Desis.Live Weekly Bollywood Show (Desis.Live)

This week we review two standups that weren't.
Why Netflix chose to market them as standups beats us. One was a change your life like I did and American life commentary and the other was a biography of sorts. Both not funny.
Does not mean that they were not good content, they most definitely were -but that they were meant to be funny was lost in translation.

We totally enjoyed arguing our review about DonkeyHead and it was almost impossible to get Scott to agree with Miraal and Shriya decided to take the middle road.
We loved the movie by #AgamDarshi and you should definitely catch it on Netflix too
We love you guys and see you next week 

Team Desis.

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This week we review a movie and two shows( two looooong shows).
Starting with Looop Lapeta on #Netflix, the Hindi remake of the German Run Lola Run which is a psychedelic crazy  plot of Savi runs across Goa to help her boyfriend Satya. Hear our views.
We reviewed another amazing series from Sony, Rocket Boys , retracing Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai's accomplishments. The series will dwell deeper into their personalities and lives to understand their greatness and relevance in today's time. It will show how the two great physicists turned their dreams into reality and made great scientific discoveries.
We absolutely loved it and recommend it highly for everyone.
And then we reviewed the chaotic Hulu / Hotstar series The Great Indian Murder where
Vicky Rai (Jatin Goswami) — a spoilt industrialist with a Casanova lifestyle — is murdered in his own party. His naturally enraged father (Ashutosh Rana) — who happens to be an influential politician — calls for a CBI enquiry.

That brings in two detectives — Suraj Yadav (Pratik Gandhi) and Sudha Bharadwaj (Richa Chadha) — to solve the murder mystery, with six (invited as well as uninvited) guests as main suspects.

The crime drama is based on the 2016 novel called Six Suspects by the retired Indian Foreign Service officer Vikas Swarup, who also authored the book behind the 2008 Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire.
 
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While on a weekend getaway in Alibaug, Alisha, a yoga instructor who who is building a yoga app, connects intimately with Zain, a real estate tycoon.

There is a complication though, Zain is Alisha's cousin Tia's fiancé. #Gehraiyaan is a rivetting story of human emotions and it plays on #AmazonPrime. Watch it for the performances and the finesse of storytelling.
We all gave it a Thumbs Up.
#DeathOnTheNile released in theaters last week and we watched it !!!!
This classic #AgathaCristie whodunnit has probably half of the population of Beverly Hills starring in it so we were just overwhelmed watching them turn up. stand there, spin a dialogue once in a while (everyone needed a chance) and then become sus in a murder plot cuz guess what? If Poirot is around, a murder was bound to happen.
What we came back home with was this ONE SCENE of @gal_gadot 's entry .
Gal Gadot looked like the real Golden Age of Hollywood glamour in the setup, and seeing it in 70mm heightened all that.
Enough Champagne to fill up the Nile?
YUP.
Fts: #ArnieHammer , #EmmaMackay, #AnnetteBening, #RussellBrand, #AliFazal, #DawnFrench, #RoseLeslie, #SophieOkonedo, #JenniferSaunders #kennethbranagh
You know what we say about We watch so you dont have to- right?

Then we reviewed a movie that deserves to be top of the charts everywhere but isnt.
#BadhaiDo deserves accolades for the sensitive storytelling . brilliant performances and having the soul to tell it. Featuring #BhumiPednekar and #RajKummarRao as  Sumi and Shardul who lead dual and socially-suppressed lives as closeted people. When they settle for a marriage of convenience to please their extremely nosey  families, they presume cover for their personal lives. And what happens after that is the story of this movie.
WE LOVED IT - so if you have to - watch this for sure!!!
That's it from us this week- keep tuned in for more next weeek
Love 
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Hey Peeps,
We reviewed two series and a movie this week and here it is for your pod.
Scott and Miraal were doing without Shriya this week, she was out with a flu.

But the fun was ofcourse Scott making his own mind about what Mithya meant - he needed gyan of a special kind to get through with that psycho thriller that streams on Zee5.

Then Miraal and Scott were a bit triggered by the new movie on Hulu's Hotstar hub - A Thursday which by the way did not have a Trigger warning for depiction of violence against toddlers.
Very upsetting because it strummed up memories of Sandy Hook for a lot of us Americans.
Gun violence is not an alternative whatever your personal issues are.

They also reviewed the Mithun Chakraborty, Shruti Hassan starrer on Amazon Prime called BestSeller where Scott fell asleep waiting for the hook to happen. Quite an interesting story after the hook though. Was fun keeping up with it over its last few episodes, says Miraal,
Thats it from us this week. 
Enjoy this pod anywhere you get your fix and we will see you next time and Tilbe sure to let us know what you thought.
Love from us
Tadah then

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We review two super eclectic flicks this week along with a series that got our hearts pumping big time cuz it was Madhuri time and Gawd knows no one can escape the charms of that woman.
Shriya missed watching this in theaters but do your CDC stuff and go watch this one popping corn for sure because the grandiosity of the movie is best devoured watching it on the big screen. The Aliaa effect in full display and we fell for it - hook, line and sinker.
M and S then review The Fame Game,.Ms Dixit, the ultimate  heartthrob of billions makes her Netflix debut in this series . Her, Manav Kaul and the slow burn just got us where they wanted us- but hear us out here to know what really let us down in this KJO baby.
And then the gritty bloody in the face movie  Love Hostel that streams on Zee5. Woah what a ride watching those 87 minutes were. Caught M&S where they wanted them. They watched with their hearts in their mouths as Bobby Deol chased lovers on the run to honor kill for cash.

Woah - that was our week of watching stuff to give you a low down on what to spend your time on.
We will catch you next week with more fun on the go.
Love,
TheDesis

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We had a lot to review this week. We started with the Zee5 series Sutliyan, which is the story of Supriya struggles to manage her responsibilities after her husband dies in the pandemic. She gets help from her kind neighbors—a grocery store owner, Trilok aka Loki (Suneel Sinha) and his daughter Dipanita (Niharika Lyra Dutt). But she holds a grudge with her children as they did were not able to come to attend their father's last rites. As Supriya is striking out on her own with her by launching Sutliyan, a handmade macrame business, she feels the trepidation of doing things on her own after spending her entire life dependent on her husband.
We loved this heartwarming story.
We also watched Amitabh Bachchan's Jhund which is playing in theaters. This powerful, energetic, and solid three-hour film is raw, real and extremely human. We have watched an anthology movie (Geeli Pucchi from Netflix’s anthology Ajeeb Dastaans) from Nagraj Manjule before and the lens of his direction is indeed very palpable.

The story is linear, heart breaking and gives the audience a never before angle into the divide between the privileged and the underprivileged.

This is not just a story of hope, it is the story of humanity. An absolute must watch

On Hulu streams Rudra- the edge of Darkness - the Indian version of the Emmy Award nominated psychological crime thriller television series Luther, which featured Idris Alba as Luther in its original version.

