141: The Manmohan, the Myth, the Legend: Bluff Master and Coolie

<div>We celebrate the work of iconic masala director Manmohan Desai with two of his films, made twenty years apart. <br> <br> Notes:</div> <ul> <li>Our episodes on <a href="https://href.li/?https://audioboom.com/posts/6295088-bachchan-76-78"><em>Amar Akbar Anthony</em></a> and <a href="https://href.li/?https://audioboom.com/posts/8166981-bachchan-85-89"><em>Mard</em></a> </li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masala_film">Masala film</a></li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manmohan_Desai">Manmohan Desai</a></li> <li>The source that Erin looked at that had different information on Desai than what’s online is Tejaswini Ganti’s <em>Bollywood: a guidebook to popular Hindi cinema </em>1st edition</li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhalia"><em>Chhalia</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hindi_films_of_1977">1977</a></li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluff_Master_(1963_film)"><em>Bluff Master</em></a></li> <li>We are concerned about Pran’s drug problem</li> <li>Desai’s signature</li> <li>Songs: “<a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/jnDA7CtEJJw">Chali Chali Kaisi Hawa</a>,” “<a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/869p3UISAgU">Are Husn Chala</a>,” “<a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/2mWOilFZy-A">Govina Aala Re</a>,” and “<a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/JrVItn_LOIE">Jab Se Tujhe Jaan</a>”</li> <li>Matt got his <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_angle">Dutch angles</a> </li> </ul> <div>(INTERVAL (“Mujhe Pine Ka Shauk” from <em>Coolie</em>)<br> <br> </div> <ul> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolie_(1983_Hindi_film)"><em>Coolie</em></a></li> <li>Listen to the very end to hear our thoughts on Allah Rakha</li> <li>The film that almost killed Amitabh Bachchan</li> <li>Songs: “<a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/lGFC3AVulQM">Sari Duniya Ka Boj</a>,” “<a href="https://href.li/?