Episode 69 - Play Nimmi For Me: Aag and Mera Naam Joker with Beth Loves Bollywood
We welcome Beth Watkins of Beth Loves Bollywood to discuss two films starring, directed, and produced by Raj Kapoor.
Show Notes:
- Welcome to Beth Loves Bollywood!
- Mujhse Dostu Karoge!
- Shree 420
- Bengali cinema and Satyajit Ray
- Raj Kapoor
- Take that Hugh Jackman
- Prithviraj Kapoor and the Kapoors
- Comparisons to Charlie Chaplin
- Aag
- “Dude’s got a type”
- Chiaroscuro lighting
- “Raat Ko Jee Chamke Taare”
- Nimmi(s)
- Comparisons to Orson Welles
- Kapoor as India
(INTERVAL (”Jeena Yahan Marna” from Mera Naam Joker)
- Mera Naam Joker
- “Duff beer For Me, Duff Beer For You”
- Kseniya Ryabinkina
- Shankar Jaikishan
- Creepy clown doll
- No one likes clowns (at least they aren’t as bad as mimes)
- Why do auteurs like the circus?
- Hot for teacher
- Is the Russian comprehensible?
- Entitlement and the male ego
- Dom DeLuise
- Black and white vs. colour
- “Jaane Kahan Gaye Woh Din” and “Angh Lag Jaa Baalma”
- They do sell the clown doll
- Ajooba
NEXT TIME: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai with Khabardaar Podcast
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