Podcasts by Cut to Scene!

Episode 20: The Trial of The Chicago Seven -- Fight for the Right to Fight from 2020-11-08T15:04:02

We're back after a brief break, and we fanboy over Aaron Sorkin for 100 minutes.

We discuss Sorkin's latest venture The Trial of The Chicago Seven, featuring a stellar ensembl...

Episode 19: Ankur -- Seedlings of Alternative Indian Cinema from 2020-10-16T13:10

We venture into challenging territory and talk about Shyam Benegal's first film --- Ankur!

Ankur is a 1974 film that is said to have heralded in the era of alternative cinema ...

Episode 18: Inside Llewyn Davis -- Marinating in melancholy from 2020-10-09T14:02:08

We discuss Coen Brothers' 2013 film Inside Llewyn Davis, starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, a cat and others!

Inside Llewyn Davis tells the story of a st...

Episode 17: Rang De Basanti -- Stay Ignorant Stay Foolish from 2020-10-02T09:40:58

On the eve of Bhagat Singh and Gandhi's birth anniversaries, we discuss Rang De Basanti!

Rang De Basanti is a 2006 film written by Kamlesh Pandey and directed by Rakeysh Ompra...

Episode 16: Unreserved, Kazwa and Borderlands -- Non-fiction films feat. director Samarth Mahajan from 2020-09-18T12:33:27

On this guest episode, we venture into new territory -- non-fiction films! We are joined by national-award winning filmmaker Samarth Mahajan, director of films like The Unreserved, Kazwa, and th...

Episode 15: Capernaum -- Childhood and (lack of) Innocence from 2020-09-11T08:30

This episode is the one we enjoyed recording the most!

We talk about Capernaum, a 2018 Lebanese Arabic language film co-written and directed by Nadine Labaki, with the other w...

Episode 14: Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! -- Mis-hit or Masterpiece? from 2020-09-04T11:59:43

We talk about the 2008 heist caper Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, written by Urmi Juvekar and co-written, directed by Dibakar Banerjee!

We discuss Dibakar's filmography in some detail...

Episode 13: Eighth Grade -- Growing Up in the Snapchat Generation from 2020-08-28T08:36:55

We invite our friend Vamika over to discuss comedian Bo Burnham's writing-directing debut -- Eighth Grade!

Eighth Grade stars Elsie Fisher as an early teen on the verge of ent...

Episode 12: Before Sunrise -- Love as Happenstance from 2020-08-21T13:42:45

In what is our most rambly episode to date, we discuss Before Sunrise, a 1995 film written by Richard Linklater and Kim Krazin and directed by Linklater. It stars Ethan Hawke, julie Delpy and th...

Episode 11: Gulaal -- Kashyap and Politics from 2020-08-14T15:18:58

We invited Prasad Deshmukh, a friend and cinemaholic, to discuss what is (was?) his favourite film -- Gulaal!

Gulaal is a 2009 film written by Raj Singh Chaudhary and co-writt...

Episode 10 : Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri from 2020-08-07T08:30

Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri is a 2017 film written and directed by Martin McDonagh, which also earned its actors Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell Academy awards. It also stars Wo...

Episode 9 : Monsoon Wedding from 2020-07-31T08:30

Monsoon Wedding is that one brilliant film you’ve probably heard about but not watched.

Monsoon Wedding is written by Sabrina Dhawan and directed by Mira Nair. We delve into w...

Episode 8 : Delhi Belly from 2020-07-24T08:30

Delhi Belly proved that potty jokes can be made artsy!

We talk about Delhi Belly, a 2011 film written by Akshat Verma and directed by Abhinay Deo. We talk how the film broke s...

Episode 6.2 : Chintu ka Birthday with co-writer director Satyanshu Singh (contd.) from 2020-07-10T07:28:57

This is the second in a two-part conversation on Chintu ka Birthday. Please make sure to listen to Episode 6.1 before you dive in!

Welcome to our first guest episode! We discu...

Episode 6.1 : Chintu ka Birthday with co-writer director Satyanshu Singh from 2020-07-10T07:25:25

Welcome to our first guest episode! We discuss Chintu ka Birthday with the co-writer-director of the film Satyanshu Singh! Satyanshu Sir tells us about his "film school", and talks about the tec...

Episode 5 : Black Swan from 2020-07-03T06:43:40

Black Swan is Devansh's most favourite film ever!

In our discussion on Black Swan directed by Darren Aronofsky, we discuss the theme of surrealism present across Aronofsky's f...

Episode 4 : Sonchiriya from 2020-06-26T07:45:13

Our fourth episode was in fact recorded along with our first episode on Portrait of a Lady on Fire.  We discuss Sonchiriya, written by Sudip Sharma and co-written and directed by Abhishek C...

Episode 3 : Baby Driver from 2020-06-19T08:58:34

Baby Driver is what you get when you combine fast cars and good old adrenaline-inducing action sequences with a highly original visual style of an auteur!

In this epi...

Episode 2 : Masaan from 2020-06-12T09:30

zindagī kyā hai anāsir meñ zuhūr-e-tartīb

maut kyā hai inhīñ ajzā kā pareshāñ honā

~ Brij Narayan 'Chakbast'

In this episode, we dive into one ...

Episode 1 : Portrait of a Lady on Fire from 2020-06-05T12:29:16

Welcome to Cut to Scene!

In our premiere episode, we discuss the Palme d'Or nominated French historical drama Portrait of a Lady on Fire, written and directed by Céline ...