While discussing Empuraan: 

Abhinandan: Why is it called L:2 Empuraan? 

Manisha: The second!

Jayashree: Yes, so the first one was Lucifer. But this L is a thing. Something would be happening casually in the movie and a rock will fall in the shape of an L. Or Mohanlal will be walking past a tree which will catch fire in the shape of an L.

Abhinandan and Rajyasree: Why?

Jayashree: Because he is L for Lucifer, guys.

Rajyasree: (cracks up) I’m not going to watch this one.

This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri, Rajyasree Sen, Jayashree Arunachalam and Manisha Pande discuss the TV series The White Lotus and The Studio, the movie L:2 Empuraan, and their favourite Val Kilmer roles.  

Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters.

Timecodes

00:00 - Introduction

02:21 - The White Lotus

19:42 - Letters

26:50 - L:2 Empuraan

36:12 - Letters

40:00 - Favourite Val Kilmer roles

47:30 - Letters

52:45 - The Studio

References & Recommendations

The White Lotus S3

The Studio

L:2 Empuraan

The Pitt

Jubilee

Rekhachitram

Click here to download the Newslaundry app on Android. And here for iOS.

Produced by Priyali Dhingra, edited by Umrav Singh.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While discussing Emergency: 

Abhinandan: The only person who said ‘let me try to act in this’ was the actor who played Sanjay Gandhi.

Manisha: Not Kangana?

Abhinandan: No, her acting was terrible. Her look was perfect. 

Rajyasree: No! There was Kangana and there was Kangana’s nose. Indira had a long nose but it wasn’t like Pinocchio!

This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri, Rajyasree Sen and Manisha Pande discuss the TV series Adolescence, the movie Emergency, and the Kunal Kamra controversy. 

Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters.

Timecodes

00:00 - Introduction

03:19 - Headlines

09:50 -  Adolescence 

30:50 - Emergency

51:00 - Kunal Kamra controversy 

References

Adolescence 

Emergency

Naya Bharat | A Comedy Special

Click here to download the Newslaundry app on Android. And here for iOS.

Produced and edited by Priyali Dhingra. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While discussing Hyundai’s Women’s Day ad: 

Abhinandan: It was simple and direct…but the spot where she parked was not that tight.

Rajyasree: I can park in that spot.

Abhinandan: Are you a good driver?

Rajyasree: I’m a very good driver. I used to drive here also. You’ve forgotten?

Abhinandan: Salman also used to drive. Doesn’t mean he’s a good driver. 

Rajyasree: (mimicking Salman) ye log kyu yahan pe so rahe hain!

This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss several Women’s Day ads, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, and several subscriber letters. 

Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters.

Timecodes

00:00 - Introduction

03:00 - Headlines

06:36 - Women’s Day ads

29:40 - Contribute to our NL Sena

31:05 - Letters

40:05 - Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

52:10 - Letters

References 

Leap club - The playing field is not equal

Cars 24  - Park Your Bias

Tanishq | Her Choice

Barbie - You Can Be Anything 

Prega News

Hyundai - Break on stereotypes

Let Barbie remain the doll she was meant to be

How to sell dolls to woke kids

Munmun Sen video

BBC’s Radhe Maa documentary 

Contribute to our NL Sena 

Hafta 527 with Sumeet Mhaskar 

Produced and edited by Priyali Dhingra and Hassan Bilal. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While discussing the headlines:

Rajyasree: In better news, Kangana has said that Javed Akhtar has promised to write a song for her next film…

Abhinandan: Very nice. I wonder what that song will sound like. (Breaks into song) Ek ladki ko dekha to aisa laga…I will not say anything more. 

Rajyasree: Yeah, don’t say. I can still get away. You can’t. 

This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the second season of Apple TV’s Severance, the 97th Academy Awards, the trailer for Salman Khan’s Sikandar, and the movie The Honeymoon Crasher. 

Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters.

Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:02:34 - Headlines

00:08:13 - Letters 

00:16:23 - Severance S2

00:29:03 - Letters

00:30:27 - Oscars

00:38:15 - Letters

00:54:09 - Sikander trailer 

References 

Subscribe to NL-TNM

Severance S2

97th Academy Awards

Sikander

Honeymoon Crasher

The costs of Reliance’s wildlife ambitions

An open letter to Anupam Kher: ‘Where were you when…’ is a lazy argument to make

AnA’s review of Black Warrant 

Click here to download the Newslaundry app on Android. And here for iOS.

