Khandaan- A Bollywood Podcast A nostalgic deep dive into the movies of Aamir, Salman, and Shahrukh Khan, three global superstars of enduring interest. Additionally, on alternate weeks, we cover current events in Bollywood, new/interesting streaming content in English and other Indian languages, plus other news in film. Hosted by three Bollywood-loving millennials with an encyclopedic knowledge of Hindi film, Khandaan is your one stop shop for nostalgia, laughter, and distraction. #Bollywood #Podcast #BollywoodPodcast #SRK #SalmanKhan #AamirKhan Millions of listeners seek out Bingepods (Ideabrew Studios Network content) every day. Get in touch with us to advertise, join the network or click listen to enjoy content by some of India's top audio creators. studio@ideabrews.com Android | Apple
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It's another week of Bollywood chaos, and Asim and Sujoy are joined by returning guest Parth for Episode 321 of Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast.
We kick things off with Ramayana and its increasingly confusing marketing campaign. Who exactly is this film trying to appeal to, and can it possibly live up to the expectations surrounding it?
Then we're off to Street Fighter, where Vidyut Jammwal's casting as Dhalsim gets us talking about his career, before Sujoy takes us through Jailer 2, Rajinikanth's unstoppable aura and the joys of completely ridiculous action cinema.
Parth reviews Hunkkaar and Udta Teer, which somehow leads us into Bollywood's obsession with Pakistan, disastrous promotional campaigns and Asim explaining one of the most bizarre films ever made in Pakistani cinema.
We also catch up on Koffee with Karan, including Salman Khan and Karisma Kapoor's reunion, Rashmika Mandanna and Vijay Deverakonda, and whether Shah Rukh Khan might finally return to Karan's couch.
And because apparently we hadn't suffered enough, we finish with Manoj Bajpayee's Gajab Raat.
Expect the usual Khandaan mix of questionable opinions, Bollywood gossip, unnecessary tangents and a surprising amount of discussion about mangoes.
In this episode:
Ramayana: Can the marketing live up to the hype?
Vidyut Jammwal, Street Fighter and Jailer 2
Hunkkaar and Udta Teer
Salman Khan, SRK and Koffee with Karan
Gajab Raat and the state of Bollywood thrillers
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Madhuri vs Sridevi: Who Is the Queen of Bollywood? | Khandaan A Bollywood Podcast
Friday, October 23, 2026 ⢠Duration 39:13
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Madhuri Dixit or Sridevi? We put two favourites through seven categories and somehow make ourselves choose.
Asim, Amrita and Sujoy compare dance performances, acting range, box office power, fashion, chemistry with co-stars, comebacks and lasting influence. Sujoy admits his Madhuri bias early. Amrita makes the case for Sridevi. Asim discovers that choosing the categories hasnât made choosing a winner any easier.
From Mr. India and Chandni to Beta, Devdas and English Vinglish, we revisit the performances that shaped our love of Hindi cinema.
This weekâs topics:
⢠Madhuriâs precision or Srideviâs storytelling through dance?⢠Who could carry a film on her name alone?⢠What made English Vinglish such a remarkable comeback?⢠Who wins on style and chemistry with co-stars?⢠Whose influence will the next generation carry forward?
We discuss scenes and character moments from films across both careers.
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Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast is Asim, Amrita and Sujoy talking Hindi cinema, from childhood favourites to the films weâre watching now.
Drishyam 3: One Body, Too Many Twists? | Khandaan A Bollywood Podcast
Thursday, October 15, 2026 ⢠Duration 01:15:26
Drishyam 3: One Body, Too Many Twists?
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One body, three films, and a family that really needs a holiday.
Asim and Sujoy tackle Drishyam 3, its increasingly elaborate twists, Jaideep Ahlawatâs scene-stealing performance and Tabuâs sidelined storyline. We compare Vijay Salgaonkar with Georgekutty and ask whether this is finally the right place to end the story.
With Amrita away, we also catch up on Digger, Animals, Baby Do or Die, Runner and Awarapan 2, discuss Bollywood music through Komal Nahtaâs interview with the Tips brothers, and take questions from our live audience. Can Koffee with Karan recapture its early magic? And is Shah Rukh Khan entering his Tom Cruise era?
