On the Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss “two films in which dancing is a plot element: Disco Dancer and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. That’s about all they have in common, other than being fairly lightweight concoctions that we enjoy very much. Episode […]
Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins has some spooky business to attend to in this episode of the Filmi Ladies Podcast! “This Halloween, we bring you the very famous and much beloved Manichitrathazhu, along with its Hindi remake Bhool Bhulaiyaa. Even though they’re technically not stories […]
No one will be more surprised than I am that I enjoy Ramsay Brothers films. Since the 1970s, this family’s output has occupied a special place in Indian horror cinema. Working primarily in Hindi, the seven Ramsays made over 30 films (not quite all of them horror). For […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins continue their series on Bollywood’s female superstars with a look at Dimple Kapadia! “Some may argue that Dimple Kapadia doesn’t quite count as a superstar of Hindi cinema, but she’s so interesting that we couldn’t resist! […]
When I first watched this zombie horror-comedy when it released in 2013, I felt like it didn’t have enough bite. I wanted it to do more with some of what it started to lay out, namely the smart and funny premise that the party scene in Goa (a […]
At the Filmi Ladies podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca and the Hindi adaptation, Kohraa! “We read Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, watched the 1940 Hitchcock adaptation, then watched Biren Nag’s 1964 Hindi adaptation Kohraa. There’s much to love in all […]