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Awful and Awesome Ep 188: Ludo, Soorarai Pottru, and The Crown Season 4
The pop culture podcast that isn’t afraid to pop the bubble.
While discussing a scene from Ludo, where six-year-old Mini's parents must choose between retaining their house help or keeping their pet dog:
Abhinandan: The moral of the story is you must know how to cook.
Rajyasree: That’s what! That’s why I cook, na, so that no one can…
Abhinandan: That’s why I never tell anyone to pick anyone between that person and me because I know I’ll never be picked because I don't know how to cook.
Rajyasree: Because I don’t know what quality contribution...Yours will be to shout at the person.
Abhinandan: That I can. I can offer that facility.
Rajyasree: Different pitches you can do it in.
Abhinandan: I can offer that facility. Regular yelling I can do.
Rajyasree: And a few punches now and then also.
Abhinandan: That I don’t indulge in but you can keep spreading rumours. But now the good thing is that you have such little credibility, no one believes in anything you say.
Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.
This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films Ludo and Soorarai Pottru; Season 4 of the Netflix original The Crown; the works of Soumitra Chatterjee; and a lot more.
Tune in!
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
03:38 - Subscriber letters
07:15 - Ludo
26:41 - HP ad
31:59 - LG ad
34:38 - The Crown Season 4
45:50 - Subscriber letters
47:57 - Soumitra Chatterjee
58:06 - Facebook ad
1:02:35 - Subscriber letters
1:04:20 - Soorarai Pottru
References
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Facebook’s Diwali ad “Pooja Didi”
Soumitra Chatterjee: India acting legend dies, aged 85
Recorded and produced by Jude Weston, edited by Satish Kumar.
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