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Bollywood’s Sporty Side

Season 2 Episode 28

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 In this episode of Extra Shot of Chai, we step into the arena and take on Bollywood’s greatest sports films. The underdogs. The redemption arcs. The slow-motion final matches had us holding our breath. 

We each pick our two favorite sports films to defend. From small town dreams to high stakes national moments, we talk about why these stories worked for us, what made them unforgettable, and why some of these characters still live rent free in our heads. 

 Grab your chai as we talk pressure, pride, redemption, and the kind of cinematic comebacks Bollywood does best. 


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ESOC Poll Pick: Aashiqon Ki Colony from O Romeo

Kavi's Pick:  Yethu by A. R. Rahman

Munni's Pick: Drive By by Simar and Manna Music

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SPEAKER_04

I'm back. Well, hello, hello. Welcome back, man.

SPEAKER_03

Did you miss me? I feel like I haven't seen you in so long. Because you've just disappeared. It's not that I disappeared. I had things to do. I had back-to-back Florida trips, one planned, one unplanned, unfortunately. Um, but yeah, now I'm back.

SPEAKER_04

Yes, thank you for coming back. I appreciate it. It was fun. I mean, I missed you. We had an episode without you, but yes, it was a good episode too. Dude, Masine has so much juice. She has so much. She's a recurring guest, guys. She's a recurring guest.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, she is. Um, but I did not enjoy coming back to the snow. It's still here.

SPEAKER_04

I mean, at least it's melting. This week is gonna go. No, it's it's gonna be gone because it's warm outside. I mean, it's not really warm, but like, you know, it's still cold. It's still cold, guys. Like, because we've had zero degrees weather, now that it's 40 degrees, like, oh my god, it's summertime. Like, not me.

SPEAKER_03

I can wear my lighter jacket. Florida was it was in the 70s. I was like, this is so lovely.

SPEAKER_04

Next time you go, I'm gonna come with you. Yeah, come.

SPEAKER_03

Everybody's welcome. Yes. Okay, Moni, did you watch anything fun in the last week?

SPEAKER_04

Well, okay, so I don't know if it's fun, but you know how sometimes I get obsessed with my Turkish dramas because the people look really Korean dramas and Indian dramas. Yes. Uh-huh. But the um this new Turkish drama called not new, but it's been out for a couple months. It's called Arafta. Oh. That's a cool name. Let me tell you, the main lead guy is gorgeous. And then Rithi Grosha gorgeous? He's gorgeous. You just have to see him. Oh. He is gorgeous. Okay. And then there is um the female lead is also gorgeous. And it's like a very, very slow burn. Yeah. Which is fine, but like it's really good. So I'm watching that right now. And then you know about Munia is she will only watch if the people are gorgeous. Agreed. I will only watch if the people are good looking. I don't know. Who cares about the story? Doesn't matter if it's her if they're good looking, I don't watch it. But yeah, that's what I'm watching. So like an another episode is happening right now. It's like they do like a live episode streaming of it. So it's happening right now. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, interesting. Okay.

SPEAKER_04

So that's what I'm watching.

SPEAKER_03

Cool. I since I kind of had two weeks away from you, I watched a lot of stuff. Yes, you did. Um, I watched Dahl Dal, the whole series. It's with Boomy.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah, I did see that. I did see because remember Boomy was taking a little break because of her water? She was busy making water. No, no, she was disaster. Yes, water also. So funny. I forgot about her busy making water.

unknown

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_04

Um, and the disaster of the royals because the show didn't get as much negativity as she got. She a lot. She got a lot of. There's so many memes about her where she's like, she took a break because she just didn't know am I a good actor or not? You're a good actress. You are. She's a good actor. But whatever you did on The Royals, we don't know what that was. But she's a good actress in roles that fit her. And was that role did not fit her. I just didn't know what she did. Is that even the role that fit her? I don't know if the director I don't know what it was. I'm gonna I feel like the direction she was given was just bad. And then she took it and it just made it worse. Because I will tell you, I know a lot of people didn't watch it. I loved everyone else in that in that show. Everyone else was.

SPEAKER_03

Were her and Ishan put together?

SPEAKER_04

Yeah, her and Ishan were put together. Just right there. I know you didn't like it, but I feel like it like when you watched a show, it didn't bother me. Like it didn't really bother me. I just feel like he's a kid and she's not she bothered me. Like her acting and her lips bothered me.

SPEAKER_03

Well, her lips are still there in this new serial. Yeah. Uh, dawal, but is she like pouting the whole time? No, I didn't really pay attention to her. I mean she was there.

SPEAKER_04

Exactly.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, maybe. Sorry. Well, you guys might see that. Oh god. But she she was really actually really good. Everybody in that serial was very, very good. I watched, and we're currently almost done with watching Kor Korra season two. Because I've I saw season one when it came out a long time ago. Yeah. Season two is out. Okay. One of your favorites. Yes. Barun Sopti. And one of your other favorites. Mona Sai. Mona Sane. If you watch the story, like her, what her kind of like the way Korra works is it kind of like tells you a little a little bit of present what happened what's happening, and then it kind of goes and like gives you little tidbits of what their life might be about. Okay, okay. Like, you know? So it's really well. Okay, I gotta watch it. I gotta watch it. It's so good. The story is so great. I'm on the last episode, and then you came, otherwise I would have finished it. I'm sorry, we had work to do. I know. I'm sorry. But it is very, very good. Okay, cool. And then I watched a few other things, but maybe not very mentionable things.

