55: 2017 Year End Review

We recap the most notable Bollywood films of the back half of 2017, from July to December. Show Notes: Erin is sick, as always Our episode on the first half of 2017 (https://audioboom.com/posts/6074501-2017-midyear-review) Padmavati is now called Padmaavat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmaavat) and it’s coming out on January 25, 2018 Mom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mom_(film)) The rape revenge genre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_and_revenge_film) Jagga Jasoos (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagga_Jasoos) Our episode on Anurag Basu (https://audioboom.com/posts/6153927-life-in-a-red-circle-the-films-of-anurag-basu) Sung-through musical (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sung-through) “Galti Se Mistake (https://youtu.be/05TA9jNnCdU)” Lipstick Under My Burkha (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipstick_Under_My_Burkha) Our episode on the India Film Festival of Alberta (https://audioboom.com/posts/6120218-supplemental-episode-2-bifl-at-india-film-festival-of-alberta-2017) Munna Michael (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munna_Michael) Nawazuddin Siddiqui dancing in “Swag (https://youtu.be/iFYExvoVKGU)” Mubarakan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mubarakan) Jab Harry Met Sejal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jab_Harry_Met_Sejal) “PHURRR (https://youtu.be/0BiJrQBIqWw)” Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet:_Ek_Prem_Katha) Bareilly Ki Barfi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bareilly_Ki_Barfi) Erin starts to notice a trend in the year’s better films A Gentleman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Gentleman) Baadshaho (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baadshaho) The Emergency (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emergency_(India))shub Sunny Leone in “Piya More (https://youtu.be/F6wn3Cw-o0g)” (also Emraan Hashmi’s Free Love shirt) Shub Mangal Saavdhan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shubh_Mangal_Saavdhan) Matt tries very hard to make erectile dysfunction jokes Daddy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_(2017_film)) (INTERVAL (“Disco Disco (https://youtu.be/I5SzASOuZVA) from A Gentleman) Simran (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simran_(film)) Lucknow Central (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucknow_Central) The film Matt is trying to remember is Greenfingers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenfingers) starring Clive Owen Newton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_(film)) Bhoomi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhoomi_(film)) Judwaa 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judwaa_2) Our episode with Asim Burney (https://audioboom.com/posts/6377939-seeing-double-judwaa-x2-with-asim-burney) Chef (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef_(2017_film)) Chef (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef_(film)) and Chef! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef!) Proof of Erin’s Bollywood bias Secret Superstar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Superstar) “Sexy Baliye (https://youtu.be/-2VZsMrWbag)” Golmaal Again (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golmaal_Again) Erin can’t remember the plot of this film Ittefaq (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ittefaq_(2017_film)) Qarb Qarib Singlle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qarib_Qarib_Singlle) Tumhari Sulu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumhari_Sulu) Tiger Zinda Hai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Zinda_Hai) NEXT TIME: Historical Epics Bollywood is For Lovers is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB Financial (http://www.atb.com/listen/Pages/default.aspx) Go all in with ATB (http://www.atb.com/listen/Pages/default.aspx) Listen to That’s So Maven (http://www.yegmavens.com/) Find us on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers/id1036988030?mt=2)! and Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers)! and iHeartRadio (https://www.iheart.com/podcast/270-Bollywood-is-For-Lovers-28344928/)! and Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1m38Hxx8ZFxTJzadsVk5U3)! Follow us on Twitter! (https://twitter.com/bollywoodpod) Like us on Facebook! (https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodIsForLovers/) #Mom, #Sridevi, #NawazuddinSiddiqui, #AkshayeKhanna, #JaggaJasoos, #RanbirKapoor, #KatrinaKaif, #LipstickUnderMyBurkha, #KonkonaSenSharma, #RatnaPathak, #MunnaMichael, #TigerShroff, #Mubarakan, #ArjunKapoor, #AnilKapoor, #IleanaDcruz, #JabHarryMetSejal, #AnushkaSharma, #ShahRukhKhan, #ToiletEkPremKatha, #AkshayKumar, #BhumiPednekar, #BareillyKiBarfi, #KritiSanon, #AyushmaanKhuranna, #RajkummarRao, #PankajTripathi, #AGentleman, #SiddharthMalhotra, #JacquelineFernandez, #Daddy, #ArjunRampal, #Simran, #KanganaRanaut, #LucknowCentral, #FarhanAkhtar, #RonitRoy, #DianaPenty, #Newton, #Bhoomi, #SanjayDutt, #AditiRaoHydari, #Judwaa2, #VarunDhawan, #TapseePannu, #Chef, #SaifAliKhan, #SecretSuperstar, #ZairaWasim, #AamirKhan, #GolmaalAgain, #Tabu, #JohnnyLever, #Ittefaq, #SonakshiSinha, #QaribQaribSinglle, #IrrfanKhan, #NehaDhupia #TumhariSulu, #VidyaBalan, #TigerZindaHai, #SalmanKhan, #Bollywood