Casually Obsessed

The social media era has fueled a massive surge in content creation, significantly expanding the YouTube ecosystem. From Farah Khan to Archana Puran Singh's entire family, from Deepika Kakkar Ibrahim to Bharti Singh, several Bollywood celebrities have begun their journeys on the video streaming platform—not as a side hobby, but as content creators. While the Main Hoon Na director gave the internet...

“Be my mistress?”—Bridgerton season 4 volume 1 ended on a cliffhanger, breaking the Internet. The show returned in February, with Benedict Bridgerton navigating his feelings and “yearning” for Sophie Baek, who is just a maid. As this Mayfair season ends, we analyse the entire season 4, including the famous bathtub scene. Did we like it? Dearest gentle listeners, it is for you to find out! Moving o...

He was the background dancer in Dil To Pagal Hai. He became the angry young man of Kabir Singh. But who is Shahid Kapoor really? This week on Casually Obsessed, we go full detective mode on Bollywood’s most versatile (and maybe most misunderstood) actor. Shruti is losing her mind over his Vivah era, Niharika is defending her questionable movie choices (Kismat Konnection. Anyone? Someome?) , and Ai...

AI is polite, emotionally available, and always says yes. So, in this Valentine’s-coded episode of Casually Obsessed, we ask: would AI make the perfect boyfriend, or are we inviting a robo-rising? From ChatGPT marriages to solo dates with chatbots, we debate why people are choosing tech over humans. We also share a quick Valentine’s weekend watchlist (Oh Romeo, 'Tu Yaa Main' , and why Wuthering He...

“Benedict is not ready to take a wife.” “For sure. For sure. For sure.” And honestly? We wanted to punch someone through the screen too. This week, we’re spiralling over Bridgerton season 4, 'outraging' over “iconic” jewellery being treated like mere red-carpet aesthetic at the Wuthering Heights premiere. And because it’s Casually Obsessed, we also talk Netflix announcements and upcoming titles, i...

A viral penguin has taken over social media, and in this episode of Casually Obsessed, we break down the many theories sparked by a clip from Werner Herzog’s documentary, including the surprisingly dramatic possibility of penguin infidelity. In this unhinged episode, we also dive into Border 2, starring Sunny Deol, Varun Dhawan, Diljit Dosanjh, and Ahan Shetty, and unpack how Bollywood continues t...

Hello, listeners! We’re officially teleporting back to 2016. As the throwback trend continues to dominate our feeds, this episode revisits the era of unforgettable viral moments like the mannequin challenge, Snapchat and Retrica filters, pop culture highs, iconic music like Charlie Puth's We Don't Talk Anymore and Closer by The Chainsmokers,  the Musically (now TikTok) wave, iconic Bollywood momen...

Age is just a number… unless you are a woman. From leading men ageing like fine wine to actresses being quietly sidelined once they’re deemed “too old,” ageism still shapes who gets visibility and opportunity. In this episode, Niharika Nanda, Aishwarya Khosla, and Shruti Kaushal talk about the double standards around ageing — on screen, on social media, and in real life. From OTT reinventions and...

The DINK lifestyle is creating a buzz across the country, especially among urban couples rethinking traditional lifestyle. In this episode, we break down the pros and cons of choosing a double income, no kids life, unpacking what it means in the context of modern India. We also explore how pop culture shaped this mindset long before it had a name, with shows like Sex and the City, How I Met Your M...

The New Year is here, and so is our favourite coping mechanism, which is overthinking pop culture so we don’t have to process real life. In this episode, we start with the big end-of-year question: what actually counts as “good” viral content, because the internet’s latest earworm (“one lollipop, two lollipop…”) is being roasted into oblivion, and Tony Kakkar’s response suggests the strategy might...

The winter blues have arrived, and so has our preferred response: staying in bed and watching everything. In this episode, we move from comfort-viewing to critique—starting with Wake Up Dead Man, the third Knives Out instalment, and why its church-set mystery (and Fleabag’s “hot priest” in a very different register) makes for a satisfying, self-aware detective story. From there, we pivot to the di...

