S05E5: Silsila (1981) - Top 10 Love Triangles

Silsila is a 1981 Indian Hindi romantic drama film directed by Yash Chopra. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Rekha, Shashi Kapoor and Sanjeev Kumar. Amit (Amitabh Bachchan) a poet decides to bury his past life along with his love for Chandni (Rekha) when he meets Shobha (Jaya Bachchan). Shobha's life has come to a standstill after her fiancé and Amit's brother Shekhar (Shashi Kapoor) dies in a plane crash. Amit had only come to mourn the death of his brother with Shobha but ends up sacrificing his own love and life in an attempt to give Shobha a new lease of life. When fate brings Amit and Chandni face to face again, both are married to different people - but neither can ignore their feelings for each other. (Source: IMDb) You can listen and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes / Stitcher / TuneIn or on YouTube. You can also listen to this episode right here on this player below.

Podcast Episode Summary:
  • We talk about THE biggest casting coup that ever was in Bollywood

  • We talk about Amitabh's swagger and specifically the 70s and the 80s Amitabh

  • We talk about just the beauty of all the cast involved
Quotables:


If this is not a love story..I don't know what is - Flo

You know how when you love something so much ..you have no words and you feel like a giggly teenager - Flo

If this is not sex on screen, I don't know what is - Tanvi

This affair refuses to die - Tanvi

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