First Frames: Dil Chahta Hai, Ek Hasina Thi, and Socha Na Tha
Episode 101, Aug 14, 2020, 02:49 AM
We go back to the 2000s to discuss some of the first films from some of Bollywood’s most celebrated contemporary auteurs.
Show Notes:
- What happened to Khosla Ka Ghosla?
- The 19th anniversary is bronze
- Dil Chahta Hai
- A classic Mr. Holland’s Opus reference
- How much time does the film cover?
- The pants game
- Its influence and imitators
- “Kaisi Hai Ye Rut”
- Ek Hasina Thi
- Our Noirvember episode on Sriram Raghavan
- Women in Prison films
- They mention that Film Noir is not a genre, take a drink
- Socha Na Tha
- Our Imtiaz Ali episode
- “Abhi Abhi”
- Erin thinks Abhay Deol is cute
- Imtiaz Ali makes the same film over and over again
- “Yara Rab”
- Ayesha Takia’s brother IS the preist from 1920
NEXT TIME: Bachchan ‘79-’81
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