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With a sequel just around the corner we thought this week would be the best time to revisit the highest grossing film of all time 'Avatar' on 'Has It Aged Well?'. In the studio to discuss our first Hollywood film is film & tv critic and self-appointed Avatar fanatic Suchin Mehrotra. Also, while Urjita is away in the capital city doing shows, filling in for co-host duties is 'Pop Wrap' host Sna...

In this episode of 'Just A Filmy Game Show', our host Antariksh Takkar is joined by Abbas Momin and Urjita Wani, as they try to Figure out the name of a film that has a train sequence, sing Katrina Kaif songs and guess the name of the movies based on the reviews and ratings!  Follow Abbas on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/abbasmomin88/?hl=en Follow Urjita on Instagram:  https://www.instagra...

In this week's episode of Pop Wrap, Snayhil is joined by Antariksh, Abbas and Nikhil as they talk about the use of colour in cinema. If you've ever wondered why Sanjay Leela Bhansali shot an entire movie in the shades of blue, why Jackie Chan's clothes were always the show stealer, why a certain colour evokes a very particular emotion in you, this episode holds answers to all this and much more. ...

Dust up your fedoras, hop on a tram to visit your favourite jazz club where the gangster's moll is crooning a sultry number because we're going back to the Bombay of the 60's baby! Well, not quite. We're going back to 2015 to discuss Anurag Kashyap's deeply polarising work ‘Bombay Velvet’. Joining Abbas and Urjita on this venture is film critic extraordinaire Sucharita Tyagi. Is BV a misunderstood...

In this episode of 'Just A Filmy Game Show', our host Antariksh Takkar is joined by Snayhil Aneja and Jalasmi Hathi as they try to Figure out how much money some famous bollywood movies made, sing Shahrukh Khan songs and guess the name of the movies based on the synopsis!  Follow Snayhil on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/snayhil/ Follow Jalasmi on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/hathi...

The big screen saw 2 much awaited releases last month and in this episode, Antariksh and Snayhil talk about them at length. Drishyam 2, a sequel to the 2015 hit Drishyam, released on the 19th of November and has taken the box office by storm. Both the movies are a remake of South Indian movies, that go by the same name. Seeing Bollywood actively remaking movies, makes us question their dependency...

This week on 'Has it Aged Well?' Abbas and Urjita dial it back to the 80's as by discussing Vidhu Vinod Chopra's iconic gangster film 'Parinda'. Joining them for the episode is writer, content creator and the man behind the instagram handle @notwhyral: Sudarshan. They talk about Nana Patekar's break out performance, Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff's chemistry, the unhinged portrayal of Bombay, how P...

In the very first episode of 'Just A Filmy Game Show', our host Antariksh Takkar is joined by Farah Rumaney and Nikhil Joshi as they try to guess movies from critic reviews, sing songs about 'Naina' and compete for the title of the 'Biggest Bollywood Deewana/Deewani'!  Follow Farah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farah_rumaney/ Follow Nikhil on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshi_ni...

Welcome to Just A Filmy Game Show! A game show based on Bollywood films where host Antariksh Takkar has contestants compete for the title of 'Biggest Bollywood Deewana/Deewani' by playing games, singing songs, cracking jokes, and basically entertaining the hell out of you, the listener! Tune in on the IVM Pop feed/channel, kyunki abhi toh party shuru hui hai! See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

Football fever has taken over the world and we obviously jumped on the fanboying opportunity! In this episode, Sanyhil, Karan, & Antariksh unleash their fandom for their respective favorite clubs, discuss all that's happening in and around this year's FIFA WC in Qatar, the good and the bad of kits, and more. They also look at Louis Vuitton's epic, timely image of Ronaldo & Messi playing ch...

This week on 'Has It Aged Well?' we're covering our first Mani Ratnam film by dialing it back to the early 00's and discussing the multi starrer 'Yuva'. To discuss the film with Abbas and Urjita is Quizzer (Kvizzer), comedian and Mani Ratnam superfan, Kumar Varun. The trio discuss KV's experience of watching the film twice on the same day, why this is perhaps Abhishek Bachchan's best performance,...

We've all been in a position where by the time we decide on content to consume or a show to watch while we eat our meals, the meal itself gets over. Don't you worry though! This week's episode of Pop Wrap is filled with recommendations that can be your comfort watch and help you kill time or just be a background show while you run your daily chores. In this week's episode of Pop Wrap, our host Sna...

Does one of the whackiest Govinda comedies of the 90s actually serve as a metaphor for crony capitalists eating up independent businesses in the 2020's? Yes, we go deep into the 'Raja Bhoj' and 'Gangu Teli' analogies while dissecting the hilarious cult classic 'Dulhe Raja'. Joining Abbas and Urjita is Aseem Chandaver, popularly known as @BabaJogeshwari from his social media handles, and though the...

