109: Coolies Nos 1s with Asim Burney

We welcome back fellow podcaster Asim Burney to discuss two identical David Dhawan comedies made 25 years apart.  Show Notes: Welcome Asim Burney of Upodcast and Khandaan Judwaa episode Twitter’s gonna hate Should remakes exist at all? Coolie No. 1 (1995) How much ownership does Govinda have? Comparisons to Jim Carrey and Umer Shareef The songs are all bangers: “Coolie No. 1,” “Main Toh Raste Se Ja Raha Tha,” “Aa Jaana Aa jaana,” “Jeth Ki Dopahri Mein,” and “Tere Pyar Mein” Govinda, style icon (INTERVAL (“Husn Hai Suhana” from Coolie No. 1) “Remember The Time” Coolie No. 1 (2020) Things we liked Can we stop with fat jokes already? Varun Dhawan is a star Songs: “Teri Bhabhi,” “Mirchi Lagi Toh,” “MummyKassam,” and “Husnn Hai Suhaana New” Coolie Can we also stop with the crossdressing comedy? Mint chocolate ice cream is for someone, but not for us NEXT TIME: 2020 year end review Bollywood is For Lovers is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network Listen to Edmonton City as Museum Project Check out Park Power Find us on Apple Podcasts! and Stitcher! and audioBoom! and iHeartRadio! and Spotify! and Google Podcasts! Thank you to Becca Dalke for the artwork! #CoolieNo1, #CoolieNumber1, #DavidDhawan, #Govinda, #KarismaKapoor. #HarishKumar, #Kanchan, #KaderKhan, #ShaktiKapoor, #SadashivAmrapukar, #VarunDhawan, #Varundhawan, #SaraAliKhan, #PareshRawal, #JavedJeffrey, #RajpalYadav, #JohnnyLever, #SahilVaid, #ShikhaTalsania, #Bollywood, #HindiCinema