48: Katrina Kaif is Wonderful & We Will Fight You, with Manish Mathur
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We welcome online film writer Manish Mathur (https://twitter.com/TheManish89) to discuss one of Bollywood’s most polarizing performers, Katrina Kaif. Show Notes: Newton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_(film)) is India’s submission for the Best Foreign Language film at this year’s Academy Awards Our episode on the India Film Festival of Alberta (https://audioboom.com/posts/6120218-supplemental-episode-2-bifl-at-india-film-festival-of-alberta-2017?t=0), which includes our discussion of Newton India’s past submissions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film) Court (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_(film))was 2015’s submission, Matt was right, 2016’s submission was the Tamil film Visaranai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visaranai) Lipstick Under My Burkha now most watched Hindi movie on Amazon Prime (http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/UvY5AEsRzQWeDEC3anVkeL/Lipstick-Under-My-Burkha-now-most-watched-Hindi-movie-on-A.html) Talk Film Society (http://www.talkfilmsociety.com/), Manish’s articles (http://www.talkfilmsociety.com/articles/?author=589c9698f5e2314b23168160#show-archive) 10 Essential Films from Indian Cinema (http://www.talkfilmsociety.com/articles/10-essential-films-from-indian-cinema) Katrina Kaif (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina_Kaif) Her accent and the obligatory diegetic explanation Colourism, lack of interesting or challenging roles, and the rapid fire on KWK Boom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_(film)), Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Pyaar_Kyun_Kiya%3F), and Namastey London (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namastey_London) Comedy chops Reverse She’s All That Jab Tak Hai Jaan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jab_Tak_Hai_Jaan) Katrina Kaif’s Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/katrinakaif/) “Ishq Shava (https://youtu.be/iEJPDYrLtsI )” and “Sheila Ki Jawani (https://youtu.be/ZTmF2v59CtI)” (INTERVAL (“Dhunki (https://youtu.be/WG6qKDoidmg)” from Mere Brother Ki Dulhan) Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere_Brother_Ki_Dulhan) Wild Katrina “Madhubala (https://youtu.be/8ZPhtWRtntU)” Screwball comedy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screwball_comedy_film) American rom-coms versus Hindi rom-coms Imran Khan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imran_Khan_(Indian_actor)) “Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (https://youtu.be/vZ0JF7-d3Lo)” Avoiding the manic pixie dream girl trap (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Pixie_Dream_Girl) Ali Zafar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Zafar) Fitoor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitoor) Why did Matt make us watch this movie? Amit Trivedi’s music Great Expectations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Expectations) Kaif’s red hair (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Revealed-The-reason-behind-Katrina-and-Tabus-Rs-55-lakh-red-hair/articleshow/50848216.cms) Miss Havisham is a bitch Kashmir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir) Why did Kaif’s agent let her do this film? An eight-year-old’s great love affair Stop trying to make snow romantic Lack of cultural or political relevance “Pashmina (https://youtu.be/uxTXp0-iZrY)” NEXT TIME: Asim Burney (https://twitter.com/asimburney) of Upodcast (https://twitter.com/upodcast) joins us to discuss Judwaa and Judwaa 2 Bollywood is For Lovers is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB Financial (http://www.atb.com/listen/Pages/default.aspx) Check out ATB’s Man Vans here: http://www.atb.com/community/social-responsibility/Pages/man-van.aspx Listen to For Kicks (https://forkickspodcast.com/) Find us on (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers/id1036988030?mt=2)! and Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers)! and iHeartRadio (https://www.iheart.com/podcast/270-Bollywood-is-For-Lovers-28344928/)! and Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1m38Hxx8ZFxTJzadsVk5U3)! Follow us on Twitter! (https://twitter.com/bollywoodpod) Like us on Facebook! (https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodIsForLovers/) #Newton, #Oscars, #AcademyAwards, #KatrinaKaif, #JabTakHaiJaan, #MereBrotherKiDulhan, #ImranKhan, #AliZafar, #TaraDSouza, #AliAbbasZafar, #Fitoor, #AdityaRoyKapur, #Tabu, #AditiRaoHydari, #AbhishekKapoor