Ajay Devgn plays the brooding Luther – called Rudra in the Indian adaptation and Raashii Khanna plays Aliyah ( Ruth Wilson as Alice Morgan in the OG) the murderer who is a brilliant,child prodigy, who has a complicated relationship with Rudra.
We loved the execution. Check it out for sure
And then finally, it was time for Undekhi Season 2 on SonyLIV.
The second season picks up where the first left off, with DSP Ghosh (Dibyendu Bhattacharya) and Teji (Anchal Singh) struggling to save Koyal (Apeksha Porwal) from Rinku’s (Surya Sharma) clutches. Who will win this game of power, greed, and vengeance when everyone has selfish motives?
To know that download this pod and listen to our fun reviews of all these titles.
See y'all next week
Love
Team Desis

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Hola Peeps,
This week was heavy lifting. Our eyes are burning with the amount of watching we did for y'all.
But you know we would anything for love.
But we won't do that.
hehe
So we started with the twenny episodes of 40 minutes each of Mrs and Mr Shameem on Zee5 which would have been a life sentence had it not been for the chemistry between Saba Qamar and Nauman Ijaz.
We actually quite loved it.
Precaution: Don't OD on it in a single shot.
Then we got our heart wrenched with The Kashmir Files, the story of the genocide of the hindu minorities of the Kashmir valley. Listen to M say it the way it was. Playing in the Theaters.
We watched Prabhas and his work of art Radhe Shyam in theaters. Woah to the imagery and the camera work even when the woman's skirt doesn't fly when she is hanging out of a running train but if they can defy the science of palmistry they can defy the laws of physics.,
Who are we to complain as long as every strand of hair is where it belongs.
LOL
Then we watched the lovable quirky indomitable Mei Mei in Turning Red, the best one from Pixar sofa.
We loooooved it and Disney for making our day with the  beautiful POC squad what never says no to fun ( and red pandas)
Thats it this week from us folks
Love y'all
Next week then
Mand S ( sounds way better than the other way around)

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Hola Folks
With extended Holi celebs still going on, we bet you are still partying to your hearts content after two years of being home bound.
We had a heavy stack of watching this week and had a lot of fun doing it !
Starting with Eternally Confused and Eager for Love on Netflix, where a man child is trying to figure out how to talk to women with unwanted help from his parents.
Then there was the powerhouse performance packed Jalsa with Vidya Balan and Shefali Shah killing it on screen with performances that kept us hooked. Streams on Prime.
We then review Bachchan Pandey, which was a big Nadaidwala stereotype. Argh... Do we need to say more. Hear it all.
And then the explosive Bloody Brothers, who we fell head over heels in love with. More of this please Zee5.
Hear it on our website or anywhere in the world that you get your POD.
Till next week
We love y'all
M and S

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Hola Amigos
Over your holi shenanigans?
We most certainly are and all set for a month of spring fun!!
We have a lot of fun lined up this April and the top amongst those is watching painful movies on your behalf !!
Kidding. Chill.
This week, we danced our hearts out for Nattu Nattu at theaters for the biggest movie of the year sofa #RRR - Did you watch it? S went with her mom and here is what she felt
M watched Valimai and fell in love with the action sequences and the general look of the flick on @zee5
And then we gush about how Shonda Rhimes is walking into our saas bahu world slowly and surely with the slow burn romance between Anthony Bridgerton and Kathika Sharma in Season 2 of the series that is streaming on Netflix.
Enjoy our pod here and everywhere else you get your POD fix.
See y'all next week
M and S

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Hola peeps!
How's it going ?
We reviewed four movies for you this week and we cannot help but be excited about some of them!!
We started with #Rishikapoor's swan song #SharmajiNamkeen  which we thoroughly enjoyed. It streams on Prime.
We watched the Tamil hit #HeySinamika  featuring #DulquerSalman who we fell for hook, line and sinker and now we cannot help but harp DQ all day!! Watch it on Netflix.
We also had a lot of fun watching #Attack and have been on Abharamland since then. Plays in theaters and woah what a kickass action flick
We reviewed a sports biopic #KaunPravinTambe that you'll find on Hotstar and on hulu and we actually liked it quite a lot.
A strange week when we didn't diss any movies. Infact we are telling you to go watch each of them.
Watch and Binge
We will see you next week
Team Desis

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Peeps,
This week we started with an interesting take on education or all with Dasvi where Abhishek Bachchan , playing a corrupt politician in prison decides that he can still appear for his Standard 10 exam, just so he can escape hard work first but then gets really into the political education when he reads about the freedom struggle of india and enlists several inmates to help him with math and other subjects.
Longish but interesting story. Streams Netlfix.

Then there was a rant of a movie called Hurdang which we wished we had not watched. it was like a rant of a privileged person against the lower caste reservations. Na, not buying that one.
Waste of a trip to the theater.

The ones we really liked was Kunal Kemmu's Abhay. First, Kemmu is a dish. Second, if there is a crime thriller you want to enjoy, come here - watch this really engaging one on zee5.
We dig it.
Love y'all
Seeya next week
Shiraal

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Hola Peeps,
How's it going?
Its been a crazy watch week for us! What do we tell you about this running joke we have about binge watching- we watch it so you don't have to.
Thank us later.

So KGF Chapter 2, Fans of Yash went crazy the world over.  They danced in theaters here in the USA too - but we have a POV. Listen in.
We also reviewed Vijay and Pooja Hegde's Beast. This mall based thriller is quite an action flick. Action galore,
Then we sat through Mai.
We really sat through Sakshi Tanwar killing people with her bare hands as she tried figuring out who killed her daughter in this series on Netflix

Download our POD everywhere you get your fix.
Seeya next week

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This week we had real fun reviewing a movie and two shows.
The movie was a remake of a Tamil superhit from the early 2000's so no surprise that a copied adaptation was s damp squib despite the brilliant actors and a decent direction. This was #ShahidKapoor's #Jersey. Too emotionally draining, too long and honestly too predictable for us.
#GuiltyMinds on Prime Video was engaging legal drama that had us binging. We loved it. If you want a good intelligent show that can make you think, question, engage and be curious - this one is a pick.
Then hot hunk Arjun Rampal made our day appearing in London Files on Voot but the happiness was short lived because the director had this man, this adonis , this super talented actor, the director also had Purab Kohli , he had Sapna Pabbi and he wasnt able to handle it, we guess - because what could have been a pacy psych thriller with good sub plots turned out to be a messy drama with too many characters too follow.! We needed the sticky notes on the wall to follow the story dude- you were solving a fictional crime - we were more traumatized.
In any case, we know you will have fun listening to us this week - we definitely enjoyed chatting  and we cannot wait to see you next week with a lot more

We love y'all
Shriya Miraal

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This week we had two movies and a series to review. Though we had a fun time watching the quirky series #Neverkissyourbestfriend2 on #zee5 and droooling over #KaranWahi on loop, we cannot say we had fun watching the movies.
Heropanti2 is definitely proof that COVID caused irreparable damage to some folks. And #runway34 was so high on theatrics that the second half became a little difficult to gulp even with the magnificent Ajay Devgn and the towering Mr. Bachchan to devour.
On the whole, we had fun and hope you have fun listening to our mindless banter about the heroes of Heropanti and bad ( real bad) jokes about how we all have a crush on Karan Wahi
love
Shriya Miraal

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Peeps,
Welcome our new team member - Michael.
He is a sophomore at Stanford but a desi at heart. Apart from Biryani, he likes Ranveer Singh and stans Deepika :P

While Shriya has been busy shooting saree vids at weddings in the mid-west; we reviewed the desi-western Thar  on Netflix and the slow mo series Home Shanti on  Hulu
Hear what we thought about it 
Catch y'all soon
Love
Team Desis

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Peeps,
This week was a lot of watching.  Michael and Miraal went to watch Jayeshbhai Jordaar in the theater and came back with a mixed bag of reactions. A man being a hero of a women empowerment movie. Enuf pussyfooting , we say.
Modern Love Mumbai:  Another anthology we thought !! But here's the twist - we kinda liked this one !!

