Our second in the “In Dialogue” series! Our guest for this week is Beth Watkins, a museum professional and popular Bollywood blogger and film enthusiast. She goes by @bethlovesbolly on Twitter.
Beth is a treasure trove of film trivia and Bollywood films in general. We talk to her about how she got into Bollywood, what you should watch if you want to start watching Bollywood films, and we play our “Guess the inspiration” game with her.
But most importantly, we talk about her amazing Bollywood family trees — the Kapoors, the Mukherjees, and many others — in which she finds links between several big Bollywood families and dynasties. Also, Satyajit Ray.
As always, show notes and references are on our website.
#10 - In Dialogue with Ira Mukhoty, author of books on amazing Indian women from the Mughal era and beyond
#9 - Cricket in the US, the origin of filter coffee, and a desi man who was America’s first celebrity chef
#8 - India's first car, a South Asian goes viral in 1950s America, and the story of a South African snack
#6 - The origins of Indo-Chinese food, Punjabi-Mexicans, and an Indian spy who fought the Nazis
#5 - In Dialogue with Krish Ashok, the author of Masala Lab, a book on the science behind desi cooking
#4 - Bollywood-Hollywood "inspirations", the world's first female head of state, and samosas
#3 - A rebel queen from Tamil Nadu, English words that are not really English, and how the British got desis addicted to chai
#2 - Jewish origins of Bollywood, an African military mastermind in India, and millets
#1 - Gin and tonics, the world's first vaccines in India and why hill stations exist
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