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Season Four: Review of Dunki, Sajini Shinde ka Viral Video, Kho Gaye Hum Kahan and Koose Munisamy Veerappan29 Dec 202300:39:28

Here it is! The last episode of this season. Today apart from Antara's dream featuring #AkshayKumar chasing her, we also review #shahrukhkhan's #dunki promoting open borders, #nimratkaur's #sajinishindekaviralvideo on @netflix, #siddhantchaturvedi, #ananyapandey and #gouravadarsh's #khogayehumkahan and the #KooseMunisamyVeerappan on @zee5global. 
We wish you a very happy new year and happy holidays! 
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Season Four: Review of Joram and The Freelancer22 Dec 202300:21:01

Absolute fire content this week. Joram featuring #ManojBajpayee was riveting, gripping, and a movie that deserves an audience. 
#MohitRaina's #thefreelancer season 2 was a gripping finish to #Neerajpanday's espionage thriller. Well done. Streams on @hulu and #hotstar
Enjoy our chatter this week.

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Season Four: Review of Khufiya, Country of Blind and Mumbai Diaries 220 Oct 202300:25:07

This week in Pod, Khufiya was a spy universe that didn't feel spyish- except Tabu. What a beaut.
Country of Blind was a great attempt despite its low budget and limited resources and Mohit Raina comes back with another season of Mumbai Diaries facing a lot of media drama and Mumbai rains.
Catch our banter and more. 
Let us know how you like our cast
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Season Three: Review of Eternals, Human and Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein23 Jan 202200:40:02

Miraal and Shriya break it down this week with reviews of a movie and two series.

We start with #Eterrnals on @disney+ where now they must get their OG band back together. This is because of “global earthquakes” and the reemergence of the baddies Deviants, who are back from the dead with the vengeance of cosmic proportions.

We also review #Human playing on the @hulu/@disneyplushotstar platform of Disney where Dr. Gauri Nath (Shefali Shah), one of India’s top neurosurgeons and owner of a Bhopal hospital called Manthan, and her cardiac surgeon hire Dr. Saira Sabbarwal (Kirti Kulhari) are caught in the web of human trials for a new drug.
We review @netflix psycho-thriller #YehKaaliKaaliAnkhein , romantic simpleton finds himself in the midst of this crossfire in this darkish comical pulpy desi thriller about three issues that matter probably the most within the nation – paisa, taqat aur pyaar

Hear our POD on this site and everywhere else you get your POD.
See y'all next week
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Season Three: Review of The Whistle Blowers,Don't Look Up, Minnal Murali and Red Notice13 Jan 202200:40:59

This week it was a mixed bag but all of them had actors of desi origin and that's why we picked them up!!
@SonyLIV’s nine-episode The Whistleblower highlights the Vyapam scam i.e the mass-scale rigging of admission exams and recruitment procedures for medical colleges and sundry government jobs organized and overseen by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, or the Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal (Vyapam).

In Don't Look Up on @Netflix Kate Dibiasky (Lawrence) is about to have an apocalyptic comet named after her. Does it get any better than that? She’s a Ph.D. candidate at Michigan State University who spots the 9km-wide astral body in the Oort cloud, and her associate, Dr. Randall Mindy (DiCaprio), is the astronomer who calculates its trajectory, a 99-point-something-something percent likelihood of it crashing into the Pacific and quickly destroying all life on Earth. Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan) is a fed scientist who gets them an audience with President Janie Orlean (Streep) and her failson/chief of staff Jason (Hill).

In a very wholesome superhero story, invoking the Hollywood Superhero into a village in Kerala is a very well-made movie Minaal Murali with the right dose of action, drama, and comedy. Streams on Netflix

Red Notice looks slick and boasts of attractive A-list actors pulling fantastic stunts in gorgeous CGI locations around the globe. And you should go into watching it for a purpose. Ours was Ryan Reynolds and his funny quips. Like calling the Rock, “Hey Baldilocks” . He is Ryan guys. And he has our hearts. Streams on @Netflix

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Season Three: Review of Pushpa, Humble Politician Nograj and Kaun Banegi Shikharwati13 Jan 202200:46:49

This week we had a riot, we have a disagreement and we have a lot of fun !! Shriya watched and reviewed Pushpa- because of Allu Arjun. Streams on #AmazonPrimeVideo

We absolutely loved Humble Politician Nograj that streams on #Voot.
Nograj of One Big Party, and Krishna Gundu Bala aka Gundu aka KGB of Most Secular Party both desire to become chief minister. Nograj will let KGB win if he changes his name to Balu and buys three legislators. Between Danish and the phenomenal Prakash Belawadi, the characters are a riot

One Big Party and the Family Run Party decide on a post-poll alliance to keep Gundu out of power. Family Run Party’s mommy’s boy Karan Kapoor ( Varun Thakur) and his mother who speaks Italian feature often.

We also reviewed #KaunBanegiShikharwati that is the story of an elderly Maharaja (Naseeruddin Shah) gets his tax evasion tab, he conceives a ludicrous plot with the assistance of his right-hand man (Raghubir Yadav) to reunite his four estranged daughters so they can pay it instead because after all – they are the heirs to the throne.

The plan? To put them through a series of weird competitive routines so their joint hatred of their father reunites them to save the palace.  But that’s not what he tells the daughters.

This is the story of what happens when the sisters who loathe each other unite.
Streams on #Zee5
Have fun downloading this week - you are in for some surprises!!!
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Season Three: Review of Matrix, Encounter, Atrangi Re and 83TheFilm02 Jan 202200:46:34

Happy New Year folks!
We start the year with Season Three of our podcast series
Listen to the reviews of last week of releases while you're on the go with our podcast.

This week we reviewed Matrix Resurrections streaming on @hbomax, Riz Ahmed's Encounter streaming on Amazon Prime.

We also review #AtrangiRe which is streaming on @hulu and #83thefilm that is in theaters.

Our reviews can be viewed on our YouTube Channel and on our Instagram. Let us know how you liked them.

Have a brilliant year ahead.



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Season Two: Review of Aarya S2, Aranyak, Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui and Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam21 Dec 202100:40:17

This week it was raining series. And we had a tough time watching them for you in time to post - so that being the delay .

Also, Shriya is having a fab time in India and we are missing her.

However, @netflix's Aarya is not to be missed as per Miraal but Scott disagrees.

