Cyrus Says

This week, Cyrus is joined by the extremely jovial Nikhil Taneja, Co-founder & CEO, Yuvaa Originals and Festival Creative Director, India Film Project (IFP). In a super fun and funny conversation, Cyrus and Nikhil talk about Nikhil's career as an entertainment journalist, how he got into it at 14 years of age, his stories and experiences from interviewing top celebrities, interviews with Jagji...

This week, Cyrus is joined by Varun Grover, standup comedian, screenplay writer and poet. Cyrus and Varun talk about Varun just having recovered from COVID-19, what his symptoms were, and the blog he wrote about it. They also talk about Varun's career as a standup comedian, how he started writing scripts and screenplays for Bollywood and other OTT platforms, 2020 being the 'black swan' of years, V...

This week, Cyrus is joined by restauranteur and host of the 'This Round is On Me' podcast Gauri Devidayal, food writer Kunal Vijaykar, and ofcourse Amit, in a 'Restaurants Special' episode, to talk about restaurants opening back up in Mumbai after more than 6 months of lockdown, why many eateries still aren't opening up, how difficult it has been for restaurants during this time, and lots more F&a...

This week, Cyrus is joined by Luke Coutinho, Holistic Lifestyle Coach - Integrative Medicine, to talk about how he became a lifestyle coach and lots more. They talk about Luke's new book with Shilpa Shetty called 'The Magic Immunity Pill: Lifestyle', what it's about, why he felt the need to write it during these times, Luke's journey as a holistic lifestyle coach and the things he's learnt along t...

This week, Cyrus is joined by standup comedian and writer Punit Pania, along with Amit and Silverie (Antariksh), to discuss the case of Donald Trump contracting COVID-19, his treatments, him leaving the hospital with his Secret Service to wave at his supporters, and then returning to the White House while still definitely being a carrier. They also talk about the Trump-Biden debate, the 'to mask o...

This week on Left Arm Not So Orthodox, Cyrus is joined by comedian Punit Pania to discuss the problem with the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in UAE. Is it a fair stadium for the sport? Or is it killing the sport a little? Tune in and find out! Follow Punit on Instagram @punitpania and on Twitter @Punit_Pania See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Cyrus is joined by Niharika Pande, Strategic Partner Manager at Instagram India, to talk about Instagram's 10 year anniversary! Can you believe it, Insta is already 10! They talk about how Instagram has captured the mind and heart of today's culture, how excited Niharika is about Instagram's growth in India, how Instagram has been a part of defining pop-culture over the last 10 years, h...

This week on Cock & Bull, Cyrus is joined by comedian Abijit Ganguly, Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about Cyrus' idea about having two IDs - one with a mask and one without, virtue signalling and defending statements in today's age, the Sunil Gavaskar - Anushka Sharma misunderstanding, Deepika Padukone's latest troubles, the news about Delhi cops selling 159 kg of marijuana, a woman in...

This week on Left Arm Not So Orthodox, Cyrus is joined by fellow cricket 'deewani' and comedian Abijit Ganguly to talk about Week 2 of IPL 2020, how it seems like everyone's forgotten about COVID-19 and it's back to being all about the game. They also get into the Rajasthan Royals run chase of 223 runs against KXIP, Nicholas Pooran's mind-blowing save of a sixer, the amazing 5 sixes by Rahul Tewat...

This week, Cyrus is joined by actor, writer & hilarious standup comedian Kumar Varun, to talk about his illustrious career as an actor and as a comedian, Cyrus being a 'friendly Arnab', KV doing his B. Tech followed by MBA, working as a brand manager at DBS bank and a systems engineer at TCS, being a massive cricket fan and having been to Sachin Tendulkar's house (yeah, you read that right!)....

This week, Cyrus is joined by Utsav Mamoria, the host of the travel podcast Postcards From Nowhere on the IVM network, as well as Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about Whatsapp forwards and fake positivity, an insurance scam in Slovenia, an MP who rolled around in mud and blew a conch on video to avoid Coronavirus but ended up getting it, schools opening back up in India after 6 months of lo...

The return of live cricket means one thing - LANSO is back, folks! On this episode, Cyrus is joined by fellow cric-buff and comedian Kumar Varun to talk about the start of the IPL season, how happy they are that cricket is back, seeing Dhoni back in action with CSK, the CSK vs MI and DC vs KXIP matches, the DC-KXIP match going into Super Over, the amazing innings by Marcus Stoinis, Mayank Agarwal...

