Where Adda meets Arattai

About Where Adda meets Arattai

A Bengali who hates fish and a Tamilian who speaks fluent Hindi come together to talk about pop culture. Raman Prasanna and Amborish Roychoudhury - helpless film buffs both - rant about things that affect them, including language, culture, cinema and everything in between. For feedback, comments & criticism: amborish@outlook.com.

Publisher

Amborish Roychoudhury and Prasanna Raman

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Apr 2020

Latest episode

23 Oct 2020

Latest episodes

9 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Oct 2020

   The Most Boring Episode Ever

   History is boring. Stories are fun. But do these ancient stories even matter today? (Let us know what you feel. Write to us at amborish@outlook.com.) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amborish-roychoudhury/message

2. 

   7 Aug 2020

   The N Word

   In this episode we discuss your favourite N word. We look at nepotism through the years in Hindi cinema and down south, and discuss why it may - or may not - be the whole story. (Let us know what you feel. Write to us at amborish@outlook.com.)

3. 

   14 Jul 2020

   Of movie tickets, VCR adventures and suicidal nighties.

   Watching movies in the 90s was fraught with adventure, whether it was buying movie tickets or watching “instructional videos” on VCR at home. We go down memory lane to dig out some colourful anecdotes.

4. 

   20 Jun 2020

   When Amborish met Anurag Kashyap and Prasanna spotted Fardeen Khan

   We are small town guys. Spotting celebrities was big deal for us. And we kept getting lucky!

5. 

   2 Jun 2020

   Ramblings on The Mahabharata - Part 2

   We continue our chat on Mahabharata. Let us know about what you feel. Write to amborish@outlook.com. (Note: We’re not subject matter experts. This is from our readings different versions of the epic and watching the serial on television years ago.)

6. 

   25 May 2020

   Ramblings on The Mahabharata - Part 1

   We ramble blasphemously about the characters of India’s great epic Mahabharata and its timeless story, one that still resonates. This is the first part of the discussion. Concluding part next week.

7. 

   8 May 2020

   Ramayan, King Kong, and why Arun Govil couldn’t light a cigarette

   Doordarshan’s classic TV serial Ramayan is back in our lives. Amborish and Prasanna take a walk down memory lane,

8. 

   20 Apr 2020

   Why Prasanna Hates Rishi Kapoor

   Prasanna used to hate Rishi Kapoor with a vengeance. Listen to know why.

9. 

   19 Apr 2020

   Where Adda meets Arattai (Trailer)