Episode 42 of Khandaan: A Bollywood Podcast is a celebration of 25 years of Hum Aapke Hain Koun…, arguably the most influential film to emerge from Bollywood in the 1990s. Director Sooraj Barjatya’s sophomore effort, 1994’s HAHK instantly cemented the… Read More »Ep 42 Sacred Games and Hum Aapke Hain Koun
See more options Embed Code Episode 39 came as a bit of a surprise – we didn’t expect so many people would be interested in the Dreamz Unlimited movie Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani. Directed by Aziz Mirza who had… Read More »Ep 39- Phir Bhi Hai Hindustani plus Saaho, Judgementall Hai Kya and others
Episode 6 of the Khandaan Podcast finds co-hosts Sujoy and Amrita missing Asim, who is off doing other things just as we’re handed an opportunity to discuss Talaash (2012), starring Asim’s fave (or so he says) Aamir Khan. However, to… Read More »Ep 6 – Talaash – Khandaan Podcast
Episode 5 of the Khandaan Podcast finds co-hosts Asim, Sujoy, and Amrita discussing the first film voted to screen by their audience – 2001’s Salman Khan-starrer, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (CCCC). First, however, we make a short foray into current… Read More »Ep 5- Chori Chori Chupke Chupke Review and Padmaavat Discussion
Asim, Sujoy, and Amrita, co-hosts of the Khandaan podcast, continue their Khan-journey with Maine Pyaar Kiya (MPK). This 1989 blockbuster romance is the movie we chose as Salman Khan’s debut feature despite his earlier ill-starred appearance as a supporting character… Read More »Ep 3- Maine Pyaar Kiya – Khandaan Podcast
Asim, Sujoy, and Amrita, co-hosts of the Khandaan podcast, begin their foray into all things Khan-related with Qayamat se Qayamat Tak (QSQT). Almost a relic of another era, this 1988 romance is the movie we chose as Aamir Khan’s debut… Read More »Ep 2- Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak – Khandaan Podcast
Can one really overstate the Khan effect on Bollywood these past 25 years? Asim, Sujoy, and Amrita, co-hosts of the Khandaan podcast, don’t think so. The movies of Aamir, Salman, and Shahrukh are significant threads forming the rich cinematic tapestry… Read More »Ep 1- What is the Khandaan Podcast?
This week we review Baahubali 2 The Conclusion also known as the most successful Indian movie every to be released. And for this mammoth task we have brought in the most knowledgeable and best online voices to dissect this breaker of… Read More »EP 223: Baahubali 2 The Conclusion Review
“This experience has been life changing…” We speak to Saiyami Kher who is making her big screen debut this Friday in Rakesh Omprakash Mehra’s Mirzya, a re-imagining of Mirza Sahibaan’s legendary folk tale. We talk about her preparation for her… Read More »Saiyami Kher Mirzya Interview Upodcast
Dressed in a golden embroidered jacket, sitting center stage on a bar stool and accompanied by a simple back up band, the heir of Pakistan’s qawwali legacy, Rahat Ali Khan performed before a sold out crowd at the London O2… Read More »Rahat Ali Khan at the O2 Concert Review
New Podcast for your Ear holes! This week we take to task the Buddy Action revival directed by Rohit Shetty starring younger brother Varun Dhawan, John Abraham and Jacqueline Fernandez. We are joined by Hani from wonderful podcast The Bollywood… Read More »Dishoom Review Upodcast
The team of Sujoy Ghosh (this time as producer) , Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vidya Balan (switching roles as lead vs guest appearance) that brought us one of the best Indian movies, Kahaani, of the last few years comes together again… Read More »Te3n Review Upodcast
The trailer for Kapoor & Sons just dropped and here are some free flowing thoughts whilst watching it: Hey, at least Bollywood now accredits the internet when they steal a joke (looking at you Shahrukh) Is this a Badshaah song?… Read More »Kapoor & Sons Trailer Thoughts: Dysfunction is the new black!
