Bollywood is For Lovers
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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- 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...
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- Our Bachchan series playlist
- We are jumping ahead a bit, because we felt like it
- 2000 to 2006 Bachchan highlights
- Amitabh Bachchan's elderly statesman reinvention
- Cheeni Kum
- Thoughts on R. Balki's filmography
- A "Super R"?
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Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwork!
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- 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
- Mr. & Mrs. '55
- The Orson Welles of India/The Guru Dutt of Hollywood
- Limitation...
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- 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
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- 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 Rosha...
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- 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 B...
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- This our tenth Hindi Horror Halloween!
- We still know nothing about Ram Gopal Varma
- Bollywood Drafts
- Erin thinks Matt just remembers that David Cronenberg made a film with Marilyn Chambers
- ...
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- Thank you DT24x
- Time for a Tezaab rewatch?
- The Big B recap
- Amitabh Bachchan Corporation
- Begun, the Dadscension has
- Khuda Gawah
- Buzkashi, the national sport of Afghanistan
- Why did Badshah Khan actually go to jail?
- Amitabh Bachchan's School for Gifted Youngsters
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- The Stanley Cup finals are on (we lost)
- Bollywood Drafts
- Preity Zinta (has not made an impression on Matt)
- We would really like to see Sangharsh
- Heaven on Earth (and its gorgeous poster)
- Erin's thesis on Preity Zinta
- ...
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Find us on Apple Podcasts! and Stitcher! and audioBoom! and iHeartRadio! and Spotify! and Google Podcasts!
Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwo...
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- 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
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- 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
- Comp...
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- 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
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- 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
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