Mission Milaap

Episode 7: Ugly Cackling and Personal Attacks ☠️☠️☠️

In the most unhinged episode yet, we finally give up all pretense of having our shit together. TT is delirious due to a head cold. Mais is her usual self - pragmatic, yet vicious. At this point, what even is this podcast about? Email us at: missionmilaapthepodcast@gmail.com (Or don't. We cba anymore.)

Episode 6: Error 404 - Effort not found 🚫🚫🚫

In this much-delayed episode: Unhinged madness. As per usual. 😜😜😜 * 08:50 - Mais enlightens us on the unexpected incestuousness of a beloved classic (yikes); * 18:00 - We lament how Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani is giving us ABSOLUTELY nothing and the absolute dumpster-fire Bawaal is sure to be; * 31:00 - We discuss the heart of the goddamn issue - the complete lack of effort in mainstream corporate-driven entertainment, as opposed to smaller passion projects like TTRPG shows on Youtube; * 41:11 - Our opinions on some stuff that's been announced in Bollywood; Alia joining YRF's Spyverse, Katrina Kaif/Vijay Sethupathi's Merry Christmas, Jawan, OMG2, Tere Ishk Mein; * 53:55 - We go into the importance of good writing/performance: of how K-drama King the Land is absolutely not reinventing the wheel in any way, but is still a good comfort watch; whereas shows like Succession and The Bear deliver on the layers of complex characters; * 58:40 - Mais tries to tell us about the complexity of Jhok Sarkaar but proceeds to have a hilarious menty b over not remembering the name of a certain veteran actor, and then finally gives up the pretense of caring about Bilal Ashraf's existence; * 1:07:14 - Discussion about K-drama "Celebrity", which Mais didn't even watch but has a lot of opinions on; and TT *did* watch but has nothing much to say about (coz it was that fucking boring), and other miscellaneous random nonsense banter and bickering. Email us at: missionmilaapthepodcast@gmail.com

Episode 5: Proof of Life 🫥🫥🫥

We're alive! We're back! In this episode, we're back on our nonsense, talking a little bit about anything and everything! * 00:25 - General life updates, Mais's serious grievances against TT, some life advice for one of our regular listeners who's about to embark on an exciting, new phase of life; * 10:24 - Mais gives us her impressions of Pathaan; now that the hype is over, we finally discuss the QUALITY of this movie; * 25:15 - We discuss the Ponniyin Selvan movies; how non-South Indians perceive such cinema, and how it compares to other South Indian behemoths like the Rajamouli movies and KGF; the lack of originality in content produced by Bollywood, but how everyone is hankering to make the next "pan-Indian" megahit; * 52:00 - We segue into the state of Pakistani dramas; Mais catches us up on the current (controversial) state of Tere Bin, and we discuss how much "feminism" can excuse a badly-written female character; * 01:16:55 - Non-desi watches updates; and our realization that Thai BL is just AO3 fanfic come to life (in the most delightful way!) Email us at: missionmilaapthepodcast@gmail.com

Episode 4: Test of Time: Mujhse Dosti Karoge 🫱🏽‍🫲🏽🫱🏽‍🫲🏽🫱🏽‍🫲🏽

In this episode of Mission Milaap podcast, we try something new! First of a hopefully long-running series, we watch some ~classic Bollywood movies from our bachpan, and see how they hold up. Today, the Yashraj attempt at the Archie universe, Mujhse Dosti Karoge! Tune in for our usual shenanigans, hopefully with a side of gobi ke parathay! 😉😉😉 * 3:50 - We continue discussing the current state of Bollywood dancing, thanks to a listener email; * 21:00 - The Mujhse Dosti Karoge discussion!  Email us at: missionmilaapthepodcast@gmail.com

Episode 3: Hum sadme mein the 😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️

In this episode we return to our truly off-the-rails ways 🤪🤪🤪, randomly rambling about :  * 8:11 - the barest of first impressions of the new Amazon Prime show Farzi (starring Shahid Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi, and Kay Kay Menon); * 10:25 - the death of truly FUN Bollywood dancing (ofc we talk about the new song from the Salman movie KKBKKJ); * 16:00 - the ethics of celebrity owned brands and overpriced coffees in developing economies;  * 32:26 - Mais updates us on her regular Pakistani drama watches, Tere Bin, Yunhi, and Pyari Mona; * 57:30 - our new mutual K-drama watches, the historical Our Blooming Youth, and a little about Netflix romcom Love to Hate You; * 1:13:50 - a minor segue as we give a last ditch attempt to close the chapter of our 2022 retrospective; discussions of the shows KinnPorsche and Love Like the Galaxy; * 1:19:48 - TT's depression-fueled watches of Turkish shows Shahmaran and Gizli Sakli; * 1:32:36 - TT makes a not-at-all-triumphant return to Tellywood with Zee TV's Lag Ja Gale and valiantly defends the honour of lead star Namik Paul;  * 1:41:20 - future watches we are looking forward to! Email us at: missionmilaapthepodcast@gmail.com