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Timestamps
00:01 - Introduction
06:13 - Jallikattu
25:08 - Quiz
34:13 - Letters from listeners
39:39 - Bhaag Beanie Bhaag
50:44 - Letters from listeners
57:10 - Girl like me by BEP ft. Shakira
1:00:18 - Bob Dylan sells his entire songwriting catalog
1:03:00 - Letters from listeners
1:05:18 - Doc Morris ad
1:07:30 - Diljit Dosanjh and Kangana Ranaut's twitter clash
Talking 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 knowI 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
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Timestamps
00:01 - Introduction
05:02 - Hillbilly Elegy
16:47 - Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives
30:18 - Subscriber letters
34:31 - Tinder ad
38:17 - RC Cola ad
40:16 - Coolie No. 1 trailer
Talking 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'.
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Timestamps
00:01 - Introduction
01:16 - Subscriber letters
07:35 - Boy Erased
18:04 - Subscriber letters
21:34 - Bichhoo Ka Khel
28:48 - Subscriber letters
33:25 - The Life Ahead
43:25 - Subscriber letters
50:13 - Bingo ad controversy
54:36 - Dollar Ultra ad
1:00:55 - If Anything Happens I Love You
Talking 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.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
03:38 - Subscriber letters
07:15 - Ludo
26:41 - HP ad
31:59 - LG ad
34:38 - The Crown Season 4
45:50 - Subscriber letters
47:57 - Soumitra Chatterjee
58:06 - Facebook ad
1:02:35 - Subscriber letters
1:04:20 - Soorarai Pottru
While 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.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
03:50 - Laxmii
16:18 - Subscriber letters
18:29 - First Man
25:36 - Tanishq Diwali ad controversy
29:09 - Senco Aham ad featuring Sourav Ganguly
32:04 - Subscriber letters
34:10 - Lucy in the Sky
45:01 - Usha exhaust fan ad
47:41 - Subscriber letters
54:51 - Cadbury ad
57:15 - Zomato ad
While 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.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:45 - Kaali Khuhi
15:18 - Jump Cuts
20:58 - Skore and Durex ads
26:40 - Ford EcoSport ad
27:21 - Subscriber letters
29:39 - The Undoing
39:31 - Subscriber letters
42:18 - Taish
Talking 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.
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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.
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Timecodes
00:08: Introduction
01:51: Borat 2
15:00: Letters from listeners
17:27: Rebecca
29:15: Eros Now controversy
32:36: Mirzapur Season 2
44:28: Letters from listeners
47:33: The Queen's Gambit
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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.
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PS: Abhinandan and Rajyasree go back in time to when they first watched DDLJ.
Timecodes
00:08: Introduction
01:43: Letters from listeners
04:32: The Trial of the Chicago 7
20:18: Ain’t No Peace by Akon
23:12: Letters from listeners
27:17: Putham Pudhu Kaalai
35:08: Letters from listeners
43:10: Scam 1992
57:55: Letters from listeners
1:01:44: 800 controversy
1:09:42: Google Nest and Oppo ads
1:16:23: Letters from listeners
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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.
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Timecodes
00:08: Introduction
01:38: Dollar Big Boss ad
06:03: Google Shopping ad
08:20: Letters from listeners
15:32: Ginny Weds Sunny
27:17: Vijay Devarakonda’s comments
33:24: Letters from listeners
35:43: Bad Boy Billionaires: India
55:16: Letters from listeners
1:04:05: Tanishq ad controversy
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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.
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Timecodes
00:08: Introduction
02:40: Letters from listeners
06:47: Serious Men
23:55: Letters from listeners
25:36: The Discreet Charm of the Savarnas
34:15: Letters from listeners
41:12: American Murder: The Family Next Door
51:22: Letters from listeners
54:43: Bigg Boss 14
59:54: No Time To Die by Billie Eilish
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