149: Two wives, or two brothers? Daag and Deewaar

<div>We return to the career of Yash Chopra with two iconic mid-70s blockbusters: one, the first film to carry the YRF name and the other, maybe the most influential Bollywood film ever made.<br> <br> Show notes:</div> <ul> <li>Past Yash Chopra films we have discussed: <a href="https://href.li/?https://audioboom.com/posts/8247579-netflix-and-dil-high-and-low-cinema-marte-dum-tak-and-the-romantics">Netflix and Dil: High and Low - <em>Cinema Marte Dum Tak</em> and <em>The Romantics</em></a> and <a href="https://href.li/?https://audioboom.com/posts/7268791-yaasssh-chopra-lamhe-veer-zaara-with-manish-mathur">Yaasssh Chopra: <em>Lamhe</em> &amp; <em>Veer-Zaara</em> with Manish Mathur</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanjeer_(1973_film)"><em>Zanjeer</em></a> and the Angry Young Man</li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yash_Chopra">Yash Chopra</a></li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajesh_Khanna">Rajesh Khanna</a></li> <li> <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yash_Chopra">Thomas Hardy</a> and the cad awareness book</li> <li>"<a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/HB10eO9cYTY?si=2PviOOogNaIwZEv8">Ab Chahe Maa Roothe</a>"</li> <li>Comparisons to <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Sirk">Douglas Sirk</a> </li> </ul> <div>INTERVAL ("<a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/OiTrVNa6x00?si=CEesB5fApMmQzrLz">Ni Main Yaar Manana Ni</a>" from <em>Daag</em>)<br> <br> </div> <ul> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deewaar"><em>Deewaar</em></a></li> <li> <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunga_Jumna"><em>Gunga Jumna</em></a> and <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_India"><em>Mother India</em></a> </li> <li>Matt is the evil brother</li> <li>Influences on <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Hong_Kong">Hong Kong cinema</a> and <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sl