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00:01 - Introduction
03:18 - Asuran
12:17 - Army of the Dead
24:52 - Subscriber letters
29:03 - Music directors
47:34 - Alma Matters: Inside the IIT Dream
1:00:27 - Subscriber letters
1:05:43 -Eurovision Song Contest 2021
1:09:44 - Subscriber letters
1:10:57 - Greenpeace ad
Talking about the last scene in the film Army of the Dead and Huma Qureshi’s character:
Abhinandan: I’m shocked people watched this film
Rajyasree: (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.
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00:01 - Introduction
01:44 - BRIT Awards
08:21 - Subscriber letters
11:13 - Radhe
21:53 - The Sons of Sam
31:04 - Subscriber letters
38:23 - Minari
52:22 -Subscriber letters
59:16 - Halston
1:04:07 - Subscriber letters
1:07:18 - Enjoy Enjaami by Dhee ft. Aruvi
Talking 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; theweb series The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness and Halston; the latest Tamil song Enjoy Enjaami, and The BRIT Awards 2021.
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00:01 - Introduction
03:47 - Nomadland
16:15 - Subscriber letters
22:16 - Mandela
31:42 - Tourism ad
35:12 - Subscriber letters
38:50 - Usha ad
43:26 - The Disciple
54:32 - Subscriber letters
56:07 - Payal Rohatgi
While 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; theSwitzerland tourism adfeaturingRoger Federer and Robert De Niro, and more.
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00:01 - Introduction
01:33 - Subscriber letters
05:46 - Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi
19:41 - Two Distant Strangers
31:19 - Subscriber Letters
36:32 - Colette
43:16 - Rajshree Elaichi ad
46:28 - Burger King ad
48:00 - Subscriber letters
53:15 - Rajyasree’s artwork
58:52 - Searching For Sheela (teaser)
1:11:18 - Subscriber letters
While 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.
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00:01 - Introduction
04:08 - CarDekho ad
08:30 - Swayam ad
11:10 - Glucon-D ads
12:48 - Ajeeb Daastaans
25:59 - Subscriber letters
32:50 - Star vs Food
38:36 - Judas and the Black Messiah
50:32 - Letters from listeners
54:15 - Bhima Jewellers ad
57:54 -Faraar by Gurinder Gill
1:00:30 - Kehnde Rehnde by Neha Bhasin
While 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.
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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.
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Awful and Awesome letters: A brief history of Zack Snyder's Justice League
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0:08 - Introduction
4:12 - The Big Bull
17:17 - Seaspiracy
29:35 - Letters from listeners
36:42 - Joji
46:40 - Letters from listeners
52:32 - Brooklyn 99 Season 7
54:51 - Cred advertisement
58:44 - Letters from listeners
1:05:31 - Conclusion
References
Cred (Rahul Dravid)
Cred (Jackie Shroff)
Mere Pyaar Ki Umar Ho Itni Sanam
Newslaundry’s Hindi website and Hindi newsletter
Recorded by Dhyanesh Vaishnav, produced by Parikshit Sanyal and edited by Umrav Singh.
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00:01 Introduction
03:05 Letters from listeners
07:57 Tenet
18:48 The Great Indian Kitchen
31:44 Letter from listeners
36:43 Sudani from Nigeria
44:21 The Serpent
54:27 Letter from listeners
58:15 & Jara Hatke
1:05:39 Dancing With The Devil
1:11:21 Mrs Sri Lanka pageant
1:14:15 Google ad
Talking 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.
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00:01 - Introduction
01:08 -Kanika Kapoor - 2 Seater Car
05:33 - Pagglait
20:12 - Subscriber mails
23:29 - Operation Varsity Blues
32:55 - Subscriber mails
36:13 - Zack Snyder’s Justice League
51:21 - Subscriber mails
53:20 - Disney+ Hotstar VIP ads
55:12 - Filmfare Awards
While 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
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00:01 - Introduction
02:08 - Letters from listeners
05:45 - Tanishq and Vimal ads
14:22 - Madam Chief Minister
26:33 - Letters from listeners
30:38 - The Illegal
47:09 - Letters from listeners
58:58 - Red Nose Day telethon
1:07:03 - 67th National Film Awards
While 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.
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00:01 - Introduction
03:43 - Nike ad
09:39 - The Married Woman
22:13 - Subscriber letters
23:01 - Drishyam 1 & 2
30:57 - Subscriber letters
33:36 - My Octopus Teacher
47:58 - Subscriber letters
59:41 - NCPCR on Bombay Begums
While 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
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