Shah Rukh Khan finally returned to theatres after an absence of four years, and perhaps to make up for lost time, audiences got not one or two but three films headlined by him in 2023: Pathaan, Jawan, and Dunki.
And so, for the inaugural episode of this podcast, I thought it’d be a good idea to talk about Shah Rukh, the year he had, and just how much of it is an actual return to form.
Joining me are Srilekha Mitra and Dhruv Krishna Goyal, avid cinephiles and cinema writers both.
Hope you enjoy the slightly ramble-y episode, and come back for more!
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The Guests:
1. Srilekha Mitra describes herself as ‘an overthinking cinephilewho occasionally seeks refuge in poetry’, and as someone ‘whose world revolves around three Fs: films, football, and food’. She has written for publications like Film Companion, Youth Ki Awaaz, Feminism in India, The Red Sparrow, High on Films, Poems in India, and Women’s Web. Follow her on Letterboxd and Instagram.
2. Dhruv Krishna Goyal holds a Master’s in Cinema Studiesfrom [redacted], spends his time writing about cinema at In Review Online and on his blog “Terminal Cinema”, and co-edits the podcast “Queen is Dead”. Follow him on Letterboxd and Instagram.
The Host:
Varun Oak-Bhakay has a Master’s in English Literature and the written word – consumption and production of it – is still rather close to him, but he’s had a fascination with cinema since the mid-2010s, which has led to a blog (“Cinephile Stock”), a newsletter that he hopes to revive (“Dispatches from a Dark Room”), and now this podcast. You can follow his interactions with cinema on Letterboxd and on Instagram as well.
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