The actors, the directors, the entire over reaching theme is beautifully plotted.

Amazon Prime Video’s anthology Modern Love Mumbai, the first of the three localized Indian versions of the widely acclaimed international series Modern Love features six heartwarming stories about discovering and exploring love in all its varied shades and emotions.
That's it for this week !! Listen to our POD and Enjoy
Catch you next week
Team Desis

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This week was crazy watching because we had 2 movies and one whole long series to cover.
#KanganaRanaut's #Dhaakad was a disotypain disappointment despite hot hunk Arjun Rampal trampling our hearts. Kangana just couldn't pull off the Lara Croft x Atomic Blonde avatar with a n hour long back story that did not move a flicker in our hearts that would make us justify her trigger happy avatar.
Huge mess.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 as Farhad Samji slapstick - a laugh and a half with absolutely no new thing to add except Kartik Aryan in its list of bad actors. For a cult to a basic badly CGI'd slapstick - journey is interesting. Tabu is a beaut.
Panchayat 2 was uncomplicated and such a delight to watch in all its simple , impactful writing of people who are selfish and motivated by what works for them. Loved the series.
Our reviews are up on our site.
Don't forget to follow and engage with us on our social. We like to talk.

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This week we had super fun going to an exclusive screening of Top Gun Maverick where we were on the edge of the seats with the excitement watching  Tom Freakin' Cruise  as Pete Mitchell back as our heartthrob Maverick in all his rule floutin' , heart breakin', glory. Can Tom Cruise age any better?  Or less hotter?
We keep sighing.
Now about Anek. We loved it for it's brave script. Anek asks the difficult question of what it means to be Indian, a loaded riddle in a period where Hindutva rhetoric has fostered brutal discrimination all across India. A must watch. In Theaters now and later on Netflix
Toolsidas Jr. deserves all the publicity it can get. Told by Midi, who is the director Mridul himself, it is such a personal, heart-felt story of love and accomplishment that it is almost pure magnificence. Loved this movie. Recommend it. Its on  Netflix
That's all for this week!
Download the podcast to listen to us 
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Team D

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Hola Peeps
We are back with another epi of our weekly pod for y'all.
This week we watched 9 Hours  on Hulu/ Hotstar filmmaker Krish Jagarlamudi’s adaptation of the Telugu novel Thommidhi Gantalu (nine hours), written by Malladi Venkata Krishnamurthy. 

Directed by Niranjan Kaushik and Jacob Verghese, the series has diverse and complicated characters falling on different sides of the moral compass. Three inmates have escaped prison right after their roll call to execute a robbery of three major banks. However, the robbery is not the challenge here. The catch is that they have to be back in their cells by the time of the next roll call, which is just 9 hours. 9 Hours has everything that you want out of a good heist series but kinda gets lost in morality lessons and backstories.
Can Watch.
Next on our list is Bobbywood's own #Aashram in its third Avatar on Voot. Based on the activities of a self-proclaimed godman, Gurmeet Ram Rahim. Baba Nirala (Bobby Deol) is ruthless and relies on corrupt politicians to gain power while preying on innocent women. Baba, being a conman, hides his true intentions from the public like a pro and fools his devotees by wearing a mask of pretence.  Bobby Deol takes Nirala to another level. We loved this season as well. Cannot wait for next season.
Last but not the least, the patriotic Major, the biopic  of real-life hero Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan (Adivi Sesh), who saved the lives of numerous hostages before being martyred by terrorists in the Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai on November 26, 2008 . The first half of the movie however is romance.
That's it from us this week folks
See ya next week with more.
Team Desis.

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This week we got a bagful of reviews for you which you will have fun listening to.
We start with Ms Marvel and how delighted we are at the mainstream  representation that desis are getting now. 
Then,  #thebrokennews on #Zee5 which was a series about the news industry so pertinent to our times. #SonaliBendre makes her come back with this one.
Then the quirky, #janhitMeinJaari about a woman who sells condoms. In Theaters.
#JenniferWinget' #CodeM  on #Voot is a thriller you def need to watch - all the elements of a binge!
Enjoy your week
More soon
Team Desis.

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Here we are this week with another episode desi reviews for y'all.
We start with #Masoom which streams on #Hulu and #Hotstar and tell you how we loved the show about the relationship between a father and a daughter. Then came #ImtiazAli's #sheS2 which we found absolutely great in its content and presentation. Streams on @netflix. And then we speak about another phamazing series which we absolutely went gaga over - #Suzhalthevortex which streams on #Amazonprime.
Hope you enjoy our chatter this week.
Michael was out at the lake for Father's Day so we missed him but we cannot wait to see y'all next week fosho'
Love
Team Desis.

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Hiya 
And a happy 4th to all of you folks!!
We spent our weekend watching some flicks for ya but we wanted to have the last week's stash on your POD before the long weekend hits
This week in Desis POD, you got the extremely loud JugJugg Jeeyo which gave us an ear ache in theaters, we also reviewed the espionage thriller Avrodh 2 and liked the flow, Its streaming on sonyLiv so enjoy the series.
We also review Forensic on Zee5 for which we had high, apple pie hopes, but those ate themselves up in the face of a Forensic guy who jumps with joy on seeing corpses.
More later
Have a super weekend
Love
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Let's start by wishing y'all a very happy Eid folks !
We review for your R Madhavan's labor of love Rocketry, which is playing in theaters. Not without defects, yet a story worth telling, this movie has its high points nationalistically for Indian story telling.
The Terminal List delivers action like we love it on Prime, Regency romance if you like Bridgerton, you will enjoy #MrMalcolm'sList , the new movie featuring  #FreidaPinto
And then the highly ridiculous #RashtraKavachOm, please don't watch it. It was so bad that out eyes hurt even when the gorg body of Aditya Roy Kapur was all flex on us.
Well, more next week 
Keep binging
Love
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Hola Peeps
How's the week going on?
Ours has been hectic.  We review quite a line-up for you today. Starting with Saas Bahu Achaar Pvt Ltd, a heartwarming story of a woman coming to her own when her husband falls out of love with her. The beauty of the writing was to normalize moving on and neither romanticize marriage as an institution nor demonize the process of falling in love with someone else.  We loved it because it debunked a lot of television stereotypes. A must watch.
On Zee5.
Then KhudaHafiz2 was actually quite a surprise with its power packed punch in our faces of the most unexpected finesse in action. Whoa. That hit high. Watch it for a perfectly executed action movie. In Theaters yet.
And then a run of the mill Modern Love Hyderabad  on Prime Video with its varied love stories.
That's it from us this week.
More next
Love
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Hola.
Another busy week ! How is the summer treating you.
We have been busy with a lot of watching for you folks and here is the review of the movies this week.
Love Goals on Netflix was pointless. Really didn't get it at all. Hit: The First Case was watchable because of primarily RajKummar Rao - seriously no other reason to revisit a remake of a Tamil OG,
Shabaash Mithu was predictable and didn't do any justice to Mithali's career as a cricketer despite a very honest performance by Taapsee Pannu.
And then finally a shoot en up we loved - The Gray Man ! Playing on Netflix

Hope you enjoy our chatter
Love
Team Desis.

