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The Bitter BongsWeekly Watchlist - 12th September - Part 2 - Bhoot Police, Helmet, Cinderella, Black WidowWe are back after a break of 2 weeks and we have a lot of TV shows and movies to talk about. So this week's watchlist will be in 2 parts.
In this 2nd part, we start with the horror comedy Bhoot Police available on Hotstar which stars Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Yami Gautam and Jacqueline Fernandez. It is a story about 2 brothers who normally con people on the pretext of getting rid of ghosts. Yami Gautam finds them to save them from a ghost (Kichkandi) that is haunting her tea estate and during the...2021-09-1229 minThe Bitter BongsWeekly Watchlist - 12th September - Part 1 - Boyfriends and Girlfriends, The EmpireWe are back after a break of 2 weeks and we have a lot of TV shows and movies to talk about. So this week's watchlist will be in 2 parts.
In the 1st part, we talk about the Hoichoi webseries Boyfriends and Girlfriends starring Rwitobroto Mukherjee, Riddhi Sen, Ishaa Saha, Ujan Chatterjee, Adrija Roy and Madhurima Ghosh. It is a story about three friends and their respective partners and what happens when 2 of them are involved with the same girl which initially leads to fights but eventually friendship prevails.
We nex...2021-09-1223 min
The Bitter BongsWeekly Watchlist - 29th August 2021 - The White Lotus, The Chair, CruellaIn this week's watchlist, we talk about 2 shows and a movie, all of them English (unfortunately) :-) !
We start with the satirical comedy The White Lotus, available on Hotstar. White Lotus is set in an exclusive Hawaiian resort and follows the stories of various guests and their interactions with the resort staff. As darker dynamics emerge with each passing day, this biting six-episode series gradually reveals the complex truths of the seemingly picture-perfect travellers, cheerful hotel employees, and idyllic locale itself.
Next is a show called The Chair, available on...2021-08-2922 minThe Bitter BongsWeekly Watchlist - 15th August 2021 - REKKA, Shershaah, Bhuj, The Suicide Squad 2021In this week's watchlist, we talk about 1 web series and 3 movies that we saw this week.
We start with the Bengali web-series Rabindranath Ekhane Kokhono Khete Ashenni or REKKA. This web-series is based on a book of the same name by Bangladeshi author Mohammed Nazim Uddin and is directed by Srijit Mukherjee. It stars Azmeri Haque Badhon, Rahul Bose, Anirban Bhattacharya, Anjun Dutt, Anirban Chakraborty and others. It is about a restaurant called REKKA and it's mysterious owner Mushkan Zaveri and how a journalist tries to trace the origins of the owner and uncover a deadly secret...2021-08-1525 min
The Bitter BongsDecade of Decay - Choto BouIn this new segment called Decade of Decay, we talk about Bengali movies from the 80's and 90's that were so bad that they are good.
In this week's episode we talk about the 1988 movie called Choto Bou starring Kali Banerjee, Meenakshi Goswami, Ranjit Mullick, Sandhya Roy, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Debika Mukherjee and others. The movie is directed by Anjan Choudhury and this is his first movie in the Bou series. 2021-08-1122 minThe Bitter BongsWeekly Watchlist - 8th August 2021 - Dial 100, Jungle Cruise, F9, Masters of the Universe: RevelationIn this week's watchlist, we talk about 3 movies that we saw this week.
We start with Dial 100, a Hindi movie starring Manoj Bajpayee, Neena Gupta, Sakshi Tanwar and directed by Rensil D'Silva. It is a thriller movie where a mother, Neena Gupta, is looking to avenge his son's death and how Manoj Bajpayee who is a police inspector and his wife Sakshi Tanwar get involved with her.
We then talk about Disney's Jungle Cruise starring The Rock, Emily Blunt. It is an adventure movie about the search for the Tree of Life de...2021-08-0820 minThe Bitter BongsWeekly Watchlist - 2nd August 2021 - Mimi, Crash Landing on You, Sarpatta Parambarai, LihaafIn this week's watchlist, we talk about the movie Mimi available on Netflix and starring Kriti Shanon, Pankaj Tripathi, Sai Tamhankar, Manoj Pawa, Supriya Pathak and directed by Laxman Utekar. It deals with the issue of surrogacy and how the lives of several individuals get affected when things go wrong.
