This week on ‘Has It Aged Well?’ we are discussing one of Salman Khan’s most successful, meme’d, danced to and hairstyled movies - 'Tere Naam' directed by Satish Kaushik. Joining Abbas and Urjita to talk about the movie is one of our favourite guests making his second appearance: film enthusiast, screenwriter and actor Aseem Chandaver. Topics discussed include: our first memories of Tere Naam, the iconic hairstyle, is there something like a “good toxic” movie?, the evergreen music and why this film was the last bastion of a certain type of mainstream entertainer. We’ve compiled our favourite ..read more

This week on 'Has It Aged Well?' Abbas and Urjita are revisiting the wild big budgeted sc-fi swing that Shah Rukh Khan took in 2011 with 'Ra.One' directed by Anubhav Sinha. To talk about the film they're joined by Youtuber and film nerd Anmol Jamwal AKA Jammypants4 making his second appearance on the show. Topics discussed include: The mismatch of good VFX and poor story, why Tamil films get sci-fi/fantasy right more than Hindi cinema, the broad stereotyping and broader comedy attempts. SRK's fascination with technological advancements, why the banging music deserved a better film, and much mo ..read more

Bring out the hockey sticks, because it's time to discuss one of the biggest hits of Shah Rukh Khan's career on 'Has It Aged Well?' - Chak De India! Joining Abbas and Urjita to talk about this inspirational sports film is comedian and content creator Mohammed Hussain. Topics discussed include: A Chak De cast member turning up at Hussain's comedy show, the way this film addresses stereotypes, bigotry, and sexism. how despite being a star-driven vehicle the film still uplifts its supporting cast, the range of box office hits in 2007 and a lot more. Watch Hussain's stand up clip ft. Chitrashi he ..read more

This week on ‘Has It Aged Well?’ Abbas and Urjita are joined by film critic and writer Prathyush Parasuraman to talk about 2007’s ‘Saawariya’ directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and marking the debut of Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. Topics discussed include: Was this a creative misfire or a misunderstood masterpiece? The running themes in SLB’s cinema, the very peculiar visual choices of this film, the Saawariya vs. Om Shanti Om showdown, SLB’s fascination with courtesans, the great supporting cast of Zohra Sehgal, Rani Mukherjee and more. Find Prathyush’s work with Film Companion here:  ..read more

Forget the renaissance, it's time for an 'Imran-aissance'! For the first time on HIAW we're discussing not one but TWO films on an episode starring our favourite chocolate boy of the 2000's & 2010's: Imran Khan. The two films are Shakun Batra's 'Ek Main aur Ekk Tu' starring Imran and Kareena Kapoor and Danish Aslam's 'Break Ke Baad' where Imran's leading lady was Deepika Padukone. To talk about the movies with us it's the return of film and TV critic Suchin Mehrotra. Yes, we got him to talk about non-blue people this time (to get that reference check out the episode we did with him on 'Ava ..read more

This week on ‘Has It Aged Well?’ we’re talking about the highest grossing film of the year 2000 - yes, it's the sophomore effort by director Aditya Chopra and widely considered Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘comeback’ film - ’ Mohabbatein’. Joining Abbas and Urjita is fellow IVM Pop podcaster, comedian Antariksh Takkar. Topics discussed include: Similarities between Hogwarts and Gurukul, does this film have any business being 3.5 hours long? Which of the newcomers in the film made an impression? Why could Uday Chopra never be a…thing? Amitabh’s resurgence in the early 2000s, Raj Aryan’s ghost watching sk ..read more

This week on ‘Has It Aged Well?’ Abbas and Urjita got the ‘saubhagya’ of having author and podcaster Anurag Minus Verma on the show. We’re discussing Sai Paranjapye’s 1981 cult classic Chashme Buddoor starring  Farooq Sheikh, Deepti Naval, Rakesh Bedi, Ravi Baswani and Leela Mishra. Topics discussed include: Anurag’s idea of ‘Loserism’ and how it relates to this film, Sai Parnjapye’s cinema style, the portrayal of Delhi in the film and how it works as a companion piece to ‘Chhoti Si Baat’, making the medium of cinema ‘playful’ and much more. So wear your kurta’s starched with Chamko soap ..read more

This week on ‘Has It Aged Well?’ Abbas and Urjita are joined by one of our favourite guests, comedian and quizzer Kumar Varun. We’re discussing one of the most beloved Hindi films of all time, ‘Anand’ from 1971 directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and starring Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, and Johnny Walker. Topics discussed include: Rajesh Khanna’s superstardom, our relationship with Hrishi da’s ‘middle of the road’ cinema, Anand’s impact on hindi films and hindi film characters, the humanism of the story and what we would do if faced with the dilemma of the central character of this film. C ..read more

On this season's final episode of Just A Filmy Game Show, Antariksh is joined by comedians Rahul Subramanian and Kumar Varun (from Random Chikibum) to compete in the ultimate Bollywood Gameshow to find out who amongst them is the ‘Biggest Bollywood Deewana!' They talk about attending Aamir Khan’s daughter’s wedding, their favourite Bollywood films and actors, tons of Andaaz Apna Apna references, and tons more. You’re going to be doubled over in laughter throughout the episode. On the games front, they play games where they try to recognize songs from their 2nd verses, sing songs of Abhishek Ba ..read more

This week on 'Has It Aged Well?' Abbas and Urjita are taking a trip to the 70's to discuss a quintessential Basu Chatterji film: 'Chhoti Si Baat' from 1976 starring Amol Palekar, Vidya Sinha, Asrani and Ashok Kumar. Our guest is cinephile, author and "film historian in the making" Eshan Sharma. Topics discussed include: The 'middle of the road' cinema championed by Basu da, Amol Palekar's simpleton persona, the iconic portrayal of the city of Bombay in Chatterji's films, Asrani's screen presence, Eshan's Bombay heritage walk based on Basu Chatterji's cinema and lots of interesting cinema tid b ..read more