The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap: Episode 19

Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen are back with their weekly entertainment roundup. This week, Pal and Sen go from concert to movie to a Netflix series, to a cooking show with Zarine Khan and finally to ads that make them go hmm. Amit Gurbaxani, co-founder and chief editor of The Daily Pao, is a special guest on the show and he’s got all the details of how Global Citizens Festival India went. Heard of Brown Nation, the new Netflix show on Indians in America? Neither Pal nor Sen enjoyed it much. And of course, there’s a whole lot about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, JK Rowling’s first film as a screenwriter and a return to Potterverse. Listen to find out what is the best pet in these demonetised times, Sonu Nigam’s new “musical narration” on the currency ban, and how not to take your work home (Jack Jones and Ranveer Singh, we hope you’re listening). And as always, we have a question for you as well. Listen up, and send us your comments and answers to contact@newslaundry.com.

For references:

1. Amit Gurbaxani’s review of the Global Citizen Concert
2. The Befikre song
3. The trailer of the Netflix series  Brown Nation
4. Master of None trailer
5. The Amazon ad
6. Jack and Jones ad
7. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them trailer
8. Kaagaz by Sonu Nigam

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