King Richard (2021) v. Dangal (2016)

King Richard (2021) v. Dangal (2016)

A special Father's Day episode: In King Richard and in Dangal, filmmakers respectively dramatized the true stories of American tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams and Indian wrestling phenoms Geeta and Babita Phogat, and their ambitious coaching fathers. Sports! Feminism! Weird dads! The Hollywood Versus Bollywood theme song includes excerpts from "Samuel Corwin - A Man Approaches with Bowed Sitar, Rishikesh," used pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, and from "Electronic Groovy Beat - Bang Baby," used pursuant to Pixabay Content License.

Three Amigos (1986) v. Sholay (1975)

John Landis' classic comedy Three Amigos faces off against the thematically similar Bollwyood classic Sholay! Heroes! Six-shooters! Bandits / dacoits! The Hollywood Versus Bollywood theme song includes excerpts from "Samuel Corwin - A Man Approaches with Bowed Sitar, Rishikesh," used pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, and from "Electronic Groovy Beat - Bang Baby," used pursuant to Pixabay Content License.