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Hi! First of all, congratulations on so many episodes!! I was great with keeping up with you guys in the beginning (I think) and then got lost with a million personal changes, but am so happy to be back :) Loved this episode!! I've honestly not watched Madhuri movies as much, because I think similar to what Beth said, the era when she was a star didn't work much for me, and those movies are really very painful to watch in unfortunately. But I love watching her songs and watching Hum Aapke Hain Kaun! 😅

I saw the title and I had a flash of Parveen Babi in ‘Raat Baaki Baat Baaki’.

Love both the movies and the discussion was fun to listen to. I like that you talked about Vijay’s character too because yes when I watched this movie it was confusing to me why he called off the wedding and then later on within a few weeks changed his mind. What an irritating fellow. Good for her though. I listened to your episode on the bollywood drafts podcast recently and watched Sangam (1964) because you all spoke so effusively about it and… I think that movie has changed me in some subliminal way. Altered brain chemistry and all that. And it somehow fits with the theme of this episode? Like I love how strong Radha’s character is and how she tries to make the best of what life has to offer her. Spoilers🚨She learns how to love a man she didn’t love initially and gives it her all to her marriage and finds a new version of herself when she didn’t have to do that. Like Sunder loved her even when she was cold and distant towards him so she didn’t have to put all the extra efforts to be a devoted wife to him but she does that and it’s so sweet. It’s like she’s still the same person- she’s still a little spoilt and proud (the way she says “bohot aaye jaake dikhane wale” with a tinge of haughtiness is so beautiful like she already knows he isn’t going anywhere) and she would bicker with her husband about shopping- but at the same time she’s a new person like something has shifted in her- she would buy him the bagpipe! It’s a bit sad but so sweet. I loved her character so much and I love how she deals with whatever life brings to her not resentfully but with joy. And I guess I really needed to take in that message as we enter this new year🚨 Loved the movie!! The dialogues omg so good. And vyjayanthimala!! What an actress. Love her💗 I am so excited to explore her filmography this year.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉

I was dreading when I heard about ‘The Emergency’. They’ll hate on the past without acknowledging the present lol

15:16 ‘Ab Nahi honewali saas’

The whole dad’s past in ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ was also inspired by Gurinder Chadha’s life too: Her dad wanted to work at Barclays in the UK because he had prior experience in East Africa but the bank rejected him because they couldn’t think of a Sikh man at Barclays and then he got a job as a postman instead.

OMG I LOVE ‘BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM’! Btw did you know there’s a musical version of it? Have you seen it? P.S. The queerness in the story should’ve been dialled up. Also, Parminder Nagra should’ve been and should be in more things honestly.

‘Hungama’ (2003) has some flaws here and there but I still think it’s a nice woman led story about new beginnings extending to other supporting characters as well

Haven't watched the whole thing yet but agree wholeheartedly with Beth juhi is warmth - shes like a ray of sunshine. Definitely reminds me of madhubala but also Doris Day: sparkly sweet and spunky. love her pairing with srk.. Although I don't like the film as a whole in phir bhi dil hai hindustani their scenes are soo cute. The way he's being all adorable and charming eating a banana and she just rolls her eyes and walks off. Chef's kiss ❤

Petition to start an Awards Show called ‘Cuckoo-Bananas’

My Juhi Recommendations: - ‘I Am’ - ‘My Brother Nikhil’ - Cameo in ‘Andaz Apna Apna’ - ‘Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani’ - ‘One 2 Ka 4’ - ‘Luck By Chance’ - ‘Chalk n Duster’ (focus only on her performance)

Happy New Year! Also, wow what a way to start the year! Also, mad respect for her versatility in acting. She takes to camp so well lol P.S. It baffles me that Aamir and Juhi (the cute wholesome on screen couple) were never in the Barjatyaverse. Food for thought.

