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Talking about the Bhojpuri Rap ‘Bambai Main Ka Ba’:
Rohit: Abhinandan, I’m not being a linguist because Bhojpuri is not my first language but it’s not Bambai Main Kaaba, it is Bambai Main Ka Ba.
Abhinandan: Oh, I thought Kaaba.
Rajyasree: Kaaba, as in the Islamic structure?
Abhinandan: As Jagjit Singh said, “Kaabe se parda mat uthao varna wa bhi vahi...”
Rohit: No, no, no! “Khuda ke waaste parda na kaabe se uthaa zaalim.”
Rajyasree: Even that’s incorrect! Very good!
Rohit: Oh, my God! Brilliant! So, we are on top of the things already.
Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.
This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri, Rajyasree Sen and Newslaundry subscriber Rohit Mehrotra discuss the series Criminal UK, PariWar, and Tehran; Manoj Bajpayee's Bhojpuri rap Bambai Main Ka Ba; Dua Lipa’s New Rules for Covid Dating; Ali Sethi’s Pehla Qadam; and Mariah Carey’s memoir.
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Timecodes
0:08: Introduction
03:36: Bambai Main Ka Ba
07:49: New Rules For Covid Dating by Dua Lipa
14:42: Pehla Qadam by Ali Sethi
19:44: Paar Chanaa De by Shilpa Rao and Noori
29:34: Letters from listeners
31:57: Criminal UK Season 2
38:01: PariWar
49:13: Oppo ad #BeTheInfinite
55:35: Cred Series
1:00:55: Tehran
1:07:08: The Meaning of Mariah Carey
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While talking about Paytm’s First Games ad:
Abhinandan: I don’t know how this world works, Rajyasree. I just don’t know it.
Rajyasree: Oh my god! You have to go and live on that cliff, na, which you’ll push me off. You’ll build a hut on that cliff and become a recluse there. When I come to meet you, then you push me.
Abhinandan: I don’t have to live there, I can just push you off and come back and live my normal life.
Rajyasree: Oh, then life would be so much better, na? You wish!
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 Cuties and Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare;the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards; the table read of Fast Times at Ridgemont High; and a whole lot more.
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Timecodes
00:08: Introduction
02:12: Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare
18:32: Fast Times At Ridgemont High table read
23:57: Letters from listeners
28:59: Pink Floyd vs Bee Gees mashup
31:42: Emmy Awards
37:46: Letters from listeners
40:05: Paytm First Games ad
45:20: Cuties
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While talking about Wakaalat From Home:
Abhinandan: You are basically indulging in shameless nepotism that you’re plugging your friend’s show on this very credible pop culture podcast...So you are using it for nepotism. Kangana was right! I’m sure you’re also doing drugs in your spare time.
Rajyasree: I’m doing drugs? Dedo na, drugs dedo. I’m telling everyone, no one’s giving only. Imagine me on drugs. God!
Abhinandan: Can you imagine? Already you are so loopy, you shout, you don’t talk normally. We should do it as just an experiment to see...
Rajyasree: Just an experiment?
Abhinandan: You’d be something else. You’d be like I don't know what.
Rajyasree: Maybe I'll calm down? It’s sometimes the opposite effect.
Abhinandan: No, no.
Rajyasree: Or I just burst! There’d be a high and then I’ll collapse and that’s the end. You would’ve killed me off once and for all.
Abhinandan: All the more reason we must try 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 documentary film The Social Dilemma;2019 film Cargo; Into The Wild With Bear Grylls featuring Akshay Kumar; web series Wakaalat From Home; and a lot more.
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Timecodes
00:08: Introduction
02:31: The Social Dilemma
12:40: Letters from listeners
18:14: Into The Wild With Bear Grylls and Akshay Kumar
27:06: Letters from listeners
31:07: Wakaalat From Home
32:57: Horlicks ad
39:30: TRESemmé “racist” hair adverts
44:45: Cargo
54:28: Jaya Bachchan’s Parliament speech
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While talking about Bandish Bandits:
Abhinandan: Rajyasree, sing one line of any song you want, just one.
Rajyasree: No, now I don’t want to sing like that because you’ll get it doctored from the backend and make me sound bad. So, why will I do that?
