The Awful & Awesome Entertainment Wrap

The Awful & Awesome Entertainment Wrap

A weekly wrap up of consumable and non-consumable…

  • 17 minutes 38 seconds
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    A whole lot of awful and awesome, as Rajyasree Sen, Manisha Pande, and special  guest Deepanjana Pal discuss the series Delhi Crime, The Family Man, and the movie One Battle After Another. We also discuss Deepanjana’s new book Lightning In A Shot Glass. 


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    5 December 2025, 1:01 pm
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Awful and Awesome Ep 398: Frankenstein, Dhurandhar trailer, All Her Fault

    While discussing the movie Frankenstein:


    Rajyasree: In not so surprising news, Abhinandan has not watched anything we were meant to discuss this week. 


    Abhinandan: We will start the show with Frankenstein, which I did watch. And I must say, it was a masterpiece. I knew it would be because it was not Rajyasree’s recommendation. 


    Rajyasree: One second, whose recommendation was it? Guillermo del Toro called you and said watch my film?


    Abhinandan: Ya, ofcourse!


    This and a whole lot of awful and awesome, as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri review the series All Her Fault, the movie Frankenstein, the trailer for Dhurandhar, and a Vogue India article headlined “Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now?” 


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    Timecodes  


    00:00:00 - Introductions and announcements 

    00:06:23 - Headlines 

    00:11:50 - Frankenstein

    00:25:00 - Letters

    00:31:48 - Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now?

    00:39:08 - All her fault 

    00:47:45 - Dhurandhar trailer 

    00:53:55 - Letters


    References & recommendations 

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    Frankenstein 

    All Her Fault 

    Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now?

    Dhurandar trailer 

    Gujarat man files for divorce over wife’s obsession with stray dogs 


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    Produced by Priyali Dhingra. Recorded by Saurav Ranjan and Anil Kumar. 



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    21 November 2025, 5:13 pm
  • 15 minutes 23 seconds
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    A whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri review the series All’s Fair, the movie Eden, and Rahul Gandhi’s video about Columbian coffee, along with a music video recommended by a subscriber. 


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    7 November 2025, 12:02 pm
  • 59 minutes 54 seconds
    Awful and Awesome Ep 396: Search, Wayward, the good old days of MTV

    While starting the discussion:


    Abhinandan: Before we start the show, I have a surprise for you.


    Rajyasree: That you have not watched anything this week?


    Abhinandan: How did you know? You’ve killed my surprise!


    Rajyasree: The good thing is you’re dependable that way. You don’t shock me at all.


    This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri review the series Search: The Naina Murder Case, Wayward, and the good old days of MTV. In a new throwback segment, Abhinandan and Rajyasree also suggest songs to rediscover. 


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    Timecodes  


    00:00:00 - Introductions and announcements 

    00:03:46 - Letters

    00:07:47 - Search: The Naina Murder Case 

    00:18:40 - Letters

    00:21:10 - The good old days of MTV

    00:32:22 - Letters

    00:34:00 - Rediscovering old songs

    00:38:47 - Letters 

    00:49:40 - Wayward 



    References & recommendations 

    NL Diwali subscription 

    NL Sena: Bihar’s New Chapter 

    Newsance 317

    Search: The Naina Murder Case

    Wayward

    PeeingHuman’s video

    BEST Modi Smackdown yet! | meghnerd reacts to "75 TOP FAILS of Modiji"

    Mohabbat hi jo na samjhe

    Taare Hain Baarati

    Jiile Le Jile Le Aayo Aayo Jile Le 

    Sagar Kinare


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    Produced by Priyali Dhingra, edited by Satish Kumar, and recorded by Anil Kumar. 




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    24 October 2025, 12:30 pm
  • 18 minutes 5 seconds
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    This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri review the series The Paper and Two Much, the movie Homebound, and the song Modi Hai Toh Mumkin Hai.

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    10 October 2025, 12:23 pm
  • 17 minutes 36 seconds
    AnA 394 Cutlet

    A whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri review the series The Ba***ds of Bollywood, the movies Inspector Zende and Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, and a new song by Amruta Fadnavis. 


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    26 September 2025, 5:24 pm
  • 24 minutes 22 seconds
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    A whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri review the movie The Thursday Murder Club, the music video of Guru Randhawa’s Azul, and a new Rado ad featuring Katrina Kaif and Hrithik Roshan. We also have a special interview with the director an co-writer of Dhadak 2, Shazia Iqbal!


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    5 September 2025, 1:30 pm
  • 18 minutes 41 seconds
    AnA 392 Cutlet

    A whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the movie Dhadak 2, the documentary Fit for TV, and the final season of And Just Like That.




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    22 August 2025, 11:25 am
  • 14 minutes 20 seconds
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    A whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the movies Housefull 5, Sarzameen, and the series Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2. 



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    8 August 2025, 1:51 pm
  • 20 minutes 24 seconds
    AnA 390 Cutlet

    A whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen, Abhinandan Sekhri, and Sucharita Tyagi discuss the movies Punjab 95, Homebound, and the return of Smriti Irani as Tulsi in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. 



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    18 July 2025, 12:08 pm
  • 17 minutes 11 seconds
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    While discussing Indian reality show The Traitors:


    Abhinandan: What’s the point of reviewing trash? Like what’s the point?


    Rajyasree: So, the reason why I watched it is because I have seen bits and pieces of The Traitors UK…They’re genuinely funny, they know that it’s campy, that it’s ridiculous that they’re walking around in a cape and all…


    Abhinandan: So that’s why we’re reviewing the Karan Johar version?


    Rajyasree: So, I wanted to see how India has – as usual – taken a good concept, a funny concept where you’re not supposed to be serious about it, and fucked it up.  



    This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the movie Anora, Indian reality show The Traitors, documentary series American Manhunt, and the songs Tum Tum and Qatal.


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    Timecodes


    00:00 - Introductions 

    02:03 - Topics 

    4:30 - Letters

    9:16- The Traitors

    21:08- American Manhunt 

    31:14 - Announcements 

    33: 49- Anora 

    41:23- Letters 

    46:10- Announcements

    47: 23- Tum Tum 

    48: 54- Qatal


    References & recommendations 


    NL Sena - India’s e-waste underworld


    The Traitors (India) 


    Anora


    American Manhunt


    Tum Tum  


    Qatal 


    La La Land


    United 93


    The Traitors (UK)



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    Produced and recorded by Tista Roy Chowdhury and Anil Kumar, edited by Hassan Bilal.

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    27 June 2025, 2:47 pm
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