The Awful & Awesome Entertainment Wrap

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction02:19 - Subscriber letters04:55 - The Family Man Season 213:54 - Subscriber letters15:35 - Sunflower31:37 - Subscriber letters35:01 - Dobara Alvida45:53 - Subscriber letters47:44 - Danish road safety ad51:25 - Subscriber lettersWhile talking about the short film Dobara Alvida:Rajyasree: This film was not good, to put it mildly, but I watched the full thing. It’s about...Abhinandan: It’s 25 minutes. “I watched the full thing”, as if you’ve run a marathon. Even I watched it!Rajyasree: It seemed like two and a half hours, na.Abhinandan: The biggest show slacker of the world has watched it so it’s not some sort of an achievement.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss web series Sunflower and the second season of The Family Man; Royal Stag’s short film Dobara Alvida; and a Danish road safety ad.Can’t get enough of this podcast? Click here to get the Pop’d newsletter in your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction03:12 - Subscriber letters04:37 - Indian Summer School16:46 - Maharani31:42 - Tape of You by Baba Sehgal36:50 - Subscriber letters39:07 - The Mauritanian55:19 - Subscriber letters57:54 - Licious ad and Peugeot ad01:01:07 - Subscriber lettersWhile reading a letter from a subscriber:Abhinandan: “Abhinandan, I’m a huge fan of yours. I wish I was as articulate and funny as you.”Rajyasree: Articulate?Abhinandan: Clearly, Rajyasree...Rajyasree: Oh, she doesn’t know the meaning of articulate. I’ll just... Abhinandan: She doesn’t know the meaning?Rajyasree: “Articulate” is not...You’re misusing the word.Abhinandan: The word you are looking for is?Rajyasree: Obnoxious!Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the film The Mauritanian; web series Maharani; Channel 4 docuseries Indian Summer School; Baba Sehgal’s Tape of You; the Licious ad featuring Anil Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor; and the Peugeot ad featuring Novak Djokovic.PS: Don’t miss Abhinandan’s version of Shape of You.Can’t get enough of this podcast? Click here to get the Pop’d newsletter in your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction03:25 - Friends: The Reunion23:10 - Subscriber letters37:54 - Season 3 of Master of None 43:42 - Mare of Easttown51:07 - Subscriber letters56:15 - Another Round1:08:06 - Subscriber letters1:13:46 - Cred ad1:15:56 - Subscriber lettersTalking about the reunion of the TV series Friends.Abhinandan: Did you like it, Rajyasree Sen?Rajyasree: I liked it! In fact, I shed a tear here and there also. Maybe I shed tears quite easily when I watch stuff.Abhinandan: Rajyasree, you shed tears in Ajay Devgan and, what’s his name, Akshay Kumar’s film, so don’t give me that.Rajyasree: No, don’t lie. Which Ajay Devgan and Akshay Kumar film?Abhinandan: We’ve discussed this many times on the same podcast. Let's not bore our audience.Rajyasree: No, I cried in Chennai Express.Abhinandan: That I can still understand because Deepika Padukone’s performances are also very moving so.Rajyasree: (Laughs.)Abhinandan: But you’ve cried in every film we watched so when you say “I shed a tear” it’s like “I breathe”.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the reunion of the iconic TV show Friends; web series Mare of Easttown; Season 3 of Master of None; Danish film Another Round; and the new Cred ad.Can’t get enough of this podcast? Click here to get the Pop’d newsletter in your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction03:18 - Asuran12:17 - Army of the Dead24:52 - Subscriber letters29:03 - Music directors 47:34 - Alma Matters: Inside the IIT Dream1:00:27 - Subscriber letters1:05:43 - Eurovision Song Contest 20211:09:44 - Subscriber letters1:10:57 - Greenpeace adTalking about the last scene in the film Army of the Dead and Huma Qureshi’s character:Abhinandan: I’m shocked people watched this filmRajyasree: (Laughs) I liked it!   Abhinandan: I’m very sad that Huma did this.Rajyasree: I was thinking of you because I know of your fondness for Huma Qureshi. Now explain this to me: they rescue her in the helicopter, then what? Where did she go? She just vanished. Last scene there’s no Huma Qureshi.Abhinandan: She was taking a breather maybe.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Asuran and Army of the Dead; Netflix series Alma Matters; the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, and Greenpeace UK ad. They also pay tribute to three music directors – Shravan Rathod, Raamlaxman and Vanraj Bhatia.PS: Abhinandan also talks about when he met Dave Bautista.Can’t get enough of this podcast? Click here to get the Pop’d newsletter in your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction01:44 - BRIT Awards08:21 - Subscriber letters11:13 - Radhe21:53 - The Sons of Sam31:04 - Subscriber letters38:23 - Minari52:22 - Subscriber letters59:16 - Halston1:04:07 - Subscriber letters1:07:18 - Enjoy Enjaami by Dhee ft. AruviTalking about the film Radhe:Rajyashree: I booked the film. I have paid two hundred and forty five rupees, I think.Abhinandan: You are not getting reimbursed by Newslaundry.Rajyasree: Are you not going to reimburse me for this because I think I need some therapy after this also. Abhinandan: No chance. I am not reimbursing you for either therapy or the ticket, if it’s self-inflicted.Rajyasree: I need therapy for putting up with you also.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Radhe, Halston, and Oscar winner Minari; the web series The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness and Halston; the latest Tamil song Enjoy Enjaami, and The BRIT Awards 2021.Can’t get enough of this podcast? Click here to get the Pop’d newsletter in your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction03:47 - Nomadland16:15 - Subscriber letters22:16 - Mandela31:42 - Tourism ad35:12 - Subscriber letters38:50 - Usha ad43:26 - The Disciple54:32 - Subscriber letters56:07 - Payal RohatgiWhile talking about the character Fern in Nomadland:Abhinandan: See now! If I was a plant, if I was a tree, I would be a soli-tree. (laughs) But you see… Rajyasree: This is why you’re solitary, na. Because you crack these jokes. Abhinandan: So, everyone leaves. They say “live on your own”. Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Mandela, The Disciple and Oscar winner Nomadland; the Switzerland tourism ad featuring Roger Federer and Robert De Niro, and more.Can’t get enough of this podcast? Click here to get the Pop’d newsletter in your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction01:33 - Subscriber letters05:46 - Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi19:41 - Two Distant Strangers31:19 - Subscriber Letters36:32 - Colette43:16 - Rajshree Elaichi ad46:28 - Burger King ad48:00 - Subscriber letters53:15 - Rajyasree’s artwork58:52 - Searching For Sheela (teaser)1:11:18 - Subscriber lettersWhile talking about Rajshree Elaichi ad:Abhinandan: This is a very old company and we will let you into the secret now. Actually, Rajyasree was named after this elaichi. (laughs)Rajyasree: of course! My parents... (mocks Abhinandan’s laugh). I’m like Rajshree elaichi, I’m fun and spunky!Abhinandan: And you should be put into boiling tea.Rajyasree: And I can give you mouth cancer also.