Episodios

  • Netflix and Dil: We Signed the Black Warrant

    Netflix and Dil: We Signed the Black Warrant
    Jul 15 2025
    We watched the latest Vikramaditya Motwane project, Netflix's 2025 hit Black Warrant. We really liked it, which is not a huge surprise.

    Show notes:
    • We picked this show on our last Pilot Season episode.
    • Our episode on Motwane's previous show, Jubilee: Bombay's Dream Factory, Jubilee
    • Our episode on three of Motwane's movies: Breaking Free: Vikramaditya Motwane’s Udaan, Lootera, and Trapped
    • James Ellroy
    • Our episode featuring Main Aur Charles and discussing Charles Sobhraj: Rolling In The Randeep (Hooda), with Shah Shahid
    NEXT TIME: Movies about getting married, with Rashmeet

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    Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwork!
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    33 m
  • 164: Bachchan '07 - '09

    164: Bachchan '07 - '09
    Jun 14 2025
    We continue our longest running series in which we explore Amitabh Bachchan's career year by year, this time we are in the late 2000s. Show notes: Our Bachchan series playlist We are jumping ahead a bit, because we felt like it2000 to 2006 Bachchan highlightsAmitabh Bachchan's elderly statesman reinventionCheeni KumThoughts on R. Balki's filmographyA "Super R"? (INTERVAL "Mere Buddy" from Bhootnath) BhoothnathOscar Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost" Casper or Beetlejuice?Bollywood family/children's filmsPaa Progeria and comparisons to Jack More stylistic directionBachchan and ageing NEXT TIME: Black Warrant Find us on Apple Podcasts! and Stitcher! and audioBoom! and iHeartRadio! and Spotify! and Google Podcasts! and Saavn! and Hubhopper! Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwork!
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    1 h y 3 m
  • Netflix and Dil: Pilot Season Teen

    Netflix and Dil: Pilot Season Teen
    May 26 2025
    There hasn't been much drawing us out to the theatre these days, so we asked ourselves, is there anything to watch at home? That's right lovers, 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:
    • Black Warrant
    • Ziddi Girls
    • Dabba Cartel
    • Dupahiya
    • Kauf
    • The Royals
    NEXT TIME: Mid-2000s Bachchan

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    54 m
  • Supplemental Episode 22: Om Shanti Om - Endless Cycle of Love

    Supplemental Episode 22: Om Shanti Om - Endless Cycle of Love
    Apr 23 2025
    In this supplemental we travel to Japan to see Om Shanti Om, Takarazuka style.

    Show notes:
    • Takarazuka Revue
    • Om Shanti Om: Endless Cycle of Love
    NEXT TIME: Pilot Season 3

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    Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwork!

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    1 h y 3 m
  • 163: Madhubala Madness 2025: Mrs and Mrs '55 and Barsaat Ki Raat

    163: Madhubala Madness 2025: Mrs and Mrs '55 and Barsaat Ki Raat
    Apr 4 2025
    March may be over, but we are still mad, mad for Madhubala!

    Show notes:
    • Thanks to tommydan
    • Noir '58: Howrah Bridge and 12 O'Clock
    • The Great Epic: Mughal-e-Azam
    • Bollywood Drafts
    • A brief aside on Mahal
    • Tragically struck down too soon
    INTERVAL ("Thandi Hawa Kali Ghata" from Mr. & Mrs. '55)

    • Mr. & Mrs. '55
    • The Orson Welles of India/The Guru Dutt of Hollywood
    • Limitations of the of the auteur theory
    • Our limited of our knowledge of the Hindu code bills
    • Cleo, don’t get on that plane
    • Romantic comedy tropes
    • General Jinjur and feminist parody
    • Matt mansplains feminism
    • Barsaat Ki Raat
    • Roshan songs
    NEXT TIME: Takarazuka Om Shanti Om

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    Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwork!
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    1 h y 3 m
  • 162: Madhuri Madness 2025: Aaja Nachle and Maja Ma

    162: Madhuri Madness 2025: Aaja Nachle and Maja Ma
    Mar 19 2025
    Have we finally been cured of our madness? Find out in our last Madhuri Madness, at least for now.

