Netflix and Dil: We Signed the Black Warrant
We watched the latest Vikramaditya Motwane project, Netflix's 2025 hit Black Warrant . We really liked it, which is not a huge surprise. Sho...
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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 film fans! Part of the Alberta Podcast Networ...
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164: Bachchan '07 - '09
We continue our longest running series in which we explore Amitabh Bachchan's career year by year, this time we are in the late 2000s. Show...
Netflix and Dil: Pilot Season Teen
There hasn't been much drawing us out to the theatre these days, so we asked ourselves, is there anything to watch at home? That's right lov...
Supplemental Episode 22: Om Shanti Om - Endless Cycle of Love
In this supplemental we travel to Japan to see Om Shanti Om , Takarazuka style. Show notes: Takarazuka Revue Om Shanti Om: Endless Cycle of...
163: Madhubala Madness 2025: Mrs and Mrs '55 and Barsaat Ki Raat
March may be over, but we are still mad, mad for Madhubala! Show notes: Thanks to tommydan Noir '58: Howrah Bridge and 12 O'Clock The Great...
162: Madhuri Madness 2025: Aaja Nachle and Maja Ma
Have we finally been cured of our madness? Find out in our last Madhuri Madness, at least for now. Show notes: Madhuri Madness 2000s Madhuri...
Netflix and Dil: The Roshans and Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, or The Little Family That Could
We watched the latest in the ongoing series of Bollywood family-based puff pieces, Netflix's The Roshans , as well as the debut film of Hrit...
161: Anil Kapoor's 2000s: Bulandi, Calcutta Mail, and Welcome
We return to our Anil Kapoor decades series with three films from the 2000s: a double role, an action mystery, and an ensemble comedy. Show...
160: 2024 Year End Review
2024 has come and gone, and before we start to get excited about what movies the new year will bring us, we must first look back at the high...
159: Halloween X: Vicious Voyeurs, or Ram Gopal Varma Strikes Again
Hindi Horror Halloween turns 10! And for this landmark entry in our longest running series, we're going back to the beginning and giving hor...
158: Bachchan '92, '98-'99
We continue the tricky journey of following Amitabh Bachchan's career through its most treacherous stretch: the '90s. Show notes: Thank you...
Supplemental Episode 21: A Tale of Two Events
Alongside Nim (@MapleBrownie), we discussed the opening night event of the tenth annual India Film Festival of Alberta, as well as a worksho...
Netflix and Dil: Angry Young Men, Angrier Young Viewers
We checked out the latest talking heads documentary about Bollywood cinema, Namrata Rao's Angry Young Men . Did we learn anything? Show note...
157: 2024 Midyear Review
It's midyear review time! We check in on the first six months of the year and all of the Bollywood (and Bollywood-adjacent) movies that made...
156: Preity Woman: Kal Ho Naa Ho and Salaam Namaste
We travel back to the mid-2000s with one of Bollywood's most fearless actresses, Preity Zinta. Show notes: The Stanley Cup finals are on (we...
Netflix and Dil: Lahore Girl, Give Us Nothing!, or Heeramandi
We travel back to the opulence of 1940s Lahore with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's lush Netflix period drama Heeramandi . Show notes: Heeramandi Ta...
155: Sad Songs Say So Much: Qala and Amar Singh Chamkila
We are belting our hearts out with two Netflix features on the turbulent lives of popular singers. Show notes: Straight-to-streaming films a...
154: Murder Most Fun: Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! and Murder Mubarak
We are polishing our magnifying glasses and donning our deerstalkers, because once again, murder is afoot! Show notes: We just love murder m...
153: Madhuri Madness 2024: Aarzoo and Pukar
To wrap up Madhuri Madness 2024 we're joined by our good friend Rashmeet to discuss two action films in which our beloved heroine finds hers...
152: Madhuri Madness 2024: Mrityudand and Lajja
To celebrate International Women's Day, we are kicking off Madhuri Madness 2024 with two feminist consciousness raising ensemble dramas. Sho...