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Bollywood is For Lovers

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Frequency: 1 episode/17d. Total Eps: 213

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 [email protected]

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🇨🇦 Canada - filmReviews
29/07/2025
#95
🇨🇦 Canada - filmReviews
28/07/2025
#72
🇨🇦 Canada - filmReviews
27/07/2025
#56
🇨🇦 Canada - filmReviews
26/07/2025
#40
🇨🇦 Canada - filmReviews
20/07/2025
#91
🇨🇦 Canada - filmReviews
19/07/2025
#69
🇨🇦 Canada - filmReviews
18/07/2025
#46
🇨🇦 Canada - filmReviews
17/07/2025
#30
🇫🇷 France - filmReviews
14/07/2025
#100
🇫🇷 France - filmReviews
13/07/2025
#90

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Supplemental Episode 21: A Tale of Two Events

mercredi 18 septembre 2024 • Duration 01:27:00

Alongside Nim (@MapleBrownie), we discussed the opening night event of the tenth annual India Film Festival of Alberta, as well as a workshop put on by film archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur.

Show notes:

NEXT TIME: Nineties Bachchan, we swear

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#IndiaFilmFestivalofAlberta, #Ghoomer, #ShabanaAzmi, #SaiyamiKher, #VikrantMassey, #R.Balki, #ShivendraSinghDungarpur, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema

Netflix and Dil: Angry Young Men, Angrier Young Viewers

mercredi 28 août 2024 • Duration 55:23

We checked out the latest talking heads documentary about Bollywood cinema, Namrata Rao's Angry Young Men. Did we learn anything?

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NEXT TIME: Nineties Bachchan

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#AngryYoungMen, #SalimJaved, #SalimKhan, #JavedAkhtar, #AmazonPrimeVideo, #AmazonPrimeVideoIndia, #NamrataRao, #SalmanKhan, #FarhanAkhtar, #ZoyaAkhtar

151: 2023 Year End Review

Episode 151

mercredi 7 février 2024 • Duration 01:56:38

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:

The 69th Annual Filmfare Awards (nice)
Neeyat (Episode 150)
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Supplemental Episode 17)
Jawan
Jaane Jaan (Episode 149)
Khufiya

INTERVAL ("Dishoom Dishoom" from The Archies)

NEXT TIME: Surprise Netflix and Dil!

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#Bollywood, #2023Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #Neeyat, #RockyAurRaniKiPremKahaani, #Jawan, #JaaneJaan, #Khufiya, #ThankYouforComing, #12thFail, #Animal, #TheArchies, #KhoGayeHumKahan

88: Playing With The Past: Gandhi and Rang De Basanti with Torrey Dance

Episode 88

mercredi 27 novembre 2019 • Duration 01:40:52

In an effort to engage more with 20th Century Indian history, we play a board game about the Indian Independence movement and discuss Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s 2006 film Rang De Basanti.

Show Notes:

Welcome Torrey Dance!
If you’d like to skip the board game talk, jump to 48:21
What we were taught about the decolonization of India
Gandhi: The Decolonization of British India, 1917-1947
COIN Series

(INTERVAL (“Rang De Basanti” from Rang De Basanti)

Rang De Basanti
Awards aspirations
Indian revolutionaries
New Kings of the World by Fatima Bhutto
Arranged! and SHASN

NEXT TIME: Ra. One and Game Over

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#Gandhi, #GandhiTheDecolonizationofBritishIndia, #COIN, #COINGame, #BoardGame, #WarGame, #RangDeBasanti, #GMTGames, #RakeyshOmprakashMehra, #AamirKhan, #SiddharthNarayan, #KunalKapoor, #SohaAliKhan, #SharmanJoshi, #AlicePatten, #R.Madhavan, #WaheedaRehman, #AnupamKher, #KirronKher, #OmPuri, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema

87: Out Of The Past: Madhumati and Woh Kaun Thi?

Episode 87

mercredi 13 novembre 2019 • Duration 55:15

As the days grow shorter, we plunge ourselves into darkness and celebrate our favourite movie watching month, Noirvember, with two moody thrillers.

Show Notes:

Our Noirvember playlist
What exactly is film noir? hint: it’s not a genre
Mr. & Mrs. 55: Defining Bollywood Film Noir
Madhumati
Our first Bimal Roy and our first Vyjayanthimala
“Aaja Re Pardesi Main,” “Zulmi Sang Aankh Ladi,” “Dil Tadap Tadap Ke,” “Ghadi Ghadi Meraa Dil,” and “Chadh Gayo Papi Bichua”

(INTERVAL (“Tiki Riki Tiki Riki” from Woh Kaun Thi?)

Woh Kaun Thi?
The most noir Hindi film?
“Chodkar Tere Pyar Ka Daman,” “Lag Jaa Gale,” “Aap Kyon Royen,” and “Shokh Nazar Ki Bijliyaan”
Remake?

