Baadshah | Has It Aged Well? Ft. Dhruv Deshpande

Put on your chipkali shoes, grab a walnut and make sure your owl eyes are in place because this week we're talking about the mad Shahrukh Khan comic caper from 1999 Baadshah. Joining Urjita and Abbas for the episode is (not Mastaan) screenwriter Dhruv Deshpande. Topics discussed include: The comedic actors of the 90s and why Bollywood ran out of them, is this movie a spoof?, why this film works despite being "inspired" by half a dozen Hollywood films, The SRK-Johnny Lever chemistry, Twinkle Khanna's weird hairstyle choices, the iconic comedic set pieces of the film. Gayatri Bachchan's real-life inspiration(?), Amrish Puri being Amrish Puri and a lot lot more. Chapters: 00:00 - Introductions 05:08 - Break 1 06:28 - First Memories 07:29 - Plot Recap 11:05 - The Universe of Abbas Mustan Rip Offs 12:11 - Why Baadshah was Ahead of its Time 18:23 - The Club Scene 19:16 - Does Bollywood Copy Hollywood? 21:42 - Bollywood Comedy Actors 27:02 - Baadshah: A Spoof? 31:43 - Baadshah's Office Being A Floating Set 33:01 - Some Funny Jokes 35:10 - Break 2 36:51 - Neeraj Vora 39:08 - Twinkle Khanna 42:17 - Urjita's Impossible Quiz 45:16 - Sharat Saxena 50:30 - Twinkle Khanna & Shah Rukh Arc 51:36 - Johnny Lever 52:32 - The Akhrot Thing & Plot Twists 56:44 - Writing in Baadshah 58:44 - Rewatchibility Scale 01:02:00 - Goodbye Follow Dhruv on instagram here:   / dhruvdeshpande   Check out Dhruv's vlogs from the north-east on his Youtube channel:    / @dhruvdeshpande   Watch Urjita's stand-up & subscribe to her channel:    • Inter Caste Love Story | Standup Comedy by...   Follow Abbas here:   / abbasmomin   For more fun pop culture stuff from the IVM team subscribe to the IVM Pop feed and also check out our YouTube channel:    / @ivmpop   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.