Even if you don’t watch Indian films, I can promise you that you’ve very probably seen, or at least heard, some of this movie. It gave the world an incredibly infectious song that crossed international borders to appear on tv with The Cramps, on stage with California band […]
At Filmi Ladies, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins consider the Bengali and Hindi versions of the same film. “We travel to colonial Bengal and encounter the idle rich, a bejeweled beauty, a perennially bemused bumpkin, and a sparkly, sprightly lady–and of course a crumbling haveli […]
Gaddaar is maybe the best Hindi film of 1973, if not the first half of the 1970s, that you probably haven’t seen. Maybe I’m wrong and you already love it as much as I do, but whenever I bring up this movie, I’m mostly met with blank stares […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss Love Aaj Kal (2009)! “Love Aaj Kal turns 15 years old! This movie was quite the rage back then and the fashions in it quite the moment. Has it held up? Yes, for one of […]
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 […]
Halfway through my rewatch of Jadu Tona (Black Magic, 1977), I said to my cat, who was also most definitely watching it with me since it has a kitty on some of its promotional material and was not just curled up on the sofa for no other reason, […]