In one of the only emotional scenes of this movie, a very old Punjabi grandfather character (played wonderfully by the veteran Indian TV actor Arun Bali) speaks of the horrors of getting uprooted from what you once considered home, and… Read More »Review: Airlift’s screenplay never takes off!
Wazir tells the tale of two unlikely friends – a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster (Amitabh Bachchan) and an ATS officer (Farhan Akhtar). Both are brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate as part of wider conspiracy that has… Read More »Wazir Review Upodcast
Rohit Shetty’s big release, Dilwale, is just over a week away so ShahRukh Khan, Kajol, Kriti Sanon and Varun Dhawan were in town for a press conference. Upodcast had the change to sit down with Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon… Read More »Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon talk Dilwale with Upodcast
Last week Fox arranged a video conference with Salman Khan and Sonam Kapoor in London for the release of Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. Here are some excerpts of the Q&A session with the UK press. Q/ WHAT DO YOU… Read More »Prem Ratan Dhan Payo London Press Conference
We got the chance to speak with Anupama Chopra, Festival Director, 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival With Star India about why these movies and the festival is important, which movies you should watch out for and how they dealt with… Read More »Anupama Chopra Talks Jio Mami Upodcast
Priyanka Chopra US TV debut Quantico is a big deal! So much so that we needed to dedicate an hour just to dissect the first 2 episodes. We’re joined by Jay also known as @Bollybrit (Nominated as a finalist in… Read More »Quantico Ep 1 & 2 Upodcast Review
This week’s episode FilmiGirl and Asim square off in the octagon to break down Karan Malhotra’s Akshay Kumar- Siddarth Malhotra starrer Brothers. Although a massive success at the Box Office, Akshay Kumar movies tend to be critically derided, together we… Read More »Brothers Review Upodcast
People have been raving about the music of Muzaffar Ali’s Jaanisaar for a while now and here is your chance to win 1 of 3 CD’s of the soundtrack with Upodcast. To win a copy: 1. Like us on… Read More »Win Jaanisaar’s soundtrack on CD!
Haraamkhor is exactly the kind of film one hopes to see at a film festival – a film that pushes the envelope, has been made with care and attention and has lots of soul. Keeping a packed audience engaged throughout,… Read More »Haraamkhor (The Wretched) Review LIFF 2015
A very short teaser released for Sultan, Salman Khan’s 2nd collaboration with YRF after the massive success of Ek Tha Tiger. Although we’re no fans of such short teasers or motion posters but we’re always willing to make an exception… Read More »Sultan’s teaser doesn’t reveal much….
The cruise liner of Bollywood Podcasts is back, this time joined by our friend Anisha Jhaveri, to break down the ups and downs of Zoya Akhtar’s dysfunctional family drama Dil Dhadakne Do. Now that she’s 3 movies in, we can… Read More »Dil Dhadakne Do Review Upodcast
I haven’t been bowled over by anything related to Gabbar yet (how terrible is that Chitriganda- Honey Singh Promotional song?) , apparently it is a remake of a South Indian movie (alarm bells ringing already) with the big difference that… Read More »Gabbar Is Back Press Interview
Vidya Balan has managed to carve quite a unique and enviable niche for herself in Hindi Films with movies like The Dirty Picture and Kahaani where she isn’t reliant on an having a male star share the screen with her… Read More »Bobby Jasoos New Song Trailer, Images and Poster
Akshay Kumar doesn’t make it easy to root for him as a fan, not only repeating the same genre repeatedly but now he seems to be revisiting characters too. Singh Is King was a massive success although I did not… Read More »Singh Is Bling: New Posters for Akshay and Prabhu Deva’s latest team up
Pritam has become an unstoppable force on the Bollywood music scene in the past few years. His steady flow of chart toppers and the frequency and ease he drops them on people is something that is pretty much incomparable to… Read More »Pritam Comes to Wembley (London) and brings a bunch of friends
