1: S06E1: Zanjeer (1973) - Sexy, Angry Amitabh Bachchan

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Zanjeer (English: Shackles) is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language action film written by Salim-Javed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salim-Javed) (mostly by Salim Khan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salim_Khan) , with assistance from Javed Akhtar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javed_Akhtar) ), directed and produced by Prakash Mehra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prakash_Mehra) , and starring Amitabh Bachchan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan) , Jaya Bachchan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaya_Bachchan) , Pran (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pran_(actor)) , Ajit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajit_Khan) and Bindu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindu_(actress)) . A tough and honest police officer(Amitabh Bachchan) clashes with a crime boss who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be his parents' murderer. (Source:IMdB) You can listen and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes / Stitcher / TuneIn or on YouTube. You can also listen to this episode right here on this player below. Podcast Episode Summary: We talk about the making of the angry young man We talk about the subtle but sizzling chemistry between Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan We talk about the iconic villains Quotables: Before this movie, he had given twelve flops - Tanvi My favorite song choice is hte popular mainstream choice - Flo I am not a class-ist - Flo Khuda Gawa could easily be a spinoff of Sher Khan's character -Tanvi