Ep 185: Borat 2, The Queen's Gambit, and more

<p><em>Talking about </em>Mirzapur Season 2:</p><p><strong>Rajyasree: </strong>Munna’s character is very important because…&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Abhinandan:</strong> Because he has no character.</p><p><strong>Rajyasree: </strong>He really has no character, he’s a horrible character.</p><p><strong>Abhinandan: </strong>That’s why it was funny. You don’t have to justify my joke, it was implicit in the joke.</p><p><strong>Rajyasree: </strong>No, no, you have to explain. Hindi cinema has taught me.</p><p><strong>Abhinandan:</strong> Making a joke in front of you is really like <em>“Bhains ke aage been bajana”.</em></p><p><strong>Rajyasree: </strong>Now you’re calling me a bhains? I’ve told you don’t fat-shame all the time.</p><p><strong>Abhinandan: </strong>It’s a <em>muhawra</em> in Hindi.</p><p><strong>Rajyasree: </strong>Either you’re calling me black or you’re calling me fat, it’s so shameful to do this to a person.</p><p><strong>Abhinandan: </strong>Can we move on?</p><p><strong>Rajyasree: </strong>Obviously, because I’ll start crying otherwise.</p><p><em>Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.</em></p><p>This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the films <em>Rebecca </em>and <em>Borat Subsequent Moviefilm;</em> the web series <em>The Queen's Gambit </em>and <em>Mirzapur Season 2; </em>and Eros Now’s controversial Navratri ad campaign.</p><p>Tune in!</p><br><p><strong>Timecodes</strong></p><p><strong>00:08:</strong> Introduction</p><p><strong>01:51:</strong> <em>Borat 2</em></p><p><strong>15:00:</strong> Letters from listeners</p><p><strong>17:27:</strong> <em>Rebecca</em></p><p><strong>29:15: </strong>Eros Now controversy</p><p><strong>32:36: </strong><em>Mirzapur Season 2</em></p><p><strong>44:28: </strong>Letters from listeners</p><p><strong>47:33: </strong><em>The Queen's Gambit</em></p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/pr