#Aranyak on @netflix  was fab and Mirall completely loved it. She found her revenge ideas in @Zee5's #QatilHaseenaonKeNaam and is looking out for all those exes.

 Scott and Miraal agreed to the review of the movie in theaters #ChandigarhKareAashiqui

Have a listen

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Season Two : #REVIEW OF CASH ON @HULU, ANTIM AND SATYAMEV JAYATE IN THEATERS AND CHHORII ON PRIME05 Dec 202100:45:04

Last week Scott and Miraal reviewed two big star movies that were released in theaters - #Antim ( launching Salman Khan's brother-in-law Aayush Sharma and John Abraham's nationalist jingbang -#SatyamevJayate in its second edition with not one but 3 Johns.
We also watched and reviewed a good story on #hulu called #Cash which is actually some intelligent writing effort and then the kinda horror kinda haunting #Chhorii which was released on #AmazonPrime.
Hear our reviews and especially what Scott thought about the movie #chhorii

We cannot wait to hear your thoughts.

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I JUST WANNA EAT IT, SAYS TESHER24 Nov 202100:33:04

Tesher is a household name today after two international hit songs.. This kid from Regina, Saskatchewan in Canada is influenced by his Indian heritage. Growing up listening to Indian as well as Western hip hop music, Tesher began to fuse Bollywood and hip-hop songs together and create mashups from a young age
The story of Hitesh Sharma becoming Tesher is here to stay.
Hear him speak with us on this pod.

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BRINGING FANTASY TO LIFE : INDRAJIT NATTOJI ABOUT AAFAT-E-ISHQ24 Nov 202100:23:40

Aafat-E-Ishq’ is a definitive hybrid genre at new-age storytelling making it difficult for us to fit it into a box. The beauty of such an inventive narrative is that it brings a new age story making to the forefront of Indian cinema.

There is nothing run-off- the- mill here so a lot of traditional critics will find it hard to digest yet the adaptation of a Hungarian story to a small-town Indian format is the brilliance of the plot. The writing is superb. The screenplay was a bit cheesy but fit into the small-town India format well. After all, let’s not expect sophisticated language from these characters that are so well-caricatured into the backdrop of Lallo’s quest for love.
We spoke with the Director of the movie about the feat he pulled off - here it is - a very interesting conversation.

This #ZeeOriginal streams in the US on the #zee5usa app and on  @ZEE5 worldwide.

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HOW TO SUJATA DAY : DO THE BOLLYWOOD WITH AMERICAN PROTAGONISTS24 Nov 202100:22:30

A former national spelling bee champion struggles to live up to her potential in 'Definition Please,' a fresh American take on Bollywood tropes from writer-director Sujata Day. In writer-director Sujata Day’s debut feature Definition Please, the lead character Monica Chowdry is a college grad who still lives at home with her mother. A former national spelling bee champion, she now finds herself tutoring a new generation of spelling champion hopefuls in her hometown of Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

We talk to @sujataday, the writer, director, producer, and actor of @definitionplease which is a masala blend of comedy, romance, drama, and suspense - all #bollywood style but with Indian American protagonists!

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WHAT DO YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, ASKS RAJIV SATYAL24 Nov 202100:14:48

Rajiv Satyal is a Los Angeles-based comedian/host who performs regularly at all the major LA comedy clubs and has been featured on/in Amazon, NBC, NPR, Nickelodeon, Netflix, GQ, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Variety, and Advertising Age. He has shared a stage with Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, Tim Allen, Russell Peters, and Sebastian Maniscalco.

Satyal has 12 videos with over 100,000 YouTube views each, including I AM INDIAN (50 million+ views). He’s played on five continents, 100 colleges, and has interviewed everyone from Seth Godin to Kevin Nealon to Preity Zinta.

We spoke to him about his new show “WHAT DO YOU BRING TO THE TABLE?”
Watch this space for our chat but check out the show at www.watchRajiv.com

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Season Four : Review of Fukrey 3,Tumse Na Ho Payega, Charlie Chopra and Mystery of Solang Valley and Choona13 Oct 202300:25:40

This week, we cover two movies and two shows. 
#Fukrey3 was a damp squib. yes. Even Choocha can fall flat. Argh. What a disappointment. 
#hotstar's #tumsenahopayega sold old startup models in 2023. Crossing the chasm but a couple of decades late.
#VishalBhardwaj's #charliechopra, an Agatha Christie adaptation, was an intriguing watch. We highly recommend this show on #sonyLIV. 
#netflix's #choona is proof that #JimmyShergill is a class actor. More of him, please. As for #choona - damn so convoluted.
Have fun while we binge
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RIGHT NOW IS VERY GOOD TO BE PEOPLE LIKE US ; RUSHI KOTA23 Nov 202100:27:16

Rushi Kota is no stranger to the world of movies and shows in Hollywood. Rushi Kota is in the new Netflix Award-Winning, and the global hit show "Never Have I Ever," created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher. Kota plays the role of Prashant in the series.

Most familiar to fans as Dr. Vik Roy on ABC/Shonda Rhimes hit drama "Grey's Anatomy" and "Grey's Anatomy B-Team"
Kota's mother brought him to America to achieve the American dream. America was where he learned the value of perseverance and hard work. Kota has set out to break ethnic stereotypes in Hollywood and be more than just his skin color. Kota chose a traditional career path in Automotive Engineering at SUNY Farmingdale, where he double majored in IndustrialManagement Technology and Business Administration.
After two years of vigorously pursuing acting in New York, Rushi was accepted into Harvard University's MFA program for acting, following that up with a residency at Stanislavski'sMoscow Art Theater School in Russia.

