23: Devdas vs. Dev.D with Paul Matwychuk

We welcome Erin’s Trash, Art, and The Movies (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/trash-art-and-the-movies/id352420040?mt=2) co-host and our good friend Paul Matwychuk (https://twitter.com/Myelbow) on to breakdown two different adaptations of the classic Bengali novella Devdas. Show Notes: Listen to Erin’s other show, Trash, Art, and The Movies! We did an episode on Memento vs. Ghajini (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/taatm-105-memento-vs.-ghajini/id352420040?i=1000315013357&mt=2) Devdas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devdas) by (a 17 year-old) Sarat Chandra Chattopahyay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarat_Chandra_Chattopadhyay) P.C. Barua’s Devdas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devdas_(1936_film)) and Bimal Roy’s Devdas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devdas_(1955_film)) “The Devdas Phenomenon (http://www.uiowa.edu/indiancinema/devdas)” by Corey K. Creekmur Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devdas_(2002_Hindi_film)) The dowry system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowry_system) “Morey Piya (https://youtu.be/hwMM21jGdHs),”featuring Paro’s mother’s dance Chandramukhi’s brothel (https://youtu.be/fVg6Ehu1VXY) “Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka (https://youtu.be/8qhkBTGE_Wo)” where Paro won’t let the lamp go out Sensitive machismo Cannes director criticized for selecting Devdas (http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/was-criticized-for-selecting-devdas-says-cannes-director-thierry-fremaux-636412) SRK remembers the film’s 14th anniversary (http://www.filmfare.com/news/shah-rukh-khan-talks-about-devdas-on-its-14th-anniversary-14478.html) (INTERVAL ("Dola Re Dola (https://youtu.be/Jbn39j-xa-k)” from Devdas) Raman Raghav 2.0 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raman_Raghav_2.0) “Dev.D most overrated film (http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/anurag-kashyap-dev-d-most-overrated-film-raman-raghav/) Anurag Kashyap’s Dev.D (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev.D) “Chammak Challo (https://youtu.be/M4EZHGFK-1c)” from Ra.One Dev is an even bigger dick than Devdas “Emotional Attyachar (https://youtu.be/Vng5mg0iY0Q)” featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui The DPS MMS Scandal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DPS_MMS_Scandal) Visualizing drugs and the Danny Boyle influence (https://youtu.be/EmxaK0R1YUM) Chanda has a nose for literature Phantom Films (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Films) We finally saw Udta Punjab (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udta_Punjab) Homages to SLB’s Devdas and Scorsese Intertextual references NEXT TIME: In honour of the upcoming summer Olympics, we discuss three Olympic sized sports movies Find us on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers/id1036988030?mt=2)! and Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/matt-bowes/bollywood-is-for-lovers)! Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/BollywoodPod)! Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodIsForLovers/)! #Devdas #DevD #Shahrukhkhan #AishwaryaRai #MadhuriDixit #JackieShroff #KironKher #SanjayLeelaBhansali #SLB #AnuragKashyap #MahiGill #KalkiKoechlin #AbhayDeol #Bollywood #BimalRoy #BollywoodPodcast