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This week on 'Has It Aged Well?' Abbas and Urjita are joined by digital content creator and the man behind the instagram page @andheriwestshitposting: Balram Vishwakarma to talk about the 1999 gangster drama 'Vaastav'. Topics discussed include: The cultural impact of the film. how visceral it felt, Balram's take on how this film resonated with those he was growing up with, Sanjay Dutt's magnetic performance, Mahesh Manjrekar's directorial style, the impactful ending of the film and a lot more.

Please stick around till the end for an announcement from Abbas and Urjita. 

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This week on 'Has It Aged Well?' Abbas and Urjita are joined by comedian and writer Sumaira Shaikh to talk about the 1997 superhit 'Ishq' directed by Indra Kumar and starring an ensemble cast of Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Kajol and Ajay Devgan.

Topics discussed include: Why Ishq derails in the second half? The superhit music of the film, who amongst the three major Khans does the panel prefer, Aamir Khan's kissing prowess, some jokes that haven't stood the test of time, and the hilarious supporting cast.

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This week on 'Has It Aged Well?' Abbas and Urjita are joined by film/tv critic and screenwriter Raja Sen to talk about 1983's Masoom marking the directorial debut of Shekhar Kapur and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Saeed Jaffrey, as well as Jugal Hansraj and Urmila Matondkar as child actors.

Topics discussed include: The interesting filmography of Shekhar Kapur, the naturalistic quality of Gulzar's writing and Pravin Bhatt's cinematography, the 'off beat' nature of Masoom compared to the films of the 80s, the fantastic performances by child actors, the iconic soundtrack by RD Burman and some artistic touches that evoked nostalgia for Raja.

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You can order the anthology book 'The Swinging 70s' which features Raja's essay on Hrishikesh Mukherjee here: https://www.amazon.in/Swinging-70s-Stars-Substance-Cinema/dp/8119750470

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For the 100th episode of 'Has It Aged Well?' Abbas and Urjita are joined by comedian Sahil Shah to talk about one of the most successful comedy sequels made in Hindi cinema: 'Phir Hera Pheri' directed by Neeraj Vohra starring Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Suniel Shetty, Bipasha Basu, Johnny Lever, Raima Sen, Rajpal Yadav, Sharat Saxena, Ravi Kishan, Suresh Menon and the who's who of comedians.

Topics discussed include: Why Sahil loves the sequel more than the OG Hera Pheri, the tremendous influence of this film on the Indian meme culture, some characters which *may* come across as culturally insensitive but can we still laugh at them?, Lord Himesh's banging soundtrack, and stick around for a hilarious pun laden slip of tongue by Urjita and Sahil's love for the cult B-movie 'Gunda'. 

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This week one of our most requested guests, Kautuk Srivastava finally makes it to the show! The film Abbas and Urjita are discussing with Kautuk is the 2002 horror blockbuster 'Raaz' directed by Vikram Bhatt starring Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea, Ashutosh Rana and Malini Sharma. Topics discussed include: Kautuk's fascination with the horror genre, how this film cleverly "indianized" a starry Hollywood film, how Raaz walks the line between schlocky horror and A-list drama, the iconic Nadeem-Sravan soundtrack, Urjita's particular nitpick about a scene involving cables and a lot more.

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This week on 'Has It Aged Well?' comedian and writer Ameya Deshpande joins Abbas and Urjita to re-visit the 1999 thriller 'Kaun?' directed by Ram Gopal Varma, written by Anurag Kashyap, starring Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpai and Sushant SIngh.

Topics discussed include: The shocking and polarizing twist ending of the film, RGV & Kashyap's economical film making techniques, Urmila and Manoj Bajpai's super weird creepy chemistry, and a lot more.

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This week on 'Has It Aged Well?' in keeping with the Raksha Bandhan flavour we're talking about a film that has one of the best depictions of a brother-sister relationship in Hindi cinema: Dil Dhadakne Do from 2015 directed by Zoya AKhtar, starring Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Anil Kapoor, and Shefali Shah amongst a host of fabulous supporting actors. Joining Abbas and Urjita for this episode is stylist and content creator Mariyam Hussain.

Topics discussed include: the "first world problem" accusations against Zoya's films and why they might be slightly misplaced, how well the device of having a dog as a narrator works, how the feminist messaging of the film was unique and how it holds up, whether this film has actually aged better than ZNMD, and a lot more.

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This week on 'Has It Aged Well?' Abbas is joined by spoken word artist and writer Ishpreet Balbir and they're discussing the madcap comedy 'Awara Paagal Deewana' from 2002, directed by Vikram Bhatt and starring Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty , Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, and Aftab Shivdasani. Topics discussed include: How the comedic trio of 'Hera Pheri' was repeated here, and how this compared to Priyadarshan's madcap comedies, Ishpreet's memories of growing up on 'mindless comedies', whether 'keep your brain at home' is an asset for comedies, Vikram Bhatt "borrowing" elements from Hollywood, the Paresh Rawal-Johnny Lever jodi, what kind of a gangster is called 'Gulab Khatri' and Ishpreet makes a strong case of similarities between APD and 'Deadpool & Wolverine'!

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This week on 'Has It Aged Well?' we're talking about one of the most popular hindi films of the last 30 years: Hera Pheri. To talk about the film with Abbas and Urjita, returning to the show after a long hiatus is content creator and film nerd Pulkit Kochar. Topics discussed include: The enduring legacy of Hera Pheri, the phenomenal run Proyadarshan, Akshay and Paresh Rawal had in the 2000s, what makes a good comedy, Neeraj Vohra's contribution to Priyadarshan's career, how Baburao scenes became viral before smartphones and a lot more.

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This week we're discussing one of the most watched, admired, argued and celebrated hindi films of the last 30 years, Karan Johar's directorial debut starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerjee and Sana Saeed -  Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. To discuss the film with Abbas and Urjita is returning guest Priyam Saha - actor, founder of 'Goddess Hour', and a fun person to discuss movies with. Topics discussed include: why KKHH had such a long lasting impact on our movies, Is Rahul a d*ck?, the iconic side characters of the movie, how each of the actors ended up portraying Rahul, Anjali, Tina which went on to be iconic and a lot more.

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