Fun fun episode! Happy new year, filmi ladies. I love this podcast💗 “Yeh haseen vadiyan sounds like snow fall” so accurate. The movie I associate with snow the most is Love in Simla 1960. Such a fun, light-hearted, silly movie and so sexy. There’s not a lot of literal snow in it and I guess that’s because they were afraid that all of it would melt because of the fire chemistry between sadhana and joy mukherjee but there is a fair amount of snow and the Simla setting is beautiful. He looks like a dreamboat in this one and she is so so pretty, so impish, really lights up the screen. Her smile uff

Tum kya mile from rocky and rani is in the snow but poor allia looks so damn cold she's going blue while ranveer is practically wearing a blanket plus a polo neck

Junglee is so awesome all the songs are beautifully filmed. Shammi is sooo fun and I love the banter between him and rajkumari. The height difference makes them so cute. Totally agree about shashikala I think she was in neel kamal which was dire apart from the main song and her being a good baddie. Have you guys seen Charlie 777 really moving doggie playing in the snow scene. It is a beautiful film especially for dog lovers or pet owners.

What a treat to find an episode today! Beth, did you knit your hat?

Happy Holidays! Also, Yash Chopra gave us some nice snowy movies. Sharmila Tagore also comes to mind.

Beth's watchlist sounds very interesting. I have been making my way through Sridevi's filmography for the past few years and I liked Inquilab. It's definitely worth watching and it's better than their other collab Akhree Raasta but not as good as Khuda Gawah. I am on her 70s Tamil filmography this year and it's way superior in terms of the quality of storytelling to what she mostly got to do in early 80s mainstream Hindi films. 16 Vayathinile is a must-watch. I have only watched the Vicky Vidya trailer and the way Tripti said "Tharak Tharki Tharkulla" was very funny!

Pitu you really dodged a bullet with Vicky! I watched it in the cinemas for 400 Rs a ticket (which is expensive!) and I had a good mind to leave in the interval. It is without a doubt the worst movie I've seen in a movie hall, ever.

Beth... You've put it perfectly as to what I take issue with Kajol as an actress, "moments where she was doing a nice job and moments where she was super irritating". Having seen early Kajol, peak era Kajol, 2000s Kajol and streaming era Kajol, I could never put a finger as to what is it that stops me from fully loving her but I now see that there's no sort of balance in her dialogue delivery, she's either super explosive which reads off as shrill and when she's not explosive, she doesn't really pull of being the character instead coming across as Kajol the person playing pretend. The only time where I believe in any of her performances is when she's crying, that is something she's super good at and honestly she will always be one of my favourite on screen cryers. I think the only performance of hers I have been fully impressed by her was in Gupt (1997). I just wish she could find a sense of balance with her characterisation because there's such room for greatness but she has confessed to being a lazy actor which is a shame as I'm never enamoured by her performances despite her being such a renowned actress. I look forward to her Superstars episode because I have so much to say about her as an actress and a personality.

It’s surprising that Kajol hasn’t played that many officers.

I just wish I saw ‘Santosh’ that got a lot of rave reviews recently.

Hema Malini was the patron saint of bad wigs

My comfort movies are to catch a thief, Sabrina (audrey hepburn one), the parent trap (hayley Mills), Hobsons choice, French kiss (Meg ryan) to name just a few. My only Indian comfort movie I have to say is Junglee lol. Shammi never fails to cheer me up. And since you guys were talking about Pakistani dramas last time my favourites are sunehre din, the first few episodes of alpha bravo charlie I watch repeatedly and zindagi gulzar hai.

