"It's filthy, that's true. But it's also beautiful."

Although you can say that about pretty much any Indian city, nothing really fits the bill like Calcutta.

Samuel, who studied at the fancy Science Po university in France, speaks about Satyajit Ray, why staying in South Cal is a blessing, and why Vidya Balan is more bangali than any other bangali. 

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If you thought Delhi was only limited to Delhi 6, think again.

Madhavi, Sahej and I discuss the cultures and subcultures that some films based out of Delhi have managed to capture. 

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Plans for the first half of 2021! 

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Did you know that Comicstaan had a disastrous season in Tamil? 

Did you know that there's a thing called 'Hyderabadi Chinese'?

Did you know that Vijay Deverakonda, unlike Arjun Reddy,  is actually quite chill IRL? 

Gaah, Episode 18 with Swetha was nothing short of an 'overload of awesomeness and GK' and perhaps my favourite one yet. We spoke about sitcoms and improv in India, her amazing experience working at Fully Filmy and had a feisty AMA segment at the end that you don't wanna miss. 

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Have a great listen!

Hari, a freelance filmmaker from Chennai, calls himself a 'stereotypical' Tamil boy. But when you complete listening to this episode, you'll agree with me when I say that he's sooooo much more that!

We spoke about how his college life in Pune humbled him, why Dhanush's brother Selvaraghavan has changed Kollywood for good and had a super AMA session [With your questions from IG!] at the end of the episode. 

Check out his work here: 

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Hope you had a safe and chill Diwali!

I've never been to South Africa. But Guneet's vicarious storytelling of tipsy NRI uncles or going to an all-girls convent school in Jo'burg really transports you to the city, and serves as a stark contrast to her college years studying journalism in Pune. 

In India, she's worked with organisations such as P. Sainath's People's Archive of Rural India and The Quint, which gave her an insight into how the definition of  'journalism' changes, depending on where you work.

Madhavi and I had a thrilling chat with her, and I'm sure it'll be a great listen for you too!

Nairika worked as a DA on ‘Shakuntala Devi’ released directly on Amazon Prime earlier this year.

Hear the entire episode to know how she scored the gig, why filmmaking is respected in the UK and the surprising revelation that Ms. Vidya Balan is the biggest prankster on set.

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United Kingdom. The 199O's. At a time when Raj was trying his best to woo Simran and her bauji, a small yet significant part of the South Asian community went to nightclubs in the day, called 'daytimers', an afternoon rave of sorts where young adults partied to bhangra, drum n bass and old Bollywood songs.

Although it's barely documented in popular culture, Riz Ahmed's short film called 'Daytimer' which was selected at Sundance a few years ago, provides a great window to this world, following the coming-of-story of a Pakistani teenager in 1999.

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Satya made gangster cool in India. Based solely in Mumbai, the film had so much say and so much to show.  I've tried to compress whatever I loved about the film in 4 minutes, but I strongly suggest you watch the picture yourself! 

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So long! 

that's what shree said. 

On a rainy Andheri East evening in 2O19, my friend Siddharth and I discussed Vikas Behl's SUPER3O; what it meant it for him and how little it meant for me. Along the way, he delved into how engineering changed his life when he chose not do it, and how BOX8's delivery speed is too good to be true.