Spoilers throughout the Drishyam discussion.
Timestamps
00:00 Livestream setup and technical chaos03:53 Welcome: Asim and Sujoy go live06:13 Drishyam 3: first impressions and increasingly wild twists12:41 Jaideep Ahlawat joins the chase14:44 Tabu and the missing emotional resolution18:03 Vijay Salgaonkar versus Georgekutty22:29 Unpacking the twists and reveals31:35 Do we really need Drishyam 4?39:32 Can Koffee with Karan bring back the magic?42:37 Our final Drishyam 3 verdicts43:45 Komal Nahta, the Tips brothers and Bollywood music51:15 Digger and Tom Cruise54:30 Animals and Ben Affleck as a director57:40 Film recommendations from the live audience1:00:23 Baby Do or Die1:06:02 Runner and our Alan Ritchson watchlist1:08:18 Awarapan 2: embracing the melodrama1:13:11 Is Shah Rukh Khan in his Tom Cruise era?1:17:29 More livestreams and closing thoughts
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Maa Inti Bangaram, Mirzapur & Welcome to the Jungle | Bollywood Would You Rather
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 ⢠Duration 48:36
Samantha deserves a better family, Sujoy makes a case for Mirzapur, and Asim has found two good jokes in Welcome to the Jungle. Was it worth sitting through the rest of the film? You can probably guess.
Asim, Amrita and Sujoy catch up on Maa Inti Bangaram, the Mirzapur movie and Welcome to the Jungle, before taking on a listener-submitted Bollywood Would You Rather game. Would you choose Geet or Poo? Could you spend a year watching only Arjun Kapoor films? And how long would it take Aamir Khan to explain PK?
Thereâs also a catch-up on Pakistani dramas, streaming frustrations and the guests weâd love to bring back.
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Chapters
00:00 Welcome and the current movie slump00:56 Amrita on wholesome romcoms and female stardom03:16 Maa Inti Bangaram: Samantha, action and family dynamics09:42 Streaming subscriptions and the right packet of biscuits10:40 Mirzapur: Sujoyâs movie review15:20 Do you need to watch the Mirzapur series first?18:18 Welcome to the Jungle27:27 Bollywood Would You Rather28:08 Jaya Bachchan or a lift from Salman Khan?30:02 Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and explaining PK32:20 Arjun Kapoor films or bad Bollywood remakes?36:04 Geet versus Poo37:55 Dancing behind Hrithik Roshan40:17 Bollywood drafts and past podcast chaos42:43 Pakistani dramas and streaming frustrations45:25 Where to find us and Patreon extras
Mitti De Baway: Mahira Khan, Wahaj Ali and a Drama Built on a Grand Scale (extended)
Monday, September 28, 2026 ⢠Duration 01:09:28
Asim and Amrita are joined by Pakistani drama reviewer Sophia Q to discuss the opening episodes of Mitti De Baway. Does the much-anticipated pairing of Mahira Khan and Wahaj Ali deliver? We get into the three timelines, the performances, the striking production design and the amount of slow motion.
The longer conversation also takes in Pakistani dramas more broadly, from subtitles and international audiences to the shows Sophia thinks are worth watching.
Contains spoilers for the opening two episodes.
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Best of the Best, Vibe & Lust Stories 3 | Khandaan Podcast
Thursday, September 24, 2026 ⢠Duration 01:12:26
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Three films arrived in the same week, so Asim, Amrita and Sujoy have plenty to discuss.
Sujoy thinks Kunal Khemuâs Vibe is one of Bollywoodâs best films of the year. Amrita appreciates Khemuâs distinct comic voice but wonders whether the movie occasionally feels like a showcase for its writer, director, producer and star.
Asim reviews Netflixâs Lust Stories 3 and asks why four acclaimed filmmakers have delivered an anthology that feels so strangely uniform.
The main review is Best of the Best, a South Asian college dance comedy starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan. The hosts discuss girlhood, female friendship, colourism, diaspora identity, cultural gatekeeping and the importance of joyful South Asian stories. Sujoy, meanwhile, remains unconvinced by the filmâs dancing, college rivalries and Hasan Minhaj.