DRAGONS INCOMING!!! House of the Dragon proved to be a befitting prequel to the epic that Game Of Thrones was, and even though it might have come to an end, we are still reeling in its hangover.  If you are feeling just like us, check out this episode for some interesting character breakdowns, conspiracy theories, predictions for season 2 and ofcourse, DRAGONS! Follow Snayhil on Instagram : h...

This week on 'Has It Aged Well?' we're tackling what is perhaps THE most path breaking film not just in the gangster genre but whose shadow looms well over the decade of the 90s and beyond. Ram Gopal Verma's sprawling gangster epic 'Satya'. Joining Abbas and Urjita is actor, voice over artist comedian, and hardcore Satya fanatic Sankalp Rastogi. Topics discussed include the early appearances of fa...

Shararat is one of the most loved TV series to ever come out of the Indian Television Industry and every character of it, most memorable. In this Special Short Episode, Snayhil talks to the leading lady from the show, Shruti Seth aka Jiya Malhotra.  Join them in this conversation where Shruti revisits the iconic TV series and shares some anecdotes that were unheard of. Tune into this episode...

This month has kept the pop culture ticker ticking. With the release of Black Adam, Ram Setu, Thank God, and Kantara, public flocked to the cinemas in large numbers. Our panel for this episode, Snayhil, Antariksh, Harsh and Meghnad talk about all these releases and much more. Deadpool 3 announcement, Henry Cavill's return as Superman, a possible DC and Marvel crossover, Hugh Jackman's return as th...

On Shah Rukh's birthday week Abbas and Urjita revisit his most dependable blockbuster from the early aughts - Main Hoon Na (*cue title song whistle*). Bringing some very...hormonal energy to the episode is our guest Pavitra Shetty : comedian, writer and professional wedding attender . Though this is a drool-over-SRK episode we also swoon over Naseeruddin Shah in a military uniform, Zayed Khan's zu...

Are you also waiting for an Ayushmann Khurrana film that doesn't end with a social message? or maybe a Salman Khan film where Salman plays a character that is not Bhai... To be honest, we all are!! In this week's episode of Pop Wrap! Snayhil is joined by the Host-Producer duo from the podcast Has It Aged Well? i.e. Abbas and  Nikhil as they talk about actors being typecasted in a a certain ty...

Pass the cushion, hide those shoes and settle down with your pet pomeranian because we are talking about a film that's all about festivities - the 1994 smash hit 'Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!' and who better to discuss it with than someone who recently went through the rigmarole of marriage? Comedian (and recently turned husband) Aakash Mehta joins Abbas and Urjita and the panel is pretty split with Ur...

If anyone ever asks you to define a complete package, just play this episode. This week on Pop Wrap is very special as we have, with us, Navya Naveli Nanda. We talk about Books, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Memes, Masterchef, Late Night Munchies, Jeffrey Dahmer Web Series and even Fruits… As we said, this epsiode is a complete package Tune in to this episode for a fun banter, some interesting stories...

This week on 'Has It Aged Well?', Abbas and Urjita are joined by filmmaker and writer Hardik Mehta (of 'Kamyaab' and 'Roohi' fame). We're celebrating Big B's 80th birthday by discussing one of his cult classics, 1978's 'Don'. The three of them discuss what made 70's potboiler cinema so memorable, how producer Nariman Irani's financial woes gave birth to this film, why the henchmen and cops of that...

Vikram Vedha fever has taken over the country and the movie is receiving praises from critics and the audiences. In this week's episode of Pop Wrap, Snayhil and Antariksh are joined by Jalasmi as they talk everything Vikram Vedha.  Which version was better? Where all did the movie lack? Why is the box office of the movie not picking up despite great reviews and amazing word of mouth? Have top...

This week on ‘Has It Aged Well?’ Abbas & Urjita are joined by author, and creative director (non-fiction) at IVM Podcasts, Meghnad S. to revisit the revolutionary 2006 film ‘Rang De Basanti’. The trio discusses how the film influenced Meghnad to move to Delhi, how ‘RDB’ was perhaps the best example of sepia toned flashbacks, the character arc of Atul Kulkarni’s fundamentalist character, how au...

It won't be wrong to say that Bollywood and Remixes haven't had the best of relationships so far. It's always been a kind of relationship that saw both highs and lows. Where we had remixes like Aankh Maare and Dhanno, we also had Masakali 2.0. Some remixes hit the right spot whereas some just missed the target completely. In this week's episode of Pop Wrap! Snayhil is joined by Abbas and Nikhil as...