52: Rats in a Maze: Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday and No Smoking

To cap off #Noirvember, we look at two Noir-inspired films from one of Hindi cinema’s most acclaimed and controversial directors, Anurag Kashyap. Show Notes: It’s still #Noirvember Our misadventures in film sourcing Ittefaq (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ittefaq_(1969_film)) never showed up Subtitle issues on Eros Now and iTunes The failure of Bigflix Scarecrow Video (http://blog.scarecrow.com/) Anurag Kashyap (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anurag_Kashyap) Paanch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paanch) Black Friday: The Shocking Truth Behind the ’93 Bombay Blasts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(2007_film)) The 1993 Bombay bombings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Bombay_bombings) and the Bombay riots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_riots) Sanjay Dutt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjay_Dutt) Digital film aesthetics Michael Mann (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mann) and Danny Boyle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Boyle) “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” Understanding terrorism (INTERVAL (“Chase (https://youtu.be/B8-32SeZSk8)” from Black Friday) Return of Hanuman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_of_Hanuman) No Smoking (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Smoking_(2007_film)) “Quitters, Inc” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quitters,_Inc.) Holocaust imagery Dreamcatcher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcatcher_(2003_film)) and Cat’s Eye (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_Eye_(1985_film)) It’s Abraham that wants to make a sequel to spread anti-smoking awareness, not Kashyap; Kashyap appears to be a smoker Bob Fosse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Fosse) and Jab Bhi Ciggaret (https://youtu.be/9pyBgc3S27w) Cyclical narrative “Phoonk De (https://youtu.be/GbhAVIOJ3MA)” D.O.A. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.O.A._(1949_film)) and Seconds (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seconds_(1966_film)) Cameron Bailey on Kashyap (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/cameron-bailey-kashyap-one-of-the-most-knowledgeable-filmmakers/articleshow/61767906.cms) NEXT TIME: Because we can’t watch Padmavati, we’re discussing some other recent controversial films 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 the Well Endowed Podcast (https://www.thewellendowedpodcast.com/?utm_source=Publicate&utm_medium=embed&utm_content=It%27s+Good+to+be+Well+Endowed+%7C+ECF&utm_campaign=Oct+2017+APN+members+and+affiliates) from the Edmonton Community Foundation (https://www.ecfoundation.org/) Listen to Assumptions (http://assumptions.libsyn.com/?utm_source=Publicate&utm_medium=embed&utm_content=Assumptions&utm_campaign=Oct+2017+APN+members+and+affiliates) 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/) #AnuragKashyap, #HussainZaidi, #KayKayMenon, #PavanMalhotra, #AdityaShrivastava, #NawazuddinSiddiqui, #ImtiazAli, #BlackFriday, #BombayBombings, #BombayRiots, #NoSmoking, #StephenKing, #JohnAbraham, #AyeshaTakia, #PareshRawal, #RanvirShorey, #Bollywood