SPEAKER_04

What did you feel about Thurunder? Because we didn't talk about the first thing. Oh yeah, I watched Thurunder.

unknown

I forgot.

SPEAKER_03

Yes, have to mention Thurunder. It was so good. Yes. There's one scene I had to fast forward. Okay. That fish hooks thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. I mean, there are scenes in this one too, where because I know I, you know, I usually like crime and all that stuff, but some of this gory, bloody stuff. Some of it was like really bad.

SPEAKER_04

Like I like action movies. Like, I honestly, those are like one of my some of my favorite movies to watch. American or or Bollywood. Like I said, I watched like Simba and Singum because I like that. I like the action stuff to it. So like watching it, I was like, oh, I wrote what it bothered me, blah, blah, blah. And then I watched it and I was like, ugh.

SPEAKER_03

Because it was too real.

SPEAKER_04

It was very, it was very gory. But yeah.

SPEAKER_03

But I'm glad you finally watched it. I I watched it. I liked it. I was actually rooting for Akshai Kanna.

SPEAKER_04

I know. Why did he? Oh no. Because you like his character is so good. So and again, this is what goes back to me telling you about like how like I feel like it's more of a gangster style movie than anything about two countries fight. You know what I mean? Like that's what to me felt like it's just watching a gangster movie. And like, and Akshay Kanna was this gangster that you felt like liked him for like what he was doing. I wanted him to win. Yes.

SPEAKER_03

Yes. And then like And felt like it was his movie more than Renvier Singh. I'll tell you honestly. Like Renvier Singh was there. Yeah, yeah. But I felt like this was the star was Akshay Kanna, and Sanjay Dat was the other star. Sanjay was good too. He came in halfway, but he was also very and the music. The placement of every song. Yes. Exactly. And the way they did the title song. Yeah. I would not have imagined them to do the title song the way they were.

SPEAKER_04

And they didn't do it because I saw clips of it a little bit. That's why we need to go watch the movie right away because I was afraid it's gonna be so many spoilers. So when I watched it and the placement of that song and the way like the way the song like escalates with the beats and the things, and the things happening, the things are happening escalated. You're just like they did such a editing so good. It was really, really, really good.

SPEAKER_03

I loved it. I thought it was a great movie. I definitely want to see the second one when it comes out. Yeah. And hopefully in the theaters. Okay, I missed the last few weeks of trending topics, but I did listen to you and Mossin's episode, and it was great. But I think there's some interesting trending topics happening right now. Yes, okay. And we need to talk about everything.

SPEAKER_04

First and foremost, res me cut. Did you see their wedding invite?

SPEAKER_03

Okay, no, that mini, this was a letter from Citibank. This was not a wedding invite. Did you see how it was folded? I was like, what? It was trifolded in a business envelope. Yes.

SPEAKER_04

And I was like, oh wait, I'm so confused. Is that their wedding invitation? Or this is just like notice to everyone like that.

SPEAKER_03

And it was like a it was like the Devaraconda family would like to cordially invite you to our wedding on February 26th, followed by a grand reception in Hyderabad on March 2nd. And none of this made sense. March 6, I think it was, yeah. Oh, sorry, March 6th, whatever the date is. Yeah. But again, I don't I don't think that was real.

SPEAKER_04

I'm just confused. But we talk about that. They're they're planning to get married in February. First was February uh Valentine's Weekend. Now we're hearing at the 26th. We don't know.

SPEAKER_03

I kind of always heard end of Feb. That's what I always heard.

SPEAKER_04

But not via Citibank letter. I if you guys haven't seen it, we're gonna post it and you'll you'll see it. Like it's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. Like when you look at it, it is trifolding. They got l they got money. I don't I just I don't maybe it's save the date. Maybe the save the date. Send a magnet. Like send a mass WhatsApp message because that's what people be doing. That makes more sense. Yeah, send a WhatsApp message. Then what this one? You can easily create a You're paying money for stamps. A PDF. Like go to Canva and create this invite. It's so easy to do. There's pre-made, pre-done invites. Just use one of those. Y'all gotta see this. Literally, literally, just gonna do that. That's crazy. It's funny. All right.

SPEAKER_03

Well, I guess we're going to that wedding. Yeah, I guess.

SPEAKER_04

We're gonna virtually be there.

SPEAKER_03

We're gonna see where it is.

SPEAKER_04

Hopefully. Yeah. I'm still not very happy that he's marrying her, but like whatever. I don't think he cares. I know he doesn't, but I just wanna give my opinion out there anyway. Okay, so on like the sad, not sad, but kind of sad note, Rajpula Yadav, if you remember him, he's one of the side character. You know what I'm talking about, right?

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, he's like side comedic, but kind of sometimes gangstery.

SPEAKER_04

Sometimes gangster-y. Like he's in Bulbala, yeah, like the pandit guy and stuff like that. He plays a lot. Goofy guy. Goofy guy. He plays like he's a comedic like relief in like some sort of serious movie sometimes. So apparently he borrowed some like five crores from this one um financial company for his movie Attapathalapata or whatever that. And if what the heck is that? Sounds like you're just making noises. Yeah, pata la patata. Okay. Um, which failed the bacchus office, so he had heavy losses there. And over time he just kept like with penalties and interest and stuff like that. It's too nine crores, which is like almost a million dollars. Holy Yeah, so he so now they filed um the adjunction against him. So he was being he got arrested for that. And then um So he's in jail? He's in I think he's in, like, I think he got like he's interim bail. So he's interim bail, please. So he's on bail. And they took away his passport so he didn't leave the country and things like that. But then I recently read that a lot of um celebrities have come out to like give him support, like raise money for him. And Salman Khan, Veru, Verundawan, Aja Dev Gun, they all came out. What are they doing to they're giving him more? I think they helped give him money or something like that.

