132: Outlaw Country: Paan Singh Tomar, Sonchiriya, and Thar

<div>We set out on the back country trails with three modern takes on the western genre. <br> <br> </div> <div>Notes:<br> <br> </div> <ul> <li>Content Warning: two of these films feature sexual assault as plot points</li> <li>What is a <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_(genre)">Western</a>? Did they die out? </li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)">The Emergency</a></li> <li>The <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_(genre)#Dacoit_Western">period Hindi Westerns</a>: <a href="https://href.li/?https://audioboom.com/posts/4476082-sholay-the-greatest-story-ever-told">The Magnificent Two (<em>Sholay</em>)</a> </li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_(genre)#Subgenres">Revisionist Hollywood Westerns, Dark Westerns, Blaxploitation Westerns, the list goes on</a></li> <li>We miss Irrfan Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput</li> <li>Spoiler alert, none of these movies end very well for the main character</li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paan_Singh_Tomar_(film)"><em>Paan Singh Tomar</em></a></li> <li>We have watched many sports biopics, they usually don’t have this many gunfights though</li> </ul> <div>(INTERVAL (”<a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/CN-8rtdkJaM">Baaghi Re</a>” from <em>Sonchiriya</em>)<br> <br> </div> <ul> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonchiriya"><em>Sonchiriya</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_shot_in_Alberta">Alberta is the wild west</a></li> <li>Caste politics and feminism</li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thar_(film)"><em>Thar</em></a></li> <li>Violence should have a point</li> <li>Catharsis and heroic bloodshed (see <em>RRR</em>)</li> <li>Spoiler Zone: 55:57 - 1:00:54</li> </ul> <div>Next time: 2022 mid-year review<br> <br> </div> <div>Bollywood is For Lovers is a member of the <a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=h