Thank you for sharing your comfort movies. Absolutely S-Tier honestly. P.S. Beth being a Nora Ephron girlie is so on brand and she’s giving Fall Girl 🍂

Aww lovely episode! The Sound of Music and My Fair Lady are absolutely my comfort watch. If I ever win the lottery I would recreate Professor Higgins' library in my mini mansion. I also love the early episodes of Anne of Green Gables (the Megan Fellows version) and weirdly Rope (I think I just really like the apartment and Jimmy Stewart's did you think you were God speech). In newer films my happy go to watches are bridesmaids and booksmart and finally Disney cartoon Beauty and the Beast. The Beast is so cuddly

Any chance you could do a Bollywood superhero episode. It could be guilty pleasure. Here are some recommendations 1. Mr India 2. Toofan 3. Shehenshah 4. Shiva Ka Insaaf 5. 1960 movie - Return of Superman 6. Ra - One 7. Koi Mil Gaya 8. Ajooba

Preity Zinta not getting the Filmfare for this will forever be my Roman Empire and the fact that the Best Actress went to Rani for HUM TUM!?!?! of all things... I will never get over it. I stil remember how much of an event this movie was in 2004. That image of SRK and Preity embracing each other and with her black dupatta/shawl is so iconic to me because of how it was plastered everywhere when the film was coming to theatres. Watching it as a child, the film didn't quite land but I remember finding SRK and Preity very sweet especially when he's taking her to his village. However, watching it as an adult... Good GRACIOUS I was completely won over and I just couldn't believe just how much Veer and Zaara loved each other this immensely.

Oh my god!! 🤗 sending hugs from 🇦🇺 I LOVE AIYYA!!! ❤️❤️ Its a masterpiece that gets the female gaze so right! Also love the director and actors from Marathi industry: Sachin Kundalkar has made a movie called Wazandar which I think you two would enjoy. Idk if its available online or has subtitles but the subject matter at hand is quite universal. Rani has killed it with her acting, comic timing and dance 🔥 At one point, she speaks three languages altogether in one monologue while maintaining the comedic timing and flippant nature of the movie 🙌 she’s awesome! Prithviraj spoke in an interview how the whole point of the movie was to flip the narrative and to a degree, satirise rom coms because the man is the object of affection or desire for a change. Great to hear that, in addition how incredible he acted in the movie! ❤️

I love Woh Saat Din too Pitu💓 the chemistry between the main leads in that movie is so much more cuter and realistic than Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam. Yes iirc, both those movies are adaptations of the same book which is made into the Bengal Night Hugh Grant movie

Recently discovered your podcast! Loved the movies Beth mentioned: Dor and Parched are my absolute favourites🫶✨ I adore the scenes where Aisha Takia’s character shyly dances to the ‘You are my Sonia’ song, considered promiscuous in that context; and Gul Panag, Shreyas Talpade helping her come out of her shell🥹❤️ Loved Angry Indian Goddesses too; quite a traumatic watch but great acting by the cast. Rajashri Deshpande is the only one I know from the cast who went on to be more popular with Sacred Games and Trial by Fire. She’s amazing! Also love Lajja, the scene when Madhuri delivers the monologue as Sita in their stage play, gives me chills every time I watch it. And similar fiery monologue against dowry in the previous segment of the movie🤌 Honourable mentions I thought of while watching this ep: • Anjali Menon’s Wonder Woman • Cute friendship between Deepika and Kalki in YJHD. Not a major plot of the romcom, but I liked how different they were and yet got along so well with each other. • Another traumatic story but great friendship shown between Rani Mukherjee and Konkona in Laga Chunari me Daag. Even though they’re sisters, they have a lovely friendship/relationship with each other.

@pitu 1. you dont know Pankaj Kapur who played "Kallumal koylewala." 🙄 2. Like Dev Anand's role in Hum Dono, you missed the entire plot of Sahib. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Amrita Singh’s comic timing and range of expressions are just incredible. #PeopleWeJustWannaTalkAbout P.S. ‘Chameli Ki Shaadi’ is EVERYTHING

Naahhhiinnn Rashmi is great in QSQT. She is so funny in forest scene when they are lost and she really goes for Raj and pursues him. Aaina is so fun Amrita is so deliciously bad and looks like she is having a ball. The double meaning dialogues are so quotable. Amrita was also good in hindi medium. I remember in Anupama Chopra's book about Shahrukh Khan that he was childhood friends with Amrita Singh which I never knew. Sanjay Dutt had great hair in Naam. You guys have inspired me to try and watch Charulata

This is such a fun episode!!!🤩

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Enjoyed the discussion as always. Growing up in 90s i used to watch lots of 70s 80s movies with my siblings. This podcast brings a lot of good memories for me.