Produced and edited by Priyali Dhingra and Hassan Bilal.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While discussing a subscriber letter about Rajyasree’s obsession with Sukesh Chandrasekhar:



Abhinandan: When you’re at Newslaundry, there’s a chance you may go to prison owing to the several income tax notices we get. If I do go to prison, I will set Rajyasree and Sukesh up!

Rajyasree: But you have to go to Mandoli jail. He is not in Tihar...I know everything about Sukesh. 

Abhinandan: How do I go to Mandoli?

Rajyasree: You’ll have to put in a request. They’ll ask why. You say I want to hang out with Sukesh. 

Abhinandan: Then you can also get a private jet (like actor Jacqueline Fernandez). Keep 70 percent and donate 30 percent to Newslaundry. 

This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri, Rajyasree Sen and Manisha Pande discuss the movies Anuja and Mrs., the TV show The White Lotus, and the controversy surrounding influencers Ranveer Allahbadia and Samay Raina. 

Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters.

Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:03:31 - Headlines

00:06:48 - Anuja 

00:11:33- Letters

00:13:09- Mrs.

00:21:45- India’s Got Latent controversy 

00:43:09 - Letters

00:46:44- The White Lotus S3

55:23:00- Letters

References and recommendations 

Subscribe to NL-TNM

NL Sena - The Hindu Rashtra

Anuja

Mrs.

The White Lotus S3

Subscriber letter link 

Click here to download the Newslaundry app on Android. And here for iOS.

Produced and edited by Ashish Anand and Hassan Bilal.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While discussing the headlines:

Abhinandan: In good news, Udit Narayan returned to the headlines after a long absence. In bad news, it was for a viral video where he was seen strangely kissing a fan on her lips…Uditji! 

Rajyasree: Now lots of videos have come out of him trying to kiss Shreya Ghoshal, Alka Yagnik. It must be terrible to have to work with him. 

Abhinandan: His lips are a permanent kiss face.

Rajyasree: So scary. Just think, I’ve gone to listen to Udit Narayan and he smooches me. 

Abhinandan: It’s scary that you’re going to listen to him!

This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the movie I Want To Talk, the documentary series American Manhunt: OJ Simpson, the short film Next, Please, and the Cadbury 5 Star ad on Valentine’s Day. 

Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters.

Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:02:47 - Topics

00:05:20 - Letters

00:12:24 - Headlines

00:14:35 - Next, Please

00:20:41 - I Want To Talk

00:26:10 - American Manhunt: OJ Simpson

00:37:30 - Letters

00:48:50 - Cadbury 5 Star Ad 

References and recommendations 

Subscribe to NL-TNM

NL Sena - Delhi Polls

I Want To Talk

Next, Please

American Manhunt: OJ Simpson

Cadbury 5 Star ad 

Click here to download the Newslaundry app on Android. And here for iOS.

Produced and edited by Priyali Dhingra and Hassan Bilal. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While discussing the headlines:

Rajyasree: I read multiple news reports claiming that Saif’s alleged attacker came into Bengal, but had to move to Bombay because there were no job opportunities in the state. Why is a dig being made at Bengal even when…

Abhinandan: Even when you’re discussing the attack on Saif? Yes. The Aadhaar card he used also apparently was from Bengal. 

Rajyasree: I read he had no Aadhaar card! See, at the moment, the best fiction writing is being carried on in these newsrooms. 

This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the series Paatal Lok S2 and Black Warrant. 

Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters.

Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introductions

00:01:00 - Headlines

00:05:12 - Announcements

00:06:42 - Topics

00:09:08 - Black Warrant

00:29:31 - Letters

00:34:16 - Paatal Lok S2

00:46:03 - Interview with the cast of Black Warrant

01:10:04 - Closing thoughts

References and recommendations 

Subscribe to NL-TNM

NL Sena - Delhi Polls

Abhinandan’s interview with Sunil Gupta and Sunetra Choudhary

Black Warrant

Paatal Lok S2

Click here to download the Newslaundry app on Android. And here for iOS.

Produced and recorded by Ashish Anand and Prashant Kumar; edited by Priyali Dhingra. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While discussing the topics:

Rajyasree: We have Juror #2, which is Clint Eastwood’s latest film. Which Abhinandan has not watched…Why? Because you thought I was talking about the judicial system? 

