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25: Varun Dhawan, Bollywood's Next Leading Man
Bollywood is For Lovers
English - August 20, 2016 21:38 - 1 hour - ★★★★ - 46 ratingsFilm Reviews TV & Film Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We discuss Bollywood’s next leading man, heartthrob Varun Dhawan and three films that showcase his exceptional range.
Show Notes:
· Varun Dhawan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varun_Dhawan), is he a dreamboat or a heartthrob?
· Is there Bollywood Dirty Dancing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirtyDancing)? (Apparently Pooja Bhatt’s Holiday (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday(2006_film)) is a remake of DD)
· Nepotism in Bollywood
Student of The Year (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StudentoftheYear) (listen to us discuss it here: https://audioboom.com/boos/4467740-episode-4-bollywood-the-next-generation?t=0), Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HumptySharmaKiDulhania) (which we discuss here: https://audioboom.com/boos/4467733-episode-12-bollywood-s-sweetheart-alia-bhatt?t=0), and Dilwale (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilwale(2015film)) (here: https://audioboom.com/boos/4467734-episode-9-dilwale-bajirao-mastani-with-juliet-franklin?t=0)
As an intertextual (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertextuality) star
· Main Tera Hero (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MainTeraHero)
· The plot doesn’t matter
· Songs: “Besharmi Ki Height (https://youtu.be/IFYJNLZTB0)” “Galat Baat Hai (https://youtu.be/coQ95u7w18)”
· Four colour comics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Color)
(INTERVAL (“Palat Tera Hero Idhar Hai (https://youtu.be/9vkcYxbGdTE)” from Main Ter Hero)
· Badlapur (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badlapur_(film))
· Erin forgot she had seen this film before
· A bleak noir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir)
· A transformative performance
· The Nawazuddin Siddiqui Memorial Award for Enduring Police Brutality
· Credits song: “Jee Karda (https://youtu.be/VAJK04HOLd0)”
· Kuleshov effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuleshov_effect)
· The title’s double meaning
· Consumed by grief and revenge
· Dishoom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishoom)
· A fictional Arabian rogue nation
· Buddy cop dynamics and action
· The credits song, “Jaaneman Aah (https://youtu.be/wM9T-_qM0)” and the opening title song, “Toh Dishoom (https://youtu.be/OCZTqrm2QJA)”
· The Arabian club banger: “Sau Tarah Ke (https://youtu.be/PIyf0hMc498)”
NEXT TIME: We are joined by The Movie Jerks (http://www.themoviejerks.ca/) to discuss the unfortunately titled Jism and Jism 2
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