Pushing The Envelope: Being Cyrus and Delhi Belly, with Suchin Mehrotra
Writer and Magic of Bollywood (http://magicofbollywood.com/) founder Suchin Mehrotra (https://twitter.com/suchin545) joins us to discuss a pair of English-language black comedies.
Show Notes:
The desperate need to share your opinion with the world
Anupama Chopra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anupama_Chopra) and Film Companion (http://www.filmcompanion.in/)
The role of the film critic
Badrinath Ki Dulhania (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BadrinathKiDulhania)
The difference between portrayal and endorsement
Indian cinema’s global reach
Perception and expectations
Kaalakaandi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaalakaandi)
Black comedy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy) and the state of comedy in Hindi cinema
Humshakals (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humshakals)
English Bollywood
(INTERVAL (“I Hate You (Like I Love You)" from Delhi Belly)
Being Cyrus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_Cyrus)
Homi Adajania (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homi_Adajania)
Saif Ali Khan channels The Talented Mr. Ripley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheTalentedMr._Ripley)
Voice over narration
Matt missed the twist
The Ghost Hooker movie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talaash:TheAnswerLiesWithin), spoiler warning
Sacred Games (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SacredGames(TV_series))
Delhi Belly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DelhiBelly(film))
The banana just isn’t the right amount of happy
Disco Dancer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Dancer)
The mean Canadian fiancé
Matryoshka doll (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll)
Qaushiq Mukherjee (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaushiq_Mukherjee)
Street chicken and orange juice
Imran Khan versus Ranbir Kapoor versus Ayushmann Khurrana
Why haven’t these films had a greater influence on Bollywood?
Johnny Lever (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lever)
NEXT TIME: Leading Lady Rani Mukerji
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