Tag: Watching the Rainbow

Filmi Ladies: Pink

At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins continue their color series. “Pink conjures up images of roses, sunrises and sunsets, candyfloss, bubblegum and dainty femininity. But it is also the most gendered color. In this episode of the color […]

Filmi Ladies: Watching the Rainbow: Orange!

“Dazzling, devotional, dangerous orange guides our choices today! Beth was bamboozled by the marigolds in Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding, and Pitu saw spiritually-inspired sacrifice in Aditya Chopra’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Love—or loves plural, really—are at the center of these films, which is not unusual on this […]

“Watching the Rainbow: Purple”

At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins focus on the color purple! “Wherever could we find purple prose in Hindi cinema??? The Dirty Picture (2011), that’s for sure. 💜 💜 💜 We also discuss the lavender marriage in the lovely queer rights film […]