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Hola.

Another busy week ! This week we have two series and a movie for y'all

Were you super excited for Shamshera and Ranbir makes your heart flutter? No dice that any of that will hold good after you watch the movie we were so excited about. Despite a sincere performance, you start questioning Ranbir's choice of scripts.

Shoorveer on Hulu was a wannabe Top Gun. Fails miserably. 

Indian Predator - a docuseries that was chilling to the core yet could have been more.

Hope you enjoy our chatter

Love

Team Desis.

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Hola, we are back 
We have been busy with a lot of watching for you folks and we’ve got the perfect list for you to binge during the weekend with our own personal take on how it was. 

Good luck jerry turned out to be a remake that has its own charm and does not disappoint.

Ek villain returns will make you confident in how some movies should not have sequels and you will learn a more gore way of how channa meraya is not the only option for unrequited love.

Masaba Masaba season 2 focuses on masaba’s work-life balance and neena Gupta’s future aspirations and how can it be a masaba show without the hot men, inshort a perfect show to unwind 

 Rangbaaz season 3 ate and left no crumbs when it comes to crime thrillers the only issue was the time frame jumps which was hard to keep up with

See you next week.

TEAM DESIS

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Hola Peeps,
Here are the titles we dissected for this week.
We started with the quintessential fake-dating rom-com #WeddingSeason on Netflix cuz we like predictable tropes and if they have this Indian Fam in New Jersey in it, you know your cousins have had a story like that or close.
Then an epic story of love with the hot #DulqerSalman & #MrunalThakur with #RashmikaMandana in a special role in #SitaRamam in theaters.
And the hyped #Darlings - which, while featuring amazing actors #ShefaliShah #AliaBhatt and #ShefaliShah, did not make our cut so much
Hear us chat about this and more.
Enjoy.
Love
TEAM DESIS

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Big Movies this week. But both crash burned at the box office. Mainly it reminded us of the lyrics from this epic Icona Pop Ft Charlie XCX song "I Love it"

I'm in the Milky Way
You want me down on earth,
but I am up in space
You're so damn hard to please
We gotta kill this switch
You're from the 70's,
but I'm a 90's chick

The makers seem to have forgotten that the audience has grown up way beyond the tropes they are depicting.
So #laalsinghchaddha was lazy as hell, #RakshaBandhan was legit cringy.
Mind the Malhotras on #primevideo was a fun one time watch.
Loved #NeverHaveIEver 3 with Devi and her gang of hot guys back on screen. This time with a Sanjay Gupta dolly that we are searching high and low to acquire.
Sima Aunty is also back trying to tell Indian singles how to get married  in #IndianMatchmaking 2- yes the answer is shave off 60% of your expectations - don't worry if you are miserable - but just get married for her and your families. Epic drama.
What's more?
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Hola Fam
How's it going? 
This week we are bringing to you the review of #anuragkashyap rendition of Spanish thriller #Mirage in its hindi version #Dobaaraa feat. #TaapseePannu.
We loved it.
And then we also loved #GulshanDevaiah #DhrastiDhami starrer #Duranga that is streaming on #Zee5.

Shriya and Michael speak about how Des memes are infiltrating the internet with his desi momma boy vibes. And what if Ben from Never Have I ever had to ever meet Sima Aunty from Mumbai?

What would happen?

More of our chatter. Download here and everywhere you get a pod.
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Hola Peeps
How's the long weekend?
Last week was a joke with Liger showing us Kung Fu panda moves from Vijay Deverakonda. We review the movie.
Then two good series with #ShefaliShah's Emmy-winning series #DelhiCrime season 2 raising the bar for storytelling streaming on #Netflix and #PankajTripathi's #CriminalJustice Season 3 on #HotstaronHulu.
Enjoy our pod and chatter - especially have fun with Michael's review of Liger.
We will catch you next week.

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Hey Hey Hey

How's it going? We present our pod for the week with the review of a very disappointing #Cuttputtli from #AkshayKumar- a remake of the Tamil movie #Ratsasan.   Listen to our review as it streams on @hulu #hotstar
#TheFabulousLivesofBollywoodWives continue its spiral into shallower waters. It sprays on #Netflix.
Lastly, #LordoftheRingsRingsofFire comes as an epic for the money Bezos drowned- it looks epic enough. Streams on #PrimeVideo
Enjoy our banter

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Hola Fam
Hope y'all are well and feeling the temperature change  We are having a ball watching all these movies and shows for you - you can check our enthu count.

Michael watched Brahmastra and didn't like it a lot. We mean, how can a Disney movie fumble on VFX?

The series about the Indian serial Killer on Netflix is pretty gory and decrepit.

And then there is the love story on Hulu about two American Indian twennysomethings in California during COVID called 7 Days- absolute fun.
Don't miss our POD, and catch you guys next week!
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Hola Hola Hola
We are in Fall.
And we are excited because the festival season beckons.
This week, we review for you #Jogi that plays on @netflix- story of the 1984 riots, a movie that's hard to watch. We thought it could have done more.
Then the highly non-KJOish school love story so refreshingly presented #middleclasslove from #RatnaSinha.
And finally, the Hindi horror series done right on @hulu ( #hotstar) called #Dahan that we thoroughly enjoyed.
Check out our banter and we will see you next week with more.
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Big week y'all
We reviewed four titles and had a lot to say about it. Download here our review of Amazon Prime's women's drama Hush Hush where Juhi Chawla dies, and all her close friends are sus.
Then a female club bouncer in nightclubs in Delhi has a realization for her life in Madhur Bhandarkar's Babli Bouncer on Hulu (Hotstar). 
A psychopath revenges critics who pull down filmmakers' work in Chup: Revenge of the Artist directed by R Balki and our hunk hot list topper Dulquer Salman rocks.
And Madhavan impresses with Dhoka Round D Corner in a thriller for the edge of the seats.
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Hola Hola
How's it going? This week we reviewed three movies for y'all.
Starting with a supposed romcom called Plan A Plan B on netflix where neither the characters land nor the story and neither the humor.
Then it was the time for Vikram Vedha, electric with Saif and Hrithik lighting up the screen.
Ponniyin Selvan was a spectacle but seriously needs a history lesson to understand. Only if the makers released a precursory history lesson before the movie.
Here is our review for the week and don't miss downloading it where ever in the world you get your pod at the desislive channel.

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This week we got you 2 movies with big stars, a stand-up show, and a series. We start with #AmitabhBachchan's #Goodbye -about an old man trying to cope with the loss of his wife while giving us Bhagbaan-ish vibes. Sigh to this Indian movie's theme of depicting young people who falter to show filial piety as sorta villains.

Then Hasan Minhaj shines in #thekingsjester, and we highly recommend you watch it.
#KarmYuddh on @hulu is a thriller with too many plots, and #MadhuriDixit is the end game in #MajaMa which is a story of a housewife coming out on @primevideo.
That's it for the week peeps.
We will be back next week with more reviews so miss us till then!!

