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A whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri review the series The Ba***ds of Bollywood, the movies Inspector Zende and Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, and a new song by Amruta Fadnavis.
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A whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri review the movie The Thursday Murder Club, the music video of Guru Randhawa’s Azul, and a new Rado ad featuring Katrina Kaif and Hrithik Roshan. We also have a special interview with the director an co-writer of Dhadak 2, Shazia Iqbal!
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A whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the movie Dhadak 2, the documentary Fit for TV, and the final season of And Just Like That.
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A whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the movies Housefull 5, Sarzameen, and the series Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2.
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A whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen, Abhinandan Sekhri, and Sucharita Tyagi discuss the movies Punjab 95, Homebound, and the return of Smriti Irani as Tulsi in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
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While discussing Indian reality show The Traitors:
Abhinandan: What’s the point of reviewing trash? Like what’s the point?
Rajyasree: So, the reason why I watched it is because I have seen bits and pieces of The Traitors UK…They’re genuinely funny, they know that it’s campy, that it’s ridiculous that they’re walking around in a cape and all…
Abhinandan: So that’s why we’re reviewing the Karan Johar version?
Rajyasree: So, I wanted to see how India has – as usual – taken a good concept, a funny concept where you’re not supposed to be serious about it, and fucked it up.
This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the movie Anora, Indian reality show The Traitors, documentary series American Manhunt, and the songs Tum Tum and Qatal.
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Timecodes
00:00 - Introductions
02:03 - Topics
4:30 - Letters
9:16- The Traitors
21:08- American Manhunt
31:14 - Announcements
33: 49- Anora
41:23- Letters
46:10- Announcements
47: 23- Tum Tum
48: 54- Qatal
References & recommendations
NL Sena - India’s e-waste underworld
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Produced and recorded by Tista Roy Chowdhury and Anil Kumar, edited by Hassan Bilal.
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While discussing the headlines:
Rajaysree: In bad news, Kamal Haasan’s comments led to his film Thug Life not releasing in Karnataka.
Manisha: In worse news, Akshay Kumar’s Housefull 5 cruised ahead of the box office…I had no idea that five Housefulls have been made.
Rajyasree: And also Fardeen Khan has made a comeback!
Shardool: Oh god. His debut movie is the worst movie I have ever seen.
Rajyasree: Prem Aggan!
Shardool: Yeah, I walked out of the theatre!
This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen, Manisha Pande, and Shardool Katyayan discuss the movies Mountainhead and Stolen, and the second season of the TV series Last of Us.
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Timecodes
00:00 - Introductions and announcements
02:20 - Headlines
07:55 - Mountainhead
18:18 - Letters
19:44 - The Last of Us S2
38:20 - Letters
42.16 - Stolen
54:10 - Letter
References & recommendations
Sign up for the Chennai subscriber meetup
NL Sena - The Impunity of India’s Police
NL Sena - India’s e-waste underworld
Scoop: Inside Stories from the Partition to the Present
TVF’s Daaru Pe Charcha Ep.03 ft. Vijay Maal Legaya
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Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra and Anil Kumar, edited by Umrav Singh.
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While discussing The Royals
Abhinandan: You’re saying Bhumi Pednekar is good in this? Is she the redeeming factor?
Rajyasree: No, she's horrible in this…But it has worked in her favour because everyone has logged on and watched the show.
Abhinandan: Why?
Rajyasree: Because it’s so bad. Everyone trashed it so everyone logged on and watched it.
This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the series The Royals, the documentary Flintoff, and multiple subscriber letters. Abhinandan also recommends his new favourite Punjabi song.
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Timecodes
00:00 - Introductions and announcements
01:43 - Headlines
11:15 - Letters
19:42 - The Royals
30:03 - Subscriber letters
41:23 - Flintoff
49:40 - Letters
57:37 - Abhinandan recommends a Punjabi song
References
Cannes like you've never seen it before | BBC Global
A Friendship, a Pandemic and a Death Beside the Highway
Upamanyu Chatterjee’s interview
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Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra and Anil Kumar, edited by Satish Kumar.
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While discussing Jewel Thief:
Abhinandan: I tried to find a redeeming quality about the film. I couldn’t find anything.
Rajyasree: The romance didn’t inspire you to fall in love?
Abhinandan: This film almost inspired me to jump off a high building...In future, I would suggest that you don’t suggest anything we watch.
Rajyasree: But then we’d be watching nothing.
Abhinandan: Which would still be better than watching Jewel Thief.
This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the movie Jewel Thief. They also interview Anuvab Pal, Rahul DaCunha and Bhargava Krishna – the team behind the upcoming film Pune Highway.
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Timecodes
00:00 - Introductions and announcements
03:32 - Subscriber letters
05:52 - Jewel Thief
19:46 - Interview with the team of Pune Highway
1:01:31 - Letters
References
Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins
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Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra and Anil Kumar, edited by Umrav Singh.
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