Two Tragedies by Vishal Bhardwaj, with Devin Bruce

In this episode we welcome Devin Bruce to discuss two adaptations of Shakespeare’s tragedies, Omkara and Haider, as well scotch and Bollywood’s profile, or lack there of, with western filmgoers. 

Show Notes:

The first half of this episode is long and free-wheeling, if you’d like to head straight to the reviews jump to 43:35 Devin Bruce of Scotch and Comics, The Listmakers Podcast, and Variant Edition’s Blog Amrut’s Single Malt Whisky Vikram Vij’s Bolly Water (Matt is right, Vij’s full name is Vikram Vij; Erin was mixing up his first name and surname)  Thanks to Shash-D for his review Our appreciation of musicals  Cinema as a cultural gateway Dhoom 3 and reviewing popular cinema Bollywood in Edmonton and its profile Ranveer Singh’s Durex ad

INTERVAL ("Bismil” from Haider)

Vishal Bhardwaj  Unfortunately we couldn’t find Maqbool anywhere Omkara Ajay Devgan and Saif Ali Khan Hierarchal structures in Shakespeare  Konkona Sen Sharma and the big change from the play “O Saathi Re,” the shot of them moving around the house Our experience with Eros Now Haider 1995 Kashmir conflict setting Surprising references to Salman Khan The lack of Horatio and the disappointing Ophelia Tabu’s Gertrude “So Jao”; The gravediggers 

NEXT TIME: We look at three rom-coms with Alia Bhatt, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, 2 States, and Shaandaar 

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