Bollywood is For Lovers

Bollywood is For Lovers

Bollywood is For Lovers

Episodes 213
Avg. Duration 1h 7m
Activity Dormant
Since Sep 2015
Latest Episode Jul 2025

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About This Podcast

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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Netflix and Dil: We Signed the Black Warrant

Jul 15, 2025 32m

We watched the latest Vikramaditya Motwane project, Netflix's 2025 hit Black Warrant. We really liked it, which is not a huge surprise.Show notes:  We picked this show on our last Pilot Season…

164: Bachchan '07 - '09

Jun 14, 2025 1h 3m

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 notes: Our Bachchan series playlist We are jumping ahead a…

Netflix and Dil: Pilot Season Teen

May 26, 2025 54m

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 lovers, it's time for another pilot season where we watch the…

Supplemental Episode 22: Om Shanti Om - Endless Cycle of Love

Apr 23, 2025 1h 2m

In this supplemental we travel to Japan to see Om Shanti Om, Takarazuka style. Show notes: Takarazuka Revue Om Shanti Om: Endless Cycle of Love NEXT TIME: Pilot Season 3Find us on Apple Podcasts! and…

163: Madhubala Madness 2025: Mrs and Mrs '55 and Barsaat Ki Raat

Apr 04, 2025 1h 3m

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 Epic: Mughal-e-Azam Bollywood Drafts A brief aside on…

162: Madhuri Madness 2025: Aaja Nachle and Maja Ma

Mar 19, 2025 1h 8m

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 Devdas vs. Dev.D with Paul Matwychuk Ladies Be Angry:…

Netflix and Dil: The Roshans and Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, or The Little Family That Could

Feb 27, 2025 1h 15m

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 Hrithik Roshan, Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai.Show notes:  Thank you…

161: Anil Kapoor's 2000s: Bulandi, Calcutta Mail, and Welcome

Feb 09, 2025 1h 9m

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 notes: Anil Kapoor's 80s and 90s Moving from lead actor to…

160: 2024 Year End Review

Jan 16, 2025 2h 2m

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 highs and the lows of Bollywood’s past six months.Show…

159: Halloween X: Vicious Voyeurs, or Ram Gopal Varma Strikes Again

Oct 23, 2024 46m

Hindi Horror Halloween turns 10! And for this landmark entry in our longest running series, we're going back to the beginning and giving horror auteur Ram Gopal Varma another chance... to scare…

158: Bachchan '92, '98-'99

Oct 02, 2024 1h 17m

We continue the tricky journey of following Amitabh Bachchan's career through its most treacherous stretch: the '90s.Show notes: Thank you DT24x Time for a Tezaab rewatch? The Big B recap Amitabh…

Supplemental Episode 21: A Tale of Two Events

Sep 18, 2024 1h 27m

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…

Netflix and Dil: Angry Young Men, Angrier Young Viewers

Aug 28, 2024 55m

We checked out the latest talking heads documentary about Bollywood cinema, Namrata Rao's Angry Young Men. Did we learn anything?Show notes: De Palma Friedkin Uncut Netflix and Dil: High and Low…

157: 2024 Midyear Review

Jul 16, 2024 1h 42m

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 it in front of our eyeballs.Show notes: Merry…

156: Preity Woman: Kal Ho Naa Ho and Salaam Namaste

Jun 27, 2024 1h 21m

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 lost) Bollywood Drafts Preity Zinta (has not made an…

Netflix and Dil: Lahore Girl, Give Us Nothing!, or Heeramandi

May 28, 2024 41m

We travel back to the opulence of 1940s Lahore with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's lush Netflix period drama Heeramandi.Show notes: Heeramandi Tawaifs Be Kind Rewind - Sofia Coppola and the Godfather Part…

155: Sad Songs Say So Much: Qala and Amar Singh Chamkila

May 09, 2024 1h 10m

We are belting our hearts out with two Netflix features on the turbulent lives of popular singers. Show notes: Straight-to-streaming films are legit now Qala Comparison to Amadeus Halloween VI: Hell…

154: Murder Most Fun: Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! and Murder Mubarak

Apr 18, 2024 1h 2m

We are polishing our magnifying glasses and donning our deerstalkers, because once again, murder is afoot! Show notes: We just love murder mysteries! Our Noirvember playlist To Those Who Killed Me…

153: Madhuri Madness 2024: Aarzoo and Pukar

Mar 30, 2024 1h

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 herself at the centre of a deadly love triangle. Show…

152: Madhuri Madness 2024: Mrityudand and Lajja

Mar 07, 2024 1h 2m

To celebrate International Women's Day, we are kicking off Madhuri Madness 2024 with two feminist consciousness raising ensemble dramas.Show notes: Happy International Women’s Day Madhuri…

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