READ MORE ABOUT RUSHI AT https://desis.live/celebrities/interviews/rushi-kota-right-now-is-very-good-to-be-people-like-us-202108311604 AND DOWNLOAD THIS POD AT podcast.desis.live and anywhere you get your POD

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RIANJALI: I WANT TO SEE A FEMALE A R RAHMAN23 Nov 202100:28:57

Rianjali started singing when she was just 6. Her father, a well-known Bengali singer made sure she grew up listening to music all her life! She started taking classical Indian music classes and then picked up the guitar when she was 14 or 15 years old. She went to LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, which really changed her life. It was a very tough school where she was surrounded by all kinds of music and had to learn so many styles. It was there where she really picked up some of her American music influence, Her brother was part of a fraternity in college, and he introduced her to one of his friends in his frat who also had a passion for music. His parents were really supportive and had built a makeshift recording studio in his house. A couple of years after she first met her brother’s friend, they ended up writing a song together and put it on SoundCloud. It turned out that the friend's family had known A.R Rahman for over 15 years, but he had never told her out of a matter of privacy. One day, her friend called her out of the blue and asked her if she was free the next day because A.R. Rahman wanted to meet her! A.R. had apparently asked her friend if he had worked on any new music lately, so he showed him their SoundCloud track. A.R. then asked him who the female vocalist was. The rest is history!
Hear our chat with her here

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Season Two: Review of India Sweets and Spices, Bunty Aur Babli 2 & Dhamaka23 Nov 202100:43:22

This week was a fun review session. Apart from an Indian American production, India Sweets and Spices which saw a US release, we also had in queue Bunty Aur Babli 2 , the second coming of the story of cons Bunty and Babli who pull cons on people and help the needy ( of course).
Both movies were in theaters

We also reviewed @netflix's #Dhamaka where @kartikAaryan really made one huge explosion of a story execution.

Did you watch these two?
Let us know

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Seeya next week and hey! Gobble till you Wobble

Happy Thanksgiving week

#Shiraalott

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LIVING THE CHARACTER OF LALLO : NEHA SHARMA SPEAKS ABOUT AAFAT-E-ISHQ22 Nov 202100:10:39

Neha Sharma is smart, vivacious, and absolutely effervescent but when she slips into the skin of Lallo, she embodies the insecurities of the character she plays with great finesse.

We caught up with Neha and spoke to her about getting into the character's skin and her understanding of this character who is both naive and incisive. We talk about Lallo's unaffected simplicity; lacking in worldly wisdom which sets the stage for world-building her out of her simplicity.

We talk more about this Indrajit Nattoji classic.

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Aafat-e-Ishq streams on @zee5 

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MAHESH BHUPATHI: WE LIVED THE STORY IN REAL TIME22 Nov 202100:08:16

We caught up with tennis superstar Mahesh Bhupathi about his new docudrama called BreakPoint that streams on the @zee5 platform about his estranged relationship with his tennis partner Leander Paes.
Many reasons for the professional split between Paes and Bhupathi are still unclear, but the two abruptly ended their relationship in 2006, following their doubles gold win at the Asian Games in Doha that year, where Paes also won mixed doubles gold with Sania Mirza.
The docudrama directed by Ashwini Iyer and Nitish Tewari drills down the real reasons of the estrangement.
Bhupati even went on to call Paes a 'backstabber' a term used in many sports headlines. Clearly, their relationship has deteriorated to the point of no return.

Paes was at ease with the attention, was debonair and outgoing, and had a penchant for the histrionics too. Bhupathi, in stark contrast, has always been a man of few words and inward drawn.
We chat here about the show and if they will ever reconcile.
Watch the interview here
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EVEN I COULD BE AN AUNTY , SAYS GEETA MALIK , WRITER AND DIRECTOR OF INDIA SWEETS AND SPICES22 Nov 202100:10:42

We caught up with Geeta Malik, the Writer and Director of India Sweets and Spices, probably the first movie about Indian Americans to be released in mainstream theaters.

The story is about Alia's family as she comes back home from college for the summer. The Indian Americanisms strike. In between Parle G biscuits, paneer pakoras, and samosas- the Aunties strike.

The movie is a slice of life about finding purpose and being true to your true self.  With a stellar cast of Manisha Koilara, Sophia Ali, Adil Hussain, Rish Shah, Deepti Gupta, and Ved Sapru, the movie is well written and executed.

Read our REVIEW HERE

Geeta says the movie is about her growing up, some stories are hers and some are of people around her.....we must say- these are our stories as well...

Catch the movie in theaters all over the US.


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THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AN ARTIST IS TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS - Chat with Director of Tabbar Ajitpal Singh22 Nov 202100:47:22

Ajitpal Singh is an anomaly. A writer and a director with an eye for the extraordinary, he is known for Fire in the Mountains (2021), Rammat-Gammat (2018), and Hummingbird (2018).

His newest offering Tabbar on SonyLIV stars Pavan Malhotra and Supriya Pathak besides newcomers Paramvir Cheema and Sahil Mehta and veteran Ranvir Shorey

His ability to remain laser-focused on creating a portrayal of a family in crisis.

Essaying the journey of a retired police constable who pushes the boundaries to save his family from the consequences of an inadvertent homicide, the series has been lauded for its quality of production and incisive direction.

Here is our chat with the Director of Tabbar Ajitpal Singh about his vision and craft.

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Season Two: Review of Jai Bhim, Special Ops 1.5 and Squad20 Nov 202100:48:14

We review two movies and a series this week. Starting with @amazonprimevideo's Jai Bhim, Shriya absolutely loved it, for its depiction of the class struggle.
We reviewed the fabulous Kay Kay Menon @hulu series Special Ops 1.5 and loved aspects of it cuz hey it's Kay Kay.
We also reviewed 2zee5's Squad.
pretty busy huh?
Well as we say, we watch 'em so you don't have to. 
Have a lovely listen and tell us what you think

Much Love
Shriya, Miraal & Scott
PS: shall we call ourselves #Shiraalott?

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Season Two: Review of One Mic Stand, Sooryavanshi and Meenakshi Sundereshwar12 Nov 202100:40:54
This week we reviewed one show and two movies. Here is where we tell you to fasten your seat belts cause the flutter of big theatre action movies for the rest of the year begins.
We watched the show One Mic Stand on Prime and absolutely loved it in parts. Hear our review.
Sooryavanshi in theaters with Katrina swaying to Tip Tip was a treattttttttttttt all the way!!
A master class in how to make blockbusters from Rohit Shetty.
And then the significantly mellow arranged marriage scene in Meenakshi Sundereshwar on Netflix.
All in this episode... Enjoy Scott's special comments.....

Love
Scott, Miraal and Shriyaaaaaaaaaaah

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Season Two: Review of Aafat-e-Ishq, Call My Agent : Bollywood, Dybbuk, & Hum Do Hamare Do04 Nov 202100:40:11

This week we had an onslaught of releases. We reviewed Aafat-e-Ishq, an adaptation of the award-winning Hungarian film Liza, the Fox-Fairy. It is an idiosyncratic fantasy dark comedy about a naive 30-year-old, Lallo (Neha Sharma), who wants to find the love of her life before she grows too old to marry. We thoroughly enjoyed the fantasy play. It streams on Zee5usa with an ensemble cast that is totally brilliant in their execution. Don't miss it.