SPEAKER_03

I mean, that's nice, but at the same time, like you should have asked for help before, right? I I I get I mean, who do you go to? Like you're like you're a celebrity. What is Salman going to that board? I mean, but like everyone's like, hi, I need money. So so he tried to repay the money in the check bounce.

SPEAKER_04

I don't think he tried to repay the money. I think he was just bouncing checks and pretending that he was paying and he was bouncing checks.

SPEAKER_06

That's why the buttons.

SPEAKER_04

Okay, so then you know what? Then you should be going to jail for that. So like apparently, like he has like a um next hearing is like March 18th. So So he's he's out of he's on bail right now. He's on bail right now. But he may go back to jail. He may, if he doesn't pay the amount, he might. Or like they have to figure out a payment plan with him. Ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Yes. I sent you something the other day. Rithik Rosha was here in Virginia. He was in front of Andy's Pizza. In Tyson's Galleria. Do you know how many times I go to Andy's Pizza? Yes, I know. You go there all the time. And he wasn't there when I was there. No, apparently he wasn't there when anyone was there. But he's your friend. Except my friend's friend's friend. Friend of a friend of a friend. A friend. A friend, yeah, something like that. And they took a video of him there. And I was like, wait, how come no one made an announcement on social media? And he was there with like two spot boys. Yes, he was in a big crowd, like bodyguards or anything like that. Like, you can easily take pictures with him or stuff like that.

SPEAKER_03

But he he looked like he was being very nice. Like that your one of your friends went up to him and was like, blah, blah, blah, whatever. And they talked to him. And they talked to him and he's like, oh, like, oh, thank you, thank you. Like, whatever, in his rhythmished voice. And then like then you see him walking towards Chard, and I'm like, these are that's our hood. That's our hood. That's our that's our spot. I cannot believe it. Yeah. So we did a little bit of research. Yes. Why was he here?

SPEAKER_04

Yeah, he was here apparently for I to get his eyes checked. His eyes checked. Apparently he comes to Nova for his eyes checked. Which is kind of like interesting.

SPEAKER_03

And it looked like to me that he was playing virtual reality games. Because he was like, he had those virtual reality glasses on, visors on. Yeah. Like he posted about it and like, I mean, obviously he's like trying to drum up some I think he got paid paid for it. I mean, wh wouldn't you? I don't know. He'd do a lot of weird things to get paid for. No idea.

SPEAKER_04

I don't know. But anyway, he posted it on his Instagram. Yeah. So now we uh we understand why he was in Tyson's because that's where the expensive made from Warby Parker or something. Warby Parker's not expensive. I'm sure he got some channel. Probably. We don't know what he went there. But he went, he was shopping there, and that's very expensive. Yes. Mall. I don't shop there. I just go to eat.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah. And even that is as expensive on some days, depending on how much we order. Yes, yes. Exactly.

SPEAKER_04

I I can't believe I missed him being here. Yeah. Like, we gotta put like notice out there. If you see Rithik. Any doctors. If any of these Bollywood people come to your offices, you know who to call. If you just want Rithik and you want Shark.

SPEAKER_03

I'll take anybody at this point. We gotta start somewhere. Okay.

SPEAKER_04

I'm gonna do it. We can't go straight to the big fish. No, I I like I really don't care if like, I don't know, if Vernon Dugan comes, I don't care.

SPEAKER_03

I like Varon David. Stop him!

SPEAKER_04

I mean, okay, fine, to Shak Kapoor. You can too. I would not. I like the songs on his mind. I know.

SPEAKER_03

I have no idea. Ding dong ding-dolik. It's a good song. Money. Sporty and masala. You put those together, and what do you get? I don't know. You get a sporty masala movie. Bollywood movie. Bollywood movie. Yes, a Bollywood sports movie. Yes. Um, have you seen M.S. Doney? I have not seen M.S. Doney. Have you seen Dungle? I have seen Dungle. Have you seen Chuck the India? Yes, I have. Have you seen Lagon? Yes, I have. I think Lagon started it all.

SPEAKER_04

I I don't know if it did or not. However, Lagon. It started it all out of this group of movies. Yes, for us. For us. That is true. Yes. Lagon did. I remember when I saw the commer commercial for Lagon, I was like, what is this? Why is American doing a movie on cricket? Like, it's so weird.

SPEAKER_03

And it was a very village-y movie compared to what we because I think right before that, was it Dil Chatahe? No, Dil Chatahe was after. But he but that wasn't his style of movies. He was always the romantic, cutesy boy. Yes. And then we were like, uh huh. Like, okay, what is this movie about? Like, you know? Exactly. So I remember that.

SPEAKER_04

It was very diff. So when Lagon, when the like I said, when I saw the commercial for Lagon or like the trailer for Lagon, I was like, what is this movie? Why do I want to watch about cricket? And I didn't care about it.

SPEAKER_03

And it was like long But it was long. Right? That's all we knew about the movie initially. Exactly. Right? So long. People kept saying it's very, very long and it's about cricket.

