Love of Cinema

Episode 87: RGV 1995-2005 - with Mayank Shekhar

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Rangeela. Satya. Kaun. Company. Bhoot. Sarkar.  Ram Gopal Varma was belting out solid films al

Episode 86: Striker - with Chandan Arora

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Delighted to have Chandan Arora on the pod to chat about one of my favorite films of 2010s, Str

Episode 85: Dhurandhar - with Abhijeet Shirish Deshpande

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Dhurandhar and Dhurandhar The Revenge have stormed into the history books of Indian cinema, bro

Episode 84: Vishek Chauhan

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Vishek Chauhan is here. Hailing from a family that's been in the business of film exhibiti

Episode 83: 2025 Year End Wrap - with Vikram Bondal and Saurabh Nair

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! 2025 was a great year for Indian cinema! We had massive blockbusters, sleeper hits, and indie-a

Episode 82: Suparn Varma

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Suparn Varma is here! A true-blue film nut turned film journalist turned film critic turned fil

Episode 81: Shiva - with Ram Gopal Varma

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Ram Gopal Varma's Shiva (1989) is a tremendous action drama. Everybody from Ashutosh Gowar

Episode 80: Omkara - with Jamie Alter

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Omkara, Vishal Bhardwaj's critically acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello, i

Episode 79: Raj Khosla - with Amborish Roychoudhury

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Raj Khosla, one of the absolute greats, made films across genres. His films were often marked b

Episode 78: Sholay Restoration - with Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Sholay turns 50 this year! Film Heritage Foundation's Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is here to

Episode 77: Bhediya - with Niren Bhatt

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Writer and co-architect of the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe, Niren Bhatt, is here for a deep

Episode 76: Guru Dutt - with Yasser Usman & Alok Sharma

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Screenwriter Alok Sharma and author Yasser Usman are here for a freewheeling discussion on Guru

Episode 75: Vikram Vedha - with Pushkar & Gayatri

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Writer-director duo Pushkar and Gayatri are here for a deep dive of their compelling action thr

Episode 74: ChaalBaaz - with Pankuj Parashar

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Director Pankuj Parashar joins us as we focus on Sridevi's most popular film, ChaalBaaz (1

Episode 73: Paatal Lok S2 - with Sudip Sharma

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Showrunner Sudip Sharma joins us for a probing discussion on the excellent second season of Ama

Episode 72: Covering Hindi Cinema in 80s and 90s - with Dilip Thakur

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Senior film journalist and author Dilip Thakur joins us to recount memories of covering Hindi c

Episode 71: Deewaar turns 50 - with Alok, Dipta and Shiva

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Deewaar (1975) turns 50 this year. The Bachchan Coolies (Alok Sharma, Diptakirti Chaudhuri and

Episode 70: Mithun in the 80s - with Avijit Ghosh

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Mithun is among the actors who have become an integral part of Indian pop culture. Author Aviji

Episode 69: Aditya Sarpotdar - Part 2

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! The second part of my conversation with Aditya Sarpotdar where we talked about his favorite fil

Episode 68: Aditya Sarpotdar - Part 1

Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode! Aditya Sarpotdar is here! His horror comedy Munjya is one of the biggest hits of 2024 and his n