Kaala Pathhar (1979)

The featured movie for December is 1979's Kaala Patthar, directed by Yash Chopra, written by Salim-Javed, and starring half of Bollywood: Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee Gulzar, Shashi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Shatrughan Sinha, Neetu Singh, Prem Chopra, Mac Mohan, Parikshit Sahni, Poonam Dhillon, Iftekhar, Madan Puri.... Join us for an in-depth look at one of our favorite socialist-masala movies. We'll put in a spoiler warning for those of you who've never seen it before and direct you to Beth's review, which comes complete with a screenshot of Shotgun Sinha's impeccable manicure. Things discussed in this podcast include: Parveen Babi's shiny, shiny hair guaranteed to leave the rest of us unfortunates green with envy Shashi Kapoor's general awesomeness, especially when tackling men roughly double his size Amrita's love of the Amitabh-Rakhee pairing and Beth's love of Shatrughan Sinha Charles Bronson, coal miner extraordinaire the (possible) significance of water (maybe?) and just what the hell was Amitabh's problem? We're all at sea! You can listen to Masala Zindabad - Kaala Pathhar (1979) by clicking the player above, subscribing to our feed, on iTunes or downloading here. Thank you for listening. PS - can you identify the theme music for this month?