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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jigra | 15 Oct 2024 | 01:01:50 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss the new Alia Bhatt starrer, JIGRA. | |||
| Rebel Ridge | 19 Sep 2024 | 00:33:45 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss the hit Netflix actioner, REBEL RIDGE. | |||
| Films & Writing #31: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva | 02 Sep 2024 | 00:59:46 | |
Film writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva return after a 4-month break to discuss recent Hindi cinema and the shutdown of Film Companion. | |||
| IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack | 30 Aug 2024 | 00:38:16 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack, the new Netflix miniseries directed by Anubhav Sinha. | |||
| Stree 2 | 21 Aug 2024 | 00:54:56 | |
After a long break, film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia are back to discuss Amar Kaushik's horror comedy, STREE 2. | |||
| Srikanth, Challengers | 11 May 2024 | 01:07:26 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss the new Hindi biopic Srikanth and the film everyone is talking about: Challengers. | |||
| Maidaan, Amar Singh Chamkila | 15 Apr 2024 | 01:06:03 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss two contrasting Hindi biopics: Amit Sharma's MAIDAAN and Imtiaz Ali's AMAR SINGH CHAMKILA. | |||
| Films & Writing #30: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva | 15 Apr 2024 | 01:02:08 | |
Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva do their 30th podcast together – discussing 1990s Bollywood, including Karishma Kapoor, Govinda, Anil Kapoor and David Dhawan. | |||
| Crew | 02 Apr 2024 | 00:37:12 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss CREW, the heist comedy starring Kareena Kapoor Khan, Tabu and Kriti Sanon. | |||
| Lootere, Madgaon Express | 26 Mar 2024 | 00:52:28 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss the fascinating new action series LOOTERE, and Kunal Kemmu's hilarious buddy comedy, MADGAON EXPRESS. | |||
| Yodha, Murder Mubarak, Ae Watan Mere Watan | 21 Mar 2024 | 00:55:41 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia take on a Triple Threat discussion: Two Dharma productions and two Sara Ali Khan movies at once. | |||
| Films & Writing #29: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva | 14 Mar 2024 | 00:59:34 | |
Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss this year's Oscars, and the acting legacy of Aishwarya Rai. | |||
| Laapataa Ladies, Fairy Folk | 04 Mar 2024 | 01:08:19 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies and Karan Gour's indie, Fairy Folk. | |||
| All India Rank, Poacher | 26 Feb 2024 | 01:02:18 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss Varun Grover's debut film ALL INDIA RANK and Richie Mehta's new series, POACHER. | |||
| The Iron Claw, The Holdovers | 15 Feb 2024 | 00:57:34 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss Sean Durkin's bleak wrestling biopic The Iron Claw, and Alexander Payne's warm Christmas movie, The Holdovers. | |||
| Bhakshak | 12 Feb 2024 | 00:44:18 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss the interesting new Netflix drama, BHAKSHAK, starring Bhumi Pednekar. | |||
| Films & Writing #28: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva | 10 Feb 2024 | 01:02:51 | |
In the latest IIF podcast, writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss their favourite Hindi cinema from the 2000s. | |||
| Fighter | 26 Jan 2024 | 00:52:58 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss Siddharth Anand's latest actioner, FIGHTER. | |||
| Merry Christmas | 15 Jan 2024 | 01:09:19 | |
Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss their differences about Sriram Raghavan's latest film, Merry Christmas. (No critics were harmed in the making of this podcast). This is a *spoiler-filled discussion*. | |||
| Films & Writing #27: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva | 13 Jan 2024 | 01:02:16 | |
Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva do the first IIF podcast of 2024. The topics: Hindi black comedies, Bhumi Pednekar and Vikrant Massey. | |||
| 2023 Wrap: Best of Hindi cinema | 28 Dec 2023 | 01:24:01 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss their standout Hindi films of the year – along with a few of their favourite moments and performances. | |||
| Dunki, Priscilla | 23 Dec 2023 | 01:20:37 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss Rajkumar Hirani's DUNKI, followed by Sofia Coppola's PRISCILLA. | |||
| Films & Writing #26: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva | 14 Dec 2023 | 00:56:43 | |
Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss the year that was. | |||
| The Archies, Joram | 09 Dec 2023 | 01:13:08 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss two Hindi films: Zoya Akhtar's The Archies and Devashish Makhija's Joram. | |||
| Sam Bahadur, Animal | 04 Dec 2023 | 01:12:58 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai, Ishita Sengupta and Uday Bhatia discuss the two big Bollywood releases: a dull biopic (Sam Bahadur) and an expensive Sandeep Reddy Vanga rant (Animal) | |||
| Films & Writing #25: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva | 29 Nov 2023 | 01:09:04 | |
Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva return to chat about the following topics: Fantasy films, Emraan Hashmi, Juhi Chawla. | |||
