In this episode we discuss a pair of films that dramatize deadly dealings between the Bombay police force and the criminal underworld.
Show Notes:
Mayaanadhi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayaanadhi)
“Tollywood goes to Texas (http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/tollywood-goes-to-texas/article23331486.ece)” by Suchin Mehrotra
Encounter killings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encounter_killings_by_police)
Sicario (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicario_(2015_film))
Starlight tours (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatoon_freezing_deaths)
Shootout at Lokhandwala (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout_at_Lokhandwala)
1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Lokhandwala_Complex_shootout)
Police brutality propaganda
Sanjay Dutt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjay_Dutt)
Processing how the film fictionalizes real life
Comparisons to Clint Eastwood
The ends justifying the means
Songs: “Unke Nashe Mein (https://youtu.be/zs-UtDZQ4Uo),” “Mere Yaar (https://youtu.be/nplGiE7Q9Ts),” and “Ganpat (https://youtu.be/4BB-aKPyLe0)”
Narrative structure
Comparisons to other Hindi crime films
(INTERVAL (“Babli Badmaash (https://youtu.be/4NFrmvfoFsI)” from Shootout at Wadala)
Shootout at Wadala (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout_at_Wadala)
It takes A LOT of bullets to kill John Abraham
Item numbers: “Laila (https://youtu.be/l6WMdmrEOq8) and “Aala Re Aala (https://youtu.be/tKBa64-w4XA)”
Criminal motivations
A kill or be killed world
(according to Matt, Mastizaade is still the worst film ever featured on this podcast)
Clichéd dialogues and one-liners
John Abraham’s “guns”
Mildly sexy sex
How much do these films assume we know about these events?
imfdb (http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Shootout_at_Lokhandwala)
The morality of enjoying violent movies and becoming desensitized to violence
NEXT TIME: we return to our Amitach Bachchan series, maybe we’ll come up with a series name!
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