Gulaab Gang released last friday and provides the unique pairing of Bollywood screen Godesses Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla squaring off against each other. Released in a very crowded weekend of 2 other releases (Queen and Total Siyapaa) but pushed… Read More »Gulaab Gang Review Upodcast
Dhoom 3, the third in the bikes- babes and abs series is poised to be the biggest blockbuster ever to have been made in Hindi Film history. But clocking in near 3 hours, does it deliver on the promise of… Read More »Dhoom 3 Review Upodcast
The Stars of Krrish 3, Hritik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra, were in town promoting their upcoming superhero movie and Upodcast had the chance to attend the Press Conf. There was also an Event at the Apple Store which is a… Read More »Krrish 3 Press Conference London Upodcast
By now most people have heard of this little underground movie called Krrish 3, although none of us have figured out how to write the title without googling it or why it isn’t just simply called Krrish 2. The marketing… Read More »Krrish 3 Hritik Roshan Media Interview
The team of Abhinav Kashyap’s Besharam came down to the UK to talk about their fortcoming release. Our good friend Sujoy Singha from Bollypop, attended and managed to even liven up the proceedings at the press conference. Here’s the audio… Read More »Besharam UK Press Conference Upodcast
Like most Bollywood fans, we have spent the morning refreshing our social media feeds for the launch of the Ram Leela trailer and finally the wait is over. Rumored to be an adaptation of Romeo And Juliet, Sanjay Leela Bhansali… Read More »Ram Leela Trailer: Romeo And Juliet through Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Lens
We’ve been having a hard time understanding what Besharam is all about. From the throwback promo to having Abhijeet sing Dil Ka Jo Haal Hail, it seems the team has been stuck in some sort of time warp where the… Read More »Besharam Media Interview and New Song Promo
Dhoom 3’s trailer has arrived and finally gives us something to look forward to in 2013, even if the movie releases just before the year ends. An established and massively succesfull franchise being spearheaded by one of the most bankable… Read More »Dhoom 3 Trailer Breakdown
We’ve kept you waiting but finally our Chennai Express Upodcast Episode is finally ready! Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and Siddarth Roy were in town promoting their biggest Eid release which has also become the biggest box office earner in the… Read More »Chennai Express Upodcast Interviews
Whatever we’ve seen of Madras Cafe until now has been quite intriguing, it might be because John Abraham makes a savvier producer than leading man and because casting Nargis Fakri as a foreign war correspondent might actually work. We received… Read More »Madras Cafe New Images and Video’s
Monsoon Shootout was the perfect opening film to the wonderful yearly non-Bollywood Indian film Festival LIFF. Not only was Amit Kumar’s 10 years in the making debut still riding on it’s praise from Cannes, it was a movie… Read More »LIFF Review Monsoon Shootout
During Part 2 of Our Bollywood catch up Upodcast ft FilmiGirl and Getfilmy (click here if you haven’t listened to it yet), I accidentally mentioned Madras Cafe as one of the movies I was looking forward to. Luckily enough my… Read More »Madras Cafe Trailer Breakdown
Since we didn’t manage to fit in all we wanted to in one episode, we are joined again by the best bollybloggers in the business Filmigirl and Getfilmy to continue our filmi chat in this second part of our Epic… Read More »Upodcast’s Bollywood 2013 Mid Year Catch Up Part 2
What an amazing line up that LIFF has in stall for London Audiences! Some of these movies you won’t be getting a chance to see in the UK anywhere else. The London Indian Film Festival will be running from the… Read More »Monsoon Shootout, Bombay Talkies to bookend Fourth London INDIAN Film Festival
The Naughtiest Hindi Film Bloggers are back again for your listening pleasure. FilmiGirl, Getfilmy and Upodcast got together for an epic Bollywood catch up of which this is just the first part. The 2nd part of our chat will be… Read More »Upodcast’s Bollywood 2013 Mid Year Catch Up Part 1
Rohit Shetty and Shahrukh Khan’s collaboration Chennai Express finally hits audiences with it’s first proper trailer and the result is an odd marriage of established tropes of both these brands. We have SRK character named Rahul, who helps girls catch… Read More »Chennai Expres Trailer Breakdown
