155: Sad Songs Say So Much: Qala and Amar Singh Chamkila

Bollywood is For Lovers

We are belting our hearts out with two Netflix features on the turbulent lives of popular singers.
Show notes:

• Straight-to-streaming films are legit now
• Qala
• Comparison to Amadeus
• Halloween VI: Hell Hath No Fury, Stree and Bulbbul with Matthew Stepanic
• Elvis and Norah Jones
• Style over substance

INTERVAL ("Baaja" from Amar Singh Chamkila)

• Dil-Luminati Tour
• Wee Book Inn
• Amar Singh Chamkila
• Amar Singh Chamkila
• Comparisons to western hip hop
• The Mr. Holland's Opus problem
• Jodi
• The use of archival images

NEXT TIME: Heeramandi

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