Desi Talkies is a show where hosts Aneesa Khan & Ananya Sethi talk about South-Asian Pop Culture, Bollywood, Lollywood, and everything in between.
Aneesa Khan is a Pakistani-American filmmaker, writer, media consultant, and film analyst. Her short film, "Woh Ghungroo Wali Larki" was an official selection at six film festivals around the world.
Ananya Sethi is an Indian-American model, actor, stylist, graphic & fashion designer, and film analyst. She has intensive theatre experience in various productions including "The Tempest," which she trained for with The Royal Shakespeare Company.
E21 | February WATCH RECAP | Fighter, Animal, & MORE
Today, our hosts, Ananya and Aneesa, are recapping all the South Asian films and TV shows they've watched and haven't discussed yet. Join us as we debate the representation of Pakistan and Muslims in Siddarth Anand's Fighter, the controversies revolving around Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal, and our opinions on many more recent releases.
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Today we're talking about Love & Robots by discussing the latest Bollywood sci-fi release, Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (2024). [ This story follows a robotics engineer (Shahid Kapoor), who falls for the human-like robot SIFRA (Kriti Sanon), created by his aunt, leading to a rollercoaster of love, deception, and the blurred lines between man and machine.] Our hosts reminisce about past robotic Bollywood films, the challenges of genre hybridity, and why sci-fi has yet to be perfected in Bollywood. Join us this week as Ananya & Aneesa carry out their in-depth discussion of the film with a scene-by-scene analysis, casting breakdown, musical score review, narrative analysis, and cinematographic opinion.
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15 Feb 2024
E19 | Murder Mystery Through the Camera Lens | "Talaash" (2012) VS "Andhadhun" (2018)
Today we're talking about Murder Mystery through the camera lens by analyzing one cinematographer in particular, K.U. Mohanan. He is responsible for the cinematography in Talaash (2012), and Andhadhun (2018). Two very different films, both capturing Murder Mystery with the same DOP in different ways. Join us this week as our hosts, Ananya and Aneesa carry on an in-depth discussion of these two films, their cinematography, narratives, and impact on the genre today.
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