This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen review the series The Romantics and Farzi; the short documentary Elephant Whisperers;  and the Adani Anthem.

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Nainika asks Abbas how he would deal with a zombie pandemic:

Abbas: I think I’ll be gone in the first five or six hours (both laugh). I give myself a day tops.

Nainika: If you make it through a day, you’ll be like ‘oh, I won this already’.

Abbas: Yeah yeah, it was a good run. What about you?

Nainika: I’ll probably hold on and try to fight on for the people I love, like friends and family. Otherwise I’m like, you know what, I don’t really care. I’m wearing good clothes, I’m lying down and you can come get me so I can peacefully leave.

This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abbas Momin and Nainika Rathore review films Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat and You People; webseries Last Of Us and Fleishman Is In Trouble; the new DC Comics film slate, and the Schiaparelli Spring Collection.

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Abhinandan and Rajyasree share their thoughts on Pathaan:

Abhinandan: It has some very good things. There’s Deepika Padukone.

Rajyasree: Who has not wasted any time in wearing any clothes.

Abhinandan: Then there’s Deepika Padukone also. And there is that other person that’s…

Rajyasree: Sponsored by OnlyFans?

Abhinandan: Deepika Padukone. And even Shah Rukh is looking amazing. 

Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen review Pathaan, and three music videos, including Miley Cyrus’s Flowers, Sam Smith’s I’m Not Here To Make Friends and Players by Badshah, Karan Aujla and Devika Badyal.

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Abhinandan asks Nilanjana if she’s a day person or a night person:

Abhinandan: Rajyasree, we didn’t ask you. You are obviously a night person because it will be strange to see a broom flying around in the sky during the day.

Rajyasree: Nilanjana is not going to encourage this kind of loose talk about my character.

Nilanjana: She has the most elegant broom in the whole sky. 

Abhinandan: Elegant broom? Acha theek hai, maybe Arvind Kejriwal should get in touch. 

Abhinandan, Rajyasree and Nilanjana burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen are joined by author Nilanjana Roy to talk about her book Black River, as well as the films Aftersun and Thor: Love and Thunder; and Rahul Gandhi’s interview with Curly Tales.

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This week, it’s time to unwind as we look back at our favourite moments and best clips from 2022. 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.

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Timecodes

02:04 - Beyoncé’s Break My Soul

04:34 - Besharam Rang

09:17 - Top Gun Maverick

17:14 - Drake’s new album

23:23 - The Kardashians

28:43 - Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives S2

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While talking about the show Moving in with Malaika:

Rajyasree: I told you to watch at least one episode.

Abhinandan: And I am glad that I didn’t watch it. The beauty of life is sometimes it helps when you listen to people. But the other beauty of life is sometimes it helps when you don’t listen to people. When you asked me to watch, main samajh gaya tha, beta mat dekhna, pachtayega. 

Rajyasree: I said you will enjoy it. 

Abhinandan: Aap enjoy kijiye, hum chai peete bechte hain?

Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen review the films The Swimmers and The Banshees of Inisherin; web series Harry & Meghan; Malaika Arora’s new show Moving in with Malaika; and a lot more.

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While talking about the show Moving in with Malaika:

Rajyasree: I told you to watch at least one episode.

Abhinandan: And I am glad that I didn’t watch it. The beauty of life is sometimes it helps when you listen to people. But the other beauty of life is sometimes it helps when you don’t listen to people. When you asked me to watch, main samajh gaya tha, beta mat dekhna, pachtayega. 

Rajyasree: I said you will enjoy it. 

Abhinandan: Aap enjoy kijiye, hum chai peete bechte hain?

Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen review the films The Swimmers and The Banshees of Inisherin; web series Harry & Meghan; Malaika Arora’s new show Moving in with Malaika; and a lot more.

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Timecodes

00:00 - Introduction

03:00 - The Swimmers 

13:56 - Subscriber letters

16:00 - Moving in with Malaika

21:32 - Harry & Meghan

35:39 - Subscriber letters

38:32 - The Banshees of Inisherin

45:11 - Nora Fatehi 

48:40 - Stephen ‘Twitch’ Boss dies

References

Harry & Meghan

Moving in with Malaika

The Banshees of Inisherin

The Swimmers

The Tango Lesson

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