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While talking about how Don’t Worry Darling ends:
Abhinandan: We won’t give any spoilers.
Rajyasree: If it makes me sound really stupid, we can cut it. (pauses) I didn’t understand the end. What happened?
Abhinandan: Cut it!
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 Gargi and Don’t Worry Darling; the second season of The White Lotus; and Akshay Kumar’s Dollar Ultra Thermals ad.
Timecodes
00:00 - Introduction
00:36 - Subscriber letters
09:12 - Review of Gargi
20:05 - Subscriber letters
21:16 - Review of The White Lotus Season 2
27:51 - Subscriber letters
29:15 - Review of Don’t Worry Darling
37:42 - Matthew Perry’s memoir
40:43 - Controversy around the movie The Kerala Story
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While talking about season 2 of The Kardashians:
Lipi: Can you name all the sisters?
Rajyasree: Quiz!
Abhinandan: Kim.
Lipi: Yeah.
Abhinandan: Khloé.
Lipi: Yeah.
Abhinandan: Done.
Rajyasree: No no think. One of the others you know.
Abhinandan: Devika? Anuradha? Rajyasree?
Rajyasree and Lipi: All are with the initials ‘K’.
Abhinandan: Karen?
Rajyasree: You know for sure!
Abhinandan: Kilimanjaro?
Legend has it that it was an endless quiz. Abhinandan, Rajyasree and Lipi burst out laughing.
This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen are joined by author and poet Jerry Pinto as they review his book The Education of Yuri. Lipi Vats, producer at Newslaundry, joins the panel to discuss season 2ofthe web series The Kardashians and the Kanye West controversy.
They also review trailers of the films Ram Setu and The Legend of Maula Jatt; Diwali commercials and their favourite Raveena Tandon songs.
PS. Jerry Pinto gives a message to young authors. Tune in!
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While talking about Ana de Armas’s preparation to play Marilyn Monroe in the film Blonde:
Abhinandan: It’s like how young Indian boys and girls lock themselves in a room and study for IAS for eight months.
Rajyasree: She has studied for this for sure!
Abhinandan: She locked herself in the room and went to Batra classes or Aakash classes or whatever classes, where she only watched every expression of Marilyn and replicated it.
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 Blonde and Ticket to Paradise; web series Hush Hush; Hasan Minhaj’s stand-up special The King's Jester; and the new podcast What The Hell Navya.
Song: 12 Bande
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Timecodes
00:49 - Mashup
01:53 - Top Gun Maverick
14:03 - The Matrix Resurrections
26:48 - Beyoncé’s Break My Soul
29:19 - Drake’s new album
35:29 - Abhinandan’s favourite song by Sidhu Moose Wala
This week, as The Media Rumble gets underway, Awful and Awesome producer Jude Weston looks back at his favourite moments from the podcast this year. From Top Gun: Maverick to The Matrix Resurrections to Drake’s new album, here are some of his top picks.
Awful and Awesome will return with a new episode next week.
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While reviewing the film Chup:
Abbas: If you’re making a film like this, do not show me frames from some of the most amazing classic films made in Hindi cinema.
Abhinandan: Kaagaz Ke Phool type.
Abbas: Because now I just want to get up from my seat and go watch those films.
Abhinandan and Abbas burst out laughing.
This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Abbas Momin review the film Chup: Revenge of the Artist; Tamil films Ponniyin Selvan: I and Natchathiram Nagargiradhu;the trailers of Bros and Adipurush and the controversies surrounding them; and a few commercials.
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Reviewing the film Everything Everywhere All at Once:
Nainika: It’s about, you know, unlocking so much potential about yourself and it’s a very tenderly made film. It’s about love and you would really. If you have a stone cold heart, it would hopefully thaw it a little.
Abhinandan: I see the look!
Nainika: (Laughs) Do you have a stone cold heart?
Abhinandan: Clearly the accusatory look.
Nainika: I’m not assuming.
Abhinandan: So you've been listening to too much of Rajyasree Sen.
Abhinandan denies he has a stone-cold heart and Nainika bursts out laughing.
This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Nainika Rathore review the films Jogi and Everything Everywhere All at Once; web series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; CSAA insurance group’s ad featuring Rick Astley; India’s official entry to Oscars 2023; and the life of comedian Raju Srivastav.
PS: Abhinandan talks about the first movie he watched in a theatre.
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While reviewing the series The Bear:
Abhinandan: So if you watch it at leisure, it’s chilled Bear. But if you watch it with someone you love, it’s Bear with me.
Rajyasree: I apologise to the people who are here.
Abhinandan: More jokes are coming as we go on!
Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing.
This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen review the film Do Revenge; web series The Bear; a Cadbury ad featuring Tigmanshu Dhulia; and a Polish commercial on handicap parking. As a bonus, Abhinandan shares his views on films Nope and The Batman.
PS. The conversation takes a turn after Abhinandan kills a mosquito.
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Abhinandan talks about his recent watchlist:
Abhinandan: Are you familiar with A-ha the band?
Rajyasree: Yes.
Abhinandan: So there’s a film about them which I’ll talk about next time.
Rajyasree: The first time Grammys was shown on Doordarshan was when A-ha performed outside the studio Take On Me.
Abhinandan: I don’t think that’s the first time the Grammys was shown on Doordarshan.
Rajyasree: I have a feeling.
Abhinandan: That feeling is not true because Grammys has been shown for long, like from Michael Jackson’s time I have watched the Grammys.
Rajyasree: Aha! (Fake laugh.)
Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing.
This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen are joined by Siya stars Vineet Kumar Singh and Pooja Pandey and director Manish Mundra to review the new film. They also talk about the second season of the web series Indian Predator, the car safety commercial featuring Akshay Kumar, Pakistani talk shows, and Primetime Emmy Awards 2022.
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While talking about Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives, Nainika asks Rajyasree what she would do if she was a Bollywood wife:
Rajyasree: See, when I was young, I had hair like you. So, I’d get this hair again. Like suddenly I'd have a shock of hair. I’d go to Dubai and I'd come back with a shock of hair.
Nainika: Okay, fair. But that’s a one-time investment?
Rajyasree: Then I’d go to France and I’d come back like 20 shades fairer. ‘What happened?’ I'd say, ‘Oh, there’s no sun out there, I don't know.’
Nainika: (laughs)
Rajyasree: Then I’d go somewhere else, my figure would be – like, I don’t know – like when I was 23. ‘How did...?’ No, I ate healthy. I just became slim again.
Rajyasree and Nainika burst out laughing.
This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Nainika Rathore review season two of web series Delhi Crime and Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives; the drama surrounding the film Don’t Worry Darling; and the Venice press screening of the film The Whale.
PS: Abhinandan interrupts the podcast recording.
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