We welcome Beth Watkins of Beth Loves Bollywood to discuss two films starring, directed, and produced by Raj Kapoor.
Show Notes:
Welcome to Beth Loves Bollywood!
Mujhse Dostu Karoge!
Shree 420
Bengali cinema and Satyajit Ray
Raj Kapoor
Take that Hugh Jackman
Prithviraj Kapoor and the Kapoors
Comparisons to Charlie Chaplin
Aag
“Dude’s got a type”
Chiaroscuro lighting
“Raat Ko Jee Chamke Taare”
Nimmi(s)
Comparisons to Orson Welles
Kapoor as India
(INTERVAL (”Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan” from Mera Naam Joker)
Mera Naam Joker
“Duff beer For Me, Duff Beer For You”
Kseniya Ryabinkina
Shankar Jaikishan
Creepy clown doll
No one likes clowns (at least they aren’t as bad as mimes)
Why do auteurs like the circus?
Hot for teacher
Is the Russian comprehensible?
Entitlement and the male ego
Dom DeLuise
Black and white vs. colour
“Jaane Kahan Gaye Woh Din” and “Angh Lag Jaa Baalma”
They do sell the clown doll
Ajooba
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