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Happy Diwali you guys,
As festivities continue, and the parties become bigger and flashier, here is our episode with some inside on these two movies and shows we reviewed this week.
Doctor G was conscientious for all Ayushmann Khurrana fans, Code Name Tiranga was Parineeti all the way but with a lot of loopholes. Mismatched 2 was fun but did Dimple and Rishi get together? Shantaram was as good as Charles Hunnam's accent.
Here it is. Your podcast.
Have fun with it.
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Hola Diwaleees,
Are you having fun this Diwali week? For us the entire months of holidays do start with Diwali and we do everything desi. Start off with eating pani puri !! We love it. Do you?
This week we review two shows and a movie. Four More Shots Please streamed another steamy season on prime video - yes it had more sex and skin, cross pollination and photosynthesis. But did it generate oxygen for another season? Sex and the Cityish plots sell.
We won't be surprised.
In Triplings Season 3 on Zee5, the plot was that of understanding that parents are people too beyond their roles as "parents" and they need to have a life as well.
We actually liked the premise and the actors executed it brilliantly.
Then, Ammu - a movie about a woman in an abusive relationship on prime. A slow burn winner.
This is it from us this week folks. 
Eat mithai and save some for us.
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How's the halloween week been? The holiday season has officially started and we are so excited for the entire slate of movies dropping every week now!
This week we reviewed an ultra nationalistic Akshay Kumar avatar in #RamSetu, a very weird afterlife tale in #ThankGod and a heart breaking story of a lonely Khadoos in #GaliGuleiyan on #amazonprimevideo.
And then ofcourse the third season of #IndianPredator with #MurderintheCourtroom which we thought was the best so far.
Enjoy our reviews this week and let us know what you think.
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Four movies. Yaas people, four.
Here they are,
We love crass slapstick humor so we absoeffingly loved Phone Bhoot and every trope, every bad, lowly joke, every burlywood jibe that they belted out.
Double XL worked contrary to what it was supposed to do. Mili took time to get into the survivor saga and couldn't sustain the tension of the story.
Tadka was dry and even though had potential- dried out too quick.
Enjoy our reviews for the week and do let us know what you think too.
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This week we review the Junior Bachchan series in its season 2 - #BreatheIntotheShadows. Quite a disappointment  despite the gripping Season 1. Streams on #primevideo
#Mukhbir was a vibe and an extremely good group of actors carried the story well. Streams on #zee5
#Tanaav was brilliantly woven and we absolutely loved it. Streams on #sonyliv.
#MonicaOMyDarling on #Netflix is a crazy noir whodunnit that we absolutely loved. Don't miss it's sick music by #AchintThakkar  and #Unnchai  was a perfect #Rajshree comeback for the next gen.
Enjoy our reviews and Dont forget to download it everywhere you get your POD.
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Hola Hola,
Back from food coma? We just don't want to. 
But here is the dope for this week, albeit a day late.
We start with a pulsating #Dhrishyam2 where performances and story gave us a thrilling high. Get it on your list.
Then Suniel Shetty and Vivek Oberoi's #DharaviBank had great actors and weak storyline. Santa Clauses made way for a Desi Santa replacement. Let's see if that becomes a reality though
Welcome to Monday babies.
Try to keep your eyes open.
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Hola Peeps
We are a tab bit late this week but here is a dope POD waiting for you.
#KumailNanjiani's #Welcometohippendales is the story of #SomenBanerjee, the founder of #chippendales. Streams on @hulu.
#Bhediya was a hoot but #VarunDhawan's glory was snatched by #AbhishekBanerjee's performance. #TheLastFilmShow was a beaut. India's entry to the #Oscars, this is a story of love for cinema - told so beautifully. Watch it on @netflix.
Then #NeerajPandey's crime thriller series #KhakeeTheBiharStory has 18 sb-plots that we had to brain map to get to watch it. It's on @netflix.
Download our POD wherever in the world you get your POD and we will see you next week.
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Hola, yes we are late. And that's because some of us were on a shutdown from the mother ship. You know- the mandatory one! Our company believes in all fun work life balance.
But here we are - #Freddy with #KartikAaryan making his way as a  psychopath dentist. yeeks. #MadhurBhan darkar's #indialockdown being the story of the pandemic, #AyushmannKhurrana's #AnActionEHro being the surprise comedy we absolutely loved and Netflix's #Qala being a slow burn story of a cruel mother and her super star daughter.
Here it is 
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Hola Peeps,
Here it is the 51st episode this year!! And one more to go!
We present #SanjayMishra and #NeenaGupta's #Vadh which despite its compelling murder plot does not leave us any clues we cannot solve.
Then #Kajol's #SalaamVenky - a very emotional very dramatic tale of a mother and son where they are trying to get him a court order of euthanasia because he is living in pain.#TaapseePannu's #Blurr is another remake - her third this year. Argh.
#Sonyliv's #Faadu is a modern love story of how people try to change their stories by changing their circumstances.
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Yes, Yes, Yes -Avatar was a treat! But so so so long that we grew roots under the chairs.
#VickyKaushal's #GovindaNaamMera was supposed to be funny but but but... listen up.
#IndianPredator's true crime continues.
 
This is it from us for Season 3.
Season 4 coming soon.

Hear our goss and other updates on #desislive next Season 

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New Season Y'all.
Team Desis is back with another season of our very hot, fun and sizzling with opinion on toast podcast.
We know you will find it fun to download as you make your way to the gym to shed those extras but let us tell you one BIG Truth.
It does not make a difference to us. We love you anyway!
So this first week of the New Year - how about Cirkus? Naah! IT was bad. Hear what we thought abou this #RanveerSingh flick.
Then there was Mr Hot in #TaraVBilal - yes folks the enigmatic #HarshvardhanRane. Gosh, he is so hot that we couldn't get our eyes off him. The movie is a super fun watch. We recommend.
Pitchers S2 ? Hmmm... Okay but only if you have nothing else to do - the story needs to transition into an Office season - says Michael. Hear that #tvf? #zee5?
#KathmanduConnectionS2 takes off where it ended in S1 but didn't get u gushing.
Watch if you must on #Sonyliv.
That's all from us for the week.

Hope your New Year is everything you wish and hope for.
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Episode Two of this season. How are all of you? Still hungover?
We are!