In Dybbuk, a troubled couple from Mumbai movie to Mauritius and while fitting out their colonial home, the lady of the house inadvertently buys a Dybbuk. Things start going spooky soon after leading both Sam and Mahi into a dark mystery that appears rooted in the Jewish history of the island. Starring Emraan Hashmi, Manav Kaul, and Nikita Dutta; it is a spooky Halloween watch. Streams on Amazon Prime

We also reviewed Call My Agent: Bollywood. A Bollywood celeb management agency called ART has a few agents who would go to any lengths for the stars they represent just like in the French OG of this series. What we get to see is a brilliant take on Bollywood making fun of Bollywood in a manner like never. Starring Rajat Kapoor, Soni Razdan. Ahana Kumra and Ayush Mehra, the series is produced by Applause Entertainment & Banijay Asia and is directed by Shaad Ali streams on Netflix

In Hum Do Hamare Do, an orphan but a budding entrepreneur Dhruv Shikhar (Rajkummar Rao) falls in love with Anya Mehra (Kriti Sanon) and wants to marry her. Except for one hurdle – she wants her to-be groom to have a loving family and a pet dog. So Dhruv decides to create one, in Purushottam Mishra (Paresh Rawal) and Dipti Kashyap (Ratna Pathak Shah).
Streams on HULU

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Season Four: Review of The Great Indian Family, Jaane Jaan and Jailer06 Oct 202300:24:04

Three movies, three different genres. From the societal commentary of a son of a hindu priest who was born a Muslim in #TheGreatIndianFamily, to a murder mystery based on a book by Japanese mystery writer Keigo Higashino called #SuspectX or (#jaanejaan); to a mindless blood and gore Rajnikanth style story in #Jailer; this week was interesting to cover.
Hear it all from Team Desis

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Season Two: Review of Sardar Udham Singh, Lawyer Vishwanath and Tabbar27 Oct 202100:44:37

This week we reviewed the movie Sardar Udham Singh which is streaming on Prime. Most patriotic movies are not made about freedom fighters as people, but freedom fighters as icons – generalizing them and condensing the complexities of their reasons and characters into neat marketable products for a multiplex audience. Sardar Udham Singh is a masterpiece that presents no such broad strokes.
Watch the impeccable #VickyKausal ace this role. Special mention for #AmolParashar as Bhagat Singh. It's a classic.
Shriya watched Lawyer Vishvanath. Viswanath is a lawyer who has a loving family comprising his wife Kamala and his loving 8-year-old daughter Akshara. He is a man of values and lives with principles. Viswanath spends considerable time with his family to ensure he gives proper love and affection. 

On his daughter’s birthday, he takes his family for an evening outing but on the way back a tragedy strikes Viswanath and his family.  Watch this remake on Prime.

Finally, we review @sonyliv's #Tabbar.
Ajitpal Singh’s Tabbar is a lesson on celluloid of how to impact your audiences with pure emotion.

Created and written by Harman Wadala, and co-written by Sandeep Jain, Tabbar deploys very credible theatre art to bring his characters to life.  The logical, calculative Omkar (Pavan Raj Malhotra) and the emotional mother Sargun (Supriya Pathak Kapur), parents to Teji (Sahil Mehta), and the civil services aspirant Happy (Gagan Arora) are caught in a sudden situation inadvertently where they get embroiled in the killing of the drug peddling brother of a local businessman-politician (Ranvir Shorey) in their home. The tracks of drugs in Punjab, scams are all sub-threads to the main story which is about how the family deals with the aftermath of this murder. This show is a classic.
All this and Bonus - our chat with #MaheshBhupati about his docudrama #BreakPoint which streams on Zee5
And the quintessential Sujata Day about her movie #DefinitonPlease which also won a best actor mention at the #NewYorkSouthAsianFilmFestival.
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Season Two: Review of House of Secrets, Little Things 4, Rashmi Rocket and Sanak23 Oct 202100:55:07

#Shiraal is back this week talking about the shows and movies that were released this week.
They review the horrendous suicide of 11 people of the same family in the House of Secrets: the Burari Killings.

'Little Things' season 4, now streaming on Netflix, brings back the cuteness of the rom-com that has been a little different than the others.

However, we are also glad that it's the final season.

Little Things season 1 premiered on Dice Media’s YouTube Channel in 2016 and had 15 million views within days.  Little Things came as a big breath of fresh air. It was acquired by Netflix from season 2. 

No governing body has so tenaciously tried to determine who counts as a woman for the purpose of sports as the I.A.A.F. and the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.). Those two influential organizations have spent a half-century vigorously policing gender boundaries. Their rationale for decades was to catch male athletes masquerading as women, though they never once discovered an impostor. Instead, the athletes snagged in those efforts have been intersex women — scores of them. 
We review @Zee5's  Rashmi Rocket - the story of an athlete who is given a gender test to clear by a doctor under suspicious circumstances and made to take her clothes off for a CT. She is demeaned, media shamed and ostracized by people in the association to defame and ban her.
We also Review #Sanak which is a hospital hostage drama at its Hollywood best. The only difference is that this is a Bollywood production. There is a stallonish depth to Vidyut’s agility and fitness that makes him heavy lift a very predictable plot and make it his own.

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Season Two : Review of Intrusion, The Serpent and a chat with Indian American Comedian Rajiv Satyal13 Oct 202100:52:45

#Shiraal which is now officially their ship name reviewed Freida Pinto's new movie Intrusion where she’s a youth counselor who survived a cancer scare married to Henry who has a lot of skeletons in his closet; as we find out as the story unravels. Hear our review.
Since Scott is merrily beaching in Hawaii, #Shiraal also reviewed the series The Serpent,  the underreported story of a serial killer in the 1970s who murdered men and women along what some called 'The Hippie Trail' in Southeast Asia- Charles Sobhraj 
We also interviewed a comedian who has the achievement of performing in all 5 continents - Rajiv Satyal. This engineer turned comedian is all heart and we highly recommend his new show  WHAT DO YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, where he interviews very famous Indian American notabilities of our community
Check it all out here this week!!!
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Season Two: Review of Break Point on @zee5 and Shidddat on @hulu06 Oct 202100:49:37

Shriya is batmanning food poisoning this week folks...Do wish her the very best.
Scott and Miraal reviewed BreakPoint and Shiddat in a long form.
 