SPEAKER_04

Yes.

SPEAKER_03

And it was also about like the British. Yes, exactly. Right? Yeah.

SPEAKER_04

So it was set in a colonial Indian village. It's not based off a real true story. It was like, it was made up. It was a completely made up story, but it was about paying taxes. And it was like, again, old and the uh when they were during the British rule, that's what they that's what they focused on. And the they were heavily taxing them the village. The British were heavily taxing the locals. Um and they didn't have they didn't have the money. They have nothing to give, but they were just constantly.

SPEAKER_03

Because they lived off of their land, right? For the most part. That's all their I think their life was their land.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_03

Exactly. Money was not their own. Money was like that.

SPEAKER_04

It was a martyr system. Like they were doing this, so they were doing that. So um they decided that they're gonna challenge the Brit the whoever the ruling British party was at that pl in that area, they were gonna challenge them to a cricket match. Because Because they would be watching in the corner. Yeah, the villagers didn't know how to play cricket, but they would watch the uh people playing cricket. So they were like, We will challenge you on this. And if we win, um if either so if the villagers win, then the British does not charge them the taxes for the pat next like three years. And the British, if they win, then they get more money or something. It's like double tax or something. Yeah, something like that, right? So they start, so this this is the sports movie. So they start showing them them training and working really hard and putting the team together and the resilience of the team coming together and the villagers trying to learn the sport that they never know how to play. Um the British girl kind of likes him and ends up kind of helping them because she also sees that what the British are doing is like not like you know, morally, it's not it's not it's not moral, it's not morally correct. So she just felt like she wants to help them. So she starts helping them how to uh play cricket as well. And then you're gonna be like, And he's like, oh, white girl. And he and no, he's not in he doesn't like her. He's not into her, I know. He respects her as like the goody mim. Yes, you know.

SPEAKER_05

That's right. That's what he called her.

SPEAKER_03

That's what he called her. We're racist now, but like, you know, yeah, but that wasn't like the big part of the story.

SPEAKER_04

It wasn't, it wasn't the big part of the story. The love story wasn't the big part.

SPEAKER_03

It was there, it was just which I like that they didn't take it so deep to that because then it would have just messed up the whole story.

SPEAKER_05

Yeah, right? Yes, so that's good.

SPEAKER_04

You know, the entire village is like helping out, and it just shows the camaraderie and how much resilience, you know, people have to um to like get what they need, you know, like what they will go through to get themselves to be, you know, free of debt or free of you know, this unfairness that's happening to them. So that was like one of my favorite sports movies. Um again, it's it's an American movie, so like you know it's gonna be good in that sense.

SPEAKER_03

Well, I think I don't think we knew back then. I think Lagon is started it. You're right. I was like Since Lagan, then we were like, okay.

SPEAKER_04

He could do different movies, he doesn't have to be the lover book. In the end, even though when I first saw it, I first saw the trailer, I didn't like it. I actually really enjoyed the movie. I thought it was really good. It's long, it's if it's still critics, people still their take, you know, they complained of how long it is. I thought it was good. I thought it was really well done. And you can forward some of the stuff anyway, so it's not like you have to watch everything. My f I feel like that was my first sports movie that I saw and I actually enjoyed.

SPEAKER_03

From Village Cricket. Yes. Now I'm gonna take you to modern day cricket. Oh, yes, yes, please. Okay, so there is a a cricket player called Mahinder Singh Dhoni. Okay. And there is a biopic that that's MS Dhoni.

SPEAKER_04

Yes. Okay. MS Doni. I never understood who that was. No idea, because I don't watch cricket.

SPEAKER_03

He is like, he's like the like right now, Virat Koli's big guy. He was like right before Virat Koli. Yeah, and right. He's like Pele of um in that league, yeah. Like after Suchin. Like apparently everybody's like Suchin. What is it telling Tendulkar? Tendulkar. Yeah. So he's like the god of cricket, and then M. S. Doni was like the next biggest thing that happened, and now it's Virat Kolis. Oh wow. So M.S. Dhoni starred one of my favorites, SSR. Oh yeah. Sushan Singh Raj. That was right, I think that was the last, one of the big, last big releases of the it was one of his biggest, I I feel like it was one of his biggest hits. Okay. So Ms. Dhoni is another cricket movie. Oh, yeah. And it was um, it's it's a biopic about Mahendra Singh Doni. Yes. And it starts from like it kind of shows you winning the World Cup, him wearing the World Cup. That's that's how it starts, right? And he's like going up to bat or whatever it is. Like, I still don't know the terminology for cricket, but whatever he's doing, he's doing that. Then it goes to the backstory about how he became MS Dhoni. Okay. And it was just done so well. I like biopics to begin with. Right. And then especially when they're like done really well. Yeah. It was it was just really good. So who else is in this is uh Disha Patani and Kiara Dvani.

SPEAKER_04

Oh, Kiara's in this.