But we are also having a lot of fun this winter. Our movie reviews have a new partner in crime . Tasha Randhawa joins our team and she a grad student of films at NYU Tisch. So look out for some savage reviews. 
Here is the lost for today. The amazing musical #spirited on #appletv, Vir Das' comedy special on #netflix #landing which was fun according to Michael. Zee5's disaster of a movie #RocketGang and #GurinderChadda's #itsawonderfulafterlife which you may only watch for #SendhilRamamurthy's white toothy smile. He is so hot.
Have fun with our reviews this week!
More soon
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Hey Besties,
We are having Hi-cap fun watching and reviewing movies and shows for you so dig in this week's stash.
#MumbaiMafia was fun for Michael who always enjoys a good true crime watch. Careful eh?
Tasha loved #Matilda- who didn't tho?
#Hitthesecondcase takes off on another adventure after the First Case. Why not make a series outta it so we can watch hot men for longer?
Just a thought.
Bhuvan Bam's #tazakhabar had Michael split on the rags to riches story.
But here it is - all our chatter for the week.
We love you and you know it
Next week then

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Peeps
How's it going? Another weekend and here is your loot for the week. We present the review of #Netflix's #TrialbyFire - the series that follows grief-stricken parents who lost their children in the Uphaar cinema fire as they fight for justice.
We then review #Kuttey, that was no bark, no bite .Bolly-Woof! #Varisu is the son-father - brothers story from the 1990s done again and Netflix's #ThaiMassage wants to tell you that people of all age are allowed to have sexual desires. 
Happy listening. 
We will catch you next week with more reviews and chatter
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Besties!
This week we watched #SiddharthHunkMalhotra's new netflick #MissionMajnu and we were kinda' sad for all the tropes that film makers have to rehashing in the name of patriotism.
Desi and Chill ? Nah.
#kungfupanda was super fun - Po does go to India. Also on @netflix.  @zee5global's #chhatriwali did not land her umbrella at all. 
Very similar to Jan Hit Mein Jaari - the Nushratt Baruccha starrer that took the same story in another form; the movie was a damp squib.
Hope you enjoy our banter nevertheless.
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Well well well
It's been quite a week- hasn't it? Did you watch Shahrukh Khan's Pathaan. We did and here is what we have to say about it. We also watched Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh and our thoughts about it are here as well.
Tasha reviewed Dear Ishq and didn't find it too dear. smdh.  But she was thoroughly impressed with Sony Liv's Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke. 
Here is our entire pod for the week. 
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Hola Besties !
How was Super Bowl Weekend ? Did you see Rihanna slay? Did you know that her entire stage was built to save the grass. 
Now all that hangover is over and we are here to tell you what we thought about last week's releases. 
Here goes. Firstly #Faraaz was a masterpiece, Don't miss it. #Class on #Netflix was a great watch as well. We also reviewed #Sonyliv's original #JehanabadofLoveandWar and found it engaging. And master storyteller #MNightShyamalan is back with another bender #knockatthecabin

Listen in and tell us what you thought.
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And we are back and we are loaded with reviews this week. Starting with #shahidkapur's web debut on #primevideo called #Fakes (#farzi) - it's a masterclass in counterfeiting albeit a bit long.
#anupamkher's #shivshastribalboa is  hoot. Watch it for the warm and fuzzy. #Vedha on #zee5 is a watch for its performances. #Michelleyeoh's multi nom'ed #everythingeverywhereallatonce is brilliance in more than just performance but also absurdity.  #netflix's #yourplaceormine misses the romcom pre-requisite- chemistry. Cuz lack of physics.
We hope you enjoy this pod like we did producing it for y'all.
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Hello Hello Besties,
This week we present to you nostalgia in the form of #theromantics - the docuseries on #netflix that made all our growing up years so worth the exhilaration.
#adityaroykapur is hot as hell in #thenightmanager's Indian adaptation on #hulu #hotstar. #yamigautam's #lost on #zee5global is deliberate and precise. Don't miss the handsome #rahulkhanna making yet another impressive presence here. #kartikaaryan's #Shehzada was all him yet slapstick.
Enjoy our episode for this week and let us know what you think.
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Akshay Kumar is back with another bad movie. Yaas besties, it is a real bad copy of the Prithviraj Sukumaran's OG. Why Selfiee was made ? No clue.
We also reviewed Sonyliv's Potluck and it was a really uncomplicated, simple story. We recommend for light watch binge.
Academy nominated The Elephant whisperer was a watch for sure. A docuseries that documents a family who are dedicated to elephant conservation is a heart tugging story for sure.
Enjoy our POD and download it wherever you get your casts.
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Hola Hola
We are back with another episode of our pod that you so love. We banter about a series and two movies this week.
Taj:Divided by Blood starts with the story of Emperor Akbar but settles at Anarkali Lite. Streams on Zee5.
Gulmohar is a stack of spectacular performances. Good watch on Hotstar/ hulu as you enjoy Sharmila Tagore, Manoj Bajpayee spin a weave.
The tamil version of The Great Indian kitchen is compelling even when not as good as the Malayalam one.
Enjoy this dope episode.
See you next week

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Hola Folks,
A bit more of a multi-lingual podcast. Lots of Hindi and equal amounts of fun and frolick.
Antara and Manushi are on a roll this week on our POD while they review #RanbirKapoor's #tujhoothimainmakkaar  in theaters, #ranadugabatti's #rananaidu which is a remake of Liev Schrieber's #RayDonovan on #netflix and a real clean comedy in #ratnapathakshah's #Happyfamilyconditionsapply on #Sonyliv.
Enjoy our chatter and tell us how you found these titles.
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yes yes yes, we are late this week but that is because of a slight change in our programming. We now will give you our review not one week late but just in time for the releases.
With that, this week - lets talk about Mrs Chatterjee v Norway that was a hard hitter by Rani Mukherjee in theaters. We will also introduce you to Sagarika Chakraborty later this week - who is the real life Mrs Chatterjee. Hear her story in our interview with her.
Rocket Boys 2 on Sony Liv was one of the most fab series in its second season and The Storied Life of Aj Fikry was very disappointing. Wish we could have stayed at the level Novel. 
For now- listen to us.
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Hellow Hellow
We have an explosive episode this week. And it seems to be a Kunal Kemmu week with one movie and a show releasing the same day!
Both prove what an understated actor he is and how much more he deserves than what he gets.
In Kanjoos Makhichoos he is a kanjoos guy who cuts corners and in Pop Kaun a guy trying to figure who his real father is. Excels at both.
Yami Gautam and Sunny Kaushal's Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga is a heist on a plane and Anubhav Sinha's Bheed deserves all the accolades it must get.
Enjoy our banter this week.
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Hello Hello
Back with our reviews this week and lot of fun goss at it.
Antara, Vanshika, Manushi and Mira review the not so funny United Kacche on Zee5, Ajay Devgn's Bholaa's was a remake done right but didn't hit a note. 
Sara Ali Khan's desperate Gaslight was - well gaslight on hotstar and hulu. Netflix's Murder Mystery 2 effed up the Indian wedding fun.
More with us on desis.live/podcasts. 
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This week, we got two movies and two shows for you. Aditya Hot Bod Kapur's Gumraah is all about him (Actually two of him)- he rocked.
Movie? Not so much.
Vanshika loved Jubilee. Watch it on Amazon Prime and relive an era gone by.  She is also worried about why Rahul Talks to people. We wonder why he does it too.
Pakistan's Oscar entry Joyland is a joy in cinema about societal suppression.  Feel bumps. We did.
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Another POD day 
Hear our review of Radhika Apte's  housewife spy movie Mrs Undercover that streams on Zee5Global. Just a notch up from Real Housewives. No Jazz tho'.
We then take a trip around the world with Jeremy Renner in his series Rennervations on Disney + and Hotstar/ Hulu where he and his team of celeb friends convert vehicles into social support projects. 
The quirky, Obsession is a series follow up to a sixty shadeseque story of a surgeon's obsession with his son's fiance. On Netflix
Enjoy
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Full Paisa Vasool Podcast
We bring that to you as we review Salman Khan's muscle-ripping Kisi Ka Bhai, Kisi Ki Jaan and celebrate the Salmanists in our midst.
After that, we reviewed Fawad Khan's Money Back Guarantee, which did not guarantee our money back forsho'. Netflix's vampire loves dentist saga Toothpari bites more than it can chew, and Sima Aunty has yet another unsuccessful season matching people at Indian Matchmaking on Netflix.
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This week we got a horror thriller called U-Turn, a remake of a Telugu movie by the same name on Zee5 - was it the one we deserved? Listen on.
We also got the sexy decibel minus 70 Mrs. Chopra Jonas in Citadel with an absolute disaster of a start. Streams on Prime Video.
The one for this week was undoubtedly Shekhar Kapur's What's love got to do with it - a desi rom-com we had been waiting for.
Enjoy our chatter for the week, and we will see you next week with more
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This week, it is a feisty Dimple Kapadia in Hotstar's Saas Bahu aur Flamingo. What a feast to see this cocaine queen.
We also reviewed a disastrous Rom with Priyanka Chopra in its lead; what a massive disappointment Love Always was.
In theaters,
Hear our weekly review here and on every pod platform you can think of.
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Hola Peeps,
This week was busy with two series that we reviewed.
Starting with Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti's Dahaad, we were enthralled by the storytelling and actors ( Sonakshi Sinha, Vijay Verma) that portrayed these complex characters and issues on screen. This one is a gem on Amazon Prime.
In its second season, Taj: Divided by Blood is a watch. Streaming on Zee5Global, this second season is bloody, gory, and quite a fight fest, but definitely a good watch.
Hear it all here with Desis. Live's Red, White and Brown.
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Peeps,
Back with another episode of #redwhiteandbrown from #desislive. This week we talk about Zarna Garg's One in a Billion, a comedy special on Prime Video, Modern Love Chennai - also on Prime, fails to impress like its other versions.
However, Netflix's Kathal was a wonderful surprise. This Sanya Malhotra, Vijay Raaz starrer is a joy to watch.
Navdeep Khurmi's Land of Gold is another winner on HBO Max. The Story of immigrant trauma and societal pressures is a well-told emotion.