Tied in with the release of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani in theaters everywhere, we bring you a very special interview with did with the one and only Ranbir Kapoor right here in London during his press tour. As usual we… Read More »Ranbir Kapoor Upodcast Interview for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewaani
Having grown up in the 90’s it’s virtually impossible to not be huge fans of Madhuri Dixit, probably the last legendary heroine Bollywood has produced that exuded old world charm together with an abundance of talent, which made her reign… Read More »Ghagra Song Promo Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Honestly there hasn’t been much to talk about going on in Bollywood worth talking about. Lately the release schedules of the bigger and more exciting movies has been consistently been pushed back in the 2nd half of the year, banking… Read More »Raanjhanaa Trailer Breakdown: A Love Story for All Ages
Seems like the producers of Commando are finally seeing what everyone already saw in Force. Vidyut Jamwal is awesome! I feel we should have a weekly post just praising the guy, and with the release just a couple of weeks… Read More »Commando First Poster + New Videos
As I stood up from the chair in the cinema, as the end credits rolled, I suddenly realised how desperately I needed a wee. And then, a few members of the audience started clapping. And I yelled “Are you fucking… Read More »Cloud Atlas Review
The Upodcast episode you have been waiting for! We break down 2012 in Bollywood together with special guests FilmiGirl, GetFilmy and Charla Manohar. We speak about the good, the bad and the ever so sad. Agneepath, Vicky Donor, Pan Singh… Read More »Best of Bollywood 2012 Upodcast
After the massive success of Dabangg, no one was surprised by the announcement of a sequel. What was surprising was that neither director Abhinav Kashyap nor Sonu Sood were coming back. Instead Arbaaz Khan, previously producer of Dabangg, was going… Read More »Dabangg 2 Review Upodcast
This week we dissect Shah Rukh Khan’s latest movie Jab Tak Hai Jaan where he starts along side Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma (After Rab Ne Banadi Jodi). Unfortunately this became legendary film director Yash Chopra’s… Read More »Jab Tak Hai Jaan Review Upodcast
For the promotion of Student of the year, Karan Johar accompanied by Sid Malhotra,Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt flew over to London to talk to the UK press and Upodcast was invited. If you have ever seen a full press… Read More »Karan Johar and the cast of Student Of the Year Upodcast Interview
Although Jab Tak Hai Jaan has been creating the most waves in terms of promotions, the movie we are most looking forward to this year is Amir Khan’s Reema Kagti directed suspense drama Talaash. The buzz has been building up… Read More »Muskaanein Jhooti Hai Song Promo from Talaash
Akshay Kumar has officially jumped ships from Slap Stick Akshay to Action Akshay and donned his Khiladi tag again after 12 years (the horrible Khiladi 420). Partnering up with Himesh Reshammiya we get the first teaser trailer for Khiladi 786 and… Read More »Khiladi 786 Teaser Trailer
We recorded this podcast just a day after Don 2 came out in a casual late night chat with our good friend Danny Bowes, from MoviesByBowes and also IndieWire (he’s been firing from both barrels so definitely check out his… Read More »Don 2 Upodcast FlashBack
Directed by enfant terrible of Hindi Film cinema Shirish Kunder, starring Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Shreyas Talpade and Alex O’Nell, follows up his 2006 gem Jaan E Mann with a Sci-fi village hoax movie Joker. Unfortunately already one of the… Read More »Joker Review Upodcast
The US has Honey Boo Boo and before that Jersey Shore, India has Rakhi Sawant and Pakistan has Veena Malik. Some enjoy her antics ironically, but we can’t disregard the fact that she must have some genuine fans out there?… Read More »VEENA MALIK RELEASES HER FIRST LOOK FOR HER SINGLE DRAMA QUEEN
The Awesome Roop Kumar Rathod (I still regularly rock “Tujme Rab Dikta Hai” From Rab Ne Banadi Jodi) and his wife Sonali Rathod will be touring the UK and picking up some selected songs throughout the 100 years of Bollywood… Read More »Celebrating the Legends from 100 years of Bollywood UK Concert Dates Announced!