| Apurva, The Railway Men | 22 Nov 2023 | 00:51:59 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss the survival thriller Apurva (Disney+ Hotstar) and the YRF limited series, The Railway Men (Netflix). | |||
| Tiger 3, The Killer | 14 Nov 2023 | 01:10:24 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss the new Salman Khan starrer Tiger 3, and David Fincher's The Killer (Netflix). | |||
| Films & Writing #24: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva | 09 Nov 2023 | 01:00:17 | |
They're back! Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss topics like the 2023 Mumbai Film Festival, directors Ashutosh Gowarikar, Meghna Gulzar, R. Balki, Rajkumar Santoshi and actress Sania Malhotra. | |||
| Wrap: The best of MAMI 2023 | 07 Nov 2023 | 01:02:14 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss their experience of the 2023 MAMI Mumbai Film Festival – their favourite films, moments, anecdotes and rants about unruly moviegoers. | |||
| MAMI 2023 | 24 Oct 2023 | 00:42:39 | |
The MAMI Mumbai Film Festival returns for a physical edition for the first time since 2019. Critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia go down memory lane and discuss their favourite fest experiences over the years – and also drop a few MAMI 2023 tips and reccos. | |||
| Khufiya, Charlie Chopra & The Mystery Of Solang Valley | 05 Oct 2023 | 00:57:30 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss Khufiya (Netflix), Vishal Bhardwaj's latest film. It starts with a brief chat about his long-form debut, Charlie Chopra & The Mystery Of Solang Valley (SonyLiv). | |||
| Films & Writing #23: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva | 29 Sep 2023 | 01:06:48 | |
Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva continue their nostalgic 1990s Bollywood dash – featuring Sunny Deol, Karishma Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Sanjay Kapoor and more. | |||
| Jaane Jaan, The Great Indian Family | 23 Sep 2023 | 01:11:51 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss Sujoy Ghosh's Jaane Jaan and Vijay Krishna Acharya's The Great Indian Family. | |||
| Films & Writing #22: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva | 21 Sep 2023 | 01:07:45 | |
In this episode, writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss Priyanka Chopra and 1990s Bollywood. | |||
| Jawan | 09 Sep 2023 | 01:20:53 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss the new Shah Rukh Khan starrer, JAWAN. | |||
| Friday Night Plan, Scam 2003: The Telgi Story | 05 Sep 2023 | 01:00:06 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss the Netflix film "Friday Night Plan" and the Sony Liv series "Scam 2003: The Telgi Story". | |||
| Films & Writing #21: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva | 31 Aug 2023 | 00:58:22 | |
Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah, Mani Ratnam's Hindi cinema and Abhishek Bachchan. | |||
| Gadar 2, Dream Girl 2 | 26 Aug 2023 | 00:46:56 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta gather the courage to discuss two terrible Bollywood sequels. | |||
| Kohrra: Writers Gunjit Chopra & Diggi Sisodia | 23 Aug 2023 | 01:17:30 | |
Film critic Rahul Desai discusses the hit Netflix series "Kohrra" with its two writers, Gunjit Chopra and Diggi Sisodia. | |||
| Made In Heaven 2 | 11 Aug 2023 | 01:04:24 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss their feelings about Season 2 of Made In Heaven. | |||
| Films & Writing #20: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva | 07 Aug 2023 | 01:01:57 | |
Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva do their 20th podcast together – discussing topics like Karan Johar, Ram Gopal Varma, Abhay Deol, and Mumbai on celluloid. | |||
| Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani | 31 Jul 2023 | 01:07:43 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai, Ishita Sengupta and Uday Bhatia discuss Karan Johar's latest, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani. | |||
| Oppenheimer, Barbie | 24 Jul 2023 | 01:28:40 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss the summer phenomenon that is Barbenheimer. | |||
| Films & Writing #19: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva | 20 Jul 2023 | 01:04:50 | |
Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva return to discuss varied topics: Christopher Nolan, Hansal Mehta and a little bit of the classic Satya. | |||
| Kohrra | 17 Jul 2023 | 00:53:02 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss and rave about Netflix's KOHRRA, one of the best Indian shows in recent memory. | |||
| 2023 Mid-year review | 25 Jun 2023 | 01:24:42 | |
At the midway point of 2023, film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss the year in Hindi cinema so far. | |||
| Adipurush, Extraction 2 | 19 Jun 2023 | 01:02:09 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss the Indian mythological drama ADIPURUSH and the Netflix actioner EXTRACTION 2. | |||
| Bloody Daddy, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | 12 Jun 2023 | 01:14:41 | |
Film critics Rahul Desai, Ishita Sengupta and Uday Bhatia discuss the almost-there Hindi film "Bloody Daddy" and the pathbreaking "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse". (Bloody Daddy: until 43:20) | |||
| Films & Writing #18: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva | 11 Jun 2023 | 00:57:03 | |
In this episode, writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss the legacies of Vicky Kaushal, Jab We Met, Kareena Kapoor (Khan) and more. | |||