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00.01 - Introduction
02:10 - Cooking with Paris
10:09 - Roadrunner
38:59 - Subscriber letters
41:52 - A Big Little Murder
49:34 - Subscriber letters
While talking about Yo Yo Honey Singh's wife accusing him of adultery, among other things:
Rajyasree: Also, eat when you’re hungry, karwa chauth will not do anything good. You think he was not eating with that other woman in Dubai? God knows what all was happening, we don’t even want to get into that.
Abhinandan: You’re so crass. You’re so crass you’re like Yo Yo Honey Singh. The crassness of Rajyasree Sen is matched by Yo Yo Honey Singh, there’s a reference to a Brown Rang girl.
Rajyasree: That’s what, maybe I was in Dubai.
Abhinandan: Ta-da! The plot thickens.
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 films Roadrunner and A Big Little Murder; and the Netflix cooking show Cooking With Paris.
PS: Abhinandan and Rajyasree give relationship advice. Do check it out.
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00:01 - Introduction
02:32 - White Lotus
09:30 -Subscriber letters
12.49 - Mimi
27:53 - Subscriber mails
31.20 - Sarpatta Parambarai
43:12 - Subscriber letters
45:55 - Voot Select Film Fest
56:53 - Subscriber letters
Talking about the film Mimi:
Rajyasree: But there is a clause in that also that the woman should have already had children of her own. Basically that woman has no other life.
Abhinandan: But there’s also a clause that you have to give special gifts in December and it’s called a…
Rajyasree: Santa Clause!
Abhinandan: It’s called a Santa Clause. Let me finish my own jokes! Why do you interrupt my joke? I will not let you finish your jokes now.
Rajyasree: You never let me finish!
Abhinandan: You never let me finish a sentence, man!
Rajyasree: No, when there are other people then I let you. Because I let you shine in that moment.
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 Mimi and Sarpatta Parambarai; TV miniseries The White Lotus, and The Voot Select Film Fest.
PS: Abhinandan and Rajyasree share their top five comedy series.
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Song: Jail
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00:01 - Introduction
02:49 - Feels Like Ishq
11:53 -Subscriber letters
23:45 - Happy Birthday Mummy Ji
28:07 - Malik
37:25 - Subscriber letters
40:53 - Jalebi Baby by Tesher
42:39 - WAP by Cardi B
45:52 - Zivame ad
52:11 - Subscriber letters
54:20 - LFG
Reading a subscriber letter regarding the Ep 215 mystery:
Abhinandan: I didn't know Guldar is the name for a leopard. Guldar sounds like a flower.
Rajyasree: Wo dekho Guldar khil rahe hai!
Abhinandan: Aaha!
Rajyasree: Then the Guldar kills you. Arey Guldar ne maar diya! I can write a good wildlife documentary.
Abhinandan: You’re like a tat Doordarshan-like filler.
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 Malik; the series Feels Like Ishq; the documentary film LFG; Tesher’s song Jalebi Baby ft Jason Derulo; and Cardi B’s WAP.
PS. Don’t miss their reactions after listening to WAP.
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00:01 - Introduction
03:34 -Subscriber letters
06:09 - Toofan
24:38 - Subscriber letters
36:00 - How to become a tyrant
47:22 - Cannes Film Festival
54:23 - Subscribers letters
55:53 - Mimi trailer
59:24 - Rain songs
Talking about the docuseries How to Become a Tyrant:
Abhinandan: We will talk about a series called How to Become a Tyrant.
Rajyasree: Which is about Abhinandan.
Abhinandan: It’s a six-part series.
Rajyasree: He’s written it. It’s about his life.
Abhinandan: No one will believe you that I’m a tyrant. No one!
Rajyasree: Shall I tell them how you threw a chair at me once?
Abhinandan: Tyrants don’t do that. Tyrants will just…
Rajyasree: Kill!
Abhinandan: Yeah.
Rajyasree: Once you tried to run me over but I was so quick. I just stepped another way.
Abhinandan: That’s why I had to buy a new car because I had to re-tyre.
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 Toofaan; Netflix docuseries How to Become a Tyrant; the trailer of the film Mimi; and the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival.
PS: Abhinandan and Rajyasree talk about their favourite rain songs.
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00:01 - Introduction
04:51 - Sherni
17:18 - Subscriber letters
18:06 - Haseen Dillruba
28:38 -Subscriber letters
32:51 -Ray
49:00 - Various ads
55:36 - Subscriber letters
59:33 - Dilip Kumar
While talking about the film Sherni:
Abhinandan: If you can solve this mystery for us and you think you’re the cat’s whiskers...and get the fangs straight. I’ve replaced facts with fangs, you know.
Rajyasree: We understood.
Abhinandan: Just explaining to you. Then you can write to us at contact@newslaundry.com and tell us: is Sher a lion or a tiger, a cheetah or a papita?And then we might give you fruit salad but it may get spoiled by the time it gets to you.
Rajyasree: Now you’ve lost five subscribers who were listening to us. They've left.
Abhinandan: They’ve left? Why? The papita is too much.
Rajyasree: You’ve crossed the line over there!
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 Sherni and Haseen Dillruba; anthology web series Ray; the works of Dilip Kumar; and various commercials.
PS: Rajyasree thought Dilip Kumar starred in Sangam. Don’t miss Abhinandan’s laughter.
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This week, Awful and Awesome producer Jude Weston looks back at his favourite moments from the podcast over the past year. From discussing Netflix show Indian Matchmaking last July to The Man From Earth last August, here are some of his top picks.
Awful and Awesome will return with a new episode next week.
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00:01 - Introduction
00:22 - Tiger
18:16 - JP Saxe If the World Was Ending ft Julia Michaels
26:52 - Tinder ad
This week, Awful and Awesome producer Jude Weston looks back at his favourite moments from the podcast over the past year. From discussing a Tinder ad last December to analysing the documentary Tiger in January, here are some of his top picks.
Awful and Awesome will return with a new episode next week.
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00:01 - Introduction
02:19 - Subscriber letters
04:55 - The Family Man Season 2
13:54 - Subscriber letters
15:35 - Sunflower
31:37 - Subscriber letters
35:01 - Dobara Alvida
45:53 - Subscriber letters
47:44 -Danish road safety ad
51:25 - Subscriber letters
While 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.
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00:01 - Introduction
03:12 - Subscriber letters
04:37 - Indian Summer School
16:46 - Maharani
31:42 - Tape of You by Baba Sehgal
36:50 - Subscriber letters
39:07 - The Mauritanian
55:19 -Subscriber letters
57:54 - Licious ad and Peugeot ad
01:01:07 - Subscriber letters
While 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.
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00:01 - Introduction
03:25 - Friends: The Reunion
23:10 - Subscriber letters
37:54 - Season 3 of Master of None
43:42 - Mare of Easttown
51:07 - Subscriber letters
56:15 - Another Round
1:08:06 -Subscriber letters
1:13:46 - Cred ad
1:15:56 - Subscriber letters
Talking 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.
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