Not a huge fan of this genre of movies but at least the soundtrack will be ace looking at the people involved and when can you ever get enough of Bipasha Basu. The poster seems like a zombie version of… Read More »Raaz 3 Poster
The promo’s for Jism 2 have pretty much taken the internet by storm and mostly because of the presence of the beautiful Sunny Leone making her feature film debut in Bollywood. The acceptance that was shown to her Big Brother… Read More »Jism 2 Promo and Stills: Scorchio!
To discuss Akshay Kumar‘s return to action movies with Rowdy Rathore by shattering box office collections with a weird spinny saw whilst twirling their moustaches Upodcast is joined by the always awesome FilmiGirl and Bollywood Gif creator extraordinaire Sujoy Sinha… Read More »Rowdy Rathore Podcast
Very short post with some images we received from Bol Bachchan which releases on 6th of July and might be the first Rohit Shetty comedy we are actually looking forward to. And the main reason is the addition of Abhishek… Read More »Bol Bachchan New Poster and Images
One movie that we have totally been looking forward to is Rowdy Rathore and since the release is just around the corner, there is quite a bit of promotion going on especially in India where the stars and director Prabu… Read More »Plot Spoilers for Rowdy Rathore: Bollywood’s Original Action Hero Akshay Kumar Gets ‘Rowdy’ In Bollywood’s Latest Action Drama
The movie we are licking our lips to watch like a cat looking at a goldfish in a bowl, with the bowl being the Cannes film festival is Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs Of Wasseypur. On a charming offensive since Girl With… Read More »Gangs of Wasseypur’s World Premiere Opens to Packed Houses At 65th Cannes Film Festival
Today we have a Podcast interview with the lovely Amy Jackson, award winning (runner-up miss Britain and miss Liverpool 2010) British model now making her Bollywood debut in Ekk Tha Deewana with Prateik, releasing the 17th of February. We speak… Read More »Amy Jackson UPodcast for Ekk tha Deewana
This week we bring together the biggest and snarkiest voices on the Bollywood Blogosphere to review the year past. We are joined by FilmiGirl, Rum from RotiKapadaAurRum and the infamous CurryBear! We start of with our thoughts about the… Read More »Best of Bollywood 2011
Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma and director Maneesh Sharma come together once again under the YRF banner after their sleeper hit of last year Band Baaja Baarat, Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl is called a Rom-Con puntastically and banks heavily and is… Read More »Review Ladies vs Ricky Bahl
When we posted the generic media interview a couple of days ago we put ourselves the challenge that if we get to interview Farhan Akhtar for his forthcoming movie Don 2, we would as much better questions. Lo and behold… Read More »Upodcast Interviews Farhan Akhtar for Don 2
Coming to the close of a huge year in Box Office but maybe not in complete tune with my personal sensibilities I was pretty much sold on Rockstar from the outset just because of 2 names: Imtiaz Ali and AR… Read More »Rockstar Review
RaOne is more of an event than just a Hindi Film so Upodcast got together with some of the most interesting voices on the internet to talk about ShahRukh Khan’s latest sci-fi epic. Already having set records in terms of… Read More »Ep 42 RaOne Special
Part 2 of our massive Episode 39 and of course we can’t have Filmigirl as a guest and not dedicate a whole episode on Bollywood! Put your Snark Helmet as Filmigirl and Asim take a swing and dissect the late… Read More »Ep 39 Part 2 Recent- Bodyguard, MBKD, Force, Mausam- and Upcoming Releases in Bollywood (Ra.One vs Don2) with FilmiGirl
I’ ve been quite intrigued with Azaan since I first came across the trailer but been so busy lately that didn’t have the chance to post it, we havent been able to review the latest Bollywood releases either but will… Read More »Azaan Preview
We had a chance to speak with Kuly, one third of the biggest Bhangra band of the moment RDB or Rhythm Bhangra Dhol known for their massive songs, international collaborations with acclaimed rappers like Snoop Dogg and Ludacris and their… Read More »Ep 38 RDB Interview with Kuly for Sheera Di Kaum
Usually Martin handles the COW bringing you some great music but since I have been obsessed with the following track I wanted to have a home for it. From the soon to be releasing Rockstar starring Ranbhir Kapoor and Nargis… Read More »COW: RockStar- Kun FaayaKun
It’s Eid, a day of rejoicing after a pious month of fasting and introspection. And how do us Hindi Film fans celebrate? We go out to the movies of course! Since the past few years Eid has become synonymous with… Read More »Review Bodyguard
If you want to see a special preview before anyone else of Bodyguard and you can attend the screening in London, you have a chance to win a pair of tickets! Check out how you can win a pair of tickets just after the jump!Read More »Win Tickets to BodyGuard Preview in London!
