Welcome to the India Independent Films (iiF) podcast – where film critics discuss the movies of the hour.
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Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss the new Alia Bhatt starrer, JIGRA.
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss the hit Netflix actioner, REBEL RIDGE.
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Film writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva return after a 4-month break to discuss recent Hindi cinema and the shutdown of Film Companion.
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack, the new Netflix miniseries directed by Anubhav Sinha.
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After a long break, film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia are back to discuss Amar Kaushik's horror comedy, STREE 2.
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Srikanth, Challengers
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Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss the new Hindi biopic Srikanth and the film everyone is talking about: Challengers.
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Maidaan, Amar Singh Chamkila
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Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss two contrasting Hindi biopics: Amit Sharma's MAIDAAN and Imtiaz Ali's AMAR SINGH CHAMKILA.
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Films & Writing #30: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva
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Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva do their 30th podcast together – discussing 1990s Bollywood, including Karishma Kapoor, Govinda, Anil Kapoor and David Dhawan.
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss CREW, the heist comedy starring Kareena Kapoor Khan, Tabu and Kriti Sanon.
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss the fascinating new action series LOOTERE, and Kunal Kemmu's hilarious buddy comedy, MADGAON EXPRESS.
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia take on a Triple Threat discussion: Two Dharma productions and two Sara Ali Khan movies at once.
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Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss this year's Oscars, and the acting legacy of Aishwarya Rai.
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Laapataa Ladies, Fairy Folk
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Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies and Karan Gour's indie, Fairy Folk.
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All India Rank, Poacher
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss Varun Grover's debut film ALL INDIA RANK and Richie Mehta's new series, POACHER.
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss Sean Durkin's bleak wrestling biopic The Iron Claw, and Alexander Payne's warm Christmas movie, The Holdovers.
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss the interesting new Netflix drama, BHAKSHAK, starring Bhumi Pednekar.
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Films & Writing #28: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva
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In the latest IIF podcast, writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss their favourite Hindi cinema from the 2000s.
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss Siddharth Anand's latest actioner, FIGHTER.
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Merry Christmas
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Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss their differences about Sriram Raghavan's latest film, Merry Christmas. (No critics were harmed in the making of this podcast). This is a *spoiler-filled discussion*.
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Films & Writing #27: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva
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Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva do the first IIF podcast of 2024. The topics: Hindi black comedies, Bhumi Pednekar and Vikrant Massey.
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2023 Wrap: Best of Hindi cinema
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Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss their standout Hindi films of the year – along with a few of their favourite moments and performances.
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Dunki, Priscilla
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss Rajkumar Hirani's DUNKI, followed by Sofia Coppola's PRISCILLA.
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Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss the year that was.
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The Archies, Joram
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss two Hindi films: Zoya Akhtar's The Archies and Devashish Makhija's Joram.
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Sam Bahadur, Animal
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Film critics Rahul Desai, Ishita Sengupta and Uday Bhatia discuss the two big Bollywood releases: a dull biopic (Sam Bahadur) and an expensive Sandeep Reddy Vanga rant (Animal)
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Films & Writing #25: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva
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Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva return to chat about the following topics: Fantasy films, Emraan Hashmi, Juhi Chawla.
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss the survival thriller Apurva (Disney+ Hotstar) and the YRF limited series, The Railway Men (Netflix).
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Tiger 3, The Killer
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Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss the new Salman Khan starrer Tiger 3, and David Fincher's The Killer (Netflix).
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Films & Writing #24: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva
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They're back! Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss topics like the 2023 Mumbai Film Festival, directors Ashutosh Gowarikar, Meghna Gulzar, R. Balki, Rajkumar Santoshi and actress Sania Malhotra.
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Wrap: The best of MAMI 2023
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss their experience of the 2023 MAMI Mumbai Film Festival – their favourite films, moments, anecdotes and rants about unruly moviegoers.
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The MAMI Mumbai Film Festival returns for a physical edition for the first time since 2019. Critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia go down memory lane and discuss their favourite fest experiences over the years – and also drop a few MAMI 2023 tips and reccos.
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss Khufiya (Netflix), Vishal Bhardwaj's latest film. It starts with a brief chat about his long-form debut, Charlie Chopra & The Mystery Of Solang Valley (SonyLiv).
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Films & Writing #23: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva
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Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva continue their nostalgic 1990s Bollywood dash – featuring Sunny Deol, Karishma Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Sanjay Kapoor and more.
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Jaane Jaan, The Great Indian Family
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Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss Sujoy Ghosh's Jaane Jaan and Vijay Krishna Acharya's The Great Indian Family.
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Films & Writing #22: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva
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In this episode, writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss Priyanka Chopra and 1990s Bollywood.
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Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Ishita Sengupta discuss the new Shah Rukh Khan starrer, JAWAN.
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Friday Night Plan, Scam 2003: The Telgi Story
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss the Netflix film "Friday Night Plan" and the Sony Liv series "Scam 2003: The Telgi Story".
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Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah, Mani Ratnam's Hindi cinema and Abhishek Bachchan.
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta gather the courage to discuss two terrible Bollywood sequels.
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Kohrra: Writers Gunjit Chopra & Diggi Sisodia
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Film critic Rahul Desai discusses the hit Netflix series "Kohrra" with its two writers, Gunjit Chopra and Diggi Sisodia.
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Made In Heaven 2
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss their feelings about Season 2 of Made In Heaven.
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Films & Writing #20: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva
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Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva do their 20th podcast together – discussing topics like Karan Johar, Ram Gopal Varma, Abhay Deol, and Mumbai on celluloid.
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Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani
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Film critics Rahul Desai, Ishita Sengupta and Uday Bhatia discuss Karan Johar's latest, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani.
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Oppenheimer, Barbie
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss the summer phenomenon that is Barbenheimer.
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Films & Writing #19: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva
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Writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva return to discuss varied topics: Christopher Nolan, Hansal Mehta and a little bit of the classic Satya.
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Ishita Sengupta discuss and rave about Netflix's KOHRRA, one of the best Indian shows in recent memory.
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2023 Mid-year review
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At the midway point of 2023, film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss the year in Hindi cinema so far.
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Adipurush, Extraction 2
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Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss the Indian mythological drama ADIPURUSH and the Netflix actioner EXTRACTION 2.
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Bloody Daddy, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
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Film critics Rahul Desai, Ishita Sengupta and Uday Bhatia discuss the almost-there Hindi film "Bloody Daddy" and the pathbreaking "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse". (Bloody Daddy: until 43:20)
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In this episode, writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss the legacies of Vicky Kaushal, Jab We Met, Kareena Kapoor (Khan) and more.
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