SPEAKER_03

So yeah, so Disha Patani plays M. Sdani's like first girlfriend. Okay. And she dies tragically in a car accident. Oh god. Oh my god, it's so sad. Oh, yeah. But it's really cute because he has to wear a helmet on his head everywhere they go because people would recognize him. Yeah, yeah. And she'd be like, oh, like it's so you know, like it's just cute. Like, because like, yeah. So Kiara, so Kiara Advani comes into the picture because he like he's staying at this hotel and he goes and asks the receptionist something. She's a receptionist, and she doesn't recognize who he is, or she plays like she doesn't recognize who she is. And I think he likes that about her because he's like, oh, wow, somebody who sees me for me type of thing, right? And so then they have this like love story, and it's and apparently that's exactly how they met too. Like the real MS Tony and his wife's as beautiful as Kiara. She's okay, but he's not that beautiful either. He's okay too. He's alright. Um, but this the movie just basically revolves around his life and his story, and it obviously crickets heavily involved, but Sushant did such a great job. Like to like I didn't know who Mahendersing Doni's face was, but like whenever I heard of MS Dhoni, I would just picture Sushant saying that because he was so so good. Oh man. I think it's a movie that's worth watching if you like biopics. The cricket is there, but it's not like it's not like Lagon where you're like, okay, watching the whole movie. The whole movie is about that. This is about biopic about him and how he was part of it. And it's just nice to know, like, okay, well, this is where he came from, right? Like, so it was really, really nice. Um, he's not completely retired from c cricket. Like, he still plays for the IPL for the super the Chennai Super Kings.

SPEAKER_05

Okay.

SPEAKER_03

Um, but he's not like their captain. Like he used to be their captain for many of the years, and then he just like decided to not be the captain anymore. So he's like, he's kind of like what Messi's doing for for um The US. The US got it. Yeah, in Miami. Like he's like not like he's still the captain, he's still the biggest guy, but he doesn't play as much as I. So got it. But I don't know. I really like the movie. I know you haven't seen it. No, but you should watch it. I don't like bio.

SPEAKER_04

Really? Yeah, not a big personality. I only watch Sanju.

SPEAKER_03

Well, this is good too. Sanju is great. But this is the one.

SPEAKER_04

Sanju because I know Sanju. Like I know Sanju Data.

SPEAKER_03

I didn't know who Amazon is. That's what I'm saying.

SPEAKER_04

That's why I wouldn't watch it because I don't know Amazonia. But you should.

SPEAKER_03

The reason I watched Sanju was because actually you should watch it for SSR's act acting. That is probably really.

SPEAKER_04

But then I think it'll be making me sad because he's not here anymore. Yeah, that is true.

SPEAKER_03

But yeah, it's a good movie though, even though you might be sad.

SPEAKER_04

Well, from going from cricket and jumping to another one of my favorite sports movies, which I love watching. Um, it is one of those movies that I, if I want to watch like a good feeling movie, I do watch it. Maybe other people don't watch it, but I watch it. The movie Chuck the India.

SPEAKER_05

I love that movie. That movie's so good.

SPEAKER_03

Sahage loves that movie. Every kid that I know, like in this age category, loves that movie because it's an underdog movie. I love underdog movies. I love it. I also love underdog movies.

SPEAKER_04

So this is about um field hockey, right? Field hockey. Women's women's field. Women's field hockey.

SPEAKER_03

Which apparently is a national sport of India. I didn't know.

SPEAKER_04

You would have thought it would be cricket. Yeah, we thought it would have been good. Nope, it's field hockey. Um, and I didn't even know they played field hockey in India until I saw this, right? Okay. Okay. So I saw this and Chuck the India. Again, Shah Khan, amazing. The girls, the cast that were in it, they picked up. Everybody was so good. And they were good players, too. At least they looked good. They looked good, they I mean, I don't know. I don't know if they're real players or not. Whatever. They looked good. Yeah. Um, so in this movie, Shah Khan is a uh former hockey captain, like uh field hockey captain. Khabir Khan. Yeah, for the for the India, for the male team. And then they lost to Pakistan, and people start labeling him a traitor because they lost the Baksa. Well, they thought he threw the game. They thought he threw the game. Yeah. So and then like he was like disgraced, and people like like labeled him and like he had to leave his neighborhood. People like yell, you know, cursed at him, all this different thing. And he was like, so he left, and then he came back as a coach for this uh girls team, and he like helps them um like become a team. Like they're all from different areas of India and they don't know how to play as a team. So he teaches them how to play as a team, come together. Um, and it just shows the women as well, too, like how good they are and what they're doing, and like the girls were real again, the we female characters were really good to watch.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, and the way he coached them too, right? Yeah. Like, because they there was a point where the team itself was like beefing with each other, right?

SPEAKER_04

Yes, yeah, because they were like good players who are like, oh, I'm better than her, I should be the only one. Yeah, why am I not getting the why? Why did you bench me versus like why was she playing? Exactly.

SPEAKER_03

The ego of the and he had to like break it down and he figured out a way of like showing them that you guys are a team, it's not just you, there's no I and team. But yeah, that's basically what he was trying to show, like show them. But it was just so well made.

SPEAKER_04

It felt real because one of the things I was reading was that people the rivalry between like the different states, like Punjab versus Haryana versus the North Jarkan. Yeah, like it's like it was like a lot of like that type of tension. Dynamic. He did a really good job of bringing that and showing that. So I really enjoyed the movie. And to see them all work together. Yeah, like at the end of the year. They love that. They all work together again, underdog doing something and like coming together. And it was really good.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, it was good. And then the title song. Oh that song is such a hype song. It is such a hype song. I love that song. And everything about that movie, I have to say, was like just really well made. Even though it was YRF, sometimes YRF like can do really good things and they can do really bad things. And they did really well here.

SPEAKER_04

They did really good, and there was no romance. There's no love interest, which I love. There was no love interest. And so Bobby would you could make movies with Shao Khan, at least.

