{"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/6752f5a02dd88df13273e8a3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Awful and Awesome Ep 375: Nikhil Taneja on Freedom at Midnight, Kal Ho Naa Ho","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ec24dba84c3fb5c3f29dd3a/1733490041587-7d5c59b7-8b85-4270-b611-3ca4908aa432.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong><em>While discussing </em>Kal Ho Naa Ho<em>’s re-release</em>:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Nikhil: </strong>There’s a moment where Shahrukh comes on screen. You just see his back, and the entire auditorium started hooting!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Abhinandan: </strong>No one has had the kind of screen presence Shahrukh has since Amitabh Bachhan.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Rajyasree:</strong> How about Akshay? </p><p><br></p><p><em>(Abhinandan gives a pensive stare to Rajyasree) </em></p><p><br></p><p>This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri, Rajyasree Sen, and this week’s special guest Nikhil Taneja discuss the series Freedom at Midnight, and the films <em>The Substance and Kal Ho Naa Ho.&nbsp;</em></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><br></p><p><strong>Timecodes</strong></p><p>00:00 - Introduction</p><p>06.52 - Topics&nbsp;</p><p>07:30 - Announcements&nbsp;</p><p>10:00 - Headlines</p><p>18:00 - Mike Tyson- Jake Paul bout &amp; boxing as a sport</p><p>26:40 - Nikhil Taneja’s <em>Be A Man Yaar!</em></p><p>38:05 - Freedom At Midnight</p><p>01:06:00 - Letters</p><p>01:08:20 - Kal Ho Naa Ho&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>References</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/subscription\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Subscribe to NL-TNM</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2016/02/04/when-life-gives-you-a-prison-term-make-books-subrata-roy-sahara-figures-life-mantras-from-tihar\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Subrata Roy Sahara figures ‘Life Mantras’ from Tihar</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF3o-bjBrOlaptqeqaDguPSTqDVro2ros\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Be A Man Yaar!</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.netflix.com/in/title/60036735\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kal Ho Naa Ho</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.sonyliv.com/shows/freedom-at-midnight-hindi-1700001477\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Freedom At Midnight</strong></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 Aryan Mahtta, edited by Samarendra K Dash.&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Newslaundry.com"}