Talking about Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui and whether a trans actor should have been cast to play Maanvi:

Rajyasree: The whole concept of acting is that you play something which you are not. Say I have a film which is on karate...

Abhinandan: So they should cast you as a person who is nice, who is a good person. That would be a challenge.

Rajyasree: That would be acting, right?

Abhinandan: That would be a big challenge. Like if they cast you as a horrible obnoxious woman, then what’s the challenge?

Rajyasree: Don't act smart, okay.

Abhinandan and Rajyasree burst out laughing.

This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen review the films Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui, The Lost Daughter and Minnal Murali.

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Timecodes

00:01 - Introduction

04:07 - Subscriber letters

06:50 - The Lost Daughter

18:34 - Subscriber letters

25:43 - Minnal Murali

38:40 - Subscriber letters

46:10 - Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui

01:01:19 - Subscriber letters

References

The Lost Daughter

The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante

To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota

Glass

Unbreakable

Split

Tum Jo Chale Gaye To Hogi Badi Kharabi

The Night House

Minnal Murali

Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui

Recorded and produced by Jude Weston, edited by Samarendra K Dash.