The Awful & Awesome Entertainment Wrap

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A weekly wrap up of consumable and non-consumable entertainment curated, especially for the internet age. Hosted by Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen. Click here to support Newslaundry: http://bit.ly/paytokeepnewsfree


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Recent Episodes
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 384: White Lotus S3 finale, Empuraan, The Studio
    Apr 11, 2025 – 1:10:34
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 383: Emergency, Adolescence, Kunal Kamra controversy
    Mar 28, 2025 – 1:04:26
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 382: Women’s Day ads, Super/Man
    Mar 21, 2025 – 1:06:53
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 381: Severance S2, Oscars, Sikandar trailer
    Mar 7, 2025 – 1:00:11
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 380: The White Lotus S3, Mrs., BeerBiceps row
    Feb 21, 2025 – 1:02:18
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 379: I Want To Talk, American Manhunt: OJ Simpson, Destroy Valentine ad
    Feb 7, 2025 – 52:42
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 378: Paatal Lok, Black Warrant, and an exclusive cast interview
    Jan 24, 2025 – 1:12:37
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 377: All We Imagine As Light, Juror #2, Golden Globes
    Jan 10, 2025 – 51:15
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 376: Shyam Benegal, Girls Will Be Girls, Heretic
    Dec 28, 2024 – 51:04
  • Awful and Awesome: Rewind to our favourite moments
    Dec 20, 2024 – 21:47
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 375: Nikhil Taneja on Freedom at Midnight, Kal Ho Naa Ho
    Dec 6, 2024 – 1:30:48
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 374: Zwigato, Buckingham Murders, Sabarmati Report trailer
    Nov 23, 2024 – 50:35
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 372: Rivals, Wolfs, Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives
    Nov 1, 2024 – 48:41
  • AnA Cutlet 371
    Oct 26, 2024 – 12:31
  • AnA Cutlet 370
    Oct 18, 2024 – 12:44
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 368: Monsters S2, Follow Kar Lo Yaar, Trap
    Sep 27, 2024 – 51:56
  • AnA 367 Cutlet
    Sep 21, 2024 – 9:58
  • Awful and Awesome: Rewind to our favourite moments
    Sep 13, 2024 – 16:37
  • AnA Cutlet 366
    Sep 6, 2024 – 12:52
  • AnA Cutlet 365
    Aug 30, 2024 – 11:03
  • AnA Cutlet 364
    Aug 23, 2024 – 13:39
  • AnA 363 Cutlet
    Aug 16, 2024 – 13:36
  • AnA 362 Cutlet
    Aug 9, 2024 – 12:09
  • AnA 361 Cutlet
    Aug 2, 2024 – 10:31
  • AnA 360 Cutlet
    Jul 26, 2024 – 12:51
  • AnA Cutlet 359
    Jul 19, 2024 – 11:47
  • AnA Cutlet 358
    Jul 12, 2024 – 10:16
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 357: Federer: Twelve Final Days, A Family Affair, Sharmajee Ki Beti
    Jul 5, 2024 – 43:26
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 356: Maharaj, Chandu Champion, The Fall Guy
    Jun 28, 2024 – 1:09:13
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 355: LSD 2, Inside Out 2, The First Omen
    Jun 21, 2024 – 47:32
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 354: Panchayat Season 3, Hit Man, Eric
    Jun 14, 2024 – 52:04
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 353: Manjummel Boys, Planet of the Apes, Kevin Hart’s Mark Twain Prize
    May 29, 2024 – 1:19:55
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 352: Heeramandi, Unfrosted, The Idea of You
    May 10, 2024 – 54:11
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 351: Scoop, Laapataa Ladies, Amar Singh Chamkila
    May 10, 2024 – 46:48
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 350: Ferrari, Aavesham, Ripley
    Apr 26, 2024 – 39:09
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 349: Amar Singh Chamkila, Aattam, Baby Reindeer
    Apr 19, 2024 – 42:50
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 348: Ripley, Scoop, election songs, WrestleMania
    Apr 12, 2024 – 49:56
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 347: Crew, The Zone of Interest, The Regime
    Apr 5, 2024 – 55:23
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 346: Maamla Legal Hai, Irish Wish, The Gentlemen
    Mar 29, 2024 – 51:23
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 345: Murder Mubarak, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Daniel Sloss
    Mar 22, 2024 – 44:07
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 344: Oscars, Poor Things, Manjummel Boys
    Mar 15, 2024 – 50:35
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 343: Laapataa Ladies, Mr & Mrs Smith, The Holdovers
    Mar 8, 2024 – 51:02
  • Awful and Awesome: Favourite moments rewind
    Mar 1, 2024 – 22:17
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 342: Love Storiyaan, Argylle, BAFTAs
    Feb 23, 2024 – 48:25
  • Awful and Awesome Ep 341: Anatomy of a Fall, Bhakshak, Bold Care ad
    Feb 16, 2024 – 48:38
  • AnA Cutlet 340
    Feb 9, 2024 – 16:46
  • AnA Cutlet 339
    Feb 2, 2024 – 15:12
  • AnA Cutlet 338
    Jan 26, 2024 – 11:23
  • AnA Cutlet 337
    Jan 19, 2024 – 10:48
  • AnA Cutlet 336
    Jan 12, 2024 – 12:55
Recent Reviews
  • Bharti Bhambhani
    Excellent!
    Love hearing this podcast during difficult times with Covid-19! Please could you review The Evil Genius on Netflix sometime too!
  • rdahl80
    Rajyashree is very entertaining
    I have been a listener since Rajyashree used to host AaA with Deepanjana. It is such a refreshing podcast. I continued listening after Abhinandan joined as a co-host even though I do not find his contributions particularly interesting. All credit to Rajyashree that, despite Abhinandan, she has made the podcast super-entertaining!
  • Shruti.L
    My favorite podcast now
    I love this podcast. I love the banter, forgetfulness and the fun nonsense that happens here. My week is incomplete without an episode. Please don't stop.
  • skn19
    Waste of time
    This podcast started off with a lot of promise but over time has become pretty bad - in terms of content reviewed and the review itself. Both Abhinandan and Rajasree don’t know much about ‘pop culture’ that they review on the podcast. Their minimal knowledge combined with unintelligent comments make this podcast not worth listening to. Rajasree doesn’t even finish a sentence that she starts and her reviews are filled with half spoken sentences and borrowed ideas all coupled with an unbearable laugh. Abhinandan although far better than Rajasree, still does not do any justice to the content. This should have different hosts and content reviewed should be more relevant for this podcast to be a good pop culture commentary. I don’t recommend wasting time on this one.
  • designraga
    Very entertaining
    If you are a serious media buff this podcast is not for you, but if you are looking for a fun conversation that will surly tickle you funny bones while on a long commute, you must check it out. The host are not the most savvy people on pop culture but they make up for their leach of knowledge by having a candid and bantering discussion.
  • sand3k
    Awesome and awesome!
    Discovered this podcast almost by accident after I subscribed to Newslaundry. What Rajyasree and Abhinandan do is both genre defining (in Indian context) and refreshingly quirky. Streaming services are exploding in India and the review that A&A podcast provides is almost essential for anyone consuming streaming content. The other pop culture discussions that happen are also very good. As an Indian living outside of India, reviews of Indian ads make me discover them. The banter adds the “spice” which makes it all the more delectable. Recommend this podcast wholeheartedly.
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