Jolly Good Bollywood: Members Only

We are two friends raised on (and arguably, by) Bollywood. After a decade of talking about doing this--first in classrooms and tea shops, and then, separated by continents, over video calls--we're finally starting to put together our constant conversations about Bollywood into the form of a weekly podcast, "Jolly Good Bollywood--Members Only." N.B.: We owe the first part of our name to Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Dir. Karan Johar, 2016) and the second part from Fight Club--Members Only (Dir. Vikram Chopra, 2006), which should tell you more about us than anything else.

Episodes

8: Episode 8 - Two of a Kind

September 13, 2020 • 65 mins

In today's episode (our first featuring a guest), we take on Bollywood music, and map a history of music director duos from Husnalal Bhagatram to Meet Bros.

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7: Episode 7 - Lost and Found

August 3, 2020 • 43 mins

We are back with our new episode on 'lost and found' films. We take a tour through the history of films about families separated and reunited, discuss sub-genres like that of the star crossed lovers films, twin-separated-at-birth films, rebirth films, imposter films etc. What's your favorite film about people who are lost and found?

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6: Episode 6 - Uprisings

June 21, 2020 • 47 mins

In this week's episode, we discuss representations of uprisings in Bollywood film through the decades as well as the importance of such films.

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5: Episode 5 - Irrfan

May 31, 2020 • 42 mins

In our first ever tribute episode, we look back at the marvelous body of work of one of our favorite performers, Irrfan Khan. Further Reading: Rahul Desai, 'The Everythingship of Irrfan': https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/bollywood-features/the-everythingship-of-irrfan-khan/ Vishal Bharadwaj, 'Irrfan and I': https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/75649735.cms

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4: Episode 4: Unfulfilled Legacies

May 17, 2020 • 34 mins

In this week's episode, we discuss some of our favorite star kids who could not be quite the stars themselves. It also gave us a chance to talk about our true loves--Zayed Khan and Jackky Bhagnani.

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Episode 3 - Stalking In Bollywood

May 3, 2020 • 46 mins

We are back this week in a longish episode on a subject that is not quite "jolly good" but which we have really wanted to speak about and shed light upon: the portrayal of stalking and harassment in Bollywood films through the ages, and the dangerous narrative they create in reel and real lives. As always, we have tried to map a history of the depiction of stalking on-screen, and have tried to discuss the repercussions these h...

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Episode 2: Travel in Bollywood Part 2

April 21, 2020 • 25 mins

In Part 2 of our episode on 'Travel in Bollywood' we talk about travel in some of our favorite films from the '00s and '10s and about a special twist on the idea of 'travel'.

We start off where Part 1 left off. If you haven't heard Part 1, where we talk about Travel in Bollywood cinema from the 60s to the 90s, you can check it out here: https://soundcloud.com/jolly-good-bollywood/episode-2-part-1

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Episode 2: Travel in Bollywood - Part 1

April 18, 2020 • 26 mins

Thank you so much for your kind response to Episode 1. This week we are back to talking about 'Travel in Bollywood' (and Rishi Kapoor's ugly sweaters).

Part 2 of this episode, where we talk about travel in some of our favorite films from the '00s and '10s and about a special twist on travel, will go live on Tuesday, April 21.

We know the audio glitches persist, but we're realizing it's a side effect...

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Episode 1: Bad Bollywood Ensembles

April 11, 2020 • 41 mins

This is our first time, so we're still learning. And because we recorded it over a Zoom call, there's a lot of talking over one another. We will work on that. If you have any suggestions about how we can do to improve a podcast recorded simultaneously from Delhi and New York, please drop us a line at jollygoodbollywoodpodcast@gmail.com

A list of all the media mentioned is available in the comments.

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