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Movie Police
A podcast about movies and shows where our hosts Rohan Naahar and Sampada Sharma from the Indian Express’ entertainment desk unpack the bizarre web shows, old Hindi films that haven't aged well, and the terrible truths of blockbusters that earned crores. To know more log on to indianexpress.com/audio or write to us at podcasts@indianexpress.com
Movie PoliceA podcast about movies and shows where our hosts Rohan Naahar and Sampada Sharma from the Indian Express’ entertainment desk unpack the bizarre web shows, old Hindi films that haven't aged well, and the terrible truths of blockbusters that earned crores.
To know more log on to indianexpress.com/audio or write to us at podcasts@indianexpress.com
Episode
15
December 6, 2022
Introducing Pages from the Past: The Reluctant Princes
In this episode, historian Manu Pillai and renowned painter and descendant of the Travancore royal family, Rukmini Varma join us to tell us more about the story of Travancore’s integration.
Episode
19
December 5, 2022
Trailer – Pages from the Past: A new history podcast by The Indian Express
The Indian Express introduces a brand new history podcast — Pages from the Past. In its first season, The Reluctant Princes, hosts Adrija Roychowdury and Damini Jaiman explore the stories of five princely states that...
Episode
13
October 19, 2022
The panopticon experiment in ‘Do Ankhen Barah Haath’
In this last episode of Movie Police, our hosts Rohan Naahar and Sampada Sharma bring us the 1950s "Do Aankhen Barah Haath" in which a jailer conducts an experiment on six prisoners. Our hosts talk...
Episode
12
October 12, 2022
The high human and moral cost of ‘Cheap Thrills’
In this episode hosts Rohan Naahar and Sampada Sharma bring us the black comedy horror "Cheap Thrills" by E. L. Katz. The film is about a rich couple pitting two down-in-luck friends against each other...
Episode
11
October 5, 2022
‘Fight Club: Members Only’ is a film not worth fighting for
In this episode, our hosts Sampada Sharma and Rohan Naahar bring us the 2006 "Fight Club: Members Only". They talk about how the movie, starring Sohail Khan, Zayed Khan, Ashish Chaudhary, Ritesh Deshmukh, Sunil Shetty...
Episode
10
September 29, 2022
You probably don’t know about this Alia Bhatt film (and that’s a good thing)
Mahesh Bhatt's "Sadak 2" tried to continue Sanjay Dutt's journey from the first "Sadak" but failed miserably.
Episode
9
September 21, 2022
In Kunal Kohli’s “Mujhse Dosti Karoge”, beauty is skin deep
In the aesthetically pleasing world of Kunal Kohli's "Mujhse Dosto Karoge", beauty is as skin-deep as the film's plot.
Episode
8
September 14, 2022
Kevin Smith’s ‘Tusk’ is a cautionary tale about risks of content-hungry culture
In this episode hosts Rohan Naahar and Sampada Sharma dissect Kevin Smith's 2014 horror comedy "Tusk" in which a content-hungry podcaster risks his life in search of content.
Episode
7
September 7, 2022
Is Satyen Bose’s ‘Dosti’ a film about friendship or is it a queer love story?
"Dosti", the 1964 film by Satyen Bose has all the makings of a queer film but it is still renowned for celebrating the friendship between two teenage boys.
Episode
6
August 31, 2022
Alex Garland’s ‘Men’ shows the reality of women dealing with horrifying men
Alex Garland’s 2022 horror movie “Men” tries to show the everyday reality of women dealing with gaslighting, abuse, and humiliation from men.
Episode
5
August 24, 2022
Rajkumar Kohli’s ‘Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani’ is a film sans ‘kahani’
Rajkumar Kohli’s “Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani” is a movie without a script or a story but full of problematic plotlines passing as cringe.
Episode
4
August 17, 2022
Bhaskar Hazarika’s ‘Aamis’ is a tale of hunger for love and flesh
Bhaskar Hazarika's "Aamis" is a sordid tale of love and lust in which the protagonists explore eating human flesh as a form of bonding.
Episode
3
August 10, 2022
Toxic masculinity and stalking – a Bollywood ‘Sangam’ by Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor's toxic masculinity and stalking in "Sangam" in the name of love is a trope still used in Indian movies.
Episode
2
August 3, 2022
Imtiaz Ali’s new show ‘Dr Arora’ needs urgent care
In this episode, Rohan Naahar and Sampada Sharma discuss the new Sony LIV show, 'Dr. Arora', which follows the story of a sexologist.
Episode
1
July 26, 2022
Trailer: Movie Police – A New Podcast by The Indian Express
A podcast about movies and shows where our hosts Rohan Nahar and Sampada Sharma from the Indian Express’ entertainment desk unpack the bizarre web shows, old Hindi films that haven't aged well, and the terrible...