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Bollywood is For Lovers · Jun 14, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min

164: Bachchan '07 - '09

We continue our longest running series in which we explore Amitabh Bachchan's career year by year, this time we are in the late 2000s. Show notes: Our Bachchan series playlist We are jumping ahead a bit, because we felt like it 2000 to 2006 Bachchan highlights Amitabh Bachchan's elderly statesman reinvention Cheeni Kum Thoughts on R. Balki's filmography A "Super R"? (INTERVAL "Mere Buddy" from Bhootnath) Bhoothnath Oscar Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost" Casper or Beetlejuice? Bollywood family/children's films Paa Progeria and comparisons to Jack More stylistic direction Bachchan and ageing NEXT TIME: Black Warrant Find us on Apple Podcasts! and Stitcher! and audioBoom! and iHeartRadio! and Spotify! and Google Podcasts! and Saavn! and Hubhopper! Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwork!

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show notes

We continue our longest running series in which we explore Amitabh Bachchan's career year by year, this time we are in the late 2000s. 

Show notes:
  • Our Bachchan series playlist
  • We are jumping ahead a bit, because we felt like it
  • 2000 to 2006 Bachchan highlights
  • Amitabh Bachchan's elderly statesman reinvention
  • Cheeni Kum
  • Thoughts on R. Balki's filmography
  • A "Super R"?
(INTERVAL "Mere Buddy" from Bhootnath)

NEXT TIME: Black Warrant

Find us on Apple Podcasts! and Stitcher! and audioBoom! and iHeartRadio! and Spotify! and Google Podcasts! and Saavn! and Hubhopper!

Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwork!
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