The Awful & Awesome Entertainment Wrap

Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen are back with their weekly entertainment roundup. This week, Pal and Sen go from concert to movie to a ​N​etflix series​,​ to a cooking show​ with Zarine Khan​ and finally to ads​ that make them go hmm​. Amit Gurbaxani, co-founder and chief editor of​ The Daily Pao​, ​is a special guest on the show and he's got all the details of how Global Citizen​s Festival India...

Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen have a special guest this week - Abhinandan Sekhri​, connoisseur of Punjabi pop and one of the few people who watched Rock On 2​. The three of them ​discuss the controversial PayTM ads​ and you can find out what Sekhri and Shah Rukh Khan (allegedly)​ ​have in common. There's no bandh on the drama with these three. There's also Ananya Birla​'s new album​ and fans of...

Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen ​have watched a whole lot of television this week. Koffee with Karan, with Alia Bhatt and Shah​ ​Rukh Khan​, had Pal rolling her eyes and Sen a little worried about Khan's multiple orgasms.​ ​There's another Star show that's got our critics' attention: ​P.O.W.- Bandi Yuddh Ke, ​which is director Nikhil Advani's take on the Emmy-winning series, Homeland. Except who...

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil created quite a buzz and now that it is out in theatres, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen are ready with the verdict. Catch them dissect the movie and analyse the characters, language, location and everything in between. Sujoy Ghosh's Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh trailer is a mystery on its own and managed to baffle the best of us. The planet is dying and we are concerned- the do...

What an eventful week! From Black Mirror to a bucket full of short films, including Neeraj Pandey’s Ouch to Danny DeVito’s Curmudgeon, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen have a lot to say this week. Find out what they think of Aamir Khan’s Dangal, Hrithik Roshan’s Kaabil and Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Dear Zindagi. Also, moving towards the advertising world, Salman Khan has been dropped as Thumbs Up’s b...

Deepanjana Pal wasn't here but that didn't deter Rajyasree Sen from bringing you the next episode of Awful and Awesome, (Abhinandan Sekhri came to the rescue!). "Befikre" has 23 kisses taking place in it; Priyanka Chopra has apologised for her infamous 'traveler' t-shirt; Bigg Boss has 'commoners' this season; and what's in a (sur)name? (Hint: patriarchy). Listen to Episode 14 and broaden your ent...

It's a special episode this week, with author and columnist Chetan Bhagat. Bhagat joins Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen to talk about his new novel, One Indian Girl. This is the first time Bhagat's protagonist is a woman and he's written it in first person. Find out what Bhagat did to get in the average Indian woman's mind (hint: it includes hot wax). Also, dear listeners, you might want to hear...

What an eventful week! Bridget Jones’s Baby, the sequel to Bridget Jones’s Diary, is out. Leena Yadav’s film Parched released. Netflix’s documentary on Amanda Knox’s controversial murder charges comes out on October 1 and in celebration of the Presidential Debates in America, Audi has a brand new ad that has Rajyasree Sen and Deepanjana Pal in a tizzy. Plus Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’s trailer launched to...

The Emmys were historic this year, and ​Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen watched ​have some highlights for you. Katrina Kaif ​won the Smita Patil Memorial Award,​ and as far as Sen is concerned, it's not worth outraging over. Find out why. ​ ​The documentary ​Bachelor Girls​ tells ​us ​how difficult it is for single women to find a house in Mumbai​. In more exotic news,​ Ellen Page ​and Ian Daniel...

This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen leapfrog from critically-acclaimed documentary, Placebo, to the pulpy Freaky Ali. There's little agreement between the two of them on the film front, but when it comes to the new music released this week, there's complete consensus. Find out what they have to say about the "Bolo Har Har" from Shivaay and the first new release from Mother Monster herself,...

Is "unauthorised" basically leave to speculate? Seems that way from Yasser Usman, who has written Rekha - The Untold Story, a gossipy, breezy read. Amitabh Bachchan's letter to his granddaughters on Teacher’s Day raises a number of questions. Is it just a PR stint to promote his upcoming movie, Pink? Speaking of Pink, we've found the best part of the film: Qurat-ul-Ain Baloch's beautiful rendition...

From arty films on urban life to lesbians in Indian cinema and Karan Johar's new film, there's a lot that Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen have on their minds this week. Listen up as Pal offers an explanation for why Aishwarya Rai Bachchan chose Jazbaa (and not ADHM) as her comeback film. Sen takes you through two new web series, The 'Other' Love Story and Tripling. There's also their review of Is...

In this week’s episode, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen discuss Chetan Bhagat’s #BeatPeBooty dance, his new novel, One Indian Girl & we even read out some parts from the book. Rohit Shetty directed Return of Ranveer Ching ad & Anouk’s Bold is Beautiful ad both leave us with one question - what on earth was going on? Spending so much money on celebrities and production value and still not making a...

Did your last week go by watching uber patriotic videos that made your chest swell up to 56-inch with pride and nationalism and drove you out on the streets to celebrate the Independence Day? No, right? It went pretty much the same for Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen. In this episode, listen to them talk about the videos which did the rounds on the internet giving the occasion of Independence Day...

In this week’s episode, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen jump on the bandwagon to discuss what the world cannot stop talking about- Olympics! Dipa Karmakar wins hearts and prayers while American athletes set camp on a ship. Freaky Ali promises to educate Bollywood about golf while The Great Indian Penis Survey hits below the belt (see what we did there?) with enlightening and amusing results. Oh a...

It's the only podcast that goes fearlessly from arty Death in the Gunj to pulpy Mamta Kulkarni. Listen up as Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen talk about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the newly-launched TV channel FYI, cheer for the new Ghostbusters, salute Mamta Kulkarni, analyse the furore over Melania Trump’s photos in New York Post. Plus, there’s a quiz question at the end. Write to us at...

Did you miss Comic-Con in America? Don’t worry, we have it covered for you. What is right or perhaps wrong with Tata Salt’s campaign #NamakKeWaastey? In this week’s episode, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen review Kabali, Wonder Woman’s new trailer, Sherlock Holmes Season 4 & a lot more. Plus, there’s a quiz question at the end. Write to us at contact@newslaundry.com with your answers and comments...

Who tames the Indian male? Can Sid Mallya act his pants off? Is there an ad that you should watch? From films, books, ads, magazines, to YouTube videos, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen bring you their picks from the world of culture in The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap. Sen is a consulting editor at Scoopwhoop and a longstanding member of the Newslaundry family. Pal is our managing editor....

Have you wondered what Pokemon Go is doing to the way you see the world? Why does Qandeel Baloch deserve serious respect from all of us? In this week's episode, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen contemplate these questions, sex objects, Tam-Brahm boys, and more. Plus, there's a quiz question at the end. Write to us at contact@newslaundry.com with your answers and comments. For reference links visit...