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 

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NL Sena - The Impunity of India’s Police 

NL Sena - India’s e-waste underworld

Mountainhead

The Last of Us S2

Stolen 

Don’t Look Up

Triangle of Sadness

Fleabag 

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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