The Awful & Awesome Entertainment Wrap

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 04:51 - Sherni 17:18 - Subscriber letters 18:06 - Haseen Dillruba 28:38 - Subscriber letters 32:51 - Ray 49:00 - Various ads 55:36 - Subscriber letters 59:33 - Dilip Kumar While talking about the film Sherni: Abhinandan: If you can solve this mystery for us and you think you’re the cat’s whiskers...and get the fangs straight. I’ve replaced facts with fangs, you know....

This week, Awful and Awesome producer Jude Weston looks back at his favourite moments from the podcast over the past year. From discussing Netflix show Indian Matchmaking last July to The Man From Earth last August, here are some of his top picks. Awful and Awesome will return with a new episode next week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 00:22 - Tiger 18:16 - JP Saxe If the World Was Ending ft Julia Michaels 26:52 - Tinder ad This week, Awful and Awesome producer Jude Weston looks back at his favourite moments from the podcast over the past year. From discussing a Tinder ad last December to analysing the documentary Tiger in January, here are some of his top picks. Awful and Awesome will return with...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 02:19 - Subscriber letters 04:55 - The Family Man Season 2 13:54 - Subscriber letters 15:35 - Sunflower 31:37 - Subscriber letters 35:01 - Dobara Alvida 45:53 - Subscriber letters 47:44 - Danish road safety ad 51:25 - Subscriber letters While talking about the short film Dobara Alvida: Rajyasree: This film was not good, to put it mildly, but I watched the full thing....

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 03:12 - Subscriber letters 04:37 - Indian Summer School 16:46 - Maharani 31:42 - Tape of You by Baba Sehgal 36:50 - Subscriber letters 39:07 - The Mauritanian 55:19 - Subscriber letters 57:54 - Licious ad and Peugeot ad 01:01:07 - Subscriber letters While reading a letter from a subscriber: Abhinandan: “Abhinandan, I’m a huge fan of yours. I wish I was as articulate...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 03:25 - Friends: The Reunion 23:10 - Subscriber letters 37:54 - Season 3 of Master of None  43:42 - Mare of Easttown 51:07 - Subscriber letters 56:15 - Another Round 1:08:06 - Subscriber letters 1:13:46 - Cred ad 1:15:56 - Subscriber letters Talking about the reunion of the TV series Friends . Abhinandan: Did you like it, Rajyasree Sen? Rajyasree: I liked it! In...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 03:18 - Asuran 12:17 - Army of the Dead 24:52 - Subscriber letters 29:03 - Music directors  47:34 - Alma Matters: Inside the IIT Dream 1:00:27 - Subscriber letters 1:05:43 - Eurovision Song Contest 2021 1:09:44 - Subscriber letters 1:10:57 - Greenpeace ad Talking about the last scene in the film Army of the Dead and Huma Qureshi’s character : Abhinandan: I’m sho...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 01:44 - BRIT Awards 08:21 - Subscriber letters 11:13 - Radhe 21:53 - The Sons of Sam 31:04 - Subscriber letters 38:23 - Minari 52:22 - Subscriber letters 59:16 - Halston 1:04:07 - Subscriber letters 1:07:18 - Enjoy Enjaami by Dhee ft. Aruvi Talking about the film Radhe : Rajyashree: I booked the film. I have paid two hundred and forty five rupees, I think. Abhinandan...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 03:47 - Nomadland 16:15 - Subscriber letters 22:16 - Mandela 31:42 - Tourism ad 35:12 - Subscriber letters 38:50 - Usha ad 43:26 - The Disciple 54:32 - Subscriber letters 56:07 - Payal Rohatgi While talking about the character Fern in Nomadland: Abhinandan: See now! If I was a plant, if I was a tree, I would be a soli-tree. ( laughs ) But you see…  Rajyasree: Th...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 01:33 - Subscriber letters 05:46 - Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi 19:41 - Two Distant Strangers 31:19 - Subscriber Letters 36:32 - Colette 43:16 - Rajshree Elaichi ad 46:28 - Burger King ad 48:00 - Subscriber letters 53:15 - Rajyasree’s artwork 58:52 - Searching For Sheela (teaser) 1:11:18 - Subscriber letters While talking about Rajshree Elaichi ad: Abhinandan: This is a very...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 04:08 - CarDekho ad 08:30 - Swayam ad 11:10 - Glucon-D ads 12:48 - Ajeeb Daastaans 25:59 - Subscriber letters 32:50 - Star vs Food 38:36 - Judas and the Black Messiah 50:32 - Letters from listeners 54:15 - Bhima Jewellers ad 57:54 - Faraar by Gurinder Gill  1:00:30 - Kehnde Rehnde by Neha Bhasin While talking about getting ‘triggered’: Abhinandan: I have sometim...

Talking about Joji :   Abhinandan: Have you seen the second part of Joji ?  Rajyasree: No, say it... joke bata hi do aap .  Abhinandan: The second part of Joji is Ta Vahi Sikandar .  Rajyasree: (Gasps) This is the problem...These are all the side effects of taking the shot (Covid vaccine), I realised. Your humour has become even worse.  Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out l...

