I’m not even sorry about that title. Boom (2003, directed and written by Kaizad Gustad) really is about a group of models behaving badly. But it’s also an artifact of one of the classic paths to stardom in Bollywood: the model-turned-actor. The models in the film have to […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins celebrate Filmi Ladies’ second anniversary with a very special episode! “Thanks be to Patron Saint Dev Anand who inspires us to be bigger and better! We celebrate with Do Devs (actually 3, but who’s counting?): Dev […]
[somewhat spoiler-y] My current slot to publish at the Gutter falls just a day before the Hindu/Jain/Buddhist festival for snake deities, Naga Panchami, so I take this auspicious coincidence as a sign to bring forward another Indian snake film. If my research is accurate, the first Indian snake […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and Beth Watkins continue their series on the Kapoor film dynasty with a look at the career of Karisma Kapoor! “Neither Pitu nor Beth really know how to place Karisma: is she a 90s queen or merely a princess? What is her […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss the debut films of Akshaye and Rahul Khanna! “Perhaps nowhere in the history of Hindi cinema do two siblings have more divergent debuts, more unusual filmographies, or more unpredictable trajectories. We look at Akshaye in […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994) starring Shah Rukh Khan! A whole episode devoted to one of Pitu’s favorites! 🎺 We discuss the star-worthy performance by SRK and this point in his star trajectory, the lovable […]
Find t-shirts, mugs, totes and more at our new Guttermart location at Teepublic!
