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Awful and Awesome Ep 218: Mimi, Sarpatta Parambarai, The White Lotus
The pop culture podcast that isn’t afraid to pop the bubble.
Talking about the film Mimi:
Rajyasree: But there is a clause in that also that the woman should have already had children of her own. Basically that woman has no other life.
Abhinandan: But there’s also a clause that you have to give special gifts in December and it’s called a…
Rajyasree: Santa Clause!
Abhinandan: It’s called a Santa Clause. Let me finish my own jokes! Why do you interrupt my joke? I will not let you finish your jokes now.
Rajyasree: You never let me finish!
Abhinandan: You never let me finish a sentence, man!
Rajyasree: No, when there are other people then I let you. Because I let you shine in that moment.
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 Mimi and Sarpatta Parambarai; TV miniseries The White Lotus, and The Voot Select Film Fest.
PS: Abhinandan and Rajyasree share their top five comedy series.
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Song: Jail
Timecodes
00.01 - Introduction
02:32 - White Lotus
09:30 - Subscriber letters
12.49 - Mimi
27:53 - Subscriber mails
31.20 - Sarpatta Parambarai
43:12 - Subscriber letters
45:55 - Voot Select Film Fest
56:53 - Subscriber letters
References
Babul Supriyo: The Man Who Has 'Quit Politics' But Not His Lok Sabha Seat
Muhammad Ali, The Greatest of All Time
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Recorded and produced by Jude Weston, edited by Saif Ali Ekram.
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