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the film Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi; Oscar-winning films Two Distant Strangers and Colette; the teaser of Searching For Sheela, and more.Can’t get enough of this podcast? Click here to get the Pop’d newsletter in your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction04:08 - CarDekho ad08:30 - Swayam ad11:10 - Glucon-D ads12:48 - Ajeeb Daastaans25:59 - Subscriber letters32:50 - Star vs Food38:36 - Judas and the Black Messiah50:32 - Letters from listeners54:15 - Bhima Jewellers ad57:54 - Faraar by Gurinder Gill 1:00:30 - Kehnde Rehnde by Neha BhasinWhile talking about getting ‘triggered’:Abhinandan: I have sometimes started using that word. I think I sometimes use it absolutely incorrectly.Rajyasree: Like when you do something, you say, “I triggered.”Abhinandan: Earlier, I used to tell people, “Don’t piss me off.” Now, I say, “You’re triggering me.”Rajyasree: (laughs) Next fight we have, I want you to tell me, “Rajyasree, you’re triggering me.” I’ll bloody just shoot you, I think, if you say this.Abhinandan: Don’t make a joke of everything. Don’t mock. You have some shame!Rajyasree: Then what is left in this friendship if I’m not going to mock you?Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the film Judas and the Black Messiah; film anthology Ajeeb Daastaans; celebrity cooking show Star vs Food, and many songs and commercials.Can’t get enough of this podcast? Click here to get the Pop’d newsletter in your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking about Joji: Abhinandan: Have you seen the second part of Joji? Rajyasree: No, say it...joke bata hi do aap. Abhinandan: The second part of Joji is Ta Vahi Sikandar. Rajyasree: (Gasps) This is the problem...These are all the side effects of taking the shot (Covid vaccine), I realised. Your humour has become even worse. Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films The Big Bull and Joji; Netflix documentary Seaspiracy; the Cred advertisement featuring Rahul Dravid, and more. Can’t get enough of this podcast? Click here to get the Pop’d newsletter in your inbox.Awful and Awesome letters: A brief history of Zack Snyder's Justice LeagueTimecodes0:08 - Introduction4:12 - The Big Bull17:17 - Seaspiracy29:35 - Letters from listeners36:42 - Joji46:40 - Letters from listeners52:32 - Brooklyn 99 Season 754:51 - Cred advertisement 58:44 - Letters from listeners 1:05:31 - ConclusionReferences The Big BullSeaspiracyMichael Moore Blackfish JojiDerry GirlsCred (Rahul Dravid)Cred (Jackie Shroff) Brooklyn 99 (Season 7) Mere Pyaar Ki Umar Ho Itni SanamDidi O Didi Newslaundry’s Hindi website and Hindi newsletterRecorded by Dhyanesh Vaishnav, produced by Parikshit Sanyal and edited by Umrav Singh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 Introduction03:05 Letters from listeners 07:57 Tenet18:48 The Great Indian Kitchen31:44 Letter from listeners36:43 Sudani from Nigeria44:21 The Serpent54:27 Letter from listeners58:15 & Jara Hatke1:05:39 Dancing With The Devil1:11:21 Mrs Sri Lanka pageant1:14:15 Google adTalking about The Great Indian Kitchen in light of the “time inversion” concept from Christopher Nolan’s Tenet:Rajyasree: I did not see why it was so great because...Abhinandan: You may not have understood it.Rajyasree: No, full I understood, okay. It has subtitles. Abhinandan: I’m being patronising again.Rajyasree: Again.Abhinandan: Like Tenet, this is also...Rajyasree: This is also temporal, she’s gonna walk in through the other door and that drumstick will not be chewed up. Abhinandan: She uncooks. Instead of cooking she’s uncooking.Rajyasree: So, she uncooks this bad lie that she has.Abhinandan: (laughing) So, instead of an anda...Rajyasree: You sound very bad, it better be a good joke.Abhinandan: Instead of making anda she’s making da, because she’s undone the anda so it becomes da.Rajyasree: I’m so thankful that you don’t have a humour podcast. At one point, so that everyone knows, Abhinandan thought he could be a standup comic, but all his friends got together and said...Abhinandan: “People will throw andas at you!”Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss Christopher Nolan’s Tenet; Malayalam films The Great Indian Kitchen and Sudani from Nigeria; Marathi film & Jara Hatke; web series The Serpent; documentary series Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, and more.Can’t get enough of this podcast? Click here to get the Pop’d newsletter in your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction01:08 - Kanika Kapoor - 2 Seater Car05:33 - Pagglait20:12 - Subscriber mails23:29 - Operation Varsity Blues32:55 - Subscriber mails36:13 - Zack Snyder’s Justice League51:21 - Subscriber mails53:20 - Disney+ Hotstar VIP ads55:12 - Filmfare AwardsWhile talking about the film Zack Snyder’s Justice League:Abhinandan: Zack Snyder came back, re-shot a lot of it as it’s clear from this film and much of it is CGI, which is computer graphics.Rajyasree: Like you’re saying that because you think that I don’t know what CGI is? Abhinandan: Yeah.Rajyasree: I’ll just hit you with the mic. Why did you say CGI computer graphics?Abhinandan: You may think it’s Chowringhee Institute.Rajyasree: Please! What rubbish. I like the way you explained that.Abhinandan: I’m mansplaining.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Pagglait and Zack Snyder’s Justice League; Netflix documentary Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal; commercials, and more.Song: Rail Gaddi Can’t get enough of this podcast? Click here to get the Pop’d newsletter in your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction02:08 - Letters from listeners05:45 - Tanishq and Vimal ads14:22 - Madam Chief Minister26:33 - Letters from listeners30:38 - The Illegal47:09 - Letters from listeners58:58 - Red Nose Day telethon1:07:03 - 67th National Film AwardsWhile talking about the film The Illegal:Abhinandan: The one thing I liked about this film is that it made me think of...Rajyasree: (laughs) That in itself is a miracle.Abhinandan: Why are you laughing? Rajyasree: “That it made me think.” (laughs) You get the joke?Abhinandan: No.Rajyasree: The film made you think, full stop. Abhinandan: That’s the joke? Rajyasree: That’s the joke! I’m crying with laughter. My allergies and laughter.Abhinandan: Clearly your eyes are allergic to your bad sense of humour.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films The Illegal and Madam Chief Minister; the 67th National Film Awards; the Red Nose Day telethon hosted by Comic Relief; commercials, and more.Can’t get enough of this podcast? Click here to get the Pop’d newsletter in your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction03:43 - Nike ad09:39 - The Married Woman22:13 - Subscriber letters23:01 - Drishyam 1 & 230:57 - Subscriber letters33:36 - My Octopus Teacher47:58 - Subscriber letters59:41 - NCPCR on Bombay BegumsWhile talking about the web series The Married Woman:Rajyasree: But it’s quite progressive. There’s a lot of...Abhinandan: Progressive?! (laughs)Rajyasree: Bahaut hi progressive hai lesbian relationship, then they are kissing and all. I was like nowadays, actresses and all...Abhinandan: You’re such a...you remind me of my dadima. Rajyasree: That’s why I wore a sari today.Abhinandan: “It is very bold. There is kissing, kaafi bold hai.” Dude! How do you talk? I’m the uncle here.