I am really missing Sridevi these days a lot. Whenever I miss sri and I don’t get the time to rewatch any of her movies, I listen to one of her interviews from english vinglish era or rewatch this episode to listen to you all gush about her. This episode gives me genuine joy and warmth, kind of like how watching sri’s performances makes me feel. It’s sad that there aren’t many podcasts or discussions on sri out there on the internet as far as I know. This episode perfectly captures the wonder that she was. The only other videos that analyse or deconstruct her stardom and talent are the b rangan film companion south’s ama video about her and adil hussain’s interview where he talks about her acting style and exactly why she’s considered so great. What a wonderful analysis by him. Sri was all about joy and beauty and happiness. She was the perfect portrayal of female exultation. I think the way Amitabh taught an entire generation of men in the 70s and 80s how to be a man with his angry young man trope and then srk did the same in 2000s with his romantic hero trope; for women, if there was someone who taught them how to be a woman it had to be sridevi right? Especially with Chandni. The analysis in your discussion is so spot-on: she could be so cute and sexy at the same time. We see these traits being deconstructed for the audience especially in lamhe where with pooja, she is the buoyant, innocent, childlike woman and with pallavi she is so graceful, stoic and mysterious. Moondram Pirai/ Sadma stretches these tropes even farther and she literally is a child and a woman in the movie. By the way, the sridevi smile you talk about melts my heart. The way she blinks her eyes!! She is like a deer. The only other heroine who like sri, could simultaneously be both cute and sultry onscreen is marilyn monroe as far as I know. Makes sense that sri would give a tribute to her Diamonds are a girl’s best friend in gumraah’s yeh hai daarukhana. I am so glad you discussed kshana kshanam because it is one of my favourite movies ever. I loved her chemistry with venkatesh and they complement each other well. The songs are so good!! Especially jumbaye and andanantha ettha. The only other heroes I like her chemistry with are nagarjuna, sunny deol (only for the aesthetic and the sexual tension) and kamal haasan (mainly for the acting). Kausar Munir recounts an incident with sridevi in an interview. While shooting, mid-monologue in a scene in English Vinglish, Sridevi suddenly stopped and got out of character and when gauri and the DOP asked her what happened? she said to the DOP that the camera had stopped rolling and indeed it had. When the DOP asked her how did she know? She replied that she had been doing this since she was three years old. What an interesting anecdote that says so much about her and her relationship with the camera. An interviewer asked Sridevi once: people say that the camera loves you, are you aware of this? Sri replied: actually I always felt that it’s the other way around. I love the camera. And I think that answer speaks volumes about the actor and the star that she was. One of the greatest the world has ever known. No one comes to close to her legacy🩷🩷🩷

The 80s heroine list is not complete without Rati Agnihotri, the erasure is real. Rati held her own even amidst all the superstar pairings, and she was chic as hell. Of all the 80s divas Rati was always well put together on screen and a decent actress to book. People who are true 80s bollywood lovers will definitely give Rati her flowers 🌷

The heroine of the 80s get a bad rap but they deserve to be appraised. 80s heroine superstars/leading ladies of the 80s could be a good topic for another day Poonam, Rati, Tina, all deserve a look in.

