Episode 35: Shakti (1982) - with Gautam Chintamani
09/25/21 • 77 min
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Film historian and writer Gautam Chintamani joins us for a deep dive into Ramesh Sippy's Shakti (1982).
A film that Sippy is most proud of, by some accounts. A film that's Salim Khan's personal favorite among the films he co-wrote with Javed Akhtar. A film that pits together two giants of Hindi cinema, Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan.
Gautam and I tried to unpack why Shakti is one of Dilip Kumar's greatest films and how the legendary actor was able to elevate the performances of his co-actors. We also discussed the craft of Shakti, the women of Shakti and how they are projected as the mature counterparts of their partners, how the film can be seen as an amalgamation of Salim-Javed's films, the film's terrific score by R D Burman, and how Bachchan was neither overshadowed nor overshadowing in the film.
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Credits:
Produced and hosted by: Himanshu Joglekar (@loveofcinemasf8)
Editor: Devika Joglekar
Music: Nakul Abhyankar
Copyrights © Love of Cinema 2021
If you liked the episode and found value, please considering supporting the show. Your support will help me continue making good content for fans of Indian cinema everywhere across the world: https://www.buzzsprout.com/257788/support
Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode!
Film historian and writer Gautam Chintamani joins us for a deep dive into Ramesh Sippy's Shakti (1982).
A film that Sippy is most proud of, by some accounts. A film that's Salim Khan's personal favorite among the films he co-wrote with Javed Akhtar. A film that pits together two giants of Hindi cinema, Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan.
Gautam and I tried to unpack why Shakti is one of Dilip Kumar's greatest films and how the legendary actor was able to elevate the performances of his co-actors. We also discussed the craft of Shakti, the women of Shakti and how they are projected as the mature counterparts of their partners, how the film can be seen as an amalgamation of Salim-Javed's films, the film's terrific score by R D Burman, and how Bachchan was neither overshadowed nor overshadowing in the film.
Feedback/comments/questions: [email protected]
Credits:
Produced and hosted by: Himanshu Joglekar (@loveofcinemasf8)
Editor: Devika Joglekar
Music: Nakul Abhyankar
Copyrights © Love of Cinema 2021
If you liked the episode and found value, please considering supporting the show. Your support will help me continue making good content for fans of Indian cinema everywhere across the world: https://www.buzzsprout.com/257788/support
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Episode 34: Ritesh Shah (D-Day, Pink and Raid)
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An hour with screenwriter Ritesh Shah on D-Day (2013), Pink (2016) and Raid (2018).
We dissected scenes from those films and chatted about writing dialogue, screenwriting tips, Salim-Javed and what makes them special, some of Ritesh's fave screenplays: L. A. Confidential (1997) and October (2018), and much more.
Feedback/comments/questions: [email protected]
Credits:
Produced and hosted by: Himanshu Joglekar (@loveofcinemasf8)
Editor: Devika Joglekar
Music: Nakul Abhyankar
Copyrights © Love of Cinema 2021
If you liked the episode and found value, please considering supporting the show. Your support will help me continue making good content for fans of Indian cinema everywhere across the world: https://www.buzzsprout.com/257788/support
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Episode 36: Gautham Vasudev Menon
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Writer-director Gautham Vasudev Menon joins us on the season's last episode to talk about his writing, straddling the genres of action and romance, his process behind picturizing songs, and RHTDM at 20!
He shared cool stories behind Thalli Pogathey and Aaromale, the prominent use of closeups in his storytelling, what he makes of RHTDM's criticism, why Mani Ratnam thought Minnale was not the right movie for Madhavan at the time, and much more.
Feedback/comments/questions: [email protected]
Credits:
Produced and hosted by: Himanshu Joglekar (@loveofcinemasf8)
Editor: Devika Joglekar
Music: Nakul Abhyankar
Copyrights © Love of Cinema 2021
If you liked the episode and found value, please considering supporting the show. Your support will help me continue making good content for fans of Indian cinema everywhere across the world: https://www.buzzsprout.com/257788/support
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