Abhinandan: You’re the crappiest singer ever and I must say that much as I have problems with the place you come from, Bongs have music in their blood. It is very rarely that you’ll come across a Bengali who is either not vocally trained or [doesn’t] play an instrument very well.
Rajyasree: I play the piano very well.
Abhinandan: You do nothing and stop lying.
Rajyasree: No, no, I play the piano very well but I’ll sing one line of a song. “Saagar kinare dil ye pukare..." See! You’re making me laugh. It’s off beat?
Abhinandan: Dude, you're very bad, you shouldn’t try and sing. Okay, never mind. And don’t say that you can play the piano, your hands are too small to play the piano.
Rajyasree: No, I play the piano. I can play Chopin (pronounced “Shoh-pan”, with a nasal “n”).
Abhinandan: Ok, Chopin ki hogayi te pan.
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 web series Bandish Bandits, Ramy and I May Destroy You; BBC Three Quickies’ sketch She’s Asking For It; the song Beyonse Sharma Jayegi; and a whole lot more.
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Timecodes
00:08: Introduction
03:20: Letters from listeners
06:26: Bandish Bandits
17:33: I May Destroy You
30:09: Letters from listeners
34:44: Beyonse Sharma Jayegi
43:44: She’s Asking For It
45:59: Letters from listeners
47:50: Ramy
57:16: Letters from listeners
1:08:03: Dream11 IPL 2020 ad
1:10:55: Titan’s#LetsGetIndiaTicking campaign
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While talking about Sadak 2:
Abhinandan: Suppose there was a tribe that caught us and they said, “We’ll kill you,” and we said, “No, please let us live.” They said, “Ok, you have to watch Sadak.” Even then I would think twice. You watched it when it was optional, no one was going to kill you.
Rajyasree: If the tribe said this to me, I would say, “If I watch Sadak will you kill him [Abhinandan]?” Then I would watch Sadak. So, I would negotiate this way, do you understand?
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 Sadak 2 and C U Soon; web series Masaba Masaba and A Suitable Boy; Oscar-winning short film The Neighbors' Window; Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman; and a whole lot more.
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Timecodes
00:08: Introduction
01:29: Letters from listeners
03:14: Sadak 2
11:55: The Neighbors’ Window
19:03: A Suitable Boy
36:05: Letters from listeners
38:30: Masaba Masaba
44:55: Letters from listeners
48:07: Colgate commercial
50:07: TFL cycling safety ad
54:05: C U Soon
56:46: Chadwick Boseman
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Talking about The Man from Earth:
Rajyasree: Because he doesn't age and after 10 years being in one place, he realises that people obviously know that he’s not aging. Then he keeps moving on. I know what Abhinandan says.
Abhinandan: Why don’t you move then?
Rajyasree: Why? You didn’t say, “Oh, then I should be moving.”
Abhinandan: Why should I say that about myself? What do you think I am?
Rajyasree: Everyone, Abhinandan thinks he looks 22 years old.
Abhinandan: I don’t think I look 22. I’m just saying that when we went for a film, someone asked Rajyasree, “Brought your nephew for a film?”
Rajyasree: He said that, huh?
Abhinandan: “Accha!Tussi apne bhanje nu filme dekhne? So sweet of 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 films Class of ‘83 and The Man from Earth; the Netflix documentary John Was Trying To Contact Aliens; and the Daily Show spoof Joe Biden: Acceptable Under the Circumstances.
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Timecodes
00:08: Introduction
04:07: Class of ‘83
16:51: The Man from Earth
33:03: Letters from listeners
38:48: John Was Trying To Contact Aliens
44:31: Letters from listeners
50:14: Joe Biden: Acceptable Under the Circumstances.
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While talking about Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl:
Rajyasree: Also the change in behaviour, that commanding officer who takes her under his wing. The change in behaviour can’t happen because of one instance like...
Abhinandan: Not under the wing, under the rotor. If she was flying planes, it would be under the wing. But she’s flying helicopters which are under the rotor. Did you get it?
Rajyasree: You’ll be under a truck wheel very soon if you carry on with your poor jokes.
