Ep. 426: Feat. Sarang Sathaye & Paula McGlynn of BhaDiPa

This week on Cyrus Says, Cyrus is joined by Sarang Sathaye and Paula McGlynn, creators of the popular Marathi YouTube channel Bharatiya Digital Party or BhaDiPa. Sarang & Paula talk about their first meeting at the Toronto film festival, the car ride to Pune years later which birthed the idea of BhadiPa, the need and opportunities for regional content in India, the urban youth that consumes American television and Marathi Youtube skits, the role of BhaDiPa's third creator Anusha Nanadakumar, the funny way in which Indian teachers teach English through regional languages and what's in store for the future of BhaDiPa.

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Ep. 423: Feat. Srishti Arya

This week On Cyrus Says, Cyrus Broacha is joined by Srishti Arya - Director of international originals at Netflix India. Cyrus does away with the "formal" questions in the first half trying to find out how Netflix green lights original content, what are some trends that point towards success, and whether he can star in a Netflix original with Priyanka Chopra. In the second half he talks to Srishti about growing up in a film family, recounts a hilarious story about the Kapoor family at a dinner party, and is ecstatic that he gets Srishti's pop culture references.

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Ep. 405: Feat. Aniruddha Guha & Janice Sequiera

This week on Cyrus Says we have a crossover episode. Aniruddha Guha and Janice Sequiera of the podcast 'Mr. & Mrs. Binge-Watch' join Cyrus in the studio. The three of them talk about Janice's online show 'social media star' and put the stars she's interviewed through the Cyrus scanner, argue over what counts for an 'official remake', discuss about how spouses with different tastes in film and TV get along and Aniruddha recounts an interesting story from the first time he visited the Times Now office.

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Ep. 387: Feat. Jaydeep Sarkar

On episode 387, Cyrus Broacha is joined by filmmaker Jaydeep Sarkar. Jaydeep talks to Cyrus about his recent launch film for Times of India's #TImesOutAndProud campaign, his days in Stephen's college, his early days in showbiz, why he enjoys making ad films more than features, the challenges of the LGBTQIA+ community post the scrapping of sec. 377 & more.

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Ep. 383: Cock & Bull feat. Dinkar Dwivedi, Amit and Abbas

On this week's Cock & Bull, Cyrus is joined by Amit Doshi, Abbas Momin and one-third of the Geek Fruit trio - Dinkar Dwivedi. They discuss some unapologetically funny and weird news from the internet and simply try to dig in deep to find logic in them.

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Ep. 378: Feat. Mayank Shekhar

This week Cyrus Broacha is joined by film critic, and editorial head of Mid-Day entertainment Mayank Shekhar. Mayank talks to Cyrus about the recently concluded general elections and what he made of the mood of the country while travelling, BJP's IT cell & how engaging with constituencies benefits political parties, Mayank's first meeting with Cyrus, their memories of prom night from college, Mayank's process of writing and much more.

NOTE: This episode was recorded a few days before the election results were announced.

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Ep. 372: Feat. Ronnie Screwvala

What an honour it is to have with us this week on Cyrus Says media pioneer, first generation entrepreneur and one of the most well known names in the field of business and entertainment - Ronnie Screwvala. On this episode Ronnie talks to Cyrus about the perils or growing up with his unique last name, his humble beginnings from selling toothbrushes to being a cable operaor to setting up the behemoth that is UTV. He also sheds light on his theatre days, his parents, his foray into the world of online education with upGrad and his new podcast 'The Ronnie Screwvala Podcast' right here on the IVM podcasts network.

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Ep. 240: Feat. Filmmaker Rajat Kapoor

On this episode of Cyrus Says, prominent filmmaker, actor and director Rajat Kapoor opens up about:

- Why independent filmmakers struggle to raise money for their stories.

- Why he admires Sanjay Bhansali's vision in filmmaking.

- Why names like Mani Kaul and Kumar Shahani should not be forgotten.

- Why he keeps four scripts handy at all times.

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