The Brown Table - A Bollywood Podcast

Shailee Butalia, Parimal M. Rohit
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Monthly panel discussion on cultural and societal issues presented in Bollywood films.

Episodes

  1. Episode 8: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Hits the Stage

    11/18/2021

    Episode 8: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Hits the Stage

    The Brown Table's Shailee Butalia talks with blue13 Dance Company's Achinta McDaniel about the stage adaptation of DDLJ on Broadway. Will the show capture the magic of one of Bollywood's most endeared films? Or will it miss the mark?

    34 min
  2. Episode 7 - Iram Parveen Bilal: Gender and Filmmaking

    09/15/2021

    Episode 7 - Iram Parveen Bilal: Gender and Filmmaking

    The Brown Table scratches the surface about Gender and Hollywood & Bollywood. Pakistani American filmmaker Iram Parveen Bilal speaks with P-Mo and Shailee Butalia about being a female director and the challenges women face in Hollywood and Bollywood.

    48 min
  3. Episode 6 - Fatherhood & Bollywood: A Chat with Jugal Hansraj

    06/09/2021

    Episode 6 - Fatherhood & Bollywood: A Chat with Jugal Hansraj

    Bollywood actor/director/writer Jugal Hansraj (Mohabbatein, Kahaani 2) chats with The Brown Table team about the evolving role of Desi fatherhood. What role, if any, is Bollywood playing in guiding the evolution of being a father?

    54 min
  4. Episode 5 - Reframing Sexuality in Bollywood

    04/04/2021

    Episode 5 - Reframing Sexuality in Bollywood

    Intro Music by Dean Sultani, The Asian Highway's Music Supervisor Ajay Gehlawat's profile: http://hutchins.sonoma.edu/faculty-staff/ajay-gehlawat

    1h 1m
  5. Episode 4 - Colorism and Film: Bollywood's Biases Exposed by AI

    03/08/2021

    Episode 4 - Colorism and Film: Bollywood's Biases Exposed by AI

    The report can be found here: https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2021/march/ai-analyzes-movies.html.

    59 min
  6. Episode 3 - The White Tiger: A Proper Representation of India?

    01/31/2021

    Episode 3 - The White Tiger: A Proper Representation of India?

    Emmy-nominated host Rasha Goel, film editor Imran Shaikh, actor Aseem Tiwari and podcast host Seema Govil chat with P-Mo and Shailee Butalia of The Asian Highway about 'The White Tiger.' Did the film properly represent India's class differences? Or is it poverty porn?

    50 min
  7. Episode 2 - Pink and Rape Culture: 'No Means No'

    11/16/2020

    Episode 2 - Pink and Rape Culture: 'No Means No'

    Sangita Gopal teaches cinema studies at the University of Oregon.Sangita authored Conjugations: Marriage and Film Form in New Bollywood Cinema.Sangita is finishing her next book, Indian Feminism and Feminist Media in India.Tejal Toprani Misra is a licensed psychotherapist based in Southern California.Tejal moved her practice to Southern California after working with clients in the Philadelphia area.

    52 min
  8. Episode 1 - Chhichhore: Accepting Failure

    10/01/2020

    Episode 1 - Chhichhore: Accepting Failure

    Moderator: Shailee Butalia, The Asian Highway's Film Reviewer Panelists: Neha Patel, podcaster & co-founder of Hatch Brighter Tejal Toprani, a licensed psychotherapist Simran Butalia, multimedia entrepreneur Nikita Ganatra, educator Imran Shaikh, cinematographer Parimal M. Rohit, journalist and co-founder of The Asian Highway

    54 min
  9. Episode 0 - Prologue, The Brown Table

    10/01/2020

    Episode 0 - Prologue, The Brown Table

    The first episode follows this prologue and deep dives into the film, Chhichhore.

    3 min
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Monthly panel discussion on cultural and societal issues presented in Bollywood films.

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