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss Malayalam thriller film Drishyam and its sequel Drishyam 2; Netflix documentary film The Octopus Teacher; ZEE5 web series The Married Woman; Nike’s The Toughest Athletes ad, and a lot more.Song: Khyaal Rakhya Kar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction08:03 - Faber ad11:04 - Normal People24:57 - Subscriber letters27:13 - Bombay Begums42:54 - Subscriber letters49:44 - Honest Government ad51:34 - PayTM ad53:43 - Levis ads56:54 - MTV ad58:41 - Subscriber letters1:02:35 - Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan MarkleWhile talking about the Faber dishwasher ad:Rajyasree: Next time, when you’re having those interviews you have every Sunday, where you interview girls [to] get married to? You just ask, “Do you like cooking?” Then she’ll say, “Yes, yes, I make samosa, shepherd’s pie..." You’ll say, “But will you wash the dishes?”Abhinandan: Do you like washing dishes?...That toh she will, but do you like?Rajyasree: That toh she will?!Abhinandan: Because you don’t want to force anyone.Rajyasree: What is “that toh she will”? Tell me. That’s what you have to do if she gets married to you? Khaana de...wo saaf karo! You’re quite an emancipated man, I must say.Abhinandan: So, if I don’t get married, I’m getting a Faber washing machine.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the web series Bombay Begums and Normal People; Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle; advertisements for International Women’s Day, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction02:12 - Subscriber mails07:11 - Kappela16:56 - Allen v Farrow24:55 - Subscriber letters27:42 - Call My Agent32:41 - Subscriber letters39:19 - Prince Harry’s appearance with James Corden43:25 - Dove ad49:55 - Redbull ad 53:41 - Subscriber lettersWhile reading a letter from a subscriber about the song Ei Raat Tomar Amar:Abhinandan: You know, Rajyasree often does this. If I say something about anything like, you know, “This is a dhol"."It was invented in Bengal!”Rajyasree: But most of the things are...your speakers are.Abhinandan: I’ll say sarso ka saag..."It was invented in Bengal."Rajyasree: Sarso was invented in Bengal.Abhinandan: Or if I were to say this is how Sikhs tie their turbans. “They learned it from Bengal.”Rajyasree: The cloth came from Bengal.Abhinandan: But you [subscriber] have actually sent a video clip showing that the original is a Bengali. So you get 10/10.Rajyasree: Proof! Proof! He’s given proof.Abhinandan: Rajyasree, the thing is that you claim everything came from Bengal and you’ve never given me any proof.Rajyasree: Because you don’t need to show proof for the obvious, na? This is like saying do you know the moon is round when it is a full moon.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the film Kappela; Season 4 of web series Call My Agent!; HBO docu series Allen v Farrow, controversies, and commercials. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction02:23 - Subscriber mails03:37 - Yeh Nayan Dare Dare by Amruta Fadnavis07:15 - Hustlers13:49 - I Care a Lot21:50 - Subscriber letters30:24 - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel40:01 - Subscriber letters43:10 - The Girlfriend Experience 47:06 - NHS vaccine ad51:38 - Subscriber lettersWhile talking about the docuseries Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel:Rajyasree: All that this documentary showed me was that people on the internet have a lot of time...Abhinandan: Really?Rajyasree: To band together...Abhinandan: Are you getting the irony of you saying this?...Have a lot of time to watch two shit films...See the metaness of this! So, this four-part series, 50 minutes each, the only thing that demonstrates to you is that people have a lot of time. So, 50×4, 200 minutes you spent in figuring out people on the internet for a long time, while watching on the internet for 200 minutes. Uff, the irony would make Shakespeare proud.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films I Care a Lot and Hustlers; the docuseries Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel; the web series The Girlfriend Experience; Amruta Fadnavis’ song Yeh Nayan Dare Dare, and a lot more. Song: Gabru Ta Vairi Nu Vi Mitha Bolda & Bhabi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction03:38 - Framing Britney Spears21;05 - Subscriber letters30:04 - Soulmates41:21 - Super Bowl 46:00 - Subscriber letters53:29 - Mia Khalifa1:02:02 - Christopher Plummer and Rajiv KapoorWhile talking about Super Bowl commercials:Abhinandan: When the public pays, the public is served, so we don’t want anyone else to bankroll Newslaundry.Rajyasree: But they can at least outfit all of you. Abhinandan: Why, what’s wrong with my outfit?Rajyasree: Nothing. I don’t want to say. Foriegn things you’re wearing. Oh Doon school!Abhinandan: Dude you know, you always make fun of my clothes. She says I’m not a snob. “Nikku, you wear the same clothes every day...” Rajyasree: No, nowadays I’ve said you started dressing up. Abhinandan: “...you have no new clothes, you look like you got out of bed.”Rajyasree: I never say. I say, “Nikku, you’re looking so handsome. I can’t concentrate on the podcast.”Abhinandan: You’re always commenting on “you only have three shirts, you only wear the same shoes. You only have the...”Rajyasree: Do you not wear the top three shirts?Abhinandan: I will wear the same clothes everyday in my life. What goes off anyone’s mother? Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss The New York Times documentary Framing Britney Spears; the web series Soulmates; the lives of Rajiv Kapoor and Christopher Plummer; Super Bowl commercials and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction01:45 - Letters from listeners03:44 - The Dig10:33 - Letters from listeners14:12 - Snowpiercer Season 221:09 - Letters from listeners25:12 - Servant Season 233:21 - Letters from listeners35:13 - Losing Alice43:27 - Letters from listeners48:18 - The Wonder Years52:08 - Rihanna’s tweet on farmer protestsWhile talking about the movie The Dig:Rajyasree: It’s about hope, understanding, accepting death because she has an 11-year-old son... Abhinandan: Raju, are you feeling well? You’re saying these things – hope, understanding – I mean, these are not things that you should be... Rajyasree: I’m very romantic.Abhinandan: You can be romantic but you’re a nasty human being.Rajyasree:  No.Abhinandan:  I mean, these are such positive, empathetic things you’re saying. Menu thodi tension si ho rahi hai. Did you fall?Rajyasree: That’s why you should not leave Delhi and go, I’ve become very mellow when you’re not here.Abhinandan: Tussi dig toh nahi pe? Tuada sir hit one of the tractors, eh?Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the film The Dig; the web series Losing Alice, Season 2 of Snowpiercer and Servant, and a lot more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction03:11 - The White Tiger18:02 - Subscriber mails24:06 - One Night in Miami37:26 - Subscriber mails40:58 - Apollo Tyres ad47:08 - Godzilla vs Kong trailer50:22 - Subscriber mails51:26 - If the World Was Ending by JP Saxe ft. Julia MichaelsWhile talking about the song If The World Was Ending by JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels:Abhinandan: Have you checked what this generation is called? It is called Gen Z, I was right.Rajyasree: No no, it’s incorrect. [reading out] “Gen Z, colloquially known as Zoomers, is the demographic succeeding millennials and preceding Generation Alpha.” That’s why I’m looking confused. I’m not understanding these words. “Researchers use the mid to late 1990s..." – no, no, we were not mid to late 1990s –  “as starting birth years and the early 2010s as..." Okay, you’re correct!Abhinandan: Oh my God! How am I correct? Rajyasree: I don’t know, you must’ve cheated and looked at it, that’s why.Abhinandan: Like every other time? Must be that.Rajyasree: But notice how I said you’re correct? Abhinandan: And I saw how it took everything out of you to say that.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films The White Tiger and One Night in Miami; the trailer of Godzilla vs Kong; the Apollo Tyres commercial, and more.Song: Kalla Sohna Nai Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction03:12 - Tribhanga15:16 - Tandav26:14 - Letters from listeners30:50 - Tiger51:43 - Letters from listeners54:27 - Tandav and Mirzapur controversyWhile talking about the Tiger Woods documentary:Rajyasree: It’s a two-part documentary so it’s not that long. I think each part is one and a half hours or so. And... Abhinandan: It’s not about the Panthera tigris?Rajyasree: Why? You did Google just now and found Panthera tigris?Abhinandan: No. I know that’s what the biological name for a tiger is. Just like the biological name of a frog is Rana tigrina. Did you know that?Rajyasree: You’re very well-informed. You’re a biologist? A naturalist?Abhinandan: No, I remember all of this.Rajyasree: You’re a natural pain, that’s what you are. Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the film Tribhanga - Tedhi Medhi Crazy; Amazon web series Tandav; HBO’s Tiger Woods documentary Tiger; and more.Song: Duji Vaar Pyar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction03:58 - Tour de Pharmacy13:24 - Nail Polish23:49 - Is Love Enough? Sir42:24 - Amul ad47:14 - Freakonomics 51:21 - Letter from a listener53:44 - Arnold Schwarzenegger’s messageWhile talking about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s video message:Abhinandan: When I was a child, inside a cupboard I had a full collage of Arnie...which explains my body also.Rajyasree: That’s why you look like Arnie!Abhinandan: My body is, yeah.Rajyasree: You know, when I turn around and I’m hanging around with Abhinandan, I turn, just for a second I think (gasp), Arnie! Then I realise oh, it’s just Abhinandan. Idiot... Abhinandan: Yeah. At least I don’t say, ‘Oh my God, I’ve worked out for one hour, I think I’m looking like Cindy Crawford.’ Who said that, Rajyasree Sen?Rajyasree: I don’t know, Abhinandan. Who are these people you know?Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Is Love Enough? Sir and Nail Polish; 2017 mockumentary Tour de Pharmacy; Amul's greeting for new parents Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma; the Freakonomics Radio podcast Does Advertising Actually Work?, and Anold Schwarzenegger’s video message condemning the attack on the US Capitol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes00:01 - Introduction01:29 - AK vs AK12:36 - The Midnight Sky24:31 - Subscriber letters34:14 - Criminal Justice40:27 - CRED ad43:33 - Subscriber letters48:36 - Trailer of Madam Chief Minister54:05 - Death to 20201:06:27 - Subscriber lettersWhile talking about The Midnight Sky:Rajyasree: George Clooney has...I was going to say directorial debut, but it’s not. He’s directed Midnight Sky which is...Abhinandan: But you can say it’s a debut. How does it matter? I don’t think you let facts get in the way of your sentences. Rajyasree: (mocks Abhinandan laughing) That’s you, not me. Idiot! Huh...What is your new year resolution? You have to be nice to me for half an hour at a stretch everyday. Can you manage that?Abhinandan: That means I have to deal with you for half an hour everyday?Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films AK vs AK and The Midnight Sky; the British mockumentary Death to 2020; web series Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors; the trailer of Madam Chief Minister; and CRED advertisement featuring Jackie Shroff.Song: Jatt 24 Carat Da Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timestamps00:01 - Introduction01:29 - A Call to Spy12:10 - Mank28:50 - Letters from listeners37:28 - The Wilds47:46 - Letters from listeners51:09 - Swipe56:25 - Letters from listeners1:01:27 - Smiths City adTalking about Noor Inayat Khan, played by Radhika Apte in A Call to Spy:Rajyasree: One of her parents was Indian and she was a pacifist. So all those things...Abhinandan: She was a what?Rajyasree: A pacifist. She doesn’t believe in… a, like a baby pacifier, but a pacifist.Abhinandan: Ok, who believes in Pacific Ocean?Rajyasree: Haa like she used to swim in the Pacific Ocean, so she was a pacifist.Abhinandan: She was deep. I’m more of an Atlantist.Rajyasree: Yeah, I’m also someone known as an Atlantist you know.Abhinandan: You’re a bloody Hoogliest. Which is dirty and full of fish!Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the historical drama A Call to Spy; David Fincher’s Mank; Amazon series The Wilds; Pakistani animated short film Swipe; and Smiths City’s whiteware commercial.Song: Vanjhali Waja Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timestamps00:01 - Introduction06:13 - Jallikattu 25:08 - Quiz34:13 - Letters from listeners39:39 - Bhaag Beanie Bhaag50:44 - Letters from listeners57:10 - Girl like me by BEP ft. Shakira1:00:18 - Bob Dylan sells his entire songwriting catalog1:03:00 - Letters from listeners1:05:18 - Doc Morris ad1:07:30 - Diljit Dosanjh and Kangana Ranaut's twitter clashTalking about the Netflix series Bhaag Beanie Bhaag:Abhinandan: Rajyasree, what was your calling in life? I mean what would be your Beanie moment where you could just say, “I’m going to go pursue my dream!” Rajyasree: I wanted to work with animals. I wanted to work at the… Abhinandan: Oh, in the kitchen you keep killing them and cooking them.Rajyasree: That way only I was working. If I was given a job at the Gerald Durrell, this thing, there’s a sanctuary that’s there, like a zoo, I would have worked over there. Where the full island… Abhinandan: What would you have done?Rajyasree: I would have looked after the Pandas. I’d be like Tiger King.Abhinandan: You would’ve what? Hug the Pandas? Like what is the work? I mean just being something… Rajyasree: No, no, you hugging Pandas is also a job. I can be a Panda nanny.Abhinandan: Panda nanny nahi panny. Acha theek hai ji! You know I always wanted to be a dancer. Now at my age you can’t coz you’re old.Rajyasree: You can still be! Why don’t you raise money for Newslaundry by having a channel which is Nikku dancing and people will pay money to watch you dance more and more and that money will then… Abhinandan: Jab tak paise chalenge basanti ke pao chalenge type?Rajyasree: Haa, like that!Abhinandan: Jude, what do you say? Jude, can we visualise a show like this?Jude: No.