Guest Co-Host: Todd Stadtman, Beth Watkins
Ramesh Sippy's Sholay may be the most popular Indian film ever released. The film mixes Western conventions from films like The Magnificent Seven and Once Upon a Time in the West with Bollywood tropes.
Beth Watkins of Beth Loves Bollywood and Todd Stadtman, author of Funky Bollywood: The Wild World of 1970s Indian Action Cinema, join Mike in discussing the importance of Sholay.
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Links:
Buy Sholay on DVD
Buy Funky Bollywood: The Wild World of 1970s Indian Action Cinema by Todd Stadtman
Buy Sholay: The Making Of A Classic by Anupama Chopra
Visit Beth Loves Bollywood
Visit Die Danger Die Die Kill
Music:
"Haa Jab Tak Hai Jaan" - Lata Mangeshkar
"Yeh Dosti Hum Nahin" - Kishore Kumar & Manna Dey
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Thank you for your thoughtful feedback!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting discussion. I just found your site today through your Big Trouble in Little China episode and noticed this in the archives. Also, I'm Indian, but I grew up here in America and haven't seen that many Bollywood movies; you guys all sounded like you knew more about them than me, hehe.
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