features on the turbulent lives of popular singers. 

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Straight-to-streaming films are legit now
Qala
Comparison to Amadeus

Halloween VI: Hell Hath No Fury, Stree and Bulbbul with Matthew Stepanic

Elvis and Norah Jones

Style over substance

INTERVAL ("Baaja" from Amar Singh Chamkila)





Dil-Luminati Tour
Wee Book Inn
Amar Singh Chamkila
Amar Singh Chamkila
Comparisons to western hip hop
The Mr. Holland's Opus problem
Jodi
The use of archival images

NEXT TIME: Heeramandi

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We are polishing our magnifying glasses and donning our deerstalkers, because once again, murder is afoot! 

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We just love murder mysteries!
Our Noirvember playlist

To Those Who Killed Me and Call of the Void, the mystery books Matt has edited
You can't have too few or too many characters in a murder mystery
Detective Bymokesh Bakshy!
"When the Hindu Right Came for Bollywood"
Byomkesh Bakshi
Comparisons to other famous fictional detectives
Kosuke Kindaichi
1940s setting
The music and the violence go too hard

INTERVAL ("Calcutta Kiss" from Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!)





Murder Mubarak
Is Sanjay Kapoor one of our guys?
"In a movie about rich people you can't kill the help"
Karisma Kapoor's first film in 12 years
Fantasy casting The Thin Man


NEXT TIME: Singer Movies

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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. 

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Welcome Rashmeet!
Madhuri Madness

Madhuban Performing Arts and Urja Yeg

Aarzoo
Gaslight, Girlboss, Gatekeep
Obsession gazebo
Darkman
"Dosti Karte Nahin" and "Mil Jaate Hain"
St. Andrews

INTERVAL ("Kay Sera Sera" from Pukar)





"Que Sera Sera"
Pukar
"Hai Jaana Hai Jaana" 
Are we Rajkumar Santoshi fans?
Torturing Anil Kapoor
Madhuri Dixit's emotional range and appeal

NEXT TIME: Detective movies

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To celebrate International Women's Day, we are kicking off Madhuri Madness 2024 with two feminist consciousness raising ensemble dramas.

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Happy International Women’s Day


Madhuri Madness 
Every film industry is patriarchal (except Paradise Island)
Hollywood vs Bollywood women’s pictures
Mrityudand

Shabana Azmi and Om Puri


Prakash Jha’s political filmmaking

INTERVAL ("Badi Mushkil" from Lajja)





Lajja
A real multi-starrer

Manisha Koirala learns about feminism
Tonally inconsistent
Ajay Devgn's whip sword

NEXT TIME: MD & SRK

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We welcome filmmaker Jaydeep Sarkar, series director and executive producer of Rainbow Rishta, a new docuseries available now on Amazon Prime.

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Jaydeep Sarkar
Rainbow Rishta

NEXT TIME: Madhuri Madness 

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Somehow we made it through 2023, which certainly was a year in Bollywood. Did Tiger 3 hit the jackpot? Did we soldier through Jawan? Find out now!

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The 69th Annual Filmfare Awards (nice)

Neeyat (Episode 150)

Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Supplemental Episode 17)
Jawan

Jaane Jaan (Episode 149)
Khufiya

INTERVAL ("Dishoom Dishoom" from The Archies)





Thank You for Coming
12th Fail
Tiger 3
Animal
This is the only Bullet Machine we respect in these parts
The Archies
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan

NEXT TIME: Surprise Netflix and Dil!

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