When Leander and Mahesh tangi, it is like watching a synchronized dance.  Even when the two are not communicating, they are. In fact like the Woodies ( Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge), they performed better while not communicating. In the two aspects of this review, we cover the journalistic quality of this review as the docuseries depend to a great extent on archived footage of rumors, false news, and headlines. We also review the technical aspect of the classic method in which the docuseries are framed. The story is compelling and the narrative is in sync with the momentum of the events.

STREAMS ON  @ZEE5 -Listen to our Review here.

Inspired by the sentiments of a diplomat, whose romantic wedding he trespasses, Jaggi has notions about love and the person he will fall in love with. So, when he meets Kartika, he falls deeply, madly, and hopelessly in love with her. Armed with the belief that she is his destiny he illegally travels across Europe to meet her in London, where she is about to get married. He gets captured to be deported by the same diplomat whose ideas of love he had imbibed. Only now, the diplomat’s own marriage is nearing a perilous finish.

TAKE AWAY: MOHIT RAINA IS A BANKABLE STAR.
STREAMS ON @HULU  / @DISNEYPLUSHOTSTAR

Have fun on this listen 
Catch you next week
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Season Two: Review of CRIME STORIES: INDIA DETECTIVES -@NETFLIX and KOTA FACTORY SEASON 2 @NETFLIX as well as chat with FARIDOON SHAHRYAAR30 Sep 202100:49:34

We review Crime Stories: India Detectives, the reality "chase the cop with a camera" series produced by KJo's Dharmatic
India Detectives is a four-episode docuseries that follows different teams of Bangalore police detectives as they solve violent crimes. Three of the episodes feature murders, and one features a kidnapped baby. It is one of the first times that audiences in this part of the world have gotten a glimpse at the inner workings of police work . Good watch. Scott and Shriya liked it. Streams on @netflix

in Kota Factory season 2, Jeetu bhaiya is back. Unrewarded geniuses are not geniuses but clichés,” Maheshwari sir announces in a matter-of-fact tone to a class full of aspirants. In the second season, Vaibhav and his gang are joined by Susu, another roommate to Pandey who has now joined Maheshwari classes, the town’s most coveted coaching institute. Jeetendra Kumar is again worshipped to death and continues to be charming and magnetic. Pandey’s love interest Vartika returns to the scene but their chemistry is not fully fleshed. While Pandey’s struggles with Kota and the race to qualify for IIT, continue with other roadblocks thrown in his way — like bad food and self-doubt — Meena (Ranjan Rai) again steals the show with newer issues. This second season is a broader story about the bureaucracy in the Indian education system itself.
Streams on @netflix

Have fun listening to this review. Download at podcast.desis.live and everywhere else that you get your pods from.

Bonus: Chat with Bollywood Content Producer Faridoon Shahryaar. 
And Do you know your slang??
Checked out our refaced videos on our insta and Twitter yet?
Do.
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Season Two : Review of Ankahi Kahaniya, Pavitra Rishta and Hai Tauba22 Sep 202100:39:26

Here is what we got down to reviewing this week.......

Ankahi Kahaniya, the latest produce of the anthology factory from @Netflix is perhaps also the strongest case that they should enter the short film-making business.

We are highly dissatisfied by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and Saket Chaudhary’s films though we want to make sure to applaud Abhishek Chaubey’s brilliance in Madhyantar.

Of the ensemble cast across the four episodes, some of the names that impress include Siddhant Mahajan, Kashish Rai, Bibriti Chatterjee, Poorti Arya, Nishank Verma, and Ankita Chakraborty. Abhishek Banerjee and Kunal Kapoor.

In  Pavitra Rishta playing on @zee5, Archana and Manav meet when she accompanies her heartbroken, sloshed friend to a garage where he works to pick her car up. Manav offers to drop both to their destination. The story is the reprise of the original story of Pavitra Rishta but will have several elements altered, and a few characters added. The web series format is well directed and executed.

Hai Tauba, on @altbalaji, is an anthology of four stories about relationships that don’t conform to societal norms. The first episode, Pink, revolves around a group of friends going through a rough patch in their relationships while an annual get-together only worsens their ties beyond repair. The next episode, White, explores the life of a social media influencer Taniya, who’s even ready to get laid in her bid to enhance her popularity.

Silver is centered around two budding filmmakers Shlok and Pooja who find themselves in an awkward situation when their cast doesn’t meet their expectations during the filming of a project. The final episode, Blue, is about the deep friendship that two closeted homosexuals, a caterer Arjan and a marketing person Trilok, forge in a Goan hotel.

Hear this all and more this week with Scott and Miraal and don't forget to LCS at @desislivegram or on Twitter at @desislive

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Season Two :Review of Bhoot Police, Mumbai diaries 26/11, Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai, Potluck, Thalaivii15 Sep 202100:51:13

Shriya and Miraal rock the reviews this week with their crazy.
They start with the review of @hulu's #Bhootpolice and found #SaifAliKhan funny and slapstick. Miraal continues to advise #ArjunKapoor about his career.
Mumbai Diaries 26/11 on@amazonprimevideo  was a racy, medical thriller and both M & S loved it ....M knew the backstory about #KyaMeriSonamGuptaBewafaHai  on @zee5 and that was a lit discussion.
#Potluck on @sonyliv was fun for M and she also watched #thalaivi in the theaters and spent a bit of time raving about Aarvind Swamy..... and Kangana Ranaut.

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FAN REVIEW - KUCH RANG PYAR KE AISE BHI, BADE ACHE LAGTE HAIN, YEH RISHTA KYA KEHLATA HAI AND MEET13 Sep 202101:00:00

Manushi and Tanushree review the four serials that they are watching ardently. In  #kuchrangpyarkeaisebhi they discuss the various issues that cropped up for Dev and Sonakshi . 
In #kbadeachelagtehain , Ram proposes marriage to Priya for family.
Watch both on @sonytv
 In this week's episodes of Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata hai as the newly married Sirat strives to live up to Naira's reputation and the family knowingly or unknowingly keeps comparing her with Naira ... @hulu and @disneyplushotstar
In #MEET this week the wedding ceremonies of Meet Ahlawat with Manushi, Meet Hooda's sister start. Meet Hooda and Meet Ahlawat are unaware of that relationship between them. Streams on @zee5usa



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Season Two: Review of Engineering Girls 2.0, Helmet, Chehre and The Money Heist10 Sep 202100:46:43

This week Shriya and Miraal had a full docket and crazy fun. Scott took an extended break for Labor Day
They played a game about who knows most GenX slangs and who crushes on whom the most....and they also reviewed 2 movies and 2 shows.