This week, Cyrus is joined by bestselling novelist, filmmaker & comic book writer Samit Basu. Samit just released his latest book titled 'Chosen Spirit' in April 2020. Cyrus and Samit talk about Cyrus' Bengali pronounciations, publishing books in these times, and how the experience of releasing a book during such times was not that different for Samit from a release in regular times. They also...

This week, Cyrus is joined by comedian Kajol Srinivasan, Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about myriad of topics from how Kajol has been doing in the pandemic, to BMC quarantine rules, Kangana Ranaut meeting the Governor of Maharashtra, her Y+ level security, the 'I'm the postman' moment that took place outside Kangana's offices, the mentality of getting offended, the renaming of the Mughal M...

This week, Cyrus is joined by Rajeev Samant, CEO & Founder of Sula Vineyards. They talk about what a sommelier is, and then get into Rajeev's journey as an entrepreneur, and what a journey it been! Rajeev talks about going from Cathedral (in Mumbai) to Stanford (in the US), how he got into the field of wine and wine production, his father being an entrepreneur himself and how that influenced h...

This week, Cyrus is joined by Vineet Kanabar (host of the StoryTellers & StorySellers podcast), Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about a myriad of topics including Joe Rogan and bear attacks, his Spotify deal and the supposed censorship around it, Djokovic being disqualified from the US Open for hitting a referee with the ball by mistake, the 'drug angle' in the SSR-Rhea Chakraborty case,...

This week, Cyrus welcomes back bestselling author & columnist Chetan Bhagat. Chetan is just about to release his 11th book 'One Arranged Murder'. Cyrus and Chetan discuss the new book, the plot, the inspiration, the works! They also discuss Chetan coming to the MTV offices back in the day, book testings, book promos, the value and future of bookstores, what the lockdowns in India and Singapore...

This week, Cyrus is joined by writer and comedian Shreyas Manohar, Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about Suresh Raina exiting IPL 2020 apparently over a hotel room issue, the never ending SSR-Rhea Chakraborty news coverage, Elon Musk's big Neuralink announcement and the claims made about it, and lots more. Cyrus also recounts some hilarious stories about Hello Friends and MTV Bakra, so don't...

Abijit Ganguly, Standup Comedian This week, Cyrus is joined by standup comedian Abijit Ganguly, to talk about building societies, how they've been doing in the lockdown, young happy people, the 'unique' story of how Abijit got into comedy (from corporates to the stage), being born in Bangalore and raised in Delhi, the 'Mumbai spirit', convincing his wife's parents to let her marry him, his in-laws...

This week, Cyrus is joined by DJ, lawyer and host of The Edges & Sledges Cricket Podcast, along with Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about the big MS Dhoni retirement from international cricket, and take us down some amazing moments from his career, his highs and lows, and lots more. They also talk about the ongoing Prashant Bhushan case and why the Supreme Court seems to be asking him t...

This week, Cyrus is joined by Parmesh Shahani, author and Vice President at Godrej Industries, to talk about sexuality in the Indian corporate world, to talk about his new book - Queeristan: LGBTQ Inclusion in The Indian Workplace and what made him write it. Parmesh talks about the landmark pro and anti LGBTQ judgements by the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court over the years, how these led to...

This week, Cyrus, Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) talk about possibly starting the show out with someone singing a song, reaching month 5 of the Coronavirus lockdown, how India is still not looking great numbers-wise when it comes to cases of the disease, the show 'Hello Friends', the Indian version of 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S.' from 1999 starring Cyrus, and how it went viral this past week (Cyrus recounts so...

This week, Cyrus is joined by Ram Madhvani, Director and Co-owner at Equinox Films. They have a hilarious and fascinating discussion on Ram's illustrious career, him going to St. Peter's School in Panchgani (same school as Freddie Mercury), coming from a small town called Barshi, they reminisce about good ol' Mangola soft drinks, watching movies in the theatres in Barshi, movies like 'Mackenna's G...

This week, Cyrus is joined by a fellow cricket nut - a cricket statistician - Nishad Pai Vaidya, Sports Anchor, Writer and Media Manager. They get into their obsession with the sport (or as Cyrus calls it, being a 'cricket deewani'), how Nishad has helped keep Cyrus sane during the lockdown, famous cricketers being on a first name basis with Nishad, being a psychiatrist for cricketers, coming from...

This week, Cyrus is joined by comedian Sriraam Padmanabhan, Amit and Antariksh for an episode where they celebrate Cyrus' Birthday, talk about Eric Yuan and Zoom, the H1B Visas potentially being cancelled in the US, ATKTs or 'backs' in colleges, the New Education Policy 2020, the new tick-borne virus from China, Presidential candidate Joe Biden and his personality problems, a monitor lizard from K...