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the Malayalam film Jallikattu; Netflix series Bhaag Beanie Bhaag; game show scandal miniseries Quiz; Black Eyed Peas’ new track Girl Like Me featuring Shakira; Bob Dylan selling his songwriting catalog to Universal Music; and Doc Morris Christmas ad.Song: Rooh by Tej Gill Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timestamps00:01 - Introduction05:02 - Hillbilly Elegy16:47 - Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives30:18 - Subscriber letters34:31 - Tinder ad38:17 - RC Cola ad40:16 - Coolie No. 1 trailerTalking about Tinder’s new ad campaign:Rajyasree: So by midnight tonight, guys, y’all can search for Abhinandan on Tinder, and please reach out to him. He will be in the pre-section because he’s too cheap to pay for Tinder Gold.Abhinandan: I’m not going to pay for a date, ya. That’s not good for your self-esteem, paying for your date. That’s not nice.  Rajyasree: Then also you’re not guaranteed a date. And if you are guaranteed a date, there’s no guarantee it’s not a stalker or a psycho, so there are no guarantees over here.Abhinandan: Beta, that guarantee is not there in life only yaar, forget Tinder. Matlab psychos aur stalkers are not just an online phenomena.Rajyasree: But Tinder India, there's a swadesi button also, so all your rightwing guys who get no action in real life, when they go on the Tinder rightwing version also they still get no action because no one… Abhinandan: Are you joking or you’re serious?Rajyasree: I’m kidding.Abhinandan: I was like “dude, are you serious?”. That’s intense.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss Ron Howard’s film Hillbilly Elegy; the Netflix reality series Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives; the trailer of Coolie No. 1, a remake of David Dhawan’s 1995 hit; RC Cola commercial and Tinder’s ad campaign 'In our Own Way'.Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timestamps00:01 - Introduction01:16 - Subscriber letters07:35 - Boy Erased18:04 - Subscriber letters21:34 - Bichhoo Ka Khel28:48 - Subscriber letters33:25 - The Life Ahead43:25 - Subscriber letters50:13 - Bingo ad controversy54:36 - Dollar Ultra ad1:00:55 - If Anything Happens I Love YouTalking about the children Madame Rosa, a holocaust survivor, takes care of while discussing The Life Ahead:Rajyasree: Tell me, a one-and-a-half-year-old will walk around without any assistance? Won’t they fall down?Abhinandan: It depends. Some may, some may not. I mean some of us started walking much later, but when we started...Rajyasree: When did you start walking?Abhinandan: Maybe at two. Before that I was too fat to walk.Rajyasree: What rubbish, absolutely! I was walking at five months.Abhinandan: Yeah, you were born walking. You walked out of your mother’s womb... Rajyasree: I was writing a novel!Abhinandan: And said, “Hey doc, what’s up? I’m Rajyasree Sen. I’m cooler than anybody else. I am an expert on everything from plumbing to coding, so don’t mess with me!”Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Boy Erased and The Life Ahead; the TV series Bicchoo Ka Khel; the animated short film If Anything Happens I Love You; the 48th International Emmy Awards, and ad controversies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timestamps:00:00 - Introduction03:38 - Subscriber letters07:15 - Ludo26:41 - HP ad31:59 - LG ad34:38 - The Crown Season 445:50 - Subscriber letters47:57 - Soumitra Chatterjee58:06 - Facebook ad1:02:35 - Subscriber letters1:04:20 - Soorarai PottruWhile discussing a scene from Ludo, where six-year-old Mini's parents must choose between retaining their house help or keeping their pet dog:Abhinandan: The moral of the story is you must know how to cook.Rajyasree: That’s what! That’s why I cook, na, so that no one can… Abhinandan: That’s why I never tell anyone to pick anyone between that person and me because I know I’ll never be picked because I don't know how to cook.Rajyasree: Because I don’t know what quality contribution...Yours will be to shout at the person.Abhinandan: That I can. I can offer that facility.Rajyasree: Different pitches you can do it in.Abhinandan: I can offer that facility. Regular yelling I can do.Rajyasree: And a few punches now and then also.Abhinandan: That I don’t indulge in but you can keep spreading rumours. But now the good thing is that you have such little credibility, no one believes in anything you say.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Ludo and Soorarai Pottru; Season 4 of the Netflix original The Crown; the works of Soumitra Chatterjee; and a lot more.Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timestamps:00:00 - Introduction03:50 - Laxmii16:18 - Subscriber letters18:29 - First Man25:36 - Tanishq Diwali ad controversy29:09 - Senco Aham ad featuring Sourav Ganguly32:04 - Subscriber letters34:10 - Lucy in the Sky45:01 - Usha exhaust fan ad47:41 - Subscriber letters54:51 - Cadbury ad57:15 - Zomato adWhile talking about Lucy in the Sky:Abhinandan: Other than technology, it’s all become easier to go on the moon, Rajyasree Sen, because the moon now is closer than it was.Rajyasree: Oohhh! Is this your input? Because you did not watch either film.Abhinandan: So, every year the moon will get closer till [after] two and a half billion years, it will just smash into the earth. Do you know that?Rajyasree: But there will be no earth then, na? We’ll be like a rock because we’ll have killed everything on this earth.Abhinandan: Do you know that?Rajyasree: No, because I think you’re making it up now.Abhinandan: Ahh, you’re right! It was worth a try.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Laxmii, First Man and Lucy in the Sky; the Tanishq Diwali ad controversy; and various commercials.Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timestamps:00:00 - Introduction02:45 - Kaali Khuhi15:18 - Jump Cuts20:58 - Skore and Durex ads26:40 - Ford EcoSport ad27:21 - Subscriber letters29:39 - The Undoing39:31 - Subscriber letters42:18 - TaishTalking about the Ford EcoSport ad:Rajyasree: I wanted to buy an EcoSport. It’s a very expensive car, I want people to know.Abhinandan: Then you would have to put a ladder to get in.Rajyasree: Please, I got out of Scorpios and all so easily, as you’ve noticed.Abhinandan: You have to be pushed out and someone has to wait downstairs with a net so that you can fall into it.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Kaali Khuhi and Taish; HBO series The Undoing; Ajay Govind’s anthology short film Jump Cuts; and a lot more.Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking about Mirzapur Season 2:Rajyasree: Munna’s character is very important because… Abhinandan: Because he has no character.Rajyasree: He really has no character, he’s a horrible character.Abhinandan: That’s why it was funny. You don’t have to justify my joke, it was implicit in the joke.Rajyasree: No, no, you have to explain. Hindi cinema has taught me.Abhinandan: Making a joke in front of you is really like “Bhains ke aage been bajana”.Rajyasree: Now you’re calling me a bhains? I’ve told you don’t fat-shame all the time.Abhinandan: It’s a muhawra in Hindi.Rajyasree: Either you’re calling me black or you’re calling me fat, it’s so shameful to do this to a person.Abhinandan: Can we move on?Rajyasree: Obviously, because I’ll start crying otherwise.