Shirya loved #EngineeringGirls2.0 which is not about Engineering but Organic Chemistry. It is streaming on @zee5.
Miraal watched #Chehre in a theater and #Helmet on @zee5 and her review is gonna save you a lot of time..
Having said that the best one for the last was the extremely popular @netflix series - "Money Heist"
Have fun listening to these two girls have all the fun while Scott is away...

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FAN REVIEW - KUCH RANG PYAR KE AISE BHI, BADE ACHE LAGTE HAIN, YEH RISHTA KYA KEHLATA HAI AND MEET06 Sep 202100:38:39

LEVEL UP BY DESISLIVE IS FAN REVIEWS OF SHOWS AND SERIALS ON INDIAN TELLY.

We start with a fan review of  @Sony TV's flagship show #kuchrangpyarkeaisebhi
Listen to Tanu and Manu review the issue of communication in marriages as Sonakshi and Dev have been battling with that issue.
We also review for you @sonytv 's new season of #BadeAcheLagteHain. The challenge of recreating an iconic story with a new lead pair is the constant comparison that may be carried forward. But then your lead pair is comprised of Nakuul Mehta and Disha Parmar and you can be damn sure that they will recreate their own metamorphosis with Ram and Priya, not to replace the earlier characters but to sow the seeds of new characterizations. 
Hear the fans of the show review episodes of the first week.
We also restart back by public demand the review of #yehrishtakyakehlatahai . Things have changed in the show and so have the people and plots. We now have a new wedding for Kartik and that too with Naira's look-alike Sirat.
Hear the Fan review with Tanu and Manu of last week's episodes.
Also the first fan review of MEET on @zeetv. MEET is the remake of the popular Bengali TV show "Bokul Kotha". This is a story of Meet is of a tomboyish girl, who looks after all the responsibilities of a head of the family. This week Manushi, Meet Hooda's sister agrees to marry Meet Ahlawat but only because of the jewelry and other gifts she expects to receive.

Let us know how you like this.... We would love to hear from you 

Manu, Tanu, MK

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Season Four: Review of Kaala and Bambai Meri Jaan29 Sep 202300:24:49

Two great series this week. Kaala on Hotstar/ Hulu is a delight to watch, especially with its engaging screenplay, actors, screenplay and surprises. Avinash Tiwary shines.
Another series where he shines is Bambai Meri Jaan on Prime Video, where along with K K Menon he  chronicles the life of gangster Dara Kadri through the eyes of his father, an ex-cop, Ismail Kadri
Get our review on all pod platforms.
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Season Two: Review of Boomika, Cartel, The Empire and Chalo Koi Baat Nahi01 Sep 202100:41:40

This week we review three series and a movie and it was quite a show.
Not only because we are Sacue but we are smart and aweee to the core.
No cap.
Boomika is streaming on @netflix and Shriya totally liked the horror flick. She thought the movie was stitched together by #AishwaryaRajesh's performance.
#Cartel on @altbalaji was #TanujVirwani and #RitvikDhanjani's show. Miraal found it pretty riveting.
What Scott was animated about was the historical fiction series #TheEmpire on @hotstarusa and we had a lovely discussion about the advent of the Mughals into the Indian subcontinent.
And then Miraal reviewed the brand new series on @sonyliv - Chalo Koi Baat Nahi which is a comical satire a la SNL style about the Indian contemporary culture and attitude which she thought was quite funny.

We also added excerpts of the fan review of #kuchrangpyarkeaisebhi the series on @sonytv which is making waves with its story and performances.
Have a listen. 
We are seriously Sacue-- say that with the accent it deserves. 

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Season Two : Fans of Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi discuss Episodes 31-3530 Aug 202100:17:30

The show has a new writer: Harneet Singh. We hope that does not change the composition of the characters; we are hoping that it does not; as fans of these very complex characters that we have seen evolved since Season one, it will be a pitza. The scene with Ayush suddenly calling Sonakshi “Ma” was out of sync with Ayush’s progression of relationships with both Dev and Ayush. Even Suhana has no usual response.

 It looked rushed and overhasty in an attempt to close the Ayush track and start the third woman angle. Almost precipitous.

 Dev is at the florist buying roses for his wife and hand writes a note to her apologizing for his insensitivity when his bouquet gets lifted by another customer as the careless florist lets that happen. That other customer reads the letter and assumes that the person writing the letter must have written it for his girlfriend. Intrigued at the fact that someone still writes love notes in this age of emails, she takes a fancy towards Dev.

READ REVIEW OF ALL EPIS DAILY AT https://desis.live/series/kuch-rang-pyar-ke-aise-bhi 

Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi Season 3 streams on Sony TV USA at 5:30 pm and then at 8:30 pm (PST) Monday to Friday and anytime on @sonyliv. Ft: Shaheer Sheikh, Erica Fernandes, Supriya Pilgaonkar 

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DYNAMITE : JUST BEING PARAM SINGH IS NOT AN ORDINARY FEAT29 Aug 202100:22:00

Best known for his role of Randhir Singh Shekhawat in the youth TV Series Sadda Haq: My Life, My Choice, and Ahaan Veer Malhotra in Ishk Par Zor Nahi, Param Singh is one in a million actor who not only looks good but also does not mince words when it comes to his views.
Hear our entire conversation with Param as we speak to him about his plans, his socially reclusive demeanor, and what is on his agenda next.
Watch this video for the entire conversation.

#IshqParZorNahin #ParmSingh #AhaanVeerMalhotra

Find the youtube version of the IV
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Enjoy

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Season Two: Fans Review - Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi -Nayi Kahani Episode 1-3023 Aug 202100:36:23

The weekly review of #KuchRangPyarKeAiseBhi3 by fans of the show. This week the panel reviews the story so far from Episode 1 to 30 and how they expect the story to evolve ahead.
Watch Manushi and Tanu review and analyze the story and talk about how they expect the character graphs of Dev and Sonakshi to evolve from here. 