SPEAKER_03

There was another love interest with the little with the girls.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah, yeah, but but I meant like with Shao Khan, there was no love interest. Like you can make movies that don't have love interest. I like that. You guys did it. You did it. Like you can make movies. Continue. And it doesn't have to be like love romance songs in the fields. Yes. And sorry's in the cold winter. Like you don't have to do those.

SPEAKER_03

We didn't have to have a Katrina. No, we didn't have to.

SPEAKER_04

Or like, or like, you know, um item number songs. You need any of those types of songs. Good music. It was perfect. Within the movie, it's good. Yes. So yeah. Take this and carry it forward. Yes.

SPEAKER_03

Maybe not another sports movie, but you can figure it out.

SPEAKER_04

We've talked about, we're giving a lot of advice to Bollywood and hopefully they take it. We gave a lot of advice last week, give them more advice this week. Like, take, take, take our advice.

SPEAKER_03

Okay. Have you seen another movie by Mr. Amir Khan? Let's see. Maybe. I watched a lot of Amir Khan. He's got quite a few. But this one is about wrestling. Oh, yes. And it's called Dungal. Yes, Dungal. So this came out in 2016. Yes. And it is another underdog type of movie. Kind of, yeah. So Amir Khan is the is the dad. And he, for all of his life, was this big wrestler in his younger days. But he didn't like make it very far, apparently. So he's always wanted a son.

SPEAKER_05

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Because he wanted his son to carry his legacy forward.

SPEAKER_04

Yep, yep.

SPEAKER_03

This guy had four daughters, I believe.

SPEAKER_04

He kept having daughters.

SPEAKER_03

Kept having daughters, one after the other after the other. And he just kind of gave given up in life. But then one day he saw that one of his daughters punched another kid. It was a boy, right? I don't remember what she was doing. I think she punched another boy. And he was like, huh? Like, he was like, I think this girl's got something in her. And so he takes her and starts coaching her in like this mud field to become a wrestler.

SPEAKER_05

Yes.

SPEAKER_03

And this is also based on a true story. Yes. Of the actual um sisters. Sisters. The full gut sisters. And it's about the them and their father. And how like, I mean, they had they had a love-hate relationship, let's say. Because like the father was very strict.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah. I mean, you you have if you have to make it to these types of levels, you're gonna have to be strict. Do you want to be strict?

SPEAKER_03

And you gotta be disciplined.

SPEAKER_04

You gotta be very disciplined for the same thing.

SPEAKER_03

You need somebody to, you know.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah, and he and he started becoming their trainer, their coach, not just their dad anymore. Dad. Manager. Yeah, dad, exactly. And he was like, you know what I mean? Like he was like waking them up early in the morning. These are making like run around the village. You know, and then they're they're in from Haryana, and like the setting is women. Women don't do these type of sports. They're like learning to in the at home to like cook and clean so they can get married, things like that. So here he comes like making them into boys, cutting their hair. Yes, I forgot. That's right. He cut their hair short. He cut their hair short and they were like crying because their hair got short. They couldn't do anything female like women stuff that they wanted to do because their dad was like, you know, wants them to be these wrestlers and stuff like that.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah. And so that this the story basically evolves around this family and how he has uh made them like like just big women in sports. Yes, right? And it's a great movie. It's really, really well made again. Another good movie, another true to story movie. You don't like biopics, but this was a good one.

SPEAKER_04

This one was actually good. Yeah, I we I didn't even I I think when I watched it, I didn't realize the biopic. Oh, okay. So you shouldn't, you don't need to know. And I like American movies. Don't tell her guys.

SPEAKER_03

It's the Amrican movie, right? Yeah. So it was just a very well-made movie. And like these girls became something. They became the wrestlers that he never became. So yeah, so they they they go to the Commonwealth games, which is um the Commonwealth, we were just having a discussion about it. Intense. Yes, intense discussion. It's all of the uh the former territories of the British Empire. Disgusting.

SPEAKER_04

But again, it's a pretty big deal for these girls to get their okay. That is really good, but they should name it something else. They should name it something else.

SPEAKER_03

But I don't think it was fifty s 56 different countries, right? So international, like 56 internationals. So okay, so the movie kind of revolves around their story on how they became these big time girl wrestlers, first of all. Like that's a big thing. Yes. From India. Right.

SPEAKER_05

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03

And they eventually went to the Commonwealth Games and they won the gold.

SPEAKER_05

Yes.

SPEAKER_03

Like both the sisters won the gold in on different years, and then there was also another cousin that was also trained by the same father, Mahavir Singh Pogat, and he they all she also won the gold twice, actually. And it was just really good. Like I watched that with Sahaj and two of his um they're not in non-Indian friends, and I we never we never we didn't finish it because they had to leave. Yeah, yeah. And they went back home to their mom and they were like, Mom, can we watch this movie called Dangle?

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On that.

SPEAKER_03

What is it?

SPEAKER_04

Dangle, like Dangle? Where are you showing my dog?

SPEAKER_03

Where are you showing my kids? And they finished and they're like, Oh, this is a really good movie.

SPEAKER_04

I watched a really good movie. And I watched it with my in-laws and we all watched it together, and it was really well done. It's the thing that I liked about this movie, and I think the thing I liked about Chug the India also was that it wasn't just it wasn't just about the famous actors. It wasn't just about Amar Khan and Shah Khan.

