The Awful & Awesome Entertainment Wrap
The Awful & Awesome Entertainment Wrap
A weekly wrap up of consumable and non-consumable…
- 15 minutes 17 secondsAnA Cutlet 401A whole lot of awful and awesome, as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the movies Nuremberg and Bugonia.
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16 January 2026, 12:30 pm - 16 minutes 8 secondsAnA Cutlet 400
A whole lot of awful and awesome, as Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the series Pluribus and the documentary Sean Combs: The Reckoning. Abhinandan also suggests new Punjabi songs.
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27 December 2025, 9:29 am - 17 minutes 38 secondsAnA Cutlet 399
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 minutesAwful 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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Produced by Priyali Dhingra. Recorded by Saurav Ranjan and Anil Kumar.
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21 November 2025, 5:13 pm - 15 minutes 23 secondsAnA 397 cutlet
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 secondsAwful 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
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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 secondsAnA 395 CutletThis 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 secondsAnA 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 secondsAnA Cutlet 393
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 secondsAnA 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 secondsAnA 391 Cutlet
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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