The Awful & Awesome Entertainment Wrap

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 DAYS AGO

Awful and Awesome Ep 376: Shyam Benegal, Girls Will Be Girls, Heretic

Abhinandan: Rajyasree, not today, but I will review this show soon...I think I watched it a little late...Made In Heaven. (producer cracks up) Abhinandan: (stares) Our producer just laughed...What’s so funny? Rajyasree: Why did you watch Made In Heaven? Abhinandan: It was recommended. Rajyasree: Yes, four years back! This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the movies Woman of The Hour, Girls Will Be Girls, and Heretic, Shyam Benegal’s cinema, and the new Kim Kardashian music video for Santa Baby. PS: Abhinandan also recommends a new Punjabi song, so do tune in to the full episode. Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters. Timecodes 00:00 - Introductions 03:22 - Announcements 02:57 - Headlines 07:04 - Woman Of The Hour 11:56 - Subscriber letters 22:49 - Shyam Benegal nostalgia 30:00 - Heretic 38:07 - Subscriber letters 41:20 - Girls Will Be Girls 45:02 - Kim Kardashian’s new music video References and recommendations Subscribe to NL-TNM NL Sena - Hindu Rashtra Subscriber Sandeep Banik’s ‘fun ad’ Takeaways from CNN’s Investigation: How Airbnb fails to protect its guests from hidden cameras The Vegetarian by Han Kang What Went Wrong With Capitalism Kalyug by Shyam Benegal Jordan Sandhu | Bottle Free Newslaundry’s Broken Ballots series Click here to download the Newslaundry app on Android. And here for iOS. Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra and Anil Kumar, edited by Umrav Singh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

51 min
20/12/2024

Awful and Awesome: Rewind to our favourite moments

This week, it’s time to unwind and look back at our favourite moments and best clips from the past few weeks – from laughs to jabs. This special episode is free, unlike others behind the paywall. Subscribe to listen to our previous episodes. Awful and Awesome will return with a new episode next week. Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

22 min
06/12/2024

Awful and Awesome Ep 375: Nikhil Taneja on Freedom at Midnight, Kal Ho Naa Ho

While discussing Kal Ho Naa Ho’s re-release: Nikhil: There’s a moment where Shahrukh comes on screen. You just see his back, and the entire auditorium started hooting! Abhinandan: No one has had the kind of screen presence Shahrukh has since Amitabh Bachhan. Rajyasree: How about Akshay? (Abhinandan gives a pensive stare to Rajyasree) This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri, Rajyasree Sen, and this week’s special guest Nikhil Taneja discuss the series Freedom at Midnight, and the films The Substance and Kal Ho Naa Ho. Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters. Timecodes 00:00 - Introduction 06.52 - Topics 07:30 - Announcements 10:00 - Headlines 18:00 - Mike Tyson- Jake Paul bout & boxing as a sport 26:40 - Nikhil Taneja’s Be A Man Yaar! 38:05 - Freedom At Midnight 01:06:00 - Letters 01:08:20 - Kal Ho Naa Ho References Subscribe to NL-TNM Subrata Roy Sahara figures ‘Life Mantras’ from Tihar Be A Man Yaar! Kal Ho Naa Ho Freedom At Midnight Click here to download the Newslaundry app on Android. And here for iOS. Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra and Aryan Mahtta, edited by Samarendra K Dash. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 31m
23/11/2024

Awful and Awesome Ep 374: Zwigato, Buckingham Murders, Sabarmati Report trailer

While discussing The Sabarmati Report’s trailer: Rajyasree: Good news is, Coldplay has announced a fourth show in Gujarat. The bad news is, you can’t have cold beers before the concert because it’s a dry state. Abhinandan: But you can have fafda, khakra, and dhokla. Rajyasree: So there will be a lot of hot air at Coldplay. Abhinandan: You can top up with a lot of chaas! This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Zwigato, The Buckingham Murders, the documentary Martha, and the trailer for The Sabarmati Report. Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters. Timecodes 00:00 - Introduction 01:51 - Topics 02:18 - Letters 05:38 - Headlines 08:32 - The Sabarmati Report 17:02 - Zwigato 23:51 - Letters 27:28 - The Buckingham Murders 37:37 - Letters 40:14 - Martha References Ana 373 - Interview with Shalini Passi Zwigato The Sabarmati Report trailer The Buckingham Murders Martha Click here to download the Newslaundry app on Android. And here for iOS. Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra and Prashant Kumar; edited by Hassan Bilal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

51 min
01/11/2024

Awful and Awesome Ep 372: Rivals, Wolfs, Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives

While discussing Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives: Abhinandan: How did I come about watching this? And I ended up watching four episodes. Rajshree: I am impressed. Abhinandan: It’s because someone called me and told me about all these characters. Rajshree: Okay. Abhinandan: (smiling) I said you have to be exaggerating this. Then I got home, it happened to be a Sunday, and I said let me see if it’s true. This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the series Rivals and Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives, and the film Wolfs. Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters. Timecodes 00:00 - Introductions 01:27 - Appeals 02:09 - Headlines 05:46 - Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives 22:37- Letters 26:02 - Rivals 35:47 - Wolfs References Recommend AnA to a Friend Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives Rivals Wolfs NL interview with Tajinder Bagga Contribute to our NL Sena projects for Maharashtra and Jharkhand polls Click here to download the Newslaundry app on Android. And here for iOS. Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra and Prashant Kumar; edited by Umrav Singh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

49 min
26/10/2024

AnA Cutlet 371

A whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abbas Momin discuss the series Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives and Disclaimer and documentary Sweet Bobby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 min
18/10/2024

AnA Cutlet 370

A whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abbas Momin discuss the films Jigra, Khel Khel Mein, and Mothers’ Instinct, the series The Tribe, and the documentary Jamoora. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 min
27/09/2024

Awful and Awesome Ep 368: Monsters S2, Follow Kar Lo Yaar, Trap

While discussing Trap: Abhinandan: It was too convenient. Everyone was sharing too much information with the serial killer. Rajyasree: Also, the cops aren’t suspicious when he joins their briefing. Abhinandan: The police in this is from a 70s Jitendra film... always one step behind. This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the series Monsters 2 and Follow Kar Lo Yaar and the film Trap. This episode is outside the paywall. Watch it, enjoy it, and subscribe to Newslaundry so that you can tune in every week. Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters. Audio timecodes 00:00 - Introductions 02:53 - Announcement 08:56- Monsters 18:25 - Letter 22:15- Trap 28:45 - Abhinandan’s concert story 34:16 - Letter 39:17 - Follow Karlo Yaar 47:12 - Letter References Recommend AnA to a Friend Power Sreenivasan Jain’s show Monsters S2 Follow Kar Lo Yaar Trap Subscribe to Newslaundry Click here to download the Newslaundry app on Android. And here for iOS. Produced and recorded by Shubang Gautam; edited by Parikshit Sanyal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

52 min

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295 Ratings

Good fun

22/02/2020

Am all ears

Very entertaining and plenty of light hearted banter and jibes between the hosts.
More than Meets the Eye

03/07/2020

tariq_06

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!

01/07/2020

Deeksha25

Just heard the gulabo sitabo episode and did the host-Rajshree actually say “the blacks” ??? Wow!!! Don’t want to hear anymore!
Fun one from NL

12/06/2020

Kunal Ghai

Rajyashree and Abhinandan’s review of that week’s tv shows, movies, etc. Reviews are fun but more fun is their banter. One of the top 3 NL podcasts with Hafta and HOMP.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.