One of India’s most loved actors, theatre legends and sitcom icons — Rakesh Bedi — joins Cyrus for a deeply funny, nostalgic and insightful conversation.
From Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi to FTII days with Satish Shah, Om Puri & Naseeruddin Shah, to his mind-blowing 24-character solo play Massage, to his new film Dhurandhar, this is a masterclass in comedy, performance and storytelling.

⭐ What Rakesh Bedi Reveals

• How IPTA shaped his life & why his 8:20 Club has met for 35+ years
• The overnight stardom of Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi & TV changing his life
• FTII stories: Satish Shah, Kundan Shah, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah
• Why subtle comedy survives generations
• How he created 24 characters for Massage and performs 2 hours nonstop
• Why failures make better stories than success
• The difference between film acting, TV acting & stage endurance
• His insane engineering exam story & why he chose theatre
• Playing a Pakistani politician in Dhurandhar
• The craft of creating humour from pauses, looks & timing

🎭 Why This Episode Matters

This is a rare, intimate conversation with a performer who shaped Indian comedy for 40+ years — film, theatre, television and now OTT.

Actors, directors, theatre students and comedy fans will absolutely love this.

Seven-time national tennis champion Gaurav Natekar joins Cyrus for one of the most insightful sports conversations ever — from the legacy of his legendary father Nandu Natekar to the explosive rise of India’s Pickleball revolution.

They dive into pickleball vs tennis, the shocking speed of the sport’s growth, how Gaurav and Aarti built the league from scratch, and why Sony, Swiggy, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Ritesh & Genelia, and Sunil Gavaskar are all owners in this massive new sport.

🔥 WHAT GAURAV REVEALS

• Why he walked away from tennis to build a pickleball empire
• The never-told story of CCI giving permission after 17 years
• Why Indians excel at net-speed sports (but not power sports)
• Is pickleball going to steal talent from tennis & badminton?
• Scouting players across Japan, Korea, Vietnam and 18 countries
• How much players REALLY earn in the league ($5,000 to $80,000)
• Why India can’t produce a Top-10 tennis player yet
• The truth behind the Jannik Sinner doping controversy
• Federer vs Nadal vs Djokovic — Gaurav picks the real GOAT
• Why Indian cricket is struggling at home and what’s killing spin batting
• How their TV-friendly 15-minute match format is revolutionising racket sports

Cyrus & Punit jump from topic to topic in the most unhinged, hilarious, brutally honest AMA episode yet. Highlights include:

⭐ INSANE MOMENTS YOU’LL SEE

• The “cheating fiancé scandal” AMA that derails the entire show
• Punit’s Delhi coat lost → CRPF → Marriott → emotional note saga
• Makabo geography & Daisar wanting “in”
• The wild builder–politician nexus rant
• China vs Arunachal jokes that get way too real
• JLo charging 18 crores for 10 minutes
• 6–7 meaning → 6–9 meaning → disaster
• Blind cricket, Aura farming, Rage-bait & Gen Z nonsense
• Live instant loan phone call in middle of the episode
• Punit’s AQI solution: “Everyone move to SRA projects, leave Mumbai to builders”

⭐ WHY THIS EPISODE HITS

Unscripted, unpredictable and absolutely unfiltered — Punit Pania brings the sharpest political satire, while Cyrus navigates it with manic energy and chaotic curiosity.

This might be the funniest AMA of the year. Every 3 minutes something insane happens.