146: “I'm the Dude, Playing a Dude, Disguised As Another Dude”: Don and Don 2

Bollywood is For Lovers

Strap in Lovers, we’re going on an international chase to catch Asia’s biggest criminal mastermind, Don.
Show notes:

• It's not only difficult to catch Don (1978), it's impossible
• “Bachchan ‘76 - ‘78″
• The Making of Don
• Don: The Chase Begins Again
• Petronas Towers, as seen in Entrapment
• Songs: “Yeh Mera Dil,” “Main Hoon Don,” and “Khaike Paan Banaraswala”
• Comparisons to contemporary Bollywood action
• Don has read The Game

(INTERVAL (“Aaj Ki Raat” from Don: The Chase Begins Again)

• Don 2
• Another stacked year, and a great year for the Akhtars
• Hallo Berlin!
• Songs: “Zaraa Dil Ko Thaam Lo” and “Dushman Mera Don 2″
• Mission: Impossible similarities
• Where will they go in Don 3?
• Suchin Mehrotra‘s The Streaming Show

Next time: Pilot Season Vol. 2
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