I am still waiting, hope against hope, for a full on 2hr meena kumari episode guys. 😂 I mean if you can do 53 mins on meenakshi... Jus saying! I always find it funny when pitu calls her moaning myrtle because for years I'd only ever seen meena kumari in fun light hearted stuff like Kohinoor. I lurved her in Yaudhi, she was so spunky and sparkly and it's a really good watch. It's funny how she and dilip were called the tradegy king and queen but their moveies together were really light and fun. Even in dil apna preet parahi and my fav Pakeezah I found her to be more stoic and brooding rather than weepy. (I don't consider pakeezah a tradjedy either, it's just a beautiful soulful film). I realise there is alot of other moany cry cry then song then more cry stuff out there but if you give it a shot you might be pleasantly surprised. I avoided sahib biwi aur ghulam for years because it just sounded too depressing... I was wrong. Both her and waheeda are spectacular. For meena it's all in the eyes... The first 15 seconds of her in the song 'chalte' chalte', her quite face tells you everything. I have a soft spot for the 90s heroines, they're my childhood. I wanted to be madhuri when I grew up. But going through this superstar series it really hits home - there's just some magic in those early leading ladies, I don't think we'll ever get back.

She was grace she was iconic and one of the best actress I’ve ever came across the way she emotes emotions makes u cry so hard in the cult #DaminiTheLightening a female centric film that shocked the audience and even #Hero was a commercial success which made her a star even #Ghayal #Dacait #Ghatak #Shehenshah #Joshilay #GharHoToAisa #Dilwala #Awargi and I’m proud to say I’m a #meenakshi fan she left Bollywood after she didn’t receive a national award for #damini she was really upset she worked with stars like #sridevi #jayaprada #madhuridixit #dimplekapadia ❤ 00:00

We just need more discourse on her and we should all conduct more research. P.S. Hearing that Mithun and Smita Patil played siblings altered my brain chemistry

Listen, ya'll know I love this podcast and I am just hear for the fun of it but at this point we´re doing pretty much anyone for this series, right? Next "Superstar" episode is Neha Dhupia I am assuming? Or Esha Deol? Shiney Ahuja maybe? I am just teasing ya´ll but come on. Calling Meenakshi Sheshadri a Superstar is like calling Sonali Bendre a Superstar. Yeah people might´ve liked her on screen, she might´ve been popular in her time but a Superstar is one hell of a stretch. I remember Beth saying Preity Zinta doesn't quite qualify for this series cause "she didnt last long enough" , someone who to this day still has such a strong, big fan base, so if she doesn´t qualify, then HOW in the world does Meenakshi qualify 😂 Now I am FOR SURE demanding a Preity Zinta episode, cause it just wouldn´t be fair. You cannot place Meenakshi above her, when the second Meenakshi stopped making movies, everyone and their mother accepted it and never demanded a comeback ever. Meenakshi may be a lot of things but a Superstar is not one of them, that is an objective fact 🤣no but seriously, I hope you take this comment with a grain of salt, ofc opinions can differ and thats the beauty of engaging about personal points of views and choices, and a choice this was! dont hate me😂 can´t wait for the Celina Jaitley episode, hoping for Fardeen Khan next and ofc Bhumika Chawla, the great Superstar of our times, ok ok i´ll stop now😂love yall (but now i am seriously expecting manisha koirala, preity zinta, priyanka chopra, KATRINA kaif, who i know yall dont like, but now you have to😂) anyway keep up the great work, this is so enjoyable to listen to

One of her best performances was in ‘Bandhan Kacchay Dhaagon ka’ … totally overshadows even Rakhee.

She was offered #PonniyinSelvan before it was being made in the 60s 😢

My fav films will always be #JewelThief #Deedar #NayaDaur #Devdas #Amrapali #Sadhna #Sangam #CollegeGirl damn her dance one day #ShammiKapoor and #AshaParekh sneaked to watch her in the huge sets of #Amrapali by lek tandon she saw them and scolded 😂

She rejected films as Bollywood had nothing to offer her except mother roles like #Deewaar #Kranti #Trishul #KabhiKabhie #

The dancing scenes were lovely. And the separate scenes of Tripti with each guy I thought were ok but the 3 of them together? Nope.