At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins conclude their Bollywood for Beginners series! In our last pair of recommendations for the Bollywood-curious, we go back in history again for 1971’s Sharmeelee–a film that many seasoned Bollywood fans somehow haven’t […]
At Filmi Ladies Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins are joined by Sai to discuss Indian film superstar, Rekha! “She’s one of Indian cinema’s most gifted actresses, a superb dancer, a fitness and beauty icon, a polyglot, a fashion queen, a queer icon, a legend who […]
Hey, it’s the latest Filmi Ladies Podcast featuring Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins! “This 1988 revenge drama starring goddess Rekha is, in our opinion, is an absolute masala masterpiece, touching on issues of self-determination, inner strength, the evils of greed, a walkoff over a decade […]
This month’s Guest Star Aditi Sen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Queen’s University, Canada. When she isn’t working or watching horror films, she likes to collect Bollywood cakes. ~~~ In 1830, Colonel William Sleeman reported that a fakir and his young son were […]
In the world of underappreciated Indian films, Youtube spelunking often leads to treasures. Years ago, while looking for cabaret songs by one of my favorite 1970s and 80s stars (Rekha, seen frequently on The Gutter), I happened across a number from Chehre Pe Chehra, an adaptation of…. Dr. […]
For those of us who did not grow up watching Bollywood films (and maybe even for those of you who did, depending on how closely an adult monitored what you were watching when or after this film came out), there is a particular threshold that each of us […]
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