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Episode 013 - Do You Wanna Partner? Swarg (audio file format: 192 Kbps mp3 - duration: 14:50 [mm:ss] - size: 20.4 MB) Shownotes: In this episode, I continue the journey through the David Dhawan/Govinda filmography with a look at Swarg. Attributions: Hadiqa "yaad Sajan" (mp3) from "Rung" (OSA) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album "Tablas-Very Sharp" recorded by hammerklavier and uploaded to The Freesound Project Theme music by John Meadows, host of the podcast "On The Log"

Episode 012 - Do You Wanna Partner? Taaqatwar (audio file format: 192 Kbps mp3 - duration: 13:00 [mm:ss] - size: 17.8 MB) Shownotes: It's been twenty years since director David Dhawan and actor Govinda made their first film together -- and since then, they've come together a total of 17 times -- and their 18th film, Do Knot Disturb (also starring Riteish Deshmukh, Lara Dutta and Sushmita Sen) will be released on October 2nd. Regular blog readers/podcast listeners know that I have a massive crush...

Episode 011 - Do Knot Disturb (Music Edition) (audio file format: 192 Kbps mp3 - duration: 52:05 [mm:ss] - size: 71.6 MB) Shownotes: So, I listen to the Do Knot Disturb soundtrack. And I think, "Hey, maybe I should do a quick episode, play a game of "what if?", and speculate on the connections between the songs and the film. A week later? The episode is almost an hour long, and features a discussion with a good friend and someone more expert than me in the ways of music. I say "discussion", because if there's one thing I'm not, it's...

Episode 010 - Love Love Love Love Love Aaj Kal (audio file format: 192 Kbps mp3 - duration: 34:15 [mm:ss] - size: 47.1 MB) Shownotes: WARNING: This episode contains spoilers. In this episode, I look at the Imtiaz Ali directed film "Love Aaj Kal" ("Love Now and Then"), starring Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rishi Kapoor, and Giselle Monteiro. This is an episode that leaves me somewhat troubled, questioning my own thought processes. Which, you know, is not a comfortable feeling; yet, probably not...

Episode 009 - No Shortcuts (audio file format: 192 Kbps mp3 - duration: 28:30 [mm:ss] - size: 39.2 MB) Shownotes: WARNING: This episode contains spoilers and a couple of bits of language that are NSFW/NSFK. No, I won't make a habit of it, but I think it was warranted, in this case. And a couple of funny things happened in the ten days since I recorded this episode: first, I did manage to rent a copy of the Steve Martin/Eddie Murphy starrer "Bowfinger" -- and it is a good film. So good, in fact, that I'll be buying my own...

Episode 008 - East Coast/West Coast (audio file format: 192 Kbps mp3 - duration: 11:40 [mm:ss] - size: 16.0 MB) Shownotes: The Hindi film producer/distributor strike is finally over, and the films begin to stream into the cinemas. The first two films released here were "New York" and "Kambakkht Ishq", and we went to see both to celebrate. Both films have their good points; both have flaws. Today's episode just skims the surface of both -- time will tell if my opinion of either will change, for better,...

Episode 007 - The Heart Is Canadian (audio file format: 192 Kbps mp3 - duration: 16:65 [mm:ss] - size: 22.8 MB) Shownotes: Today, a Canada Day episode, inspired by the Six String Nation project, via the film "Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani". Links: Six String Nation "Letter from British Columbia: The Golden Bough" by John Vaillant (author of "The Golden Spruce") Baba's Beach podcast Attributions: "Someday Soon" by Great Big Sea from Podsafe Music Network a.k.a. Music Alley from Mevio Jay Moonah of the...

Episode 006 - Riding With The King - Part 1 (audio file format: 192 Kbps mp3 - duration: 16:45 [mm:ss] - size: 23.0 MB) Shownotes: In January of 2009, Newsweek magazine included Shahrukh Khan as one of 50 people on its list of the Global Elite, the only actor to make the list. I mean, I love him, and I know lots of Bollywood fans who do, too, but his inclusion in the list made me curious, and that got me thinking. Which led to the start of what will be a recurring series on the podcast: Riding With The...

Episode 005 - 99 (audio file format: 192 Kbps mp3 - duration: 13:03 [mm:ss] - size: 17.9 MB) Shownotes: The tagline for the film "99" is: "Part Fact. Part Fiction. Pure Fun." And it is -- it's one of the most entertaining films we've seen in a while. In fact, if you're reading this or listening to this episode in May, 2009, you should be running to a cinema to see this film. "99" (2009) Directed by Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru. Written by Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DK and Sita Menon. Music by Ashu. Starring Kunal Khemu, Cyrus Broacha, Soha...

Episode 004 - Luck By Chance (audio file format: 192 Kbps mp3 - duration: 11:10 [mm:ss] - size: 15.3 MB) Shownotes: In this episode, an insider's look at the Hindi film industry with Zoya Akhtar's directorial debut, "Luck by Chance". And although I mentioned that she's the daughter of famed dialogue writer Javed Akhtar, I failed to note that Javed Akhtar penned the dialogues and song lyrics for this film, so it's no surprise they are as sharp as the story itself. The songs in "Luck By Chance" integrate...