197 episodes
Bollywood is For Lovers Bollywood is For Lovers
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- TV & Film
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4.3 • 46 Ratings
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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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Sad Songs Say So Much: Qala and Amar Singh Chamkila
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 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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#Qala, #AnvitaDutt, #TriptiDimri, #SwastikaMukherjee, #BabilKhan, #AmitSial, #SameerKochar, #AbhishekBanerjee, #AmarSinghChamkila, #ImtiazAli, #DiljitDosanjh, #ParineetiChopra, #NishaBano, #RahulMittra, #Netflix, #HindiCinema, #Bollywood -
Murder Most Fun: Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! and Murder Mubarak
We are polishing our magnifying glasses and donning our deerstalkers, because once again, murder is afoot!
Show notes:
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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#DetectiveByomkeshBakshy!, #ByomkeshBakshi, #DibakarBanerjee, #SushantSinghRajput, #AnandTiwari, #NeerajKabi, #SwastikaMukherjee, #MeiyangChang, #MurderMubarak, #HomiAdajania, #PankajTripathi, #SaraAliKhan, #VijayVarma, #KarismaKapoor, #DimpleKapadia, #SanjayKapoor, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema -
Madhuri Madness 2024: Aarzoo and Pukar
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:
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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#MadhuriDixit, #Aarzoo, #LawrenceD'Souza, #AkshayKumar, #SaifAliKhan, #PareshRawal, #AmrishPuri, #Pukar, #RajkumarSantoshi, #AnilKapoor, #ManrataShirodkar, #OmPuri, #Danny Denzongpa, #PrabhuDeva, #LataMangeshkar, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema -
Madhuri Madness 2024: Mrityudand and Lajja
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
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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#MadhuriDixit, #Mrityudand, #PrakashJha, #ShabanaAzmi, #OmPuri, #ShilpaShirodkar, #MohanJoshi, #MohanAgashe, #HarishPatel, #Lajja, #RajkumarSantoshi, #ManishaKoirala, #Rekha, #MahimaChaudhary, #JackieShroff, #AnilKapoor, #AjayDevgn, #JohnnyLever, #InternationalWomen'sDay, #Bollywood, #Feminism, #FeminisminFilm, #HindiCinema -
Supplemental Episode 20: Rainbow Rishta Director Jaydeep Sarkar
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: Madhuri Madness
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#Bollywood, #JaydeepSarkar, #HindiCinema, #HindiTV, #IndianTV, #Docuseries, #Documentary, #AmazonPrime, #LGBTQ+, #LGBTQ+India -
2023 Year End Review
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!
Show notes:
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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#Bollywood, #2023Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #Neeyat, #RockyAurRaniKiPremKahaani, #Jawan, #JaaneJaan, #Khufiya, #ThankYouforComing, #12thFail, #Animal, #TheArchies, #KhoGayeHumKahan
Customer Reviews
Great podcast
Hey,
Huge fan of what you guys do; as an NRI, it’s really great hearing a nuanced and unexoticized take on a part of South Asian culture people don’t really know much about. I think it would be really cool if y’all reviewed Guide (1965), Arth, or even a Guru Dutt masterwork trilogy (Pyassa, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam). In terms of Anil Kapoor I think Parinda would be really great (even if it is 1989 which is practically 90s), it’s what lead to Satya and ultimately the crime Bollywood movies of today. Thank you for the great podcast!
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pleaaaaaaaase review oye lucky lucky oye its one of my favorite films (and imo dibakar banerjees best) and no one talks about it!! also u guys do a rly, rly good job - never stop!!
bollywood movie masters
I have been watching bollywood for about half of my life, but had been in a rut for a little while now. After listening to about half of your podcast episodes, I now have a long list of movies I will watch, and have started watching ones I hadn't seen since listening to you guys. You're always informative and well versed about all of the material you talk about and cover a wide range of genres that I never knew about within bollywood. Since I've been listening to you guys everyday for over a month now, I almost feel like I know you, so hi :) Thank you for helping me fall in love with bollywood again!