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No Masala Podcast

Hosted by Eyec Jaé, TWLVE & Mo

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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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Lord Of The Mics (starring RocxNoir & Mostapha)(#35) 2:07:29

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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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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

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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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Aa Gale Lag Jaa, You Roller-Skating Demon!

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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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No animals were harmed in the making of this podcast: The Wild, Wonderful World of ANIPALS!

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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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We Love the 80s: Disco, Glitz and Art

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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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Straddlers: Actors of Parallel and Mainstream Cinema, part 2

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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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Straddlers: Actors of Parallel and Mainstream Cinema, part 1

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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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Manmohan Desai & the Women

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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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Iconic Female Characters in Hindi Cinema part 4

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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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Filmistan High Class Reunion: Koffee with Karan Season 3 in Review

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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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Iconic Female Characters in Hindi Cinema part 3

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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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the International Indian Film Academy awards in Toronto (insert joke about "I I F, eh?")

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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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Going to the Movies: Irna Q.

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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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Iconic Female Characters in Hindi Cinema Part 2: Fearless Nadia, Chhoti Bahu, Sujata

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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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Tollywood in Oz

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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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Iconic Female Characters in Hindi Cinema part 1: introduction

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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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Doss the Boss: Action Films of Director KSR Doss

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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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Going to the Movies: CheeC

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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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Going to the Movies: 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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Viva Vamps!

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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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What. the. Frack?! The Films of 2010 - Part 2

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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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