NEXT TIME: Gandhi: The Decolonization Of British India and Rang De Basanti

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#Bollywood, #HindiCinema, #Noirvember, #FilmNoir, #Madhumati, #BimalRoy, #DilipKumar, #Vyjayanthimala, #Pran, #JohnnyWalker, #LataMangeshkar, #WohKaunThi, #RajKhosla, #Sadhana, #ManojKumar, #K.N.Singh, #Helen, #PremChopra

Halloween V: Typewriter, or Dedflix and Kill

jeudi 31 octobre 2019 • Duration 40:55

It’s time for our fifth annual Hindi Horror Halloween episode, hosted by a not-so-spooky Erin and an actual vampire. This year we’re crossing over with our Netflix and Dil series to discuss Sujoy Ghosh’s supernatural ghost hunting series Typewriter.

Show Notes:

Welcome home Matt!
Our past Hindi Horror Halloween episodes, Netflix and Dil episodes, and that one on Anushka Sharma
Do horror films need to scare us to be successful? and yes, we debate this every year
Typewriter
Comparisons to Stranger Things and Scooby-Doo
“Christian Horror” by Renegade Cut
Our lamest Halloween episode yet…

NEXT TIME: Noirvember

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Listen to Makeshift Stories!

Check out the Marvel: Universe of Superheroes exhibit at Telus World of Science!

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#Typewriter, #Netflix, #Halloween, #Bollywood, #HindiTV #SujoyGhosh,#PalomiGhosh, #SameerKochhar, #AarnaSharma, #JisshuSengupta,#AbhishekBanerjee, #PurabKholi

Supplemental Episode 7: All Aboard the Taj Express

jeudi 10 octobre 2019 • Duration 37:13

We discuss the dance theatre production Taj Express, which kicked off the 53rd season of Alberta Ballet and is currently touring North America.

Show Notes:

Thank you ronil_u!
Alberta Ballet
The Merchants of Bollywood: Shruti Merchant, Vaibhavi Merchant, and B. Hiralal Merchant
“The Disco Song” from Student of The Year and “Dholi Taaro Dhole Baaje” from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Taj Express

NEXT TIME: Typewriter

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Listen to Perch from ATB

Check out LitFest

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Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwork!

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#Bollywood, #Dance, #TajExpress, #ShrutiMerchant, #VaibhaviMerchant, #AlbertaBallet, #MusicalTheatre

Supplemental Episode 6: The Stars of Taj Express

lundi 30 septembre 2019 • Duration 23:43

Taj Express has just kicked off their Canada and US tour in Calgary, ahead of their Edmonton dates Matt sat down with the stars to welcome them to Canada and discuss the exciting and unique Bollywood-inspired show.

Show Notes:

NEXT TIME: Taj Express

Bollywood is For Lovers is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB

Read the Taproot Edmonton Arts Roundup

Check out the Edmonton Community Foundation’s Wills Week
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#Bollywood, #TajExpress, #AlbertaBallet #NinadSamaddar, #TanviPatil, #ShrutiMerchant, #VaibhaviMerchant, #MusicalTheatre, #Dance

86: Double O Sexy: Bang Bang! and A Gentleman, brought to you by Pizza Hut

Episode 86

mardi 24 septembre 2019 • Duration 49:38

In honour of Siddharth Anand’s War coming out in a week, we thought we’d treat ourselves to a pair of sexy, globetrotting action movies.

Show Notes:

Are we even looking forward to War?
Knight and Day (Split Screen Podcast Episode 3 - The Tom Cruise of Bollywood)
Bang Bang!
Songs: “Tu Meri,” “UFF,” and “Meherbaan”
Katrina Kaif is all of us
Access Bollywood scribe Kathy Gibson spoke with the guy who works at the Pizza Hut

(INTERVAL (“Bang Bang” from Bang Bang!)

A Gentleman
Initech
Matt was too sleepy to call the twist
Songs: “Chandralekha,” “Baat Ban Jaye,” and “Disco Disco”
Self-awareness of the genre

NEXT TIME: Taj Express

Bollywood is For Lovers is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB

Check out Litfest

Listen to The Well Endowed Podcast

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Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwork!

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#War, #SiddharthAnand, #HrithikRoshan, #BangBang!, #KatrinaKaif, #DannyDenzongpa, #JavedJaffrey, #JimmySheirgill, #Raj&DK, #SidharthMalhotra, #JacquelineFernandez, #DarshanKumaar, #SunielShetty, #Bollywood, #PizzaHut

Netflix and Dil: Sacred Games Season Two, or Game Over?

mardi 10 septembre 2019 • Duration 47:02

Our favourite streaming show, Sacred Games, is back for its second and potentially last season! We catch up with Gaitonde and Inspector Sartaj as they continue to try and stop the nuking of Mumbai.

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