SPEAKER_03

I didn't even realize it was Amar Khan or Shah Rukhan.

SPEAKER_04

It was more about the girls. It was more about the other characters, right? So like they got enough screen time and their acting did such a good job that the movie did well. Because there are parts where like there's a controversy between the father controlling them in the sports arena and then them like in like impairment, also, right? Like both of those, like the dad, like for like his dream, he wants his dream to come through come true. And it's probably not always the best thing for your children to do that type of stuff. Like they shouldn't fulfill your dreams, but he made it their dream too, where they felt empowered and were able to do all these type of things, right?

SPEAKER_03

But also, like you notice, like they're very like strict they see uh male figures, exactly, right? Like exactly because I think that was the other thing they were trying to drive home, is like they're just strict male guys, right? Like, like you must do it this to get this type of thing. Yeah. And that's kind of what both like this both of these movies were Chuck De India and uh Well, I don't know.

SPEAKER_04

I don't think he was strict.

SPEAKER_03

Sharatan wasn't strict, he was strict.

SPEAKER_04

You mean he was no no, but I don't think that's what there had to be coaches, right? They couldn't just like with the Dangala, he couldn't be a father. That was the thing. That was the mother what the mother was having the problem with, right? Like you couldn't be a father, you're just treating them as like your coach. Like you're treating them as a coach, you're not treating them as a child.

SPEAKER_03

Well, that's why that also that's what I'm saying. Like he was a strict guy, he was like strict coach because he was so focused on the goal, but he forgot to treat them like kids. Yeah. So I enjoyed all four of these movies, actually, because I've seen them all. You need to go watch Doni. Now you think about it. It's very good. It's very good. I'm sure it is. I think you're gonna really like it.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah, SSR, I'm sure, are like amazing actors. So good, so good. And the love story is actually really cute too.

SPEAKER_03

But all great sporty movies that I would recommend. Yeah, and then also the Olympics you're going on, guys. Watch Olympics. Yeah. I must say, I can recommend you guys watching this with your kids if you have kids. Oh, yes. All of these movies you can watch with kids. Because they're like good sporty movies, and the kids are gonna get into it. Like Chug to India, definitely. Yes, start with that. Money! It is blindy whiny time. Yes. Okay, here we go. What? Open marriages are becoming the norm in Bollywood. While Bollywood gossip buffs are aware about the usual suspects, some conventional couples too seem to be experimenting with open marriages. As per source, this outsider star who has made it in the Bollywood ba made it in Bollywood based on his sheer talent and hard work has been involved with a Delhi-based dancer. He has been spending a lot of time with her lately. It's not known whether it's a fling or a serious relationship, and whether his wife is aware. If this affair gets outed, it will send shockwaves in the industry among his fans. Oh, and among his fans. He enjoys a squeaky clean image. Can you guess? I have a feeling who? Because I I don't know. Vicky Koshal. I feel like it's Vicky Koshal. Oh, you are a ding ding ding correct.

SPEAKER_04

Because he has that squeaky clean thing, and we've already talked about him with when our special like our little bird on the ground over there that told us that he's not green flag, he's kind of a red flag because of his Well, actually, there's another name that's coming up. Vik Kosha was the first top in my head.

SPEAKER_03

That's actually okay. So the other name, somebody says Aksha Kumar, okay. You already know this. He's not squeaky clean in a mission. No, Ayushman Kurana. Oh. He also is a very squeaky clean. Or Rajkumar Rao. There's those three names. Shahid, I don't think Shahid would be doing anything.

SPEAKER_04

Shahid is well known, though. This person is like outsider. It's not Shahid. Yeah. He's an insider. Rajkumar Rao, Ayushman Kurana, and Vikikoshal make sense. I kind of believe Vikki Koshal. I kind of believe Vikikoshal. Um but you know what? We don't know any of them. It could be Rajkumar Rao. And it could be Aishman Karana.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, second part. Sorry. Yeah, this second part. Second part. Tell us. This star excels in playing the middle class man with extraordinary problems. His sibling is also part of the industry. Irishman Kurana.

SPEAKER_04

Bonnie Da.

SPEAKER_05

Oh my God.

SPEAKER_04

No. That's messed up. Aishman, if this is true, messed up. Really really thought you were a good guy. Wow.

SPEAKER_03

They were just, I think they have a kid too and everything. I guess they don't care.

SPEAKER_04

And they don't. Wow. Also, like I feel like he was a dork before. Dorky looking, and now he like looks a little better and like, you know, working out and dancing and all these movies. I mean, I never thought he was like a great-looking guy, but I like his movies based on the stories. Yeah, the movies he, but but he I he was dorky looking and now he's not dorky looking, and then he probably has all these girls like throwing themselves on him, and you know, and he just didn't have the willpower. I don't know. I don't understand. Your next blind. Oh my god. Was more than this.

SPEAKER_03

This actress is a superstar down south, but in Bollywood movies, she's relegated to dancing in item songs. Oh, I know who this is. Item songs have given her a lot of fame and money. As per source, a much junior actress from South India who is more preferred for her lead roles in pan India movies, was much needed wake-up call. The female superstar who peaked with Pan India with a pan India blockbuster almost a decade ago is unhappy with this development. She wants to take a step back from item songs and flower pot roles today. She wants to work on her physique and reach out to the top film filmmakers. She wants to do meaningful roles and re-establish herself as a top choice for filmmakers across the country. And she wants to distance herself from a pseudo-feminist friend and concentrate solely on her career. There's a lot of stuff in there. There's a lot of stuff she wants to do. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04

So it's Tamana Bhatia. Yeah. And then the other superstar is Rish McGiang. Yeah. She did the Pan India. Correct. I don't know who her superstar best friend is.