Also: Preity Zinta, Bollywood music rights, Kunal Khemu versus the YRF Spy Universe and Asim inventing yet another Indian celebrity.
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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome and too many new releases
00:26 Four films arrived in one week
03:21 Vibe review
06:04 Is Vibe a âboysâ movieâ?
07:02 Kunal Khemuâs directorial voice
09:34 Preity Zinta returns
12:08 AI terrorists and competent comedy
14:03 Vibe versus the YRF Spy Universe
15:02 Should Kunal Khemu direct other actors?
16:24 Asim invents another Indian celebrity
18:01 Lust Stories 3 review
20:21 Four acclaimed directors, one uniform style
22:32 The relationship problems of Lust Stories
24:16 Kiran Raoâs contribution
25:38 Vikramaditya Motwaneâs contribution
26:56 Shakun Batraâs contribution
28:02 Vishal Bhardwajâs contribution
30:00 The strangely sanitised intimacy
31:32 Why Lust Stories is not for Asim
32:59 A growing cultural disconnect
33:32 Best of the Best review
36:04 Girlhood and complicated friendships
39:32 Why Sujoy could not connect with it
42:07 Can Maitreyi Ramakrishnan dance?
43:23 A joyful South Asian movie
44:11 Diaspora culture versus Indian culture
45:28 Why all group activities are dorky
45:57 The outsider experience
46:55 South Asian identity beyond India
47:22 Sisterhood and brown male characters
50:33 Maitreyi versus Hasan Minhaj
52:23 Identity, history and speaking honestly
54:39 Popularity, aggression and female friendship
56:15 Watching the movie with Sofia
57:09 The cost of licensing Bollywood music
59:28 The filmâs best dance joke
01:00:18 Choreography and campus culture
01:03:55 Why Asian stories struggle to survive
01:07:19 The Best of the Best soundtrack
01:08:45 Game the Netflix algorithm
01:09:05 Where to find Khandaan
English Babu Desi Mem: SRKâs Triple-Role Disaster | Khandaan Podcast
Thursday, September 17, 2026 ⢠Duration 54:22
Watch the full video and support Khandaan on Patreon â https://www.patreon.com/khandaanpodcastWe revisit English Babu Desi Mem, the 1996 Shah Rukh Khan film that gives us three SRKs and somehow still leaves us wanting less.
Sujoy chose English Babu Desi Mem. Amrita would like to know why.
In this episode of Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast, Asim, Amrita and Sujoy revisit one of the strangest films in Shah Rukh Khanâs 1990s filmography. Loosely remade from the Clark Gable and Sophia Loren film It Started in Naples, it features Shah Rukh in a triple role, Sonali Bendre as a cabaret dancer raising his nephew and a plot that appears to abandon logic almost immediately.
We discuss Shah Rukhâs wigs, accents and aggressively broad performance, Sonali Bendreâs place in 1990s Bollywood, the filmâs peculiar ideas about British Indians, Sujoyâs enduring love for the soundtrack and whether the voiceovers, flashbacks and abrupt ending suggest that the production simply ran out of money.
Is this really one of Shah Rukh Khanâs worst films? And more importantly, should Sujoy ever be allowed to choose the movie again?
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Chapters
00:00 Sujoy arrives unprepared
02:27 Why did he choose English Babu Desi Mem?
03:45 Shah Rukh Khanâs only triple role
05:12 Remaking It Started in Naples
09:16 The filmâs extraordinary SRK introduction
13:24 Diwali becomes a fatal disaster
15:14 The child-rearing gets increasingly disturbing
17:17 Sonali Bendre enters the story
19:34 Revisiting Sonali Bendreâs career
24:17 Is Shah Rukh actually terrible in this?
25:35 Did the production run out of money?
28:35 Bhima Khalasi and committed villainy
30:20 The child who was supposed to carry the film
33:35 Sujoy defends the soundtrack
35:22 The troubling history behind the songs
37:36 Have Bollywood item songs disappeared?
41:06 What did we actually enjoy?
42:45 Ranking Shah Rukh Khanâs worst films
47:35 Sujoyâs final warning
49:23 Should listeners choose the next film?
