Abhinandan: Before we tell you about the top ten, fifteen or whatever of 2019...Rajyasree: I have eleven!Abhinandan: You have eleven? I have many things. I also have a special surprise list! Don’t cheat. Don’t look at my notes.Rajyasree: How come you have four sheets of paper? You asked me to prepare one...Abhinandan: No, no…Rajyasree: Such a sidie you are!Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing. Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss their best and worst picks from what they watched in the year gone by, among a lot of other stuff awful and awesome.

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Talking about how pop culture is a part of political discourse, Rajyasree explains what propaganda is:Abhinandan: Oh, that is what propaganda is. I thought it was...Rajyasree: It’s propping up people?Abhinandan: ...a rhinoceros that went to finishing school!Rajyasree: Oh, like that! Ganda, you’re saying.Abhinandan: Well, the audience got the joke about five minutes ago, and the penny is still dropping.Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing. This and a lot more as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Knives Out and The Two Popes, the new BMC commercials by Lowe Lintas, how celebrities have responded to the Citizenship Amendment Act discourse, Salman khan as Pepsi’s new brand ambassador, and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome.

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Talking about the new Nike ad:Abhinandan: Those of you who follow football like I do would know Mbappé is the superstar, superfast striker for PSG. He also plays for the French national team...Anjlin: (Interjects) Also super cute!Abhinandan: Super cute, is he?Anjlin: Yeah, yep!Abhinandan: Okaay. And he did a phenomenal job at last year’s World Cup and Nike has come out with an ad, which is the Mbappé ad. So, what did you think of it, Anjlin? Do you think it did justice to his cuteness, haaan?Abhinandan and Anjlin burst out laughing. This and a lot more as Abhinandan Sekhri and Newslaundry subscriber Anjlin Sahni discuss the Netflix series Pose, the movie The Report, the podcast My Favorite Murder, and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome.

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While talking about the DC Extended Universe:Abhinandan: Underwater Man bhi inka hi hai na? Prakash: Aquaman.Abhinandan: Aquaman. Sorry. Wo bhi inka hi hai, na? Usne to bhadd hi peet di! Usne to duba diya. Aquaman ne duba diya. See the layers of the joke? It has got depth also. Like water...there’s meta depth. It’s a water joke, for those of you who are not getting it.Prakash: (Reluctantly) I think they got it.Abhinandan and Prakash burst out laughing. This and a lot more as Abhinandan Sekhri and Newslaundry subscriber Prakash Iyer talk about The Irishman; trailers of No Time to Die and Wonder Woman 1984; Jerry Seinfeld; Harper Collins India’s short film Parcel, and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome.

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Talking about the kids featured in one of the videos sent by Ananya:Abhinandan: The kids are such brilliant performers. I find it amazing that a child that young can dance so well.Rajyasree: Abhinandan used to be a dancer.Abhinandan: But I can’t do the kind of moves they did.Rajyasree: Okay. Because when we do our live recording...Abhinandan: I’ll show my moves...Rajyasree: So, we will have a segment where I will sing because we will have a captive audience and we’ll lock the door…Abhinandan: There will be a riot, Rajyasree. Let’s not push it!Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing. This and a lot more as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen talk about I Lost My Body, Sky’s Christmas ad, Nredwriter1’s video essay, Servant, American Music Awards, and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome.

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Talking about the kids featured in one of the videos sent by Ananya:

Abhinandan: The kids are such brilliant performers. I find it amazing that a child that young can dance so well.

Rajyasree: Abhinandan used to be a dancer.

Abhinandan: But I can’t do the kind of moves they did.

Rajyasree: Okay. Because when we do our live recording...

Abhinandan: I’ll show my moves...

Rajyasree: So, we will have a segment where I will sing because we will have a captive audience and we’ll lock the door…

Abhinandan: There will be a riot, Rajyasree. Let’s not push it!

Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing.

This and a lot more as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen talk about I Lost My Body, Sky’s Christmas ad, Nredwriter1’s video essay, Servant, American Music Awards, and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome.

After reading Jay’s letter correcting Rajyasree’s pronunciation of ‘Le Mans’:Abhinandan: So Rajyasree Sen, he has corrected your pronunciation. So obviously you hate Jay. Jay, you are now on the…Rajyasree: Hitlist!Abhinandan: Rajyasree’s ‘I hate’ list. You are there because you corrected her pronunciation. Because no one dare correct her pronunciation. So just telling you, in case you’re ever alone, wandering the streets where you live, and suddenly someone arrives from the sky sitting on a broom…Rajyasree: And throws a dictionary on your head…Abhinandan: yeah, and you pass out, you know who it is!Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing. This and a lot more as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen talk about Hotel Mumbai, One Mic Stand, Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator, Utsav Chakraborti, Out of Love, Amazon Prime's censorship of Madam Secretary, Gillette's new ad campaign and Durex, among other stuff awful and awesome.

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Rajyasree: I actually told you all that I’ll record the second week, and you said I’d rather record by myself with the subscribers. But even the subscribers complained and said please come back, because Abhinandan is saying any shit on the podcast. And I actually listened to the podcast and you trashed me in the first five minutes. And then I stopped!Abhinandan: So welcome back and all of you who were saying where’s Rajyasree, lo, she’s back, ab khao kadhi!Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing. This and a lot more as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen talk about Apple TV+, The Morning Show, Drive, season 3 of The Crown, Prince Andrew’s interview, Ford vs Ferrari and Bhuvan Bam’s music video Ajnabee, among all other stuff awful and awesome.PS: Abhinandan is back at recommending Punjabi songs, on popular demand.

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Inderpreet: So the award you got, it was based on votes?Abhinandan: I don’t think it’ll be based on anything else.Abhinandan, Tanya and Inderpreet burst out laughing.Inderpreet: So we should tell Modi ji, Jan sankhya vispot ka hume to faida ho gaya!Abhinandan: Beshak!This and a lot more happens as Abhinandan Sekhri and Newslaundry subscribers Inderpreet Singh and Tanya Bahuguna talk about the new Under Armour ad, Korean TV shows, Netflix shows Living With Yourself and Trump: An American Dream, the latest episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, among other stuff awful and awesome.

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This week on The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Amrita Roy and Aditya Relangi to discuss Season 3 of the series Atypical, Tamil movies Asuran and Kaithi, the album Khulle Naagde by the Bandish Projekt, and three advertisements which have become the talk of the town. Referring to Atypical, Amrita says the sitcom series is “more representative of the world we live in”. “It’s brave to pick up a subject like this because it’s very easy to get it wrong,” she adds. Aditya applauds the makers of Asuran for the intense visuals of the film. Up next is the Knorr soup commercial starring Karan Johar. Amrita argues that it is a “fine, lowkey and funny ad” that is also progressive. “KJo maintains his way of making fun of his wishy-washy stand on being homosexual,” she notes. The panellists also laud the latest Australia Tourism ad as having the perfect ingredients to attract an Indian audience.The discussion moves on to a major Tamil release of 2019, Kaithi. Aditya argues, “Kaithi is a gritty film, a suspense thriller, they were able to hold the suspense through the entire 2.5-hour film.”This episode also features the bilingual Netflix documentary American Factory, the Citibank ad plagiarism row, and Bandish Projekt’s Khulle Naagde album.

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