Abhinandan: I haven’t even watched Juror #1. 

Rajyasree: I’ll take that Nataraj pencil and put it through your eye.

Abhinandan: Juror #2 is not a sequel to Juror #1? Has Juror #1 got Govinda? (proceeds to dance to a made-up Govinda-esque track)

This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the movies All We Imagine As Light and Juror #2, and the Golden Globe Awards.

PS: Abhinandan also recommends his top five favourite podcasts. 

Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters.

Timecodes

00:00 - Introductions and announcements

02:14 - Happy new year, with the same old A&R

05:55 - Headlines

08:27 - NL Sena 

09:25 - Subscriber letter

10:19 - Topics

14:35 - Parinda

16:41 - All We Imagine As Light

26:33 - Subscriber letters

28:46 - Juror #2

38:47 - Subscriber letter

44:06 - Golden Globes

45:51 - Abhinandan’s top 5 podcast recommendations 

References and recommendations 

Subscribe to NL-TNM

NL Sena - Hindu Rashtra

All We Imagine As Light

Juror #2

Demi Moore Wins Best Female Actor

Parinda 

Click here to download the Newslaundry app on Android. And here for iOS.

Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra and Ashish Anand. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abhinandan: Rajyasree, not today, but I will review this show soon...I think I watched it a little late...Made In Heaven.

(producer cracks up)

Abhinandan: (stares) Our producer just laughed...What’s so funny? 

Rajyasree: Why did you watch Made In Heaven? 

Abhinandan: It was recommended. 

Rajyasree: Yes, four years back!

This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the movies Woman of The Hour, Girls Will Be Girls, and Heretic, Shyam Benegal’s cinema, and the new Kim Kardashian music video for Santa Baby.

PS: Abhinandan also recommends a new Punjabi song, so do tune in to the full episode.  

Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters.

Timecodes

00:00 - Introductions 

03:22 - Announcements 

02:57 - Headlines 

07:04 - Woman Of The Hour

11:56 - Subscriber letters

22:49 - Shyam Benegal nostalgia

30:00 - Heretic 

38:07 - Subscriber letters

41:20 - Girls Will Be Girls

45:02 - Kim Kardashian’s new music video 

References and recommendations 

Subscribe to NL-TNM

NL Sena - Hindu Rashtra

Subscriber Sandeep Banik’s ‘fun ad’

Takeaways from CNN’s Investigation: How Airbnb fails to protect its guests from hidden cameras

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

What Went Wrong With Capitalism 

Kalyug by Shyam Benegal

Jordan Sandhu | Bottle Free

Newslaundry’s Broken Ballots series 

Click here to download the Newslaundry app on Android. And here for iOS.

Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra and Anil Kumar, edited by Umrav Singh. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, it’s time to unwind and look back at our favourite moments and best clips from the past few weeks – from laughs to jabs. This special episode is free, unlike others behind the paywall. Subscribe to listen to our previous episodes.    

Awful and Awesome will return with a new episode next week.

Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While discussing Kal Ho Naa Ho’s re-release:

Nikhil: There’s a moment where Shahrukh comes on screen. You just see his back, and the entire auditorium started hooting!

Abhinandan: No one has had the kind of screen presence Shahrukh has since Amitabh Bachhan. 

Rajyasree: How about Akshay?

(Abhinandan gives a pensive stare to Rajyasree)

This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri, Rajyasree Sen, and this week’s special guest Nikhil Taneja discuss the series Freedom at Midnight, and the films The Substance and Kal Ho Naa Ho. 

Have something to say? Write to us at newslaundry.com/podcast-letters.

Timecodes

00:00 - Introduction

06.52 - Topics 

07:30 - Announcements 

10:00 - Headlines

18:00 - Mike Tyson- Jake Paul bout & boxing as a sport

26:40 - Nikhil Taneja’s Be A Man Yaar!

38:05 - Freedom At Midnight

01:06:00 - Letters

01:08:20 - Kal Ho Naa Ho 

References

Subscribe to NL-TNM

Subrata Roy Sahara figures ‘Life Mantras’ from Tihar

Be A Man Yaar!

Kal Ho Naa Ho

Freedom At Midnight

Click here to download the Newslaundry app on Android. And here for iOS.

Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra and Aryan Mahtta, edited by Samarendra K Dash. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.