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Rebecca and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm; the web series The Queen's Gambit and Mirzapur Season 2; and Eros Now’s controversial Navratri ad campaign.Tune in!Timecodes00:08: Introduction01:51: Borat 215:00: Letters from listeners17:27: Rebecca29:15: Eros Now controversy32:36: Mirzapur Season 244:28: Letters from listeners47:33: The Queen's Gambit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While talking about the Oppo ad:Abhinandan: It ends with a line, “Let’s be the light in each other's lives.” So, on that note, Rajyasree, I have no idea what… Rajyasree: I’m the light in your life, you’ll have to admit. I’m not the light in your life? My name means light of the kingdom.Abhinandan: So nice. That kingdom of chudails you can go light up!Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Tamil anthology film Putham Pudhu Kaalai; web series Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story; the controversy surrounding the film 800; and a lot more.Tune in!PS: Abhinandan and Rajyasree go back in time to when they first watched DDLJ.Timecodes00:08: Introduction01:43: Letters from listeners04:32: The Trial of the Chicago 720:18: Ain’t No Peace by Akon23:12: Letters from listeners27:17: Putham Pudhu Kaalai35:08: Letters from listeners43:10: Scam 199257:55: Letters from listeners1:01:44: 800 controversy1:09:42: Google Nest and Oppo ads1:16:23: Letters from listeners Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While talking about Ginny Weds Sunny:Abhinandan: She's really good. Yami Gautam, I think…Rajyasree: Please ya, Abhinandan! She was not good at all in this.Abhinandan: You said your bit, na?Rajyasree: Arrey, but you can't be delusional. I don't want you to be, na?Abhinandan: You are completely allowed to be delusional. See! We do this podcast together for, I don't know how many 300 episodes, thinking people are listening at the other end. And these emails that we keep writing, pretending to be other people.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the film Ginny Weds Sunny; Netflix docuseries Bad Boy Billionaires: India; the Tanishq ad controversy; Vijay Devarakonda’s comments on democracy; and a lot more.Tune in!Timecodes00:08: Introduction01:38: Dollar Big Boss ad06:03: Google Shopping ad 08:20: Letters from listeners15:32: Ginny Weds Sunny27:17: Vijay Devarakonda’s comments 33:24: Letters from listeners35:43: Bad Boy Billionaires: India55:16: Letters from listeners1:04:05: Tanishq ad controversy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While talking about their favourite James Bond actors:Abhinandan: This was I think about eight or nine years ago. He’s much taller in person than he looks. He looks slight.Rajyasree: What do you mean, Abhinandan? He looks tall only.Abhinandan: He does? Acha, he doesn't look like…he’s a biggish guy. There was this guy with this white dhaadi (beard) and a white mooch (moustache) and with a shirt. He was pushing this pram and a lady was walking with him.Rajyasree: You thought they’d stolen a grandchild...?Abhinandan: I didn’t know who it was. My friend who was with me said that’s Pierce Brosnan. I looked and it was PIERCE BROSNAN, ya! I was like, “Now, what should I do?”Rajyasree: What did you do?Abhinandan: Nothing. I looked at him and continued walking.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the film Serious Men; true crime documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door; short film The Discreet Charm Of The Savarnas; Bond theme song No Time to Die by Billie Eilish; and Bigg Boss Season 14.Tune in!Timecodes00:08: Introduction02:40: Letters from listeners06:47: Serious Men23:55: Letters from listeners25:36: The Discreet Charm of the Savarnas34:15: Letters from listeners41:12: American Murder: The Family Next Door51:22: Letters from listeners54:43: Bigg Boss 1459:54: No Time To Die by  Billie Eilish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking about the Bhojpuri Rap ‘Bambai Main Ka Ba’:Rohit: Abhinandan, I’m not being a linguist because Bhojpuri is not my first language but it’s not Bambai Main Kaaba, it is Bambai Main Ka Ba.Abhinandan: Oh, I thought Kaaba.Rajyasree: Kaaba, as in the Islamic structure?Abhinandan: As Jagjit Singh said, “Kaabe se parda mat uthao varna wa bhi vahi...”Rohit: No, no, no! “Khuda ke waaste parda na kaabe se uthaa zaalim.”Rajyasree: Even that’s incorrect! Very good! Rohit: Oh, my God! Brilliant! So, we are on top of the things already.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri, Rajyasree Sen and Newslaundry subscriber Rohit Mehrotra discuss the series Criminal UK, PariWar, and Tehran; Manoj Bajpayee's Bhojpuri rap Bambai Main Ka Ba; Dua Lipa’s New Rules for Covid Dating; Ali Sethi’s Pehla Qadam; and Mariah Carey’s memoir.Tune in!Timecodes0:08: Introduction03:36: Bambai Main Ka Ba07:49: New Rules For Covid Dating by Dua Lipa14:42: Pehla Qadam by Ali Sethi19:44: Paar Chanaa De by Shilpa Rao and Noori29:34: Letters from listeners31:57: Criminal UK Season 238:01: PariWar49:13: Oppo ad #BeTheInfinite55:35: Cred Series1:00:55: Tehran1:07:08: The Meaning of Mariah Carey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While talking about Paytm’s First Games ad:Abhinandan: I don’t know how this world works, Rajyasree. I just don’t know it.Rajyasree:  Oh my god! You have to go and live on that cliff, na, which you’ll push me off. You’ll build a hut on that cliff and become a recluse there. When I come to meet you, then you push me.Abhinandan: I don’t have to live there, I can just push you off and come back and live my normal life.Rajyasree: Oh, then life would be so much better, na? You wish!Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Cuties and Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare; the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards; the table read of Fast Times at Ridgemont High; and a whole lot more.Tune in!Timecodes00:08: Introduction02:12: Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare18:32: Fast Times At Ridgemont High table read23:57: Letters from listeners28:59: Pink Floyd vs Bee Gees mashup31:42: Emmy Awards37:46: Letters from listeners40:05: Paytm First Games ad45:20: Cuties Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While talking about Wakaalat From Home:Abhinandan: You are basically indulging in shameless nepotism that you’re plugging your friend’s show on this very credible pop culture podcast...So you are using it for nepotism. Kangana was right! I’m sure you’re also doing drugs in your spare time.Rajyasree: I’m doing drugs? Dedo na, drugs dedo. I’m telling everyone, no one’s giving only. Imagine me on drugs. God!Abhinandan: Can you imagine? Already you are so loopy, you shout, you don’t talk normally. We should do it as just an experiment to see...Rajyasree: Just an experiment?Abhinandan: You’d be something else. You’d be like I don't know what.Rajyasree: Maybe I'll calm down? It’s sometimes the opposite effect.Abhinandan: No, no.Rajyasree: Or I just burst! There’d be a high and then I’ll collapse and that’s the end. You would’ve killed me off once and for all.Abhinandan: All the more reason we must try it.