Rhythm Nation: Dil To Pagal Hai and Taal with I Don't Get It
In this episode we’re joined by Paul Blinov and Fawnda Mithrush of I Don’t Get It to discuss two films about performers.
Show Notes:
So many wind machines!
Erin is still mad that Oprah lied to her
The early Shah Rukh Khan film with the steamy love scene is Maya Memsaab with Deepa Sahi
Baby Shahid Kapoor
90s+ fashion
Opening song: “Le Gayi"
Dance telepathy
Art and ego
What is Maya?
Karisma Kapoor deserves better
Fritz Lang’s M and whistling
(INTERVAL (“Taal Se Taal Mile” from Taal)
Roger Ebert’s review
Hot take: Aishwarya Rai is gorgeous
So much Coca-Cola
Obligatory Clone High reference: song taking
Comparisons to Dil To Pagal Hai
Opening dream
Art versus commerce and rural versus urban and tradition versus modernity
Anil Kapoor’s rules
The SkyDome
Brownie
Is Akshaye Khanna a good match for AR?
“Ramta Jogi)”
Links to the Race series
The real villain
Visual appeal
SRK versus Anil Kapoor
NEXT TIME: Nisha Sharma, author of the upcoming My So-Called Bollywood Life
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