{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ec24dba84c3fb5c3f29dd3a/65eb0ca62a8619001625cc2f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Awful and Awesome Ep 343: Laapataa Ladies, Mr & Mrs Smith, The Holdovers ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ec24dba84c3fb5c3f29dd3a/1709902932742-98f1538268d4dd7df5ac9aa20db2b810.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Abbas: </strong>Did you see? Karan Johar has put up a high production quality pre-wedding video of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant. Our pre-wedding videos are by some random ‘Chandu video wala’.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Nainika: </strong>No, Abbas. You’re Bombay royalty. You should have one of your director friends come in and shoot your wedding with a film camera.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Abbas: </strong>I think I’d get Suraj Barjatya, or maybe Quentin Tarantino. The <em>joota-churai </em>ceremony would be epic.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Nainika: </strong>Oh my god, you did not just say that. <em>(laughs)</em></p><p><br></p><p>This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abbas Momin and Nainika Singh Rathore discuss the movies <em>The Holdovers</em> and <em>Laapataa Ladies</em>, the series <em>Mr and Mrs Smith</em>, and the hullabaloo around Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding festivities.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Have something to say? Write to us at</em><a href=\"http://newslaundry.com/podcast-letters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em> newslaundry.com/podcast-letters</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><em>By the way, general elections are around the corner, and Newslaundry and The News Minute have ambitious plans together. Choose an election project you would like to support and power our journalism. Click </em><a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2024-electionfund\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><strong>Timecodes</strong></p><p><br></p><p>00:00 - Introductions</p><p><br></p><p>02:18 - Headlines</p><p><br></p><p>04:02 - Ambani bash&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>21:06 - NL-TNM Election Fund announcement&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>22:08 - Mr &amp; Mrs Smith</p><p><br></p><p>28:59 - Subscriber letter</p><p><br></p><p>30:05 - Laapataa Ladies</p><p><br></p><p>37:56 - Subscriber letter</p><p><br></p><p>40:05 - The Holdovers&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>References</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2024-electionfund\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">General Elections 2024 Fund</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://v\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Laapataa Ladies&nbsp;</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhKLpJmHhIg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Holdovers&nbsp;</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsaMWxppznk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mr and Mrs Smith</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0v3ap0F887xFD9qZfhb_wic9o-IV-V4R\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Has It Aged Well?</a></p><p><br></p><p>Click <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newslaundry.android.app\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> to download the <em>Newslaundry </em>app on Android. And <a href=\"https://apps.apple.com/in/app/newslaundry/id1609227019?mt=8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> for iOS.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra and Shubang Gautam, edited by Samarendra K Dash and Umrav Singh.&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Newslaundry.com"}