Timecodes 00:01 Introduction 03:05 Letters from listeners  07:57 Tenet 18:48 The Great Indian Kitchen 31:44 Letter from listeners 36:43 Sudani from Nigeria 44:21 The Serpent 54:27 Letter from listeners 58:15 & Jara Hatke 1:05:39 Dancing With The Devil 1:11:21 Mrs Sri Lanka pageant 1:14:15 Google ad Talking about The Great Indian Kitchen in light of the “time inversion” concept from Christ...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 01:08 - Kanika Kapoor - 2 Seater Car 05:33 - Pagglait 20:12 - Subscriber mails 23:29 - Operation Varsity Blues 32:55 - Subscriber mails 36:13 - Zack Snyder’s Justice League 51:21 - Subscriber mails 53:20 - Disney+ Hotstar VIP ads 55:12 - Filmfare Awards While talking about the film Zack Snyder’s Justice League: Abhinandan: Zack Snyder came back, re-shot a lot of it a...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 02:08 - Letters from listeners 05:45 - Tanishq and Vimal ads 14:22 - Madam Chief Minister 26:33 - Letters from listeners 30:38 - The Illegal 47:09 - Letters from listeners 58:58 - Red Nose Day telethon 1:07:03 - 67th National Film Awards While talking about the film The Illegal: Abhinandan: The one thing I liked about this film is that it made me think of... Rajyasre...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 03:43 - Nike ad 09:39 - The Married Woman 22:13 - Subscriber letters 23:01 - Drishyam 1 & 2 30:57 - Subscriber letters 33:36 - My Octopus Teacher 47:58 - Subscriber letters 59:41 - NCPCR on Bombay Begums While talking about the web series The Married Woman: Rajyasree: But it’s quite progressive. There’s a lot of... Abhinandan: Progressive?! (laughs) Rajyasree: Ba...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 08:03 - Faber ad 11:04 - Normal People 24:57 - Subscriber letters 27:13 - Bombay Begums 42:54 - Subscriber letters 49:44 - Honest Government ad 51:34 - PayTM ad 53:43 - Levis ads 56:54 - MTV ad 58:41 - Subscriber letters 1:02:35 - Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle While talking about the Faber dishwasher ad: Rajyasree: Next time, when you’...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 02:12 - Subscriber mails 07:11 - Kappela 16:56 - Allen v Farrow 24:55 - Subscriber letters 27:42 - Call My Agent 32:41 - Subscriber letters 39:19 - Prince Harry’s appearance with James Corden 43:25 - Dove ad 49:55 - Redbull ad  53:41 - Subscriber letters While reading a letter from a subscriber about the song Ei Raat Tomar Amar : Abhinandan: You know, Rajyasree...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 02:23 - Subscriber mails 03:37 - Yeh Nayan Dare Dare by Amruta Fadnavis 07:15 - Hustlers 13:49 - I Care a Lot 21:50 - Subscriber letters 30:24 - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 40:01 - Subscriber letters 43:10 - The Girlfriend Experience  47:06 - NHS vaccine ad 51:38 - Subscriber letters While talking about the docuseries Crime Scene: The Vanishing...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 03:38 - Framing Britney Spears 21;05 - Subscriber letters 30:04 - Soulmates 41:21 - Super Bowl  46:00 - Subscriber letters 53:29 - Mia Khalifa 1:02:02 - Christopher Plummer and Rajiv Kapoor While talking about Super Bowl commercials: Abhinandan: When the public pays, the public is served, so we don’t want anyone else to bankroll Newslaundry . Rajyasree: But they...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 01:45 - Letters from listeners 03:44 - The Dig 10:33 - Letters from listeners 14:12 - Snowpiercer Season 2 21:09 - Letters from listeners 25:12 - Servant Season 2 33:21 - Letters from listeners 35:13 - Losing Alice 43:27 - Letters from listeners 48:18 - The Wonder Years 52:08 - Rihanna’s tweet on farmer protests While talking about the movie The Dig: Rajyasree: It’s...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 03:11 - The White Tiger 18:02 - Subscriber mails 24:06 - One Night in Miami 37:26 - Subscriber mails 40:58 - Apollo Tyres ad 47:08 - Godzilla vs Kong trailer 50:22 - Subscriber mails 51:26 - If the World Was Ending by JP Saxe ft. Julia Michaels While talking about the song If The World Was Ending by JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels: Abhinandan: Have you checked what...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 03:12 - Tribhanga 15:16 - Tandav 26:14 - Letters from listeners 30:50 - Tiger 51:43 - Letters from listeners 54:27 - Tandav and Mirzapur controversy While talking about the Tiger Woods documentary: Rajyasree: It’s a two-part documentary so it’s not that long. I think each part is one and a half hours or so. And...  Abhinandan: It’s not about the Panthera tigris...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 03:58 - Tour de Pharmacy 13:24 - Nail Polish 23:49 - Is Love Enough? Sir 42:24 - Amul ad 47:14 - Freakonomics  51:21 - Letter from a listener 53:44 - Arnold Schwarzenegger’s message While talking about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s video message: Abhinandan: When I was a child, inside a cupboard I had a full collage of Arnie...which explains my body also. Rajyasree: T...

Timecodes 00:01 - Introduction 01:29 - AK vs AK 12:36 - The Midnight Sky 24:31 - Subscriber letters 34:14 - Criminal Justice 40:27 - CRED ad 43:33 - Subscriber letters 48:36 - Trailer of Madam Chief Minister 54:05 - Death to 2020 1:06:27 - Subscriber letters While talking about The Midnight Sky : Rajyasree: George Clooney has...I was going to say directorial debut, but it’s not. He’s directed Midn...