#krpkab3 #Devaskshi
Watch Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise  Bhi on @Sonytv at 8:30 pm  Mon -Fri
Starring Shaheer Sheikh, Erica Fernandes, and Supriya Pilgaonkar

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Season Two : Review of Comedy Premium League, 200 Halla Ho and Bellbottom23 Aug 202100:42:03

We have a crazy time this week reviewing two movies and a comedy show.
Can you imagine sitting through a dad-joke competition? That's what we realized that #ComedyPremiumLeague is. Plays on Netflix and is quite a joke.

We absolutely love the @zee5 original movie 200 Halla Bol and feel that we should clearly start conversing about the malice of the caste system in India. This movie was indeed stellar.

We also absolutely were thrilled by the quality of #Bellbottom, the new Akshay Kumar espionage thriller and we review it here for you as well. It is playing in theatres for now but will eventually find its way to Amazon for you.

Let us know what you think. 
Love. 
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Season Two: Shershaah on Amazon, Bhuj & Netrikann on Hotstar and Malik on Amazon18 Aug 202100:49:13

What a busy patriotic week !!! 
We watched not one but two patriotic flicks. And we did not balk.
Miraal watched both so that left Scott and Shreya with the over-easy parts.
We review a very pleasant Shershaah streaming on @amazonprimevideo which we actually loved. Fall in love with Sid Malhotra again and again and again. That man is joonas. Scott wanted to educate himself about Sikhism and we did it. We did it.
The music is fab tho'

We also review Bhuj which streams on @hotstarusa and we weren't that impressed by the execution of a great story. We were not alone. Seems Devgn had the same expression of interest.
Malik was supelative.  Fahadh Faasil has a fan in Shreya.
And Scott was not so impressed with Nayanthara and #Netrikann which released on @hotstarusa as well.
Write to us and tell us which one of these did you catch up on. 
But hear our banter first. We are good at those things. 
See you next week !! You know we love ya.

Also, hear our daily playlist 9 PM pst @desislive channel on Station head.
Don't miss and tell us what songs you want us to play - we are taking requests...
Signing off.....

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Season Two: Review of Navarasa, Dial 100 and Dhoop Ki Deewar11 Aug 202100:34:30

Shreya and Miraal have a go at it without Scott this week.

They reviewed 2 series and a movie and the convo was rad

Shreya - our token rep from Washington DC who really is supposed to represent the south o India is in infancy with Tamil as a language. But she did watch “Navarasa” or “nine emotions” in Tamil and experienced one emotion per episode. 

Actually, whatever else everyone else says, Shreya holds that she did enjoy and quite liked the anthology.  Hear her go at it. Catch it on @netflix

Miraal watched Dial 100 and reviewed this Zee movie for you. She is ready to say wo ai ni to Manoj if she ever sees him so Manoj, if you read this. Run. Cuz Marijane.

Actually to say MK cried watching a series made us so ofoc that we thought she was dt (Delirium tremens). But it seems Dhoop Ki Deewar has that effect on emo peeps.
So if you love that variety, this week do watch this @zee5 show fo sho.

So all in all a very fun week of show and movie watching for us and reviewed here for you. We hope you enjoy our banter as we did having it for you.

And yes, VIVO, that movie on @netflix. Don't miss it for the world. It will make you believe in love all over again.

Catch y'all next week 

Love,
Desis



 

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Season Two: Review of Mimi, Hostel Daze 2, City of Dreams 2 and Chutzpah05 Aug 202100:45:47

Scott and Miraal reviewed three series and a movie this week.
A lot - right?

But the fun,  it was chatty, and don't you listen to them for just those jokes.

Hostel Daze, playing on @amazonprimevideo  is based in an exclusive engineering college where students from disparate families fantasizing of a rosy campus life end up with just the boy's attention, the dorm life, and the struggles with academics, womenfolk, sexuality, and the solving other differences with each other.

Mimi is a  Ranveer Singh Fangirl and a tourist spot dancer from Rajasthan who agrees to be a surrogate for an American couple. The social, psychological, and emotional implications of her decision only seep in when the couple decides they do not want to keep the baby at the first instance of the fetus detecting a probable down syndrome condition. Based on an acclaimed Marathi film ‘Mala Aai Vhhaychy!’ by Samruoddhi Porey, Mimi is cleverly tailored by Laxman Utekar. Screenwriter Rohan Shankar makes sure that the Hindi version has its own personality and uniqueness while preserving the soul of the original. Playing on @netflix is a treat to watch.

Season 2 of City of Dreams picks up from the volatile climax episode of Season 1. Amey Rao Gaikwad (Atul Kulkarni), the  Chief Minister of Maharashtra, is now restricted to his wheelchair after an attack on his life.
His daughter Poornima Rao Gaikwad (Priya Bapat) makes herself the Chief Minister with the support of cop-turned-politician Wasim Khan (Eijaz Khan), and ex-Home Minister Jagdish Gurav (Sachin Pilgaonkar), after removing her druggie brother, Ashish (Siddharth Chandekar).
Season 2 sees the father-daughter go against each other to seize power; playing on @hotstarusa

Directed by Simarpreet Singh, Chutzpah has distinct yet interrelated stories. Kevin Paul (Gautam Mehra) is a content creator, whose defining trait is reminding everyone to ‘like, share, comment. All he wants is getting the attention of fashionable influencer Deepali Shah (Aashima Mahajan). His friend Prateek Chawla (Kshitij Chauhan), boasts about being a seducer who can charm any woman into his bed.

Rishi (Manjot Singh) is a bashful guy who battles to talk to women and turns to porn sites to accomplish his aspirations. His fav camgirl Wild Butterfly (Elnaaz Norouzi), conceals a secret of her own.

Vikas Bhalla (Varun Sharma) is a spoiled Punjabi boy, who strives to adapt to the ‘atmanirbhar (independent)’ life in Boston, as he maintains a long-distance relationship with his university girlfriend Shikha (Tanya Maniktala). Playing on  @Sonyliv, watch #chutzpah

Fun it was !!!! Hope you have fun hearing us too... Let us know how you liked it...

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Season Two: Review of Hungama 2, 14 Phere, Feels Like Ishq and Chutzpah28 Jul 202100:50:26

A very busy weekend with a lot of releases coming on every possible platform, so you bet we were very busy.
With Hungama2 on @hotstarusa killing all our aspirations, Shilpa Shetty still kept our hopes high on that smoldering look and a bombastic come back to the big screen. And eh don't miss the hottie Meezan. Total studmuffin.

