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Abhinandan asks Nilanjana if she’s a day person or a night person:
Abhinandan: Rajyasree, we didn’t ask you. You are obviously a night person because it will be strange to see a broom flying around in the sky during the day.
Rajyasree: Nilanjana is not going to encourage this kind of loose talk about my character.
Nilanjana: She has the most elegant broom in the whole sky.
Abhinandan: Elegant broom? Acha theek hai,maybe Arvind Kejriwal should get in touch.
Abhinandan, Rajyasree and Nilanjana burst out laughing.
This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen are joined by author Nilanjana Roy to talk about her book Black River, as well as the films Aftersun and Thor: Love and Thunder; and Rahul Gandhi’s interview with Curly Tales.
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This week, it’s time to unwind as we look back at our favourite moments and best clips from 2022. This special episode is free unlike others behind the paywall. Subscribe to listen to our previous episodes.
Awful and Awesome will return with a new episode next week.
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02:04 - Beyoncé’s Break My Soul
04:34 - Besharam Rang
09:17- Top Gun Maverick
17:14 - Drake’s new album
23:23 - The Kardashians
28:43 - Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives S2
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While talking about the show Moving in with Malaika:
Rajyasree: I told you to watch at least one episode.
Abhinandan: And I am glad that I didn’t watch it. The beauty of life is sometimes it helps when you listen to people. But the other beauty of life is sometimes it helps when you don’t listen to people. When you asked me to watch, main samajh gaya tha, beta mat dekhna, pachtayega.
Rajyasree: I said you will enjoy it.
Abhinandan: Aap enjoy kijiye, hum chai peete bechte hain?
Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing.
This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen review the films The Swimmers and The Banshees of Inisherin; web series Harry & Meghan; Malaika Arora’s new show Moving in with Malaika; and a lot more.
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While talking about a song from Pathaan:
Abhinandan: This is a song from Pathaan which is shot I think somewhere in Spain. There’s like an emerald green ocean and there is a Deepika Padukone...
Nainika: Who’s even prettier than the emerald green ocean which, as you know, has huge feet.
Abhinandan: Yeah. But she also has huge feet.
Nainika: Okay.
Abhinandan and Nainika burst out laughing.
This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Nainika Rathore review the films Qala and Doctor G; web series Wednesday; the song Besharam Rang from the upcoming film Pathaan; Nora Fatehi’s defamation suit against Jacqueline Fernandez; and a few commercials.
PS. While talking about Jacqueline and Norah, Abhinandan explains how he once had a chat with a spam caller from Sri Lanka. Listen!
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Talking about the Bangladeshi horror movie Moshari.
Abhinandan: I’m going to start calling horror movies ‘Har Har’. Ask me why.
Rajyasree: Because then you feel like doing…You’ll shout at me now when I say…Because it leads to bowel movement which is ‘Har Har’.
Abhinandan: You know your punchlines always have something to do with shit! It is so sad.
Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing.
This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen review the movies An Action Hero and Moshari; the web series Welcome To Chippendales; Matthew Perry’s memoir; Kanye West; and the controversy surrounding Balenciaga’s holiday campaign.
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Rajyasree rattles off names of actors from The Crown.
Abhinandan: I don’t know. Like you’ve rattled off 10 names. I don’t even know one. I can’t even remember the name of the film I watched. I’m very impressed. You eat badam every day?
Rajyasree: I eat.
Abhinandan: Really? Then start eating less (starts laughing).
Rajyasree: You all are laughing, he’s fat shaming me.
Abhinandan continues laughing.
This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen review the series The Crown Season 5; the movies Bullet Train and Monica, O My Darling; the FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony; and the Adidas World Cup ad.
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Nainika explains her dislike for Drake while talking about his new music album:
Abbas: So Drake has a new album in collaboration with 21 Savage called ‘Her Loss’ and Nainika, I don’t know why, but I feel like the “her” in the title…
Nainika: Is me?
Abbas: Specifically refers to you!
Abbas and Nainika burst out laughing.
This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abbas Momin and Nainika Rathore review the films Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever, Phone Bhoot and Monica O, My Darling; Netflix series The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself and Drake’s new music album Her Loss.
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