Enjoy our POD
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If you haven't downloaded our podcast yet, what are you waiting for?
Every week we work hard to watch whatever you might have ended up watching - had it not been for us warning you.
Such social service.
This week, it is movie vs Manoj Bajpayee for Zee5Global's Sirf Ek Banda Kaafi Hai, Yes, this man is enough for a win at the movies.
Gerald Butler, Ali Fazal's Kandahar was CIA Middle East dossier. Fun Fun.
City of Dreams 3 continues with the political saga from Poornima Gaekwad the CM of Maharashtra. and Arnold Schwarzenegger in #fubar reminds us of #truelies but with a tinge of #mrandmrssmith
Enjoy the POD this week

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Peeps,
This week was a fun watch. Vicky Kaushal/Sara Ali Khan's Zara Hatke, Zara Bachke was fun to start with - and then it fell into senti mentis.
Argh. Hate it when fun flies.
Hansal Mehta's Scoop, on Netflix, is a must-watch. Highly recommended.
And School of Lies on Hotstar is a psychological thriller we had been waiting for.
Listen to our pod and tell us what you thought.

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We had a lot of fun reviewing for you this week because firstly, it was the holy moly everyones fav spidey on big screen and there was not just one of him. The new Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse movie is a must-see. Our fav desi trainwreck is back in her finale season of Never Have I Ever and we absolutely loved it. Don't miss the saami saami song.
Shahid Kapoor in Bloody Daddy is a remix of Kabir Singh and Sunny but we did love it even though it missed some gloss.
That's it this week from us at Team Desis.

See you next week

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This week we loved Chris Hemsworth in an action movie worth all the eyeballs it can get in Extraction 2 on Netflix. Black Mirror, in its Sixth Season mind- twisted its way into our lives with possibilities—streams on Netflix.
Adipurush - the adaptation of the Hindu Mythology story of Lord Rama made waves but with memes. Hear what we thought.
Prime Video's Jee Karda is a story we want to find out why was told. Zee5 Global's Tamilarasan is old wine but not even in a new bottle.
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We started the week with Social Currency on Netflix where we struggled to keep our sanity, Kafas on SonyLiv was hard to watch yet gripping. Kangana Ranaut's Tiku Weds Sheru on Netflix was weirdly unsatisfying and World's Best on Disney was a joy to watch.

This was our week. How was yours?
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How was the 4th?
We spend a lot of time watching shows and movies the weekend and wanted to tell you what we felt about them.
Starting with #thenightmanager on @hulu @disneyplushotstar, Anil Kapoor is a force to reckon with.
#LustStories2  on Netflix is a mixed bag. Check Konkana Sen Sharma's lust story ft Tilotama Shome and Amruta Subash.
In #Afwaah on Netflix, Sudhir Mishra brings brilliant storytelling with Bhumi Pednekar and Nawazuddin Sidiqui.
And Idris Elba proves he must be the next Bond in Appletv's #hijack.
This and more in our pod this week.
Seeya next week
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This week was a mixed bag of reviews.  Adam Sandler's slapstick movie #TheOutlaws with Pierce Brosnan, Adam Devine, and our own Poorna Jaganathan was - well Sandlered. On Netflix.
Tarla Dalal's biopic highlights her life on Zee5 Global's movie #Tarla and a horror show that asks you the quintessential question " Are you afraid of ghosts " in #Adhura starring Rasika Dugal and Ishwak Singh on Prime Video.
Hope you are having a wild week otherwise.

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Hola y'all
This week we got a review for the movie of the year- the movie you should only watch in theaters and marvel about - and that is Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible. Have to tell you, Mr. Cruise is the reason why we should watch it in theaters.
Another great series this week was Barun Sobti's Kohraa on #Netflix. This actor has come a long way and he proves it unequivocally.
Enjoy our show this week.
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The famous Barbhiemer weekend and we got all the moves for you.
For once, #Barbie and #Oppenheimer show us why going to the movies is such a treat. The reason we go to movies is to watch magnificent stories being told.
Hotstar Special, The Trial, an adaptation of Alicia Florrick's The Good Wife was not quite where it needed to hit. Streams on Hulu
When it comes to Bawaal, the less we say the better about this Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor the better. Skip it.
That's it for the week. 
We will see you rocking next week again.
Till then.
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One movie was released this week. 
You heard that right. It seems everyone else moved their releases because the uninitiated King of Hindi Filmmaking KJo wanted to release his magnum opus after 25 long years.
And guess what - he seems to have lost the plot.
By a huge margin.
Listen to us break that down.
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We are back with a long list of reviews this week. Starting with Jackie Chan, John Cena's #HiddenStrike on Netflix- anything with Jackie Chan in it - is never a waste.
Rushi Kota brings an Indian flavor to Hallmark as his kurta replaces the quintessential flannel in #MakeMeAMatch. Hotstar's #Dayaa is interesting in its intersection of crime, politics, and media. The story to remember this week however is the docuseries #thehuntforveerappan on #netflix.
Listen to us here.
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A long pod this week and we got to cover Three movies and two series that hit the waves.
Gadar 2 was not required but it seems people wanted to see SunnyDeol so bad that the movie made over 20crs in the first few days of its release. OMG2 is a beauty. Watch it. Billions is back and so is Axe and we are so excited about that. Alia Bhatt's Hollywood debut on Netflix is called Heart of Stone and has her in all of ten minutes while trying to establish Gal Gadot as the female answer to Tom Cruise.
Made in Heaven 2 is good writing and that's one series we thoroughly enjoyed watching. On Prime.
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Have you watched "Guns and Gulaabs" on Netflix yet?
We suggest that you take time to watch this quirky crime drama with eclectic performances from Raj Kummar Rao, Dulquer Salman and Adarsh Gorav.
What an ensemble cast.
Recommended.
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Ayushmann Khurrana is back with Dream Girl 2 and boy is he the Pooja of our lives.
While the movie carries on with the jokes from its last rendition, Ayushmann is a treat to watch. 
What Ananya is doing in the movie is not known as we could not figure out what was more wooden- the table or her expression.
Ouch.
No seriously.
Dream Girl 2 is in theaters.
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Woah!
What a week it was. Firstly, we are both traveling, and in between all the time zones, we managed to watch, review, and bring this to you
Friday Night Plan on @netflix was sooooooo coool. I loved the simple movie with no specific agenda, and Babil Khan shines through and through.
Freelancer on @hulu / Hotstar was intense - with only four episodes released so far- we are looking forward to continuing the story of how a girl called Aliya gets kidnapped to be trained by ISIS in Syria by her own husband's brainwashed family.
Hansal Mehta strikes hard with another series that hits it out of the park. With intense storytelling and a lead actor who makes us believe he is real- Scam 2003- The Telgi Story is a series to watch despite the snafus on SonyLiv's Sling channel with episodes.

