Started From the Bottom: Rockstar, Aashiqui 2, & Gully Boy

With Gully Boy finally landing in theatres, we discuss three films about tortured artists and the women who love them.

Show Notes:

• Thank you choclaholic67 for the review!

• The tortured artist

• Why are these films always about men

• Rockstar

• Similarities to other Imtiaz Ali joints

• “Sadda Haq”

• Do we like this film any more than when we first saw it? 

• A sparkless romance

• Piratical fashion

• Aashiqui 2

• We still don’t like Aditya Roy Kapur, sorry

• What Price Hollywood? and A Star Is Borns 

• “Tum Hi Ho” and “Sunn Raha Hai Na Tu”

• Are ARK & Shraddha Kapoor better in supporting parts?

• Why is RJ an alcoholic?

(INTERVAL (”Mere Gully Mein” from Gully Boy)

• Gully Boy

• Will Smith loves it

• Berlinale

• Naezy and Divine

• Original “Mere Gully Mein”

• Don’t try and steal Alia Bhatt’s man

• “Doori”

• Comentary on class

• Oh, and Nas has a producer credit

• Gritty

• Comparison to Secret Superstar

• The difficult task of explaining why good art is good

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