    Show notes:
    • Madhuri Madness
    • 2000s Madhuri
    • Devdas vs. Dev.D with Paul Matwychuk
    • Ladies Be Angry: Gulaab Gang, Akira, & Mom
    • Aaja Nachle
    • Steve
    • Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
    • Comparison with Dil Toh Pagal Hai
    • Creative ego vs community cohesion
    INTERVAL ("Aaja Nachle" from Aaja Nachle)

    • Maja Ma
    • What is Rajit Kapoor's accent?
    • More polygraph tests in this movie than anticipated
    • The boner subplot
    • Comparisons to The Birdcage and Beginners
    • What’s a sister-in-law?
    • Dixit is picking progressive projects, with varying degrees of success
    • The survivorship bias plane and left-handed-ness

    NEXT TIME: Madhubala Madness 2025

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    Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwork!
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    1 h y 9 m
  • Netflix and Dil: The Roshans and Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, or The Little Family That Could

    Netflix and Dil: The Roshans and Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, or The Little Family That Could
    Feb 27 2025
    We watched the latest in the ongoing series of Bollywood family-based puff pieces, Netflix's The Roshans, as well as the debut film of Hrithik Roshan, Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai.

    Show notes:
    • Thank you Señorita for the review!
    • Previously on Bollywood Family History Story Time: our episodes on The Romantics, and Angry Young Men
    • Three generations, four guys: Roshan, Rajesh Roshan, Rakesh Roshan, and Hrithik Roshan
    • As non-Hindi speakers who didn't grow up with these songs, it can be a little tough for us to understand the significance of music, especially outside of the movies
    • Pop vs. classical music
    • People they should have interviewed: Rekha, Salman Khan, Jadoo
    • Plagiarism allegations for Rajesh
    • Extortion in late '90s-early 2000s Hindi film
    • Our episode on Koi... Mil Gaya: Dancing on Hoodoos: Bollywood in Alberta
    • Our episode on the Krrish films: A Little Bit of That Jadoo Magic: Krrish with Brandon Schatz
    • Why didn't they talk about Kites (apart from the obvious reasons)
    INTERVAL: ("Ek Pal Ka Jeena", from Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai)

    • Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
    • Being replaced by a better, richer version of yourself, this is basically The Substance
    • The double role gimmick works better when there's reincarnation or direct family ties
    • We want more Ameesha Patel movie recs
    NEXT TIME: Madhuri Madness 2025

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    Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwork!
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    1 h y 16 m
  • 161: Anil Kapoor's 2000s: Bulandi, Calcutta Mail, and Welcome

    161: Anil Kapoor's 2000s: Bulandi, Calcutta Mail, and Welcome
    Feb 9 2025
    We return to our Anil Kapoor decades series with three films from the 2000s: a double role, an action mystery, and an ensemble comedy.

    Show notes:
    • Anil Kapoor's 80s and 90s
    • Moving from lead actor to ensemble films
    • Aesthetic shifts in 2000s Bollywood
    • Reflecting on Slumdog Millionaire and its impact
    • Bulandi
    • Remake of Nattamai
    • "Gourd scene"
    • Songs: "Saari Duniya Mein," "Teri Meri Ik Jind," and "Ab Bujho Ri Bujho"
    • We don't know Raveena Tandon
    INTERVAL ("Teri Akhiyon Main" from Bulandi)
    • Calcutta Mail
    • It's a remake of Choodalani Vundi, Erin apologizes for completely butchering that title
    • Hong Kong vibes
    • The "dead wife" home movie
    • Song: "Kahan Pe Meri Jaan Jaogi"
    • Welcome
    • Inspired by Mickey Blue Eyes
    • Will we watch Welcome to the Jungle?
    • Songs: "Honth Rasiley" and "Welcome"
    • We forgot Irrfan was in Slumdog Millionaire, as we noted we haven't seen it since it came out
    NEXT TIME: The Roshans

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    Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwork!
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    1 h y 9 m