Toxic vs Cocktail 2: Yash, Shahid & the Female Gaze
Thursday, September 3, 2026 ⢠Duration 01:40:21
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Asim, Amrita and Sujoy
are finally back together for Episode 317, with two very different
movies on the agenda: Yash and Geetu Mohandasâ Toxic,
and Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna in Cocktail
2.
Toxic leads us into
a surprisingly complicated conversation about masculinity, the female gaze,
sex, violence and whether Geetu Mohandas has actually smuggled something
interesting into a giant Yash mass movie... or whether Asim and Amrita are
giving the film far more credit than Sujoy thinks it deserves.
Then thereâs Cocktail
2: part relationship drama, part Judaai, part Reddit AITA post. We discuss
Shahid Kapoorâs increasingly intense screen persona, Kriti and Rashmika, the
original Cocktail, and how Bollywood romance somehow went from grand
declarations of love to âtu meri phati hui T-shirt hai.â
Plus, Asim recommends Babitha
Singh Reporting, Amrita brings us Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, and your
listener questions take us into Bollywoodâs sequel obsession, David Dhawanâs
retirement, Varun Dhawanâs career, whether the Khans will ever play
grandfathers, and what happened to the stars who emerged in the 2000s.
And we end with a wonderful email from longtime listener
Pragati, who has been with Khandaan since the Irrfan and Rishi Kapoor episodes
and, most importantly, would like slow motion to finally retire.
Â
00:00Â Amrita Is Late & Khandaan
Is Getting Older09:20Â Toxic Review28:00Â Toxic: Masculinity, Women
& the Female Gaze38:00Â Are We Reading Too Much Into
Toxic?46:50Â Yash, Kiara Advani &
Final Toxic Thoughts53:50Â Bethlehem Kudumba Unit56:30Â Babitha Singh Reporting1:02:00Â Cocktail 2 Review1:07:00Â Cocktail 2: AITA Meets Judaai1:11:00Â What Happened to Shahid
Kapoor?1:17:00Â Listener Questions:
Bollywoodâs Best & Worst Sequels1:22:00Â David Dhawan, Varun Dhawan
& the Khans as Grandpas1:27:00Â What Happened to Bollywoodâs
2000s Stars?1:34:00Â Email & the
Khandaan Community1:39:00Â Wrap-Up
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Awarapan 2, Batwara 1947 & Has Bollywood Forgotten How to Make Movies?
Friday, August 21, 2026 ⢠Duration 42:25
đ§ BONUS ON PATREON: This week we're also reacting to the completely bonkers trailer for Yash's Toxic. Is it spectacular maximalist action, Manosphere: The Movie, or are Asim and Sujoy simply too old for this shit?
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Asim and Sujoy catch up on the latest releases, starting with Awarapan 2 and the enduring appeal of Emraan Hashmi before turning to Rajkumar Santoshi's Batwara 1947 and its surprisingly nuanced take on Partition.
Then they attempt to survive David Dhawan's Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai, which raises the bigger question of whether Bollywood has forgotten how to make mainstream comedy. Plus: Varun Dhawan's identity crisis, Asim's inexplicable rage at Manish Paul, and why Maa Vaapas Aunga turned out to be one of the most moving films Asim has seen recently.
Timestamps:
02:30 â Awarapan 212:11 â Batwara 194723:36 â Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai33:38 â Maa Wapas Aunga39:07 â Cocktail 2 & what's next40:21 â Toxic on Patreon
đŹÂ Join the conversation:Do you think Awarapan 2 earns its nostalgia? Has Sunny Deol's recent filmography hurt Batwara 1947? And when was the last genuinely great mainstream Bollywood comedy?
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The Greatest Bollywood Opening Scenes Ever? | Om Shanti Om, Rang De Basanti, Don & More
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 ⢠Duration 26:32
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What makes an unforgettable opening scene? Is it spectacle, character, musicâor simply making you fall in love with a film in the very first five minutes?
This week Asim, Amrita and Sujoy celebrate some of Bollywood's greatest openings, including Om Shanti Om, Rang De Basanti, Don, Don 2, Special 26, Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., Andaz Apna Apna, Jab We Met, Parvarish and the iconic musical openings of Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, Dil To Pagal Hai and Bunty Aur Babli.
Which opening scene would make your list?
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