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the documentary film The Social Dilemma; 2019 film Cargo; Into The Wild With Bear Grylls featuring Akshay Kumar; web series Wakaalat From Home; and a lot more.Tune in!Timecodes00:08: Introduction02:31: The Social Dilemma12:40: Letters from listeners18:14: Into The Wild With Bear Grylls and Akshay Kumar27:06: Letters from listeners31:07: Wakaalat From Home32:57: Horlicks ad39:30: TRESemmé “racist” hair adverts44:45: Cargo54:28: Jaya Bachchan’s Parliament speech Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While talking about Bandish Bandits:Abhinandan: Rajyasree, sing one line of any song you want, just one.Rajyasree: No, now I don’t want to sing like that because you’ll get it doctored from the backend and make me sound bad. So, why will I do that?Abhinandan: You’re the crappiest singer ever and I must say that much as I have problems with the place you come from, Bongs have music in their blood. It is very rarely that you’ll come across a Bengali who is either not vocally trained or [doesn’t] play an instrument very well.Rajyasree: I play the piano very well.Abhinandan: You do nothing and stop lying.Rajyasree: No, no, I play the piano very well but I’ll sing one line of a song. “Saagar kinare dil ye pukare..." See! You’re making me laugh. It’s off beat?Abhinandan: Dude, you're very bad, you shouldn’t try and sing. Okay, never mind. And don’t say that you can play the piano, your hands are too small to play the piano.Rajyasree: No, I play the piano. I can play Chopin (pronounced “Shoh-pan”, with a nasal “n”).Abhinandan: Ok, Chopin ki hogayi te pan.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the web series Bandish Bandits, Ramy and I May Destroy You; BBC Three Quickies’ sketch She’s Asking For It; the song Beyonse Sharma Jayegi; and a whole lot more.Tune in!Timecodes00:08: Introduction03:20: Letters from listeners06:26: Bandish Bandits17:33: I May Destroy You30:09: Letters from listeners34:44: Beyonse Sharma Jayegi43:44: She’s Asking For It45:59: Letters from listeners47:50: Ramy57:16: Letters from listeners1:08:03: Dream11 IPL 2020 ad1:10:55: Titan’s #LetsGetIndiaTicking campaign Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While talking about Sadak 2:Abhinandan: Suppose there was a tribe that caught us and they said, “We’ll kill you,” and we said, “No, please let us live.” They said, “Ok, you have to watch Sadak.” Even then I would think twice. You watched it when it was optional, no one was going to kill you.Rajyasree: If the tribe said this to me, I would say, “If I watch Sadak will you kill him [Abhinandan]?” Then I would watch Sadak. So, I would negotiate this way, do you understand?Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Sadak 2 and C U Soon; web series Masaba Masaba and A Suitable Boy; Oscar-winning short film The Neighbors' Window; Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman; and a whole lot more.Tune in!Timecodes00:08: Introduction01:29: Letters from listeners03:14: Sadak 211:55: The Neighbors’ Window19:03: A Suitable Boy36:05: Letters from listeners38:30: Masaba Masaba44:55: Letters from listeners48:07: Colgate commercial50:07: TFL cycling safety ad54:05: C U Soon56:46: Chadwick Boseman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking about The Man from Earth:Rajyasree: Because he doesn't age and after 10 years being in one place, he realises that people obviously know that he’s not aging. Then he keeps moving on. I know what Abhinandan says.Abhinandan: Why don’t you move then?Rajyasree: Why? You didn’t say, “Oh, then I should be moving.”Abhinandan: Why should I say that about myself? What do you think I am?Rajyasree: Everyone, Abhinandan thinks he looks 22 years old.Abhinandan: I don’t think I look 22. I’m just saying that when we went for a film, someone asked Rajyasree, “Brought your nephew for a film?”Rajyasree: He said that, huh?Abhinandan: “Accha! Tussi apne bhanje nu filme dekhne? So sweet of you!”Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Class of ‘83 and The Man from Earth; the Netflix documentary John Was Trying To Contact Aliens; and the Daily Show spoof Joe Biden: Acceptable Under the Circumstances.Tune in!Timecodes00:08: Introduction04:07: Class of ‘8316:51: The Man from Earth33:03: Letters from listeners38:48: John Was Trying To Contact Aliens44:31: Letters from listeners50:14: Joe Biden: Acceptable Under the Circumstances. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While talking about Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl:Rajyasree: Also the change in behaviour, that commanding officer who takes her under his wing. The change in behaviour can’t happen because of one instance like...Abhinandan: Not under the wing, under the rotor. If she was flying planes, it would be under the wing. But she’s flying helicopters which are under the rotor. Did you get it?Rajyasree: You’ll be under a truck wheel very soon if you carry on with your poor jokes.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl and Greyhound; HBO series I Know This Much Is True; Pakistani web series Churails, and the Black Eyed Peas’ new song Action.Tune in!Timecodes00:08: Introduction02:41: Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl22:18: Letters from listeners27:36: Greyhound36:59: Letters from listeners40:41: I Know This Much Is True47:20: Churails59:35: Letters from listeners1:04:43: Action by Black Eyed Peas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While talking about Clint Eastwood’s movies:Abhinandan: Since I’m from the ‘70s generation, let me say a sexist line: “Humne bhi chudiyan nahi pehen rakhi hai.”Rajyasree: Now if no one writes mails on this, na? I’m going to be so disappointed.Abhinandan: That means people are unnecessarily attacking you and I get a free pass on all the shit that I say.Rajyasree: I crack a joke about something to do with my neighbouring state and everyone attacks me...Abhinandan: And I say offensive things and yet I don’t get attacked.Rajyasree: That’s all I’m saying. I’m watching you guys. Y’all wait and watch now.Abhinandan: Wait and watch. She’ll kill me while I’m sleeping, guys. In case anything happens to me...Rajyasree: You’ll be found with a rasgulla with a knife through it in your chest. Underneath I would have written, “Is this rasgulla from Bengal or is it from Orissa?”Abhinandan:  In case something happens to me...Rajyasree: Oh! I can kill you by feeding you rasgulla because your sugar will just hype. Abhinandan: You can kill me in many ways.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Richard Jewell and Pareeksha, HBO series Run, Prabh Deep’s single Chitta, and a whole lot more.Tune in!PS. Rajyasree experiences something spooky during the recording. You can’t miss this! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While talking about Raat Akeli Hai:Rajyasree: I would not recommend it but if you all have time, you all should watch. What else is everyone doing? You’re sitting at home. Watch it.Abhinandan: You know only you are! Everybody is working by the way.Rajyasree: I’m working. I do three things...Abhinandan: Then why do you assume...