You ever wondered if anyone else has the convos you and your friends do but might not want to admit it? It's a good thing that you have Eyec Jae, Mo and Twlve. 3 guys from different backgrounds but share the identity of being Muslim, black and Asian minorities living in Her Majesty's Un/United Kingdom. Join us in intensely debating and passionately bantering about the music we love/hate, race and identity, plus the noise happening on social media.
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The podcast that celebrates vintage mainstream Hindi cinema! Occasional detours into current Hindi films, vintage Bengali, and whatever else catches our eye.
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This week we were joined by East London rapper RocxNoir and his friend Mostapha. This week we discuss: this week we discuss:+ Chipmunk's tweets: Which side of London produced the best MCs and Rappers? North, East, South or West?+ Who is RocxNoir?+ The Songwriting process and how music is made+ Mostapha and Mo discuss blackness and being "arab-afric…
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Click the player above to listen to the latest episode! Download file here and catch old episodes of Masala Zindabad on iTunes! (We're working on getting it to iTunes again; please stand by.) We're back! This new season kicks off with a series on comfort movies. First up is the 1971 Sharmilee, starring Rakhee, Shashi Kapoor, Ranjeet, Nasir Hussain,…
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We love this movie! So much that we talk about it for almost an hour! (mp3 file) Join us in a conversation about Dibakar Banerjee's latest in which we discuss: detectives in Hindi films book adaptations Calcutta on film distributing Uttam Kumar-ness in a 2015 film the unibrow femme fatales white character actors who know what they're doing the soun…
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Download file here Catch Masala Zindabad on iTunes Click the player above to listen to the latest episode Visit our Listen Online page (NEW!) to play all episodes online / get embed code What Every Woman Needs: stalkers in fancy dress! As regular visitors will have no doubt realized by now, this is a podcast that falls directly under the jurisdicti…
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Download file here Catch Masala Zindabad on iTunes Click the player above to listen to the latest episode Visit our Listen Online page (NEW!) to play all episodes online / get embed code Todd from Die Danger Die Die Kill and Teleport City is back to talk with us about filmi friends furry, feathered, and finned. Join Charles from Doodh Ka Karz, Sher…
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Download file here Catch Masala Zindabad on iTunes Click the player above to listen to the latest episode Visit our Listen Online page (NEW!) to play all episodes online / get embed code This week, we take on the mammoth froth of catchy music and bad fashion that is the 1980s in Hindi cinema with Anandini from the amazing retro-blog Bollystalgia. G…
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In the concluding part of our conversation with Carla of Filmi Geek about actors who have tried both mainstream and parallel cinema, we cover more key members of the cast who have been successfully straddling worlds for years as well as some newer performers: Rekha (Carla: "She's just so much better when she gets to be fiery.") Om Puri (Carla: "...…
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Carla of Filmi Geek joins us to talk about actors past and present who have worked in parallel cinema as well as more mainstream films. And what a star cast it is! Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, Shashi Kapoor, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Farooq Shaikh, Sanjeev Kumar, Anupam Kher.... Points of discussion include: What would it take …
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Over the course of a career that spanned three vastly different decades, Manmohan Desai revolutionized Hindi cinema - not by inventing something new, but by knitting the most recognizable bits of the very old into a one-size-fits-all comforter dubbed a masala movie. His work at the pinnacle of his creative years are classic Bollywood: Raampur ka La…
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In the final episode of our series on iconic female characters with Ira of Old is Gold, we move from Sridevi in Chandni up to Konkona Sen Sharma's mature, modern working woman in Wake Up Sid. Despite both of these women making choices we don't quite understand - picking an irritating Kapoor father/son pair over the much better Khanna set - they're …
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Maria of the blog Filmiholic returns to Masala Zindabad to review the rest of season 3 of Koffee with Karan. Just like your yearbook, we're giving out our own awards—Karan's were so predictable, darlings— to statement, moments, and performances on the show. The Good: guest we'd actually want to meet for coffee or a drink most pleasantly surprising …
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In the third episode of our series on iconic female characters with Ira of Old is Gold, our discussion moves from Mother India to Seeta aur Geeta to Bobby. Beth wonders why the general term "Mother India" seems to connote something so much meeker and lamer than Nargis's character really is. Ira proposes that even Geeta is not quite as independent a…
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In this admittedly unpolished post, Beth reflects on her trip to Toronto for the IIFAs last weekend. Lots of pictures, too! Listen here, subscribe to our feed, or find us on iTunes. before IIFA day The lobby of the Fairmont Royal York hotel where many of the press and small events were held and several stars stayed. This turned out to be my most su…
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Our first Going to the Movies of what we're calling the second season of Masala Zindabad (because we can!) features Irna Q of the excellent blog Bollywood in Britain. Seriously, head on over there and read something. You won't regret it. Irna brings us a charming story about the importance of Pakeezah in her life and how she accidentally gifted her…
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In the second episode of Iconic Female Characters with Ira of Old is Gold, our discussion moves from Fearless Nadia to Chhoti Bahu to Sujata. We wonder if race played a role in the evolution of Nadia and her enduring effect on Indian cinema. Also, why does Beth hate the idea of a woman whose life has no value other than to love her husband? It work…