Purbani talks about watching the popular K-drama Crash Landing On You available on Netfilx.
Somok then talks about the Tamil boxing based movie Sarpatta Parambarai.
We also talk about the short movie Lihaaf which is based on a book by th...2021-08-0222 min
The Bitter BongsDecade of Decay - Sansar SangramIn this new segment called Decade of Decay, we talk about Bengali movies from the 90's that were so bad that they are good.
In this week's episode we talk about the 1995 movie called Sansar Sangram which sees Chiranjit credited as the story, screenplay, producer and director. He also plays the protagonist of the movie along with Ranjit Mullick, Satabdi Roy, Rituparna Sengupta, Dulal Lahiri, Shankar Chakraborty, Anup Kumar and others.2021-07-2730 minThe Bitter BongsWeekly Watchlist - 25th July 2021 - Murder in the Hills, Natkhat, Adi SonalIn this week's watchlist, we talk about the new web series on Hoichoi app called Murder in the Hills. It is created by Anjan Dutt and stars Arjun Chakrabarty, Rajdeep Gupta, Sourav Chakraborty, Anindita Bose, Suprobhat Das, Sandipta Sen, Rajat Ganguly and Saswati Guha Thakurta. Set in Darjeeling, we see the death of film legend Tony (played by Dutt) and follow the investigative efforts of Arjun as tries to unravel the mystery and motive behind what seems to be a natural death.
We also talk about 2 short films, Natkhat and Adi Sonal, which are p...2021-07-2524 min
The Bitter BongsDecade of Decay - SantanIn this new segment called Decade of Decay, we talk about Bengali movies from the 90's that were so bad that they are good.
In this week's episode we talk about the 1999 movie called Santan starring Satya Bandopadhay, Geeta Dey, Ranjit Mallick, Chumki Choudhury, Biplab Chatterjee, Rita Koiral, Tapas Pal and others.2021-07-2124 minThe Bitter BongsWeekly Watchlist - 20th July 2021 - Toofan, Hiralal, Fear StreetIn this week's watchlist, we talk about the movie Toofan on Amazon Prime and a Bengali movie Hiralal on Hoichoi
We also discuss the 2nd and 3rd part of Fear Street on Netflix and Masterchef Australia 2021.2021-07-2023 min
The Bitter BongsDecade of Decay - Bhai Amar BhaiIn this new segment called Decade of Decay, we talk about Bengali movies from the 90's that were so bad that they are good.
This week's episode features the 1996 movie called Bhai Amar Bhai starring Prosenjit, Chiranjeet, Abhishek and others. 2021-07-1326 minThe Bitter BongsWeekly Watchlist - 11th July 2021 - Sophie: A Murder in West Cork, DujoneIn this week's watchlist, we talk of the Netflix true crime mini-series Sophie: A Murder in West Cork and a Bengali show on Hoichoi called Dujone.
We also recommend the podcast Mythical Monsters available on Spotify2021-07-1118 minThe Bitter BongsWeekly Watchlist - 4th July 2021 - Haseen Dilruba, Fear Street Chapter 1, Ted LassoIn this week's watchlist, we talk of 2 Netflix movies Haseen Dilruba and Fear Street Chapter 1 as well as the Apple TV comedy show Ted Lasso.
We also recommend an audio show and podcast. 2021-07-0417 minThe Bitter BongsWeekly Watchlist - 28th June 2021 - Ray, SherniWe are back with Bitter Bongs after a long break. We hope to do to a weekly wrapup of movies and shows that we have watched in the last week.
This week we talk about Netflix's Ray, Amazon Prime's Sherni. We also talk about Jhinuk Mala as part of the 90's movies this week. 2021-06-2846 min
The Bitter BongsTop 20 of 2020In this episode we talk about our top 20 TV shows and movies that we watched this year. This list includes both TV series and films across three languages - English, Hindi and Bengali 2020-12-3124 min
The Bitter BongsFeluda Pherot - Season 1In this first episode of Bitter Bongs, we discuss Srijit Mukherjee's latest show Feluda Pherot - Season 12020-12-3019 min