So - here it is - enjoy our podcast this week.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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This week is short and sweet and you have Tapsee Pannu produced #DhakDhak in theaters.
Four women from as stark backgrounds as possible ride bikes from Delhi to Leh and change the way they think about their lives.
Adventures are life's pivots. hah.
And then we enjoyed #sultanofdelhi on #hotstar #hulu - the period crime thriller with Tahir Raj Bhasin in another spectacular performance. 
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Oh boy,
What it meant to watch this movie - the pain and the suffering.
Let us tell you about the agony we went through.
In this podcast - only #ganapath could inflict it.
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Yeah
We even reviewed Karan Johar's goss show #koffeewithkaran, cuz we are such gossips ourselves.
We also speak about #kanganaranaut's self-absorbed #tejas, #vikrantmassey's epic #12thFail and #gulshandeviah's #duranga2 on #zee5global

Enjoy our fun gossip show. And don't forget to share your thoughts.
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Just Aarya this week.
Sushmita Sen essays the epic transformation from Mommy to Mobster in the three seasons of this story based on the Dutch drama series Penoza.
Continuing into this season, she is badass even in a narrative that is now getting a bit stretched. 
On Disney Hotstar and Hulu

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Tiger is back and this time he bites off the Pakistani patriotism train. In the number 3 sequel, #Tiger does international espionage with Zoya and lands in Pakistan to save their democracy. Hurrah to that. Is in theaters.
R Balki's #Ghoomer is a delightful film of resilience and hope. Watch it on #Zee5global.
And Amazon #PrimeVideo's #Pippa is how war movies should be made. Ishaan Khattar shines.
Hope y'all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
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This week- just one movie. But #ShilpaShetty's #Sukhee rocked. Much to the dismay of her husband, a middle-class housewife, known for her rebellious attitude in high school, decides to attend her class reunion. How does the wild child in her bounce back?
We had fun watching it
On Netflix.
Enjoy our take
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Two big Bollywood stars and two very different movies that released on the same day.
#RanbirKapoor's #Animal and #VickyKaushal's #SamBahadur were variedly different not only in tone but format as well.
Which one won our vote? Listen in.

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This week we speak about Pankaj Tripathi's #kadaksingh where a veteran detective loses his memories and tries to piece them back with the help of other people's narratives on @zee5global. #ZoyaAkhtar's #thearchies on @netflix was fun and class - yet the actors got trolled due to their acting skills. Our take on it.
Toodles till next time.
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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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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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IF YOU HAVE EVER CHANTED DURING YOUR YOGA CLASSES, EVEN THE CUSTOMARY "OM", YOU HAVE TOUCHED THE ROOTS OF THE INDIAN CLASSICAL FORM OF MUSIC.

A MANTRA IS A SACRED UTTERANCE, A METAPHYSICAL, A WORD, A SYLLABLE OR A GROUP OF WORDS IN SANSKRIT BELIEVED TO HAVE SPIRITUAL POWERS.

VEDIC SANSKRIT MANTRAS WERE COMPOSED MORE THAN 3000 YEARS AGO. AT ITS SIMPLEST, OM IS A MANTRA.
OVERTIME, THE MORE MELODIOUS, AND ELABORATE THESE CHANTS BECAME, THE MORE THEY DEPENDED ON THEIR RENDITION ON THE CLASSICAL INDIAN FRAMEWORK OF MUSIC CALLED THE "RAGAS".

"RAGAS" ARE AN ARRAY OF MELODIC STRUCTURES WITH MUSICAL MOTIFS ATTACHED TO EMOTIONS OF PEOPLE SINGING OR LISTENING TO THEM. SOME RAGAS ALSO HAVE SYMBOLIC ASSOCIATIONS SUCH AS SEASONS, TIME OF THE DAY OR MOOD.
THERE IS NO DIRECT TRANSLATION OF THESE CONCEPTS IN CLASSICAL EUROPEAN MUSIC.

​THE INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSICIANS ARE GIVEN THE LEVERAGE TO IMPROVISE WITHIN THE MELODY FRAMEWORK OF EACH RAGA, WHICH THEY ARE ALLOWED TO REINVENT.

TWO CLASSICAL INDIAN TRADITIONS ARE HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL AND CARNATIC AND THE RAGAS ARE A PART OF BOTH OF THESE TRADITIONS.
SIKH TRADITIONS RENDITION OF THEIR HOLY BOOK IS ALSO BASED ON RAGAS. SUFI ISLAMIC TRADITIONS OF QAWWALIS IS ALSO BASED ON RAGAS. INDIAN FILM MUSIC AND GHAZALS ( SUNG POETRY, PROSE) ALSO USE RAGAS AS THE BASIS OF THEIR COMPOSITION.

The Experience
Bandish Bandits, is visually, cinematically & aesthetically- a magnificent auditory delight. A simple story, yet powerful at so many levels, not only in the narration but the sheer beauty of the composition of each frame.
 
In the vivacity of the colors of Rajasthan, India - very powerful veteran actors anchor a myriad sub-plot, in a fusion of classical and pop genres of music.

This Conversation:
How many kids in India are inspired by King Khan? We know that he was the motivation behind Sushant Singh Rajput's aspirations to create his career trajectory in Hindi Movies.
But did you know that it was Shahrukh's role in the cult movie Baazigar that upset a 4-year-old baby Ritwik when he dies on celluloid? Ritwik knew he had to be an actor then.
Ritwik is a hobbyist. He writes, plays the guitar, and says he is not a great singer. But we don't know that until we see him perform. Right? Here is an excerpt from our conversation held over Zoom from our homes in Ohio and California to the homes of Ritwik and Shreya in Mumbai. Enjoy!

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