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 Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl and Greyhound; HBO series I Know This Much Is True; Pakistani web series Churails,and the Black Eyed Peas’ new song Action.
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Timecodes
00:08: Introduction
02:41: Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
22:18: Letters from listeners
27:36: Greyhound
36:59: Letters from listeners
40:41: I Know This Much Is True
47:20: Churails
59:35: Letters from listeners
1:04:43: Action by Black Eyed Peas
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While talking about Clint Eastwood’s movies:
Abhinandan: Since I’m from the ‘70s generation, let me say a sexist line: “Humne bhi chudiyan nahi pehen rakhi hai.”
Rajyasree: Now if no one writes mails on this, na? I’m going to be so disappointed.
Abhinandan: That means people are unnecessarily attacking you and I get a free pass on all the shit that I say.
Rajyasree: I crack a joke about something to do with my neighbouring state and everyone attacks me...
Abhinandan: And I say offensive things and yet I don’t get attacked.
Rajyasree: That’s all I’m saying. I’m watching you guys. Y’all wait and watch now.
Abhinandan: Wait and watch. She’ll kill me while I’m sleeping, guys. In case anything happens to me...
Rajyasree: You’ll be found with a rasgulla with a knife through it in your chest. Underneath I would have written, “Is this rasgulla from Bengal or is it from Orissa?”
Abhinandan: In case something happens to me...
Rajyasree: Oh! I can kill you by feeding yourasgulla because your sugar will just hype.
Abhinandan: You can kill me in many ways.
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 Richard Jewell and Pareeksha,HBO series Run, Prabh Deep’s single Chitta, and a whole lot more.
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PS. Rajyasree experiences something spooky during the recording. You can’t miss this!
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While talking about Raat Akeli Hai:
Rajyasree: I would not recommend it but if you all have time, you all should watch. What else is everyone doing? You’re sitting at home. Watch it.
Abhinandan: You know only you are! Everybody is working by the way.
Rajyasree: I’m working. I do three things...
Abhinandan: Then why do you assume...“Since all of you are sitting home doing nothing. Abhinandan, you don’t watch anything, you’re sitting and doing nothing.” Why do you assume everybody’s sitting and doing nothing?
Rajyasree: Why? I’m assuming people manage their time like I do. I cater, I do a full-time job, and I do this podcast and some other things.
Abhinandan: Rajyasree, I think on January 26 you should get to ride on the elephant with the bahadur bachhas of India who salute the President.
Rajyasree: You should make an elephant, na? Make a little statue over here.
Abhinandan: Yeah, you can do that. Then you can congratulate yourself.
Rajyasree: Nobody is congratulating me, I might as well congratulate myself.
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 Raat Akeli Hai and Lootcase,Netflix documentary Three Identical Strangers, Roger Federer’s new commercial for Barilla, and Nike ad You Can’t Stop Us.
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Timecodes
00:08: Introduction
02:36: Three Identical Strangers
10:21: Letters from listeners
14:39: Raat Akeli Hai
22:29: Letters from listeners
27:30: Nike Ad
30:17: Lootcase
42:39: Barilla Ad
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While reading out a letter from a listener:
Abhinandan: “As someone who is active in the field of theatre, Hamilton is sacred to me and I would've loved it had Abhinandan Sir, a former thespian himself, watched it.” So...
Rajyasree: She’s very young.
Abhinandan: Have you passed out? Are you choking?
Rajyasree: No, I’m choking so they’ll get me my smelling salts, I’ll be fine. But you must not use these words loosely.
Abhinandan: I will be honest with you. Had bad acting been a crime, I would’ve got capital punishment based on one play that I did.
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 Dil Bechara, Netflix series Norsemen, documentary film A Suitable Girl, the death of Oscar-winning actress Olivia de Havilland, and a whole lot more.
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Timecodes
00:08: Introduction
02:16: Dil Bechara
10:31: Letters from listeners
16:32: Norsemen
25:46: Letters from listeners
37:29: A Suitable Girl
54:52: Olivia de Havilland
1:01:05: Letters from listeners
01:12:49: Today Tea ad
01:13:40: Amitabh Bachchan’s blogpost
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