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A weekly wrap up of consumable and non-consumable entertainment curated, especially for the internet age. Hosted by Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen. Click here to support Newslaundry: http://bit.ly/paytokeepnewsfree
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Awful and Awesome Ep 344: Oscars, Poor Things, Manjummel Boys
While discussing Poor Things:
Jayashree: You threw me under the bus. I asked if I should watch American Fiction or Poor Things, and you led me to Poor Things.
Rajyasree: Which has won an Oscar.
Jayashree: So many terrible movies have. I had to watch Poor Things over dinner. So, I did not get my calorie intake last night, because it was a struggle.
This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Jayashree Arunachalam discuss the movies Poor Things, American Fiction, Manjummel Boys, and the 96th Academy Awards.
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Timecodes
00:00 - Introductions
01:29 - Headlines
03:45 - Poor things
18:40 - American Fiction
25:54 - NL-TNM Election Fund
27:28 - Manjummel Boys
34:10 The Oscars
References
General Elections 2024 Fund
Poor Things
American Fiction
Manjummel Boys
96th Academy Awards
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Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra and Shubang Gautam, edited by Umrav Singh.
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Awful and Awesome Ep 343: Laapataa Ladies, Mr & Mrs Smith, The Holdovers
Abbas: Did you see? Karan Johar has put up a high production quality pre-wedding video of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant. Our pre-wedding videos are by some random ‘Chandu video wala’.
Nainika: No, Abbas. You’re Bombay royalty. You should have one of your director friends come in and shoot your wedding with a film camera.
Abbas: I think I’d get Suraj Barjatya, or maybe Quentin Tarantino. The joota-churai ceremony would be epic.
Nainika: Oh my god, you did not just say that. (laughs)
This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abbas Momin and Nainika Singh Rathore discuss the movies The Holdovers and Laapataa Ladies, the series Mr and Mrs Smith, and the hullabaloo around Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding festivities.
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Timecodes
00:00 - Introductions
02:18 - Headlines
04:02 - Ambani bash
21:06 - NL-TNM Election Fund announcement
22:08 - Mr & Mrs Smith
28:59 - Subscriber letter
30:05 - Laapataa Ladies
37:56 - Subscriber letter
40:05 - The Holdovers
References
General Elections 2024 Fund
Laapataa Ladies
The Holdovers
Mr and Mrs Smith
Has It Aged Well?
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Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra and Shubang Gautam, edited by Samarendra K Dash and Umrav Singh.
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Awful and Awesome: Favourite moments rewind
This week, it’s time to unwind as we look back at our favourite moments and best clips from the past few weeks. This special episode is free unlike others behind the paywall. Subscribe to listen to our previous episodes.
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Awful and Awesome Ep 342: Love Storiyaan, Argylle, BAFTAs
While discussing Argylle:
Nainika: I’ve seen a lot of movies since joining this podcast. I’ve watched the awful, I’ve watched the awesome, but I’ve never watched…
Rajyasree: The boring?
Nainika: No, the bizarre. (laughs) It was a bizarre film. I fell asleep, I woke up.
Rajyasree: But, what a starcast they’ve got.
Nainika: I think this film is a money laundering front for all those involved.
This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Nainika Singh Rathore discuss the series Love Storiyaan and Feud, movies Argylle and This Is Me…Now, and the BAFTAs.
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Timecodes
00:00 - Introductions
01:27 - Headlines
03:01 - Love Storiyaan
15:09 - Letter
16:10 - Argylle
32:20 - Letter
34:23 - BAFTAs
39:10 - Announcement on NL Sena Modi 2.0 Report Card
40:09 - Feud S2
References
NL Sena: Modi 2.0 Report Card
Argylle
Feud S2
Love Storiyaan
This Is Me…Now
BAFTAs
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Awful and Awesome Ep 341: Anatomy of a Fall, Bhakshak, Bold Care ad
While discussing Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya:
Abbas: Dimple Kapadia, who is Shahid’s aunt in the film, plays the role of a scientist.
Rajyasree: She did the same role in Pathaan too. Who knows, when filmmakers look at Dimple, they think, “This is what a scientist definitely looks like.”
Abbas: Oh, and Shahid Kapoor is also a robotic scientist, by the way.
Rajyasree: (laughs) This is really stretching the suspension of disbelief.
This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abbas Momin discuss the films Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jia, Anatomy of a Fall, Bhakshak, and Ranveer Singh’s viral Bold Care ad.
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Timecodes
00:00 - Introductions
01:14 - Headlines
13:07 - Letter #1
14:30 - Bold Care ad
20:25 - Announcement on NL Sena Modi 2.0 Report Card
21:40 - Bhakshak
34:23 - Letter #2
35:30 - Anatomy of a Fall
References
NL Sena: Modi 2.0 Report Card
Teri Baaton Me Aisa Uljha Jiya
Ranveer and Johnny Sins Bold Care Ad
Bhakshak
NL Interview: Bhumi Pednekar on Bhakshak and the power of journalism
Anatomy of a Fall
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AnA Cutlet 340
A whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the film Animal, the series The Expats and Griselda, and the documentary The Greatest Night In Pop. Also in this episode, a special interview with Bhumi Pednekar about her Netflix film Bhakshak. Stay tuned till the end.
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Customer Reviews
Good fun
Very entertaining and plenty of light hearted banter and jibes between the hosts.
More than Meets the Eye
It’s been almost a year I have been following NewsLaundry as well as Awful and Awesome. If you want to listen to a mundane reviews of movies and series well this isn’t for you; this podcast is for those who believes Art as a fabric of the society.
Abhinandan and Rajyasree takes on the uncharted path of Movies,Shows,Advertisements where they look deeper than the obvious and talk about humanity behind the pictures.
Actually Zero stars!
Just heard the gulabo sitabo episode and did the host-Rajshree actually say “the blacks” ??? Wow!!! Don’t want to hear anymore!