43: 2017 Midyear Review

43: 2017 Midyear Review

Author: Bollywood is For Lovers July 4, 2017 Duration: 1:20:03

We summarize the big hits and many misses that have come out so far this year.

Show Notes: Erin’s mom has been listening to the show and she’s going to watch Talvar Ok Jaanu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OkJaanu) Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor are inexplicably popular Kaabil (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaabil) Matt pitches a Bollywood remake of Elle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elle(film)) Dangal is still crushing it (https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/28/like-a-true-champ-dangal-is-making-a-miraculous-fight-to-the-finish-in-china/#76cad2632b5d) Raees (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raees(film)) Note: Nawazuddin Siddiqui has more films coming out in the second half of the year, we were planning on discussing them but the episode ran long Sunny Leone’s item number: “Laila Main Laila (https://youtu.be/95I5VaR7GeU)” Jolly LLB 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JollyLLB2) We still don’t understand the Indian legal system Running Shaadi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RunningShaadi) Rangoon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoon(2017Hindifilm)) Miss Julia (https://youtu.be/o7TOBuJTQ20) Badrinath Ki Dulhania (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BadrinathKiDulhania) Toxic masculinity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicmasculinity)

(INTERVAL (“Tamma Tamma Again (https://youtu.be/EEX_XM6SxmY)” from Badrinath Ki Dulhania)

India Film Festival of Alberta (http://www.indiafilmfestival.ca/) Phillauri (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillauri(film)) Naam Shabana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaamShabana) Begum Jaan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BegumJaan) Noor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor(film)) Pretentious Movie Reviews and Kanan Gill (https://www.youtube.com/user/knngill) Meri Pyaari Bindu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeriPyaariBindu) Sarkar 3 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarkar3) Half Girlfriend (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HalfGirlfriend(film)) Why is the romantic lead assaulting the heroine? The only thing worse than the girl getting cancer is fake cancer Hindi Medium (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HindiMedium(film)) Raabta (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raabta(film)) Tubelight (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubelight(film)) “Naach Meri Jaan (https://youtu.be/xbAEUGhAubU)” Angamaly Diaries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AngamalyDiaries) Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baahubali2:The_Conclusion)

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