65: Anushka Sharma’s Clean Slate: NH10, Phillauri, and Pari

In this episode we discuss three films produced by and starring Anushka Sharma. Just a note, we discuss some mature subjects in this episode including sexual assault, honour killings, and infanticide. There’s also a fair amount of spoilers. Show Notes: * We hope all our fellow Canadians had a happy Canada Day * Thank you karenrayan and Airia101 * [Eros Now](https://erosnow.com/), [Hotstar](https://ca.hotstar.com/), and [Amazon Prime Video](https://www.amazon.ca/Amazon-com-Amazon-Prime-Video/dp/B00N28818A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1530473242&sr=8-2&keywords=prime+video) * We can finally watch [Aisha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha_(film)) * Amazon isn’t a great company, Amazon Prime Video in Canada versus America * [Access Bollywood](https://accessbollywood.net/) * [Anushka Sharma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anushka_Sharma) * [Clean Slate Films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Slate_Films) * [Kaneda](https://zippy.gfycat.com/CautiousFavorableLarva.gif) * [NH10](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NH10) * Women can be complicit in toxic masculinity * [Deadly Road Trip](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadlyRoadTrip) * Comparison to [rape revenge films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_and_revenge_film) and [honour killings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_killing) * Urban versus rural India * Violence and grindhouse aesthetics (INTERVAL ( “[Naughty Billo](https://youtu.be/fCqwgtyCSDI)” from Phillauri) * [Phillauri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillauri_(film)) * [Suraj Sharma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suraj_Sharma) * This is not [magic realism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_realism); [Shaandaar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaandaar) might be considered MR * [Paranormal romance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal_romance) * Poets and poetry * [Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre) and unfinished business * Commitment issues * The modern day is so weird! * Sexy times * Special effects * [Pari: Not A Fairytale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pari_(2018_Indian_film)) * More [paranormal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal) than romance * [Feral Woman](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WildChild) trope * [Ifrit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifrit) * [Menstrual Menace](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MenstrualMenace) * Themes regarding childbirth and motherhood * Erin hates eye stuff (and teeth stuff) * Overuse of cheap [jump scares](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_scare) * Comparisons to contemporary Hollywood horror * Naked zebra! * Overarching themes and new voices NEXT TIME: Sanjay Dutt and the biopic Sanju Bollywood is For Lovers is a member of the [Alberta Podcast Network](https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com/) powered by [ATB](http://www.atb.com/listen/Pages/default.aspx) Check out [ATB BoostR](http://www.atb.com/business/experts/Pages/ATB-BoostR.aspx) Listen to [The Bothy](https://www.calumlykanstorytelling.com/the-bothy-podcast?utm_source=Publicate&utm_medium=embed&utm_content=Scottish+Storyteller+%7C+Calgary+%7C+Calum+Lykan+Storytelling+&%20Tours=&utm_campaign=March+2018+APN+members+and+affiliates) Find us on [Apple Podcasts](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers/id1036988030?mt=2)! and [Stitcher](https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/matt-bowes/bollywood-is-for-lovers)! and [audioBoom](https://audioboom.com/channel/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)! and [Google Podcasts](https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hdWRpb2Jvb20uY29tL2NoYW5uZWxzLzQ2OTg2OTAucnNz)! Follow us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/BollywoodPod)! Like us on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodIsForLovers)! #CleanSlateFilms #AnushkaSharma #NavdeepSingh #NH10 #NeilBhoopalam #DarshanKumar #Phillauri #AnshaiLal #DiljitDosanjh #SurajSharma #MehreenPirzada #Pari #PrositRoy #ParambrataChatterjee #RajatKapoor #RitabhariChakraborty #KarneshSharma #Bollywood