Movie Police by The Indian Express

Movie Police by The Indian Express

The Indian Express brings you a new weekly podcast about movies and shows where our hosts Rohan Naahar and Sampada Sharma from the Indian Express’ entertainment desk unpack the bizarre web shows, old Hindi films that haven't aged well, and the terrible truths of blockbusters that earned crores. To know more log on to indianexpress.com/audio or write to us at podcasts@indianexpress.com

Episodes

Introducing Pages from the Past: The Reluctant Princes

December 10, 2022 • 30 mins
The Southern state of Travancore was one of the first among the princely states to refuse accession to the Indian union. It wanted to remain independent, but things changed after an assassination attempt on the dewan of the state, Sir CP Ramaswamy Aiyer. In this episode, historian Manu Pillai and renowned painter and descendant of the Travancore royal family, Rukmini Varma join us to tell us more about the story of the state’s inte...
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The panopticon experiment in 'Do Ankhen Barah Haath'

October 19, 2022 • 27 mins
In this last episode of Movie Police, our hosts Rohan Naahar and Sampada Sharma bring us the 1950s "Do Aankhen Barah Haath" in which a jailer conducts an experiment on six prisoners. Our hosts talk about how the movie tried to address the prison system but failed to make the audience root for it due to its problematic storylines.
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The high human and moral cost of 'Cheap Thrills'

October 12, 2022 • 21 mins
In this episode hosts Rohan Naahar and Sampada Sharma bring us the black comedy horror "Cheap Thrills" by E. L. Katz. The film is about a rich couple pitting two down-in-luck friends against each other and giving them challenges. Whoever wins the challenge, gets handsomely rewarded by the couple. But where will the challenge take them? What happens when the rich couple's "cheap thrills" starts getting costlier and costlier and wha...
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'Fight Club: Members Only' is a film not worth fighting for

October 5, 2022 • 23 mins
In this episode, our hosts Sampada Sharma and Rohan Naahar bring us the 2006 "Fight Club: Members Only". They talk about how the movie, starring Sohail Khan, Zayed Khan, Ashish Chaudhary, Ritesh Deshmukh, Sunil Shetty and others, is about a group of college-going men whose egos are as fragile as their punches.
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You probably don't know about this Alia Bhatt film (and that's a good thing)

September 29, 2022 • 24 mins
In this episode hosts Rohan Naahar and Sampada Sharma bring us Mahesh Bhatt’s 2020 film “Sadak 2” starring Alia Bhatt, Sanjay Dutt, and Aditya Roy Kapoor. Our hosts discuss how the film tried to continue Sanjay Dutt's journey from the first "Sadak" but failed miserably. They also point out how the director, Mahesh Bhatt, forgot his own daughter to make space for Dutt who wasn't even part of the main storyline.
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In Kunal Kohli's "Mujhse Dosti Karoge", beauty is skin deep

September 21, 2022 • 31 mins
In this episode, hosts Sampada Sharma and Rohan Naahar, talk about the 2002 film "Mujhse Dosti Karoge", directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Yash Raj Films and enlisted actors like Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Hrithik Roshan, and Uday Chopra. Our hosts discuss how the movie is situated in an aesthetically pleasing world where beauty is as skin-deep as the film's storyline.
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Kevin Smith's 'Tusk' is a cautionary tale about risks of content-hungry culture

September 14, 2022 • 24 mins
In this episode hosts Rohan Naahar and Sampada Sharma dissect Kevin Smith's 2014 horror comedy "Tusk" in which Wallace, the protagonist, is a content-hungry podcaster. In search of content, Wallace goes to a stranger's house only to be kidnapped and transformed into a walrus by the man.
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Is Satyen Bose's 'Dosti' a film about friendship or is it a queer love story?

September 7, 2022 • 23 mins
In this episode, hosts Sampada Sharma and Rohan Naahar talk about the 1964 film "Dosti" directed by Satyen Bose and distributed by Rajshri Productions. Our hosts discuss that on the face of it, "Dosti" may seem like a movie of two teenagers who found each other on the streets of Mumbai. However, if one digs deeper, the movie has all the makings and signs of a queer film.
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Alex Garland’s ‘Men’ shows the reality of women dealing with horrifying men

August 31, 2022 • 28 mins
In this episode, our hosts Rohan Naahar and Sampada Sharma talk about Alex Garland’s 2022 horror movie “Men” and how it bizarrely depicts the everyday reality of women dealing with gaslighting, abuse, and humiliation, and still navigating life despite the omnipresent threats of "men".
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Rajkumar Kohli's 'Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani' is a film sans 'kahani'

August 24, 2022 • 26 mins
In this episode of the Movie Police, our hosts Sampada Sharma and Rohan Naahar discuss the 2002 supernatural action thriller film “Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani” which was directed by Rajkumar Kohli and features stars like Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Sunny Deol, Arman Kohli, Manisha Koirala etc. Our hosts talk about how, despite recruiting the biggest names in the industry, the film failed to make any sense and is now viewed as a...
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Bhaskar Hazarika's 'Aamis' is a tale of hunger for love and flesh

August 17, 2022 • 26 mins
In this episode of the Movie Police, our host Rohan Naahar takes co-host Sampada Sharma through the journey of Suman and Niri, the protagonists of Bhaskar Hazarika's Assamese film "Aamis", and their desires to find companionship in unusual ways in a moralistic society.
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Toxic masculinity and stalking - a Bollywood 'Sangam' by Raj Kapoor

August 10, 2022 • 25 mins
In this episode of Movie Police, our host Sampada Sharma tells Rohan Naahar about her weekend watch, Raj Kapoor's 1964 film "Sangam". They discuss how the movie has glorified stalking, manipulation, and toxicity, all in the name of love and how this trend of victimizing stalkers and problematic characters as 'poor romantic heroes' trope is still used by Bollywood in 2022.
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Imtiaz Ali's new show 'Dr Arora' needs urgent care

August 3, 2022 • 22 mins
In this episode, Rohan Naahar and Sampada Sharma discuss the new Sony LIV show, 'Dr. Arora', which follows the story of a sexologist. They talk about the show sympathising with dubious men, the difference between a problematic character and a problematic show, and how Imtiaz Ali fails his female characters, yet again.
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Trailer: Movie Police - A New Podcast by The Indian Express

July 26, 2022 • 47 secs
The Indian Express brings you a new weekly podcast about movies and shows where our hosts Rohan Naahar and Sampada Sharma from the Indian Express’ entertainment desk unpack the bizarre web shows, old Hindi films that haven't aged well, and the terrible truths of blockbusters that earned crores.
To know more log on to indianexpress.com/audio or write to us at podcasts@indianexpress.com
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