14Phere on @zee5usa review triggered our discussion about the quintessential Indian Caste system. And then of course, given the intensity with which one of the actresses defended the story by creating a higher moral ground for Indian values of approval of elders in life's decisions, we went into a tangent with stereotypes that Indians have about Americans. Quite a riot. You can watch the drama unfold in our review of this movie on our Youtube Channel

https://youtu.be/jT5AZBHF-6s

We also review two series ( Actually 3 but leave the third for next week for the paucity of time).
#FeelsLikeIshq on @netflix delves into the various hues of love and warmth and its impediments.  These six stories from directors Ruchir Arun, Tahira Kashyap Khurrana, Anand Tiwari, Danish Aslam, Jaydeep Sarkar, and Sachin Kundalkar touch range from commitment phobia to first meetings and crushes, as the series sets out to explore amorous concepts of love at different stages of life.

#Chutzpah streaming on @sonlyliv  delves into how the online world of social media has alienated a lot of people a reality that exists in their proximity.  Using the cliched figures of speech, including a social media sensation grappling with body image problems and a John Tucker Must Die type plot to bring down a misogynistic womanizer.

Directed by Simarpreet Singh, Chutzpah has distinct yet interrelated stories. Kevin Paul (Gautam Mehra) is a content creator, whose defining trait is reminding everyone to ‘like, share, comment. All he wants is to get the attention of fashionable influencer Deepali Shah (Aashima Mahajan). His friend Prateek Chawla (Kshitij Chauhan), boasts about being a seducer who can charm any woman into his bed.

Hear all of this and more in our weekly podcast and let us know how you liked it.



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Season Two: Review of Never Have I Ever, Toofan and Churails21 Jul 202100:51:32

Shreya is back from her surgery so you betcha she got a singing warm welcome from Scott and Miraal. 
On that note, Never Have I Ever was a riot. No seriously, When is the Season 3 out folks? I cannot wait to see these funny characters in action again. Devi is such a dork. It is absolutely pheno seeing someone like us on screen and even more pheno seeing the tables turned on sexism on screen when the one we are ogling the body  of a man rather than that of a man.
Fair View.
The Swot analysis on dating options was perhaps our most fav nerd feat. More of this fare plz @netflix. Thanks @mindykaling for making brown representation so fricking amazingly beaut.

Toofan- sigh. All about that body. That of the Akhtar buoy.  No cap. 
The story of the Indian raging bull with all the isms that you can throw in including a meandering plot.  Watch it for the body tho'.  Streams on @primevideo

The find of the year is this absolutely sick series that Asim Abbassi seems to have dreamt up and written on dream parade cuz not only do we love it, we are in love with it.
There has not been a totally perfect series made ever. But if there were - it will have to be #Churails.
Everything about the series is measured and perfectly fits in with the narrative that flows chronicling the lives of four vigilantes who though belonging to different stratums of the society, with varied motivations - would want one thing.
End of patriarchy. 
Streams on @zee5usa and you must not miss it if you are a feminist at heart - man or woman. We highly recommend this show.
 

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Season Four: Review of Shahrukh Khan's Jawan22 Sep 202300:33:36

When we say Shahrukh Khan, you bow.
That's how much of fangirls we are and not afraid to show.
It was an SRK fest for us with Jawan. So much so that we couldn't stop podcasting about it.
We literally had to rein it in.
Listen on.
Love
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Season Two- Special Episode Shaurya Anokhi Fandom Speak about Expectations of Girls After Marriage18 Jul 202100:31:06

What do girls expect after marriage ? Equality. But beyond that. Respect. Gone are the days where the families of the Boys are treated deferentially than those of the girls. Today, the circumstances determine that both families garner equal respect and dignity. Just as the partners do. When asked if love superseded respect, the panel was unanimous in their voice. Nothing was more important than respect. They were willing to walk out of a relationship if it falls short on the respect side of things even if they loved the man. 
Such are the women of today.
Manushi Shah and Nayantara Dewan speak about this and more.
This is the last episode of this Season for the #SAAKK series. We will be back with Season 2 soon. Till then, keep watching #shauryaauranokhikikahani. 

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Season Two : Review of State of Siege - Temple Attack and Collar Bomb13 Jul 202100:39:21

#StateofSiege - Temple Attack is the story of the terrorist attack on Akshardham temple in 2002 in Gandhinagar in Gujarat captured through the eyes of worshippers, NSG commandos, politicians, the affected families, and the terrorists themselves.

Four armed men killed 33 people, including a National Security Guard (NSG) commando and two Gujarat police officers, and injured 80 people. Innocent people were held hostage and ended up as collateral damage before NSG could barge in to save lives. Pressure built up as lawmakers were forced to take a tough call — whether to exchange dreaded terrorists in return for the lives of innocent hostages. We review this movie playing on @zee5.
We also review another hostage thriller #CollarBomb starring Jimmy Shergill and Asha Negi streaming on @hotstarusa.
So all in all a week of hostage drama plots. Enjoy the reviews and of course a little excerpt of our conversation with the Shaurya Anokhi Fandom speaking about the issues that a woman must navigate as she steps into her in-laws home as the Indian system of patriarchy makes her a lower person in relationship than the man she is married to. How would you like to see this change ?

Tell us. 

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Season Two Special Episode :Shaurya and Anokhi Fans Question the Inequity of Marriages towards Women12 Jul 202100:45:18

The Indian Son in law is akin to God whereas the Indian Daughter in Law is  All thanks to vicious prejudices, the term, ‘in laws’ is seen by most women in India as scary. Young women dreaming of a happy life getting married are often worried about their freedom. The fault lies in the mentality at large that is responsible for depicting people in a certain way. Also, for people to think that they are entitled.

Our society isn’t very balanced when it comes to marriage. Right from the outset, it is the man who gets the unfair privilege, and the woman is expected to follow the stereotypes. This is why the parents of the man become entitled whereas the parents of the woman get ignored. A woman is expected to leave everything and not follow her dreams. 
The fandom talks about how they see this inequity play out in their lives. 

Shreya says that that the Indian marriage whether it is arranged or love, is like "Russian Roulette" but she is going into her arranged relationship not like the mommy she is expected to be but as an equal. 

Manushi has the same expectations. She is friends with her Mother in law, who was apprehensive in her Son's choice initially and now supports her. She feels communication is primary in establishing not only her place but also her space in the household that may be her home of the future. 

How will these new age daughter in laws redefine the "daughter-in-law" relationship of the Indian patriarchy.

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