The one and only princess of Bollywood Kareena Kapoor graced us with her presence when she was in London promoting Bodyguard, her forthcoming movie with Salman Khan. And we got a chance to interview her for an exclusive Upodcast episode. Check out our chat with the ever radiant Bebo after the jump!Read More »Ep 34 Kareena Kapoor Bodyguard Interview
We showed you some exclusive shots a couple of days ago( you can find the post by clicking here) and now the song itself has been released! Check out a snippet from the much hyped Item song from BodyGuard starring… Read More »Ayaa Re Ayaa BodyGuard’s Item Song ft Katrina Kaif
The buzz for Salman Khan–Kareena Kapoor starrer Bodyguard is on full swing! The trailers and song promo’s are out on all music channels. Now Upodcast has access to exclusive pictures of the Item Number with the wonderful Katrina Kaif stepping into her Sheila boots again. But there is another surprise appearance and that is Shera, Salman Khan’s Bodyguard for over a decade will also be getting his thumka on with Salman and Katrina. Check out these behind the scene images of the song being shot after the jump!Read More »Exclusive: Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif’s Item Song In BodyGuard
With the release of Murder 2 and Singham, message boards and twitter timelines are rife with calling out movie makers as lazy thiefs and intellectual hacks. Bollywood has always had a rich tradition of playing fast in loose with it’s ‘inpirations’ so Upodcast decided to take on this subject head on with our unique view of the world of Hindi Film and music industry and accompanied by an esteemed panel of sharpshooter bloggers, we give you the discussion to end all discussions. Check out our take on Remakes, Adaptations and Straight Lifts in Bollywood!Read More »Ep 31- It’s a CAAAAPY, Yaar!- Remakes, Adaptations and Straight Lifts in Bollywood
Bajirao Singham is an honest cop and darling of a small town, Shivgad, where his daddy is a rich merchant and crime seems to be very low as he keeps paying off every crime anyone does, maybe not the best… Read More »Review Singham
Trailer Analysis: Our good friend Honey who always has all the latest Bollywood the scoops just posted the trailer and posters for Salman Khan‘s next outing The Bodyguard (check out her site for more pictures and goodies!). Written and directed by the director of the original South Indian movie, Siddique, it co-stars Kareena Kapoor and is produced by Atul and Alvira Agnihotri (brother in law and sister of the star actor). So check out the trailer below and some of our thoughts after the jump!
Read More »BodyGuard Trailer gives us measured doses of previous Salman Khan hits!
I’ll lay my cards out on the table; I am a sucker for Excel Entertainments cinematic sensibilities (production team of Farhan Akthar and longtime collaborator Ritesh Sidwani). Pretty much every movie they have had their hand in has worked for… Read More »Review: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Delhi Belly is already a huge box office and critical success, but Martin had the chance to attend the world premiere at the London Indian Film Festival and chat with director, Abhinay Deo‘s. In true Upodcast style we manage to ask the film maker… Read More »A Conversation with Abhinay Deo, director of Delhi Belly at LIFF
The Trailer for John Abraham cop drama Force has just been released. Like Wanted last year and Singham releasing very soon, this is a remake of a South Indian movie (Kaakha Kaakha). A couple of years before either of these… Read More »The Force Trailer: Surya-Ploitation Continues!
