Episode 153 - Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! and Murder Mubarak

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

Show notes:

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

NEXT TIME: Singer Movies

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Episode 153 - 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:

INTERVAL ("Kay Sera Sera" from Pukar)

NEXT TIME: Detective movies

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Episode 152 - 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:

INTERVAL ("Badi Mushkil" from Lajja)

NEXT TIME: MD & SRK

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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.

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NEXT TIME: Madhuri Madness

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Episode 151 - 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:

INTERVAL ("Dishoom Dishoom" from The Archies)

NEXT TIME: Surprise Netflix and Dil!

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Supplemental Episode 19: Two Million Apologies!

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 eight and a half years.

Show notes:

NEXT TIME: 2023 year end wrap up

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Episode 150 - Detective Vidya-chu: Bobby Jasoos and Neeyat

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:

INTERVAL ("Sweety" from Bobby Jasoos)

NEXT TIME: 2 million

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Episode 149 - Sujoy (Ghosh) Division: Kahaani and Jaane Jaan

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:

INTERVAL ("Jaane Jaan" from Jaane Jaan)

NEXT TIME: Detective Balan

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Halloween IX: Interview With the Dentist, or Dedflix and Kill (Again)

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 horror-comedy Tooth Pari.

Show notes:

NEXT TIME: Noirvember

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Supplemental Episode 18: Sunny Singh's Bollywood State of Mind!

We welcome writer Sunny Singh to the show to discuss her fascinating new book A Bollywood State of Mind!

Show notes:

NEXT TIME: Hindi Horror Halloween

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Episode 148 - Two wives, or two brothers? Daag and Deewaar

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:

INTERVAL ("Ni Main Yaar Manana Ni" from Daag)

NEXT TIME: Hindi Horror Halloween

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Netflix and Dil: Girlzapur, or Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo

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 it out alive to enjoy their inheritance.

Show notes:

Next time: Deewaar

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Supplemental Episode 17: It's All About Loving Their Family, or Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani with Manish Mathur

After bemoaning the state of Bollywood in our last episode, Karan Johar has given us something worth celebrating!

Show notes:

NEXT TIME: Netflix and Dil Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo

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Episode 147 - 2023 Midyear Review

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:

INTERVAL ("Bandaa Title Track" from Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai)

NEXT TIME: Netflix and Dil Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo

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Netflix and Dil: Pilot Season Dobaara

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 season where we watch the pilot of six shows and choose which one we are going to watch, and review, a whole season of!

Show notes:

NEXT TIME: 2023 Midyear Review

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Supplemental Episode 16: Our Chat with Shashaa Tirupati

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 other top composers.

Show notes:

NEXT TIME: Pilot Season Part 2

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Episode 146 - “I'm the Dude, Playing a Dude, Disguised As Another Dude”: Don and Don 2

Strap in Lovers, we’re going on an international chase to catch Asia’s biggest criminal mastermind, Don. 

Show notes:

(INTERVAL (“Aaj Ki Raat” from Don: The Chase Begins Again)

Next time: Pilot Season Vol. 2

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