SPEAKER_03

I want to know who this the pseudo-feminist friend is. I have no idea who that is. No idea. Oh, they're saying possibly uh Rasha Tadani. I know they're kind of like friendly, which is weird because that's a age generational idea. I don't know.

SPEAKER_04

I don't know then. Prague. But they are friends though. But I know she was. Why is Rasha a feminine? Like, she's like five. I don't know. What is she? I don't understand. Diana Penty. Diana Penty could be in Pragya Kapoor. I don't know what Pragya Kapoor is, but Diana Penty could be because they just did that whole show together partner. But like why would you distance yourself from Diana? Diana's actually a really good actress. And she's pretty. Yeah, she's pretty. She's actually real she was, she was really good in that movie, in that show partner. And Tamana Bati was really bad.

SPEAKER_03

Oh yeah, you were saying gay.

SPEAKER_04

Like I hated Tamana in that.

SPEAKER_03

Tamana, you know, honestly, Tamana, you went to Bollywood and you made a mess of yourself. She wants to do Pania. She wants a big Pan India movie.

SPEAKER_04

So she wanted to be a big one. She wants to do another, oh yeah. According to the Blind. According to the Blind, she wants to do Pan India movies. Well, good luck. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

I actually don't think Reshmika's that good either. She just got lucky because she did Animal.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

And since Animal, she's been just blowing up. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04

And I don't know why. Again, I don't know. Well, Pushpa is actually what do you like? Do you think she's a good actor?

SPEAKER_03

I thought she was good in Pushpa.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

But like otherwise, she's just kind of the pretty face. She was actually really good in Gita Gobindam 2, which was one of the movies with Vijay Deverkonda.

SPEAKER_04

Okay. It was good. And that's where they got together, I think. They got together before that. Oh, okay. He deserves better. Okay. Next.

SPEAKER_03

Done. Done now. Okay, Money. Yes, yes. The vow time. The vow time. It's been quite some time since I've had a vow, but what did the polls tell us?

SPEAKER_04

The polls told us the song Ashikon Kikalani from the movie O Romeo. That's the one with the Shapatani that you see. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, and the dance is so cool. It's a fun little set that they have. It is fun, and she looks so good. She's such a great dancer. She's pretty. She's pretty good. And she's really pretty.

SPEAKER_05

She's a great body. She really works out.

SPEAKER_04

And Shahtapu looks good too. He looks too skinny. Oh, okay. I don't know. He looked he looked fine in the song. He looked danced really well. Me thinks. You think. Okay.

SPEAKER_03

My vow is a thumble thummel song this year. Or this this year. New year. This new year of February. Um it's called Yetu. It's really fun. I don't know how else to explain the song. It's so fun. Okay. The Air Raman song, and Prabudeva is the one that's doing the dance in it. It's really, really, really fun. I'm sure it's really funny. I think you guys will like it. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04

What is yo? Okay, there's a song called Drive By. Um, I saw on Instagram or Trick Deck, I don't know where it was. And it's the is by Simmer and Munna Music. I don't know who this person is. I just taught it, and the song is really fun. It's really fun vibe to it. Um, so yeah, that's what I'm listening to right now.

SPEAKER_03

Well, good. This was a fun episode. I'm so glad to meet you again. Meet me again. See me again. Oh man. All right, guys. Bye. Like, share, follow up. And a shout out to Sheila. She gave me this karak chai protein powder. It's so good. Yeah, we'll let you guys know about it later. It's delicious, yes.

SPEAKER_00

Okay, like, share, follow. Bye. Study share it. They couldn't demote cut it up. Sag it.

SPEAKER_04

My body doesn't want to do it. I used to wake up at 5 30 back in the day. I used to go at 5 30, work out, take a shower, go to work. That's how I used to do it. That's like a motivated person. I was very motivated back in the day. Not me. I am not no longer. If anyone says wake up at nine o'clock, I'll think no, no. The only time I wake up at 5 30 is go travel.

SPEAKER_03

Yes. Like he's not playing test trick test cricket, which is like it's like they have like these test games. I don't know what it means, but I shouldn't even talk about it.

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Okay.

SPEAKER_03

He didn't exactly retire, but he's not in like IPL and all that kind of thing. Okay, okay, okay, okay. Oh no, he is in IPL. Hold on. I have no idea. He's not completely retired from how many times can we restart this? Last movie was Lil Bechara. Okay. And I don't know why we're talking about it.

SPEAKER_05

No, we just could do Amazoni.

SPEAKER_03

Okay, we'll go back to that.

SPEAKER_04

Okay. Gracie Singh. You're close. Dolly Sing. Dolly Singh. You were close. I knew it was in Dolly, but you were close. Yeah. Graceland, Dolly Parton. You're right. You're right. I could see how your brain went in there. You went in there. Okay. I like Kriti. I like Kriti Sanan. She's my favorite actress. Right now, I think out of the new. Out of all the people she wants to do. She worked hard, man. She worked really hard. I I loved her from her first movie. Hiropanti. Oh, I never watched that movie. That's with Tiger. Again, you never watch any of your boys' movies, but apparently he's your boy. I decided to be blind support.

SPEAKER_03

So freaking