Delhi Belly is the long in the making black comedy produced by the illustrious Amir Khan Productions, a banner that is constantly on the threshold of that very coveted first potential Indian cross-over that gives Hindi cinema the acceptance and… Read More »Delhi Belly: The Anti-Slum Dog Millionaire
With the release and subsequent overall dismissal of Always Kabhi Kabhi at the Box Office, a movie produced by ShahRukh Khan‘ s banner Red Chilies, a thought occurred to me as soon as I saw the tired looking superstar jiggying… Read More »ShahRukh Khan’s Special Appearances are injurious to your Box Office!
EXCLUSIVE PODCAST: We had a chance to catch up with Imran Khan (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Break ke Baad, I Hate Luv Stories) and talk about his forthcoming movie Delhi Belly directed by Abhinay Deo and co-starring Vir Das… Read More »Delhi Belly Exclusive A Conversation with Imran Khan
During the promotional run of the blockbuster Ready, there were rumours circulating about introductory song Character Dheela being reshot as Salman Khan and the production company Tips weren’t really happy with the grandeur of the original version. The rumours took… Read More »Is this the original version of Character Dheela?
The promos have been playing night and day. The pocket pointy dance has become a fad. The public has been waiting for a time pass masala entertainer since January. Salman Khan is riding high after Dabanng and Wanted. Aneez… Read More »Ready Review
The Trailer for Shahrukh Khan‘s Sci Fi extragavabonanza Ra.One directed by Anubah Sinha has just been released. He jumps, he flies, runs in leather bootsies, flips cars on Battersea Park Power Station, raises his arms slowly and romantically (i’m guessing… Read More »Ra.One ‘s Underwhelming Trailer Analyzed
This week we are joined by BollywoodGora (AKA Steven Baker), writer for BollySpice and DigitalSpy and Upodcast regular FilmiGirl. We discuss some of the lessons we as Bollywood geeks have learnt and what we hope to avoid in 2011. We breakdown the upcoming releases in 2011, the ones we are looking forward to and the actors and actresses we want to see more of! Of course we can’t avoid adding our own little snarky twist to everything! Check out the episode after the jump!Read More »Lessons Learnt in Bollywood in 2010 and What’s in store for 2011!
NEW SEASON! And we are back from our short break, with an amazing Bollywood episode. This week Beth, FilmiGirl and I discuss the critics/fan reactions to the release of Farah Khan‘s Tees Maar Khan. We delve into many controversial topics and many feathers will get ruffled, so listen to the complete episode after the jump!Read More »Upodcast:The Perils of Bollywood fandom and reactions to Tees Maar Khan
It’s that time of year again where we revisit the year that has passed and recap the best and worst moments. There will be quite a lot of “Best of”- lists appearing on the interwebz but Upodcast’s lists are obvisouly the… Read More »Best Bollywood Soundtracks 2010
Do you want to see your eminent Upodcast host Asim dance on the Internet and make a fool of himself! Of couse you do! Watch Project Munni, our tribute to one of our favorite movies of 2010 Dabangg and our friends from CurrySmugglers. Watch… Read More »CurrySmugglers: Project Munni
The internet is abuzz with rumours coming in that Anil Kapoor, one of the most awesome Hindi film actors of the past 3 decades, will be a part of the Brad Bird directed fourth installment of the Mission Impossible franchise. If the stories are true, this might be the highest profile casting for an Indian actor since Amrish Puri in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Read the full story after the jump!Read More »Anil Kapoor cast in Mission Impossible 4?
One of my favorite Bollywood personalities former movie-critic, director and now producer Kunal Kohli has just released the first look of his forthcoming movie starring Imran Khan and Deepika Padukone called Break Ke Baad on twitter! Click here for the trailer and our thoughts of this upcoming Rom-ComRead More »Break ke Baad : First Look Revealed
Like Salman Khan, UpodCast walks it’s own beat. This week we dissect the phenomenon of Dabanng joined by friends of the show Filmigirl and Anandini. We extensively review the movie, ask ourselves if you need to be a Salman Khan fan to enjoy Dabanng to the fullest, debate the return to massala entertainment, rave about Sonakshi Sinha and also discusss what a potential sequel could look like. Oh, if that wasn’t enough to salivate your earbuds, we also discuss the forthcoming releases for the rest of the year! For all this and much much more, Listen to the episode after the jump!