This Christmas special, we talk about what December actually looked like growing up—snow in Shimla, winter holidays shaped by Narnia marathons, and the long years of believing in Santa before the illusion was rudely dispelled. From there, the conversation turns to seasonal viewing. Alongside familiar rewatches (Home Alone), we discuss recent holiday releases including A Very Jonas Christmas Movie,...

With Dhurandhar stirring up equal parts excitement, criticism, and speculation, we dive into what the film is actually doing, from its massive three-hour-plus scale to the way it blends nationalism, espionage, and high-gloss Bollywood action. We talk about the performances that anchor the story — Ranveer Singh’s brooding intensity, Akshaye Khanna’s villain avatar, Sanjay Dutt's screen presence, an...

Stranger Things 5 has the Internet in a chokehold, so of course, we dissect every upside-down detail (without any spoilers), including our unhinged predictions for Volumes 1 and 2 dropping on December 25 and 31. Then we dive into Dharma’s Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari, now streaming on Netflix, to find out whether Varun Dhawan, Janhvi Kapoor, Sanya Malhotra, and Rohit Saraf won our hearts or the...

In this episode we try to figure out if 'we are nerdy enough' through a game based on a recent Instagram trend. It tests our nerdy-ness on a scale of 'Kanda lelo' to 'the bane of my existence and the object of all my desires'. Not to forget, we are fans of situational comedies, romantic comedies, horror comedies and....if you didn't guess it.....COMEDY. So, we laugh over some of our favorite comed...

With the Devil Wears Prada 2 teaser out, we revisit how office dressing has shifted. We also look at wedding fashion and the negotiation of personal taste, trends, and tradition. We talk about the iconic Bollywood looks that still shape how we dress, from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’s effortless travel-and-wedding fits to Kate Hudson's iconic yellow dress from How to lose a guy in 10 days.  Threaded t...

A controversy was born when, on Two Much, the celebrity hosts, Kajol and Twinkle, claimed that emotional cheating might actually be worse than physical cheating, and suddenly everybody from Gen-Z to your neighboring aunty had opinions. What followed was a week’s worth of Reddit threads, group-chat essays, and midnight rant-texts dissecting the difference between a wandering eye and a wandering hea...

We are deep in our feel-good era! The Indian women’s cricket team brought home the World Cup. Girl power? More like world power. Shah Rukh Khan turned 60 and the nation collectively sighed, swooned, and whispered “palat,” and Zohran Mamdani just won New York, celebrating with Dhoom Machale blasting (because of course he did!). We also raise a toast to the icons who raised us — Asrani, Piyush Pande...

Aryan Khan’s Netflix debut The Ba**ds of Bollywood has the internet divided and delighted with even Shashi Tharoor calling it a “masterpiece of sharp writing and fearless direction.” In this episode, Niharika, Aishwarya, and Shruti dive into the murky waters of the Great Nepotism Debate, while dissecting and discussing the series, which is a satire on the industry by an industry insider itself. We...

From Hangover 2's recycled chaos to Wednesday’s rebooted charm, Hollywood and Bollywood both love to serve us stories we have already met, just with a twist. In this episode, Niharika, Aishwarya, and Shruti decode our obsession with sequels, spin-offs, and reboots, and ask: does the law of diminishing returns apply to entertainment, or are we wired to fall for the familiar? Edited and Mixed by Sur...

Why do you binge watch TV shows like Modern Family, F.R.I.E.N.D.S., Sarabhai VS Sarabhai and movies like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham? In this episode, hosts Niharika, Aishwarya and Shruti discuss that even though today we have so many options of new content to choose from, people choose to go back to certain shows and movies that they have already watched before, and what makes such content - Comfort...

Welcome to the entertainment zone of Express Podcasts where we, Niharika, Aishwarya and Shruti casually obsess over things that increase our screen time to a minimum of 7-8 hours daily. This podcast is all about sharing unhinged opinions about everything from Karan Johar's movies to Christopher Nolan's work, from labubu dolls to if matcha is worth the hype, from Modern family to Sarabhai v/s Sarab...