2: S06E2: Namak Haraam (1973) - Sexy, Angry Amitabh Bachchan

Movie Wala Podcast

Namak Haraam (English: Traitor) is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee) . The music is by R.D. Burman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.D._Burman) , the screenplay by Gulzar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulzar_(lyricist)) , and lyrics by Anand Bakshi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anand_Bakshi) . The film stars Rajesh Khanna (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajesh_Khanna) and Amitabh Bachchan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan) . It also stars Rekha (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rekha) , Asrani (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asrani) , Raza Murad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raza_Murad) , A.K. Hangal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.K._Hangal) , Simi Garewal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simi_Garewal) and Om Shivpuri (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om_Shivpuri) . Two young men (Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna) from very different backgrounds, one from a shanty house in a Delhi slum, the other from a very wealthy Calcutta family, forge a friendship which is then put to the ultimate test. Podcast Episode Summary: We talk about the placement of all the songs in this movie We talk about Hrishikesh Mukherjee's world of cinema We talk about the title of the movie Quotables: The world this was set in was so different form that of Zanjeer - Tanvi Why is capitalism so bad again? - Tanvi The movie was so tightly written, that I don;t have any specific favourite scenes - Flo At no point are you really irritated by Amitabh, maybe because he is hot? - Flo