This week we crack a main ingredient of Bollywood movies. The Item number! Asim is joined by our very own Bollywood Diva Kara also known as FilmiGirl and Paresh, one half of the music mix masters duo, The CurrySmugglers. Together we dissect what makes Bollywood Item Numbers such a unique phenomenon and what makes them really tasty, we pick our favorite tracks that made us throw our hard earned cash on screen and making it rain. We finish off with the Paresh’s “Memorial Picks of Filthiest Item Numbers”. Our mommy’s will be proud. Check out the full episode after the jump!
Read More »Bonus Episode: Bollywood Special- The Art of the Item Number
DABANGG has been my most anticipated Bollywood movie for 2010 and I am elated to see that the trailer is catering to all our masala sensibilities and delivers an all fronts. It’s like an explosion of all things yummy and dipped in awesome juice!
Starring Salman Khan and introducing Shotgun Sinha’s daughter, Sonaksi. Dabanng is a movie about a “bad ass Robin hood corrupt cop” set in rural India. Arbaaz Khan is producing (and acting) with Abhinav Kashyap in charge of direction and the trailer looks uh-ma-zing!. Check it out our thoughts and the full trailer after the jump!Read More »DABANGG: The most BANGGin’ Bollywood trailer of 2010!
Here is the Voltron of all Bollywood Podcasts. Combining the powers of Beth from Bethlovesbollywood, Katherine from TotallyFilmi, Kara from Filmigirl and Bollyspice and a lone Asim sans his usual co-hosts, this bumper episode of Upodcast goes through the best and worst of 2010. No punches are held back and no performance is safe. we review the prominent releases of Bollywood give our take on Twitter Celebs, The Bikini issue and a look forward to the rest of the year. Listen to this EPIC episode after the Jump!Read More »Bonus Episode Bollywood Mid Year Wrap Up 2010- Upodcast
Season PREMIERE!
The Upodcast team is back after a long hiatus! For our season premiere we have a jam packed show for all you guys! And for this weeks Battle of the Remakes we are taking part in Govinda Week!
Check out the brand new episode after the jump!
Read More »Episode 13: Battle of the Remakes Hitch vs Partner
Fresh off the presses Abhishek bachan has just tweeted the new teaser trailer for his upcoming movie Raavan.
It’s directed by acclaimed south Indian director Mani Ratnam after their awesome collaboration in Guru. It also stars the wonderfully effervescent Aishwarya Rai of which we only see a passing shot. Watch it here now before it get’s pulled by the man!
Read More »Teaser trailer Raavan starring Abhishek Bachan and Aishwarya Rai
It’s time for a run-down of some of the hottest trailers coming from the outsourcing capital of the world! We all need a bit of spice in our lives (unless you suffer from IBS then you should clearly avoid anything relating to Bollywood or Mexican). And I look forward to the new batch of emotional overdoses coming our way.
Keep reading for some of the most exciting Bollywood trailers and our thoughts on them!Read More »Latest Trailers from Bollywood
The superhero bug has bitten the entire world and the Indian film industry is no different. Except for the ridiculous Govinda- Kimi Katkar Indian Superman scene on YouTube, the first real superhero that I can remember was Amitabh Bachan in… Read More »First look Disney’s first Bollywood: Zokkomon
My Name is Khan… and I’m not a terrorist. A line spoken many times in this movie by Indian Superstar Shahrukh Khan, playing a good hearted Muslim man suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome, resonated with me in a very strong way.… Read More »FilmBlog: Review My Name Is Khan
I’ve been meaning to write a little bit about Bollywood (I know some people hate the word as they feel it’s derivative of the term Hollywood and the colonial name of the City of Mumbai– I like using it as… Read More »Favorite Bollywood Movies of 2009
