Awful and Awesome Ep 266: Sandman, Shabaash Mithu, Masaba Masaba season 2

While talking about Beyoncé’s new album:

Abhinandan: She’s married to Jay-Z right?

Nainika: She is married to Jay-Z.

Abhinandan: Jay-Z has a really talented brother who… I mean who is just so unmotivated. He just didn’t make it as a producer.

Nainika: Who?

Abhinandan: Lay-Z (pretentious laughter).

Abhinandan bursts out laughing, Nainika is left speechless.

This and a whole lot of stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Nainika Rathore review the biopic Shabaash Mithu; web series Sandman and Masaba Masaba season 2; Beyoncé’s new album Renaissance; and the Google ad on 75 years of India’s independence.

PS. Nainika asks Abhinandan if he ever considered becoming a godman and the answer is worth listening to. Also, Abhinandan shares his disco playlist.

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Timecodes

00:00 - Introduction

01:16 - Subscriber letters

05:32 - Shabaash Mithu

22:17 - The Sandman

30:40 - Subscriber letters

34:24 - Renaissance by Beyoncé

42:04 - Subscriber letters

44:23 - Masaba Masaba S2

52:56 - Abhinandan’s message to the Producer

54:21 - Google ad

1:00:59 - Subscriber letters

1:03:33 - Coka 2.0

References

Shabaash Mithu

Pukar (1983)

Moneyball

What’s Your Problem? | Podcast

When We Were Kings

The Babe (1992)

M.S.Dhoni - The Untold Story

The Sandman

Calvin Harris, Sam Smith - Promises

Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen

Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

Madonna - Like A Prayer

Masaba Masaba Season 2

Google ad | 75 years in under 2 minutes

Google Search: Reunion

Kulli Rah Vich Payi Asan Tere | Bibi Nooran

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

Coka 2.0 | Liger

Produced by Jude Weston; edited by Saif Ali Ekram and Umrav Singh.