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Awful and Awesome Ep 200: Kappela, Allen v Farrow, Call My Agent
The pop culture podcast that isn’t afraid to pop the bubble.
While reading a letter from a subscriber about the song Ei Raat Tomar Amar:
Abhinandan: You know, Rajyasree often does this. If I say something about anything like, you know, “This is a dhol".
"It was invented in Bengal!”
Rajyasree: But most of the things are...your speakers are.
Abhinandan: I’ll say sarso ka saag...
"It was invented in Bengal."
Rajyasree: Sarso was invented in Bengal.
Abhinandan: Or if I were to say this is how Sikhs tie their turbans.
“They learned it from Bengal.”
Rajyasree: The cloth came from Bengal.
Abhinandan: But you [subscriber] have actually sent a video clip showing that the original is a Bengali. So you get 10/10.
Rajyasree: Proof! Proof! He’s given proof.
Abhinandan: Rajyasree, the thing is that you claim everything came from Bengal and you’ve never given me any proof.
Rajyasree: Because you don’t need to show proof for the obvious, na? This is like saying do you know the moon is round when it is a full moon.
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 film Kappela; Season 4 of web series Call My Agent!; HBO docu series Allen v Farrow, controversies, and commercials.
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
References
An Afternoon with Prince Harry & James Corden
Dove Drops an Ad Accused of Racism (2017)
IT raids at filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, actor Taapsee Pannu’s properties
Union govt’s new IT rules for social media, OTT platforms & digital news
Harry and Meghan not returning as working members of Royal Family
Taylor Swift Slams Netflix Show For "Deeply Sexist" Joke
Recorded and produced by Jude Weston, edited by Umrav Singh.
