Lovers In A Dangerous Time: Dil Se.. & Raavan with Piyush Patel
We welcome Piyush Patel (https://www.facebook.com/FHWGS/) to discuss two films by acclaimed South Indian director Mani Ratnam.
Show Notes:
Erin’s mother liked Talvar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talvar_(film))
CJSR (http://www.cjsr.com/)
70th anniversary of India’s Independence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndependenceDay(India)) and Partition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PartitionofIndia)
Why doesn’t the Alberta Education curriculum teach anything about India?
The Komagata Maru incident (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KomagataMaruincident)
Rangeela (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangeela_(film)) and film going in Mumbai India's Film Industry -- A $10 Billion Business Trapped In A $2 Billion Body (https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2015/10/23/indias-film-industry-a-10-billion-business-trapped-in-a-2-billion-body/#4a85609870d2)
DDLJ at Maratha Mandir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_Mandir)
We love our listeners!
The appeal of Hindi cinema
BFI Southbank India on Film (http://www.bfi.org.uk/india-on-film) and the “mindie” (http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/beyond-bollywood-survey-new-indian-cinema)
Under-appreciated supporting actors
Mani Ratnam (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mani_Ratnam)
A.R. Rahman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.R.Rahman) and Gulzar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulzar)
Ratnam’s Terrorism Trilogy, Roja (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roja) and Bombay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_(film))
(INTERVAL (“Chaiyya Chaiyaa (https://youtu.be/YOYN9qNXmAw)” from Dil Se…)
Dil Se.. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dil_Se..)
Sukhwinder Singh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhwinder_Singh)
Sonnet 130 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet_130)
Insurgency in Northeast India (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InsurgencyinNortheast_India)
Perceptions on Independence
Urban versus rural experiences
Empathetic portrayals of a suicide bomber
All India Radio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllIndiaRadio)
“Dil Se Re (https://youtu.be/YwfCMvo19s8),” “Satrangi Re (https://youtu.be/sAdnMmhg5gM),” and “Jiya Jale (https://youtu.be/M-2nlaOQQSQ)”
Preity Zinta (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preity_Zinta)
Raavan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raavan)
Abduction of Sita (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sita#Exileandabduction)
Negative critical and audience reaction
Abhishak Bachchan’s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhishek_Bachchan) maniacal performance
So much eyeliner
SO MUCH WATER
The falling motif
Pacing issues
The Searchers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Searchers)
“Behne De Mujhe Behne De (https://youtu.be/yWETUyQZmIo), “ “Thok Di Killi (https://youtu.be/u2H9b7Id4O8),” “Khilli Re (https://youtu.be/7s31RlMr-6E),” and Kata Kata (https://youtu.be/bTyW9t16KQU)”
Sita Sings The Blues (http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/)
From Here We Go Sublime on CJSR 88.5 (https://www.facebook.com/FHWGS/)
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