2 White Girls Talk Bollywood

The Maddock Horror-Comedy Cinematic Universe is back, and not exactly better than ever. Maybe the complete opposite. Thamma was touted as the franchise's first all-out love story, but there's hardly any heart here. And we don't just mean because half the characters don't have a pulse. That lifelessness extends to their lack of growth, development, or relatability on any level. And the story is... well, let's just say there are more holes in it than the two little ones that come with your typical vampire attack. Thamma was directed by Aditya Sarpotdar and stars Ayushmann Khurrana, Rashmika Mandanna, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Like what you're hearing? Remember to follow us on Instagram @2whitegirlstalkbollywood. Can't get enough Bollywood? Check out our Bollywood Bangers playlists on YouTube and Spotify. Each week, we pick our favorite songs from our movie, and add them to the playlists. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JKuMVSYAXCW4Y3adhOrYT?si=257e5ec5ac294c7 YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0wAgkoGduQhoDYGzBFEtb07_MjBidM2t

Friends, it's hard to come up with anything clever or quippy to say about this one. Homebound is an honest, heartfelt depiction of friendship and love in the face of adversity and oppression. It leverages a nearly universal experience-- the COVID pandemic and lockdown-- as an opportunity to insist that its audience grapple with its privilege, the systems that tear down marginalized communities, and question traditional markers of success and prosperity. And based on comments from its producer, we'll be lucky if we ever get a movie like it out of Hindi cinema again. Homebound was written and directed by Neeraj Ghaywan and stars Ishaan Khatter and Vishal Jethwa. Like what you're hearing? Remember to follow us on Instagram @2whitegirlstalkbollywood. Can't get enough Bollywood? Check out our Bollywood Bangers playlists on YouTube and Spotify. Each week, we pick our favorite songs from our movie, and add them to the playlists. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JKuMVSYAXCW4Y3adhOrYT?si=257e5ec5ac294c7 YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0wAgkoGduQhoDYGzBFEtb07_MjBidM2t

We love a movie about movies. A story about telling stories that really asks... why do we tell stories in the first place? This week's film artfully presents this question: do we tell stories for acclaim, or to reveal a truth about the world? Two (fictional) powerhouses of the 1950s Tamil Cinema world duke it out to see whose motivation will triumph, with disasterous consequences for just about everyone, and no clear answer of who wins or who loses. Kaantha was written and directed by Selvamani Selvaraj and stars Dulquer Salmaan, Bhagyashri Borse, Samuthirakani, and Rana Daggubati. Like what you're hearing? Remember to follow us on Instagram @2whitegirlstalkbollywood. Can't get enough Bollywood? Check out our Bollywood Bangers playlists on YouTube and Spotify. Each week, we pick our favorite songs from our movie, and add them to the playlists. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JKuMVSYAXCW4Y3adhOrYT?si=257e5ec5ac294c7 YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0wAgkoGduQhoDYGzBFEtb07_MjBidM2t

We're back after our Holiday Hiatus, and we think there's something to the idea of starting the year with a really, really bad movie. Nowhere to go but up! Enter: Baaghi 4, the latest installment in a franchise built around Tiger Shroff's charm, dance ability, and martial arts excellence. Of course, this movie has... almost none of any of those things. Lucky for us the ridiculousness veers into hilarity, particularly whenever a certain flautist is on screen. Baaghi 4 stars Tiger Shroff, Sanjay Dutt, Harnaaz Sandhu, and Sonam Bajwa. It was directed by Harsha. Like what you're hearing? Remember to follow us on Instagram @2whitegirlstalkbollywood. Can't get enough Bollywood? Check out our Bollywood Bangers playlists on YouTube and Spotify. Each week, we pick our favorite songs from our movie, and add them to the playlists. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JKuMVSYAXCW4Y3adhOrYT?si=257e5ec5ac294c7 YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0wAgkoGduQhoDYGzBFEtb07_MjBidM2t

It's that time of year again, when we celebrate the passing of one year into another. And what better way than with a truly wonderful, sort of terrible movie? That's right, it's our third annual re-watch of the Shah Rukh Khan, Farah Khan classic, Happy New Year. Dance competition? Hacked. Diamonds? Theived. Our hearts? Full. Laugh with us, cry with us, and raise a glass to 2025 ending and 2026 being just around the corner. After this we're taking a little break, but we'll see you all on January 27th! Like what you're hearing? Remember to follow us on Instagram @2whitegirlstalkbollywood. Can't get enough Bollywood? Check out our Bollywood Bangers playlists on YouTube and Spotify. Each week, we pick our favorite songs from our movie, and add them to the playlists. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JKuMVSYAXCW4Y3adhOrYT?si=257e5ec5ac294c7 YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0wAgkoGduQhoDYGzBFEtb07_MjBidM2t