“Since all of you are sitting home doing nothing. Abhinandan, you don’t watch anything, you’re sitting and doing nothing.” Why do you assume everybody’s sitting and doing nothing?Rajyasree: Why? I’m assuming people manage their time like I do. I cater, I do a full-time job, and I do this podcast and some other things.Abhinandan: Rajyasree, I think on January 26 you should get to ride on the elephant with the bahadur bachhas of India who salute the President.Rajyasree: You should make an elephant, na? Make a little statue over here. Abhinandan: Yeah, you can do that. Then you can congratulate yourself.Rajyasree: Nobody is congratulating me, I might as well congratulate myself.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Raat Akeli Hai and Lootcase, Netflix documentary Three Identical Strangers, Roger Federer’s new commercial for Barilla, and Nike ad You Can’t Stop Us.Tune in!Timecodes00:08: Introduction02:36: Three Identical Strangers10:21: Letters from listeners14:39: Raat Akeli Hai22:29: Letters from listeners27:30: Nike Ad30:17: Lootcase42:39: Barilla Ad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While reading out a letter from a listener:Abhinandan: “As someone who is active in the field of theatre, Hamilton is sacred to me and I would've loved it had Abhinandan Sir, a former thespian himself, watched it.” So...Rajyasree: She’s very young.Abhinandan: Have you passed out? Are you choking?Rajyasree: No, I’m choking so they’ll get me my smelling salts, I’ll be fine. But you must not use these words loosely.Abhinandan: I will be honest with you. Had bad acting been a crime, I would’ve got capital punishment based on one play that I did.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the film Dil Bechara, Netflix series Norsemen, documentary film A Suitable Girl, the death of Oscar-winning actress Olivia de Havilland, and a whole lot more.Tune in!Timecodes00:08: Introduction02:16: Dil Bechara10:31: Letters from listeners16:32: Norsemen25:46: Letters from listeners37:29: A Suitable Girl54:52: Olivia de Havilland1:01:05: Letters from listeners01:12:49: Today Tea ad01:13:40: Amitabh Bachchan’s blogpost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How dependent are journalists and film critics on access to power for their stories? Has the entertainment beat always been close to power structures – or have things improved/worsened?In this session of #TheMediaRumble -Dispatches, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Anupama Chopra, Mayank Shekhar, Ravina Rawal and Sowmya Rajendran to discuss this, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abhinandan sharing his first acting experience in a play:Abhinandan: I didn't have dialogue, so I was just showing love with expressive eyes and my eloquent facial expressions. He [the director] said, “Okay, show love.” Then I was showing love and he said, “What are you doing?” I said, “I’m showing love!”Rajyasree: This explains why you’ve never gotten married because when you’re showing love, the person must be so confused, thinking, “Why is he so angry with me?”Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the Netflix series Indian Matchmaking; Vice Media’s documentary The Arranged Gay Marriage Scam; the trailer of upcoming miniseries A Suitable Boy; Arnab Goswami’s interview with Kangana Ranaut, and a whole lot more.Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking about The Old Guard:Abhinandan: If Charlize Theron did an Alibaba film with Jack Ma...Rajyasree: Hmm?Abhinandan: If she made an ad for Jack Ma and she played a thief in it, it would be called Alibaba and Charlize Chor.Rajyasree: Okay, we will get back to the film I was discussing so we cannot hear bad jokes.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the American musical drama Hamilton; Amazon Original series‎ Breathe; Sony Liv series Undekhi; Netflix film The Old Guard; and Apple and WhatsApp ads. They also talk about stand-up comedians apologising for hurting religious sentiments.Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abhinandan’s version of how he and Rajyasree met:Abhinandan: I was shooting a documentary in Bengal actually. I was in the Sundarbans and late at night, I was going with my crew.Rajyasree: And? Chudail came?Abhinandan: Suddenly there was this [malicious laugh] and the whole crew ran off. I was like, what is this? Then suddenly she emerged.Rajyasree: And then?Abhinandan: Then I said I’m not scared because I’m a brave Punjabi with Tamil blood also. So I said, “I’m not scared.” She was impressed and then she said, “Will you give me a job?”Rajyasree: And when you came back, you brought a chudail with you. [Surprisingly] you didn’t say that I sat on a tiger and I came towards you.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss Season 2 of the Netflix series Politician; Saif Ali Khan’s comments on nepotism; documentary The Saroj Khan Story, and various commercials.Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking about the film Bulbbul:Abhinandan: Rajyasree, I must say this Anvita Dutta...Rajyasree: Ya?Abhinandan: Dutt, sorry. Dutta will be Punjabi!Rajyasree: No no, Dutta is Bengali also. I think the Punjabis have just stolen it from us because I know a Dutta who is Punjabi and his first name is Bengali. He said, “No, I’m Punjabi.” And I just felt that was strange.Abhinandan: He started saying, “No”? Like you start everything? You could have said, “He said, ‘I am Punjabi.’ Why is everything “no”?Rajyasree: Because you made me a negative person Nikku. Before I met you, I was a very upbeat, chirpy, positive person. I believed in good and happiness. Now, I just believe that we will all die and I will get Covid.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss Netflix offerings Bulbbul, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga; documentary films Athlete A and Disclosure; and the cooking show Britannia Cheese Star Chef.Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking about Gippy Grewal’s new song:Abhinandan: Anyway, that was my review. What do you think of the song, Rajyasree Sen?Rajyasree: I rather reserve comment because I heard one minute of it and I said nothing is worth this. That’s what I felt.Abhinandan: You call me lazy for not watching stuff. Have you no shame?Rajyasree: No, I’ve learned from you. I’m following in the footsteps of the master.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the film Kadakh; 1948 psychological crime thriller Rope; Hotstar web series Aarya; Gippy Grewal’s new song Me & U; and Father’s Day ads. Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While talking about Gone with the Wind and Little Britain being removed from streaming services:Abhinandan: See, everything is in a spectrum. This equivalence of everything from Noddy being the same as Little Britain to be the same as this...each of these are different specifically.Rajyasree: I have one more thing which I think but I’ll wait till you say yours and then I’ll say.Abhinandan: No, first you have to ask me what I think.Rajyasree: What do you think, Abhinandan? I’m scared!Abhinandan: “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Gulabo Sitabo, Axone and Da 5 Bloods; the removal of Gone with the Wind and Little Britain from streaming services; P&G ad The Choice, and the life of Sushant Singh Rajput.Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.