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Temple of Cinema Chaat joins us to share her love for, among other masala marvels, Chiranjeevi. You know, this guy: WARNING! The following clips contain silver go-go boots, crocheted capes, a robot, sparkles, leg warmers, flying, reverse camera action, and lots and lots of lycra. More glitter planets? Coming right up! Mythological! Pleather! Hitche…
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Ira of Old Is Gold joined us for a long—and we mean looong—conversation about iconic female characters in Hindi cinema. In this introductory segment, we discuss a few fictional filmi women who are icons to us, as well as cinematic iterations of the Bharatiya Nari ("Indian woman," for our non-Hindi-speaking friends). Future segments will move roughl…
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We're back, baby! This episode is worth the wait: with Thrills Coodinator Todd of Die Danger Die Die Kill and Teleport City on board, we romp and stomp through the films of director K. S. R. Doss. "Color! Action! Pure cinema!" raves Todd. If you've never seen any of Doss's 70s films (the focus of our show), you're in for an amazing treat. Elements …
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Friendly frequent commenter CheeC from Chennai talks about the importance of Rajnikanth on her film-going history, complete with firecrackers and standing-room-only films. She also bravely recounts the traumatizing childhood experience of her first Hindi film, Shaan. And in an appropriately filmi coincidence, CheeC, like our last participant Ramsu,…
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Heading up the return of the "Going to the Movies" series is Ramsu, author of the blog 24 Frames Per Second. Ramsu's reflections focus on his undergraduate days at BITS and seeing films in the local single-screen...masterpieces like Jurrat—"Man, that was a bad movie"—featuring Kumar Gaurav in "the great sequoia of wooden performances." He also enca…
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Greta of Memsaab Story returns to Masala Zindabad for a discussion of vamps in Hindi films. Far more than one-number dancers or silent eye candy, the Amazons of Bollywood are sexy, bad, in charge, and out of control. Often they pay the ultimate price for behaving outside the bounds of filmified society, but in our conversation we discover interesti…
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In part two of our series on the films of 2010, Samrat is back with Amrita and Beth to talk about more oddballs, underdogs, and also-rans. Today's episode covers: A few more Unusuals: Striker, Robot Can you think of heroes more different than Siddharth and Rajnikanth? Neither could we. The Little Movies that Could: Love Sex aur Dhoka, Udaan, Do Doo…
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L Peggy Hicks talks with Tasha Alexander about her new 'historical thriller' novel A Fatal Waltz and her lifelong love of reading.Oleh Starr Sonic
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Guest today is Mary B. Morrison, New York Times Best-selling Author, talking about her latest erotic novel Who’s Loving You.Oleh Texas Timtam
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Kerry Reichs tells us about her debut novel titled The Best Day of Someone Else's Life and her lifelong career as a wedding participantOleh Texas Timtam
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Today's author is Tony Lindsay who has written Pieces of The Hole, a collection of short stories. Tony talks about teaching creative writing, his personal writing style, and telling stories about the urban black experience.Oleh Starr Sonic
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Guest of the show today is New York Times best-selling author Emily Giffin talking about her latest chick lit book Love the One You're With.Oleh Texas Timtam
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L Peggy Hicks talks with Stephanie Perry Moore about her African-American Christian teen book series plus her other works of fictionOleh Texas Timtam
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Robert Gregory Browne talks to us about his new book Kiss Her Goodbye and his former career as a screenwriter and kids TV show writer.Oleh Texas Timtam
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Watch today's show and hear L Peggy Hicks talk to Pat G’Orge-Walker , author of Somewhat Saved who sheds some light on what the 'church ladies' are like.Oleh Texas Timtam
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Today's guest is New York Times best-selling author Kristin Hannah. Her new book Firefly Lane is a novel for anyone who ever drank Boone's Farm apple wine while listening to Abba. Hmmm...Oleh Texas Timtam
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Today’s features best-selling young adult author, parent and former high school teacher L. Divine. She discusses her latest books in the young adult series DRAMA HIGH.Oleh Texas Timtam
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Peggy talks to Charlie Huston about writing, New York vs. LA, pulp fiction and vampiresOleh Texas Timtam
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With over 75 novels published — several of which are New York Times bestsellers — watch Lisa Jackson tell us about Lost Souls.Oleh Starr Sonic
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Watch Carl Weber in SL and talk about his best-selling books, book shop, writing and publishing businesses.Oleh Texas Timtam
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L Peggy Hicks talks to New York Times and internationally best-selling author Steve Berry discussing his thrilling new suspense novel, The Venetian Betrayal.Oleh Texas Timtam
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Evie Rhodes tells us about her book The Forgotten Spirit (A Christmas Tale) and the unforgettable heroine Jamie Lynne Brooks.Oleh Texas Timtam
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Watch the interview with nationally best-selling author Carly Alexander of The Secret Life of Mrs. ClausOleh Texas Timtam
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Watch author Chelsea Cain tell us about beautiful, brilliant, and cunning serial killer Gretchen Lowell. Find out about Chelsea's profoundly addictive and disturbing new novel HeartsickOleh Texas Timtam
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Best-selling author Sarah Langan discusses her chilling new novel, The Missing!, a thriller that mixes the ordinary human emotions with extra-ordinary situationsOleh Starr Sonic
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Watch nationally and NYT Best-selling authors (and sisters!) Nancy Bush and Lisa Jackson, with a special guest of The Binkster!Oleh Starr Sonic
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L Peggy Hicks talks to Mary Monroe about her new novel, Deliver Me From EvilOleh Texas Timtam
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