Woot! The DCIB favorite! Let’s see if we can think of new things to say, after many many posts, many many comments, and a previous watchalong on twitter.
First, Happy Birthday Rachel!!!! This is in her honor, and her movie choice, so yaaaaay! What a great party!
Second, Jab Harry Met Sejal! Woot woot! You can watch on Netflix, youtube, googleplay, or your own DVD. I’ll put the first comment below when it is time to start, and then you just comment along with any old thing that pops into your head.
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I love Sejal’s whole look here from the pink jacket to the yellow pants
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Me too.
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Ok here comes Klara to confirm the timeline per Genenieve
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Oh oh! This answers I question I was just thinking about! We know they sleep together again tonight, but it didn’t seem like they would get a hotel room together, or that either would be brave enough to seek out the other. But the dinner scene is a definite “air b n b” feel, right? So if it is an open plan apartment they are renting, sleeping together would work too.
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Klara’s actress is very good, enough to be melodramatic, but still not the usual bland “bad white people acting”
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Good point! And the dancer actress later is equally good. They had an excellent local casting director.
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Hair loose again! Which I think is now how she always wears it? No longer feels the need for fussy little things, can just be herself.
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I really love Anushka in this scene.
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HA! In Zero, Anushka is in the Klara position!
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She says he played around w me for years??
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Yep! I am picturing an off and on thing with long gaps while he was taking tours around for like 4 years, and then he got scared and ran away.
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He says though, those ten days in Frankfurt were the best
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It doesn’t really make sense does it?
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The whole Klara scene is just perfection. His reaction shots!
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I’ve avoided FRankfurt for two years because of her….
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Mummy!!
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So cute, love this scene
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I want Mayank, Karan in DDLJ, Bobby in Rab Ne, and all the other “best friends” to have a little support group. “My friend keeps falling in love! And he will never admit it to himself, and doesn’t tell the girl until the last minute, and so much wedding drama!”
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How much do I love Mayank?
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His reaction shot to her putting her head on SRK’s shoulder was fantastic.
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The actor playing him has exquisite comic timing.
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I love that she pushes back to him telling her not to interfere!!!
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Just got that she says “you should go home (ghar)” here. Which means the apartment in Frankfurt, and his home village, and also just being with her. Imtiaz, you so deep!
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Deep yo!
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She knows how hollow is life is, because she knows he isn’t happy.
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Can’t help noticing no one in this scene can actually pole dance.
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I have to confess I don’t know what a good pole dancer looks like – I guess I have a new YouTube project.
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Hug request comes out of nowhere
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Not no where, he was feeling insecure because he enjoyed the physical contact so much, but knew she was just a tourist and it wouldn’t last. So after she refused to leave her alone, he finally asked for what he needed.
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This is when I get mad that they deleted the ‘don’t touch’ scene
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Just occurred to me, could his “you are as layak as her” comment here partly be a “watch out Anushka, these guys are dangerous and you are in as much danger as the other woman, don’t take risks”?
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Still feels weird. These random interjections!
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Anushka’s reaction is just so pure
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I still need a better translation of the “worth-worthy” phrasing. It just derails my attention every time.
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Is it an Indian English word with special meaning? I always thought it was her own way of saying sexy.
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Someone in the comments tried to explain it. It literally means “value” or “worth it”, but it has kind of a blunt sexual meaning, like “you are worth spending my sperm on” kind of thing. The film plays with it both ways, Anushka’s body image issues for the explicit side, and the literal “worth” for her being a special person to him.
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‘Layak’ in this movie’s context would mean ‘to be considered sexy in his eyes’
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By the way, during intermission I put on sweatpants and got peanut butter chocolate ice cream. I am optimizing this movie viewing experience
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Cheesecake here.
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I get fresh baked fancy pizza delivered to me on the couch. Life is good.
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I got a bagel! Do you know how hard it is to find a bagel in rural Japan?
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My 11-year-old really wants to go to Japan, if I tell him it is nearly impossible to find a bagel in rural Japan, he’ll still want to go there.
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You know what I had the hardest time with in India? No good pizza!
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No one does pizza like Chicago – so I’ve heard. I haven’t actually been there.
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I love Anushka getting drunk on her own sexuality. It’s so delightful, and so rare in films. Especially with her not even really caring if Shahrukh cares.
Also, I just assume this is what her evenings with Virat are like.
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Isn’t the foot on theface really rude?
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Yep! But because a foot is supposed to be a dirty nasty part of the body. Her feeling comfortable putting it in his face, and him smiling about it, shows that they are physically comfortable with each other in every way.
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Very comfortable, I don’t want my family’s feet in my face!
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2nd favourite song.
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Gotta switch to family event now. Why am I more busy now? Makes no sense,
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Butt watch: something must have gone terrible wrong because he is covering it up
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Chinese takeout part of pre-bday festivities! It’s hard to find good Chinese in LA but we have a NY style place we love
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I do not believe that it is hard to find good Chinese in LA. Hard versus, China?
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My reaction exactly!!!! To be fair, Genevieve, I think your level of difficulty for good Chinese might be far beyond what most folks can imagine.
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I know the owners of the only chinese place in town. Their daughter is in my son’s class. I have to keep my mouth shut.
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My best friend in 1st grade was the daughter of the owners of the first Thai restaurant in town, which was legitimately really good (they were Thai). And when she came over to my place, she had to come with a little box of white rice from Popeye’s chicken because it was the only thing she would eat. 7 year olds are mysterious.
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The owners of our one Chinese restaurant were born in China – but they cater to fishermen tourists. I hope they’re okay now.
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Well played. But we former NYers are very picky.
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My queen-size bed refers to the fact that she sleeps next to him every night – but why not king size?
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Because it is sized for her, and she is the Queen.
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Ah hah!
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Oh, this song is just everything. So romantic and them together bathed in red light is so wonderful
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This scene is so great
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The soundtrack really makes it soar, and I don’t even normally notice soundtracks.
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It’s such a long gun.
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You know what they say about guys who have long guns….
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Well, he isn’t tall….
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this scene makes me uncomfortable because I feel so bad for the poor gang members and stuff, but I also love how Anushka’s eyes are popping out of her head with intensity looking at Shahrukh.
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You feel bad for the gang members?!?
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Your heart is too big, you may need to talk to your doctor.
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Still better than my Mom, she feels bad for Gaurav in Fan.
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I love this bunch of nerdy goondas.
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They are such bunch of normal looking guys that it’s hard to think of them as intimidating
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They whacked someone on the head, gagged a woman and kidnapped her, and are supporting someone with a very long gun. Sweet guys.
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Hey, you want me to be heartless, ask me how I feel about Rupen!
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They sell fake rings and have *one* gun. They are hardly the marshall artist drug dealers from Dilwale which meant trouble the first instance you saw them. Even the guy who took the gun away looked more like the crafter or the bookkeeper than anything threatening
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WATCH CLOSELY!!!! Does Shahrukh figure out she has the ring in this scene or not?
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I have never thought he figured it out – but that look, maybe…
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Wondering the same thing! Think no, movie’s not as clever as we think
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Mind blown
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I think he kinda figures it out, seeing her face, and since it is clearly in her hand he would just need to look down to confirm, but doesn’t
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Also how has she had time to get her nails done. I’ve seen at least 2 colors
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Oh! REALISM! We see her doing her nails twice while talking with her sister at night, establishing that she brought a manicure set with her and she is taking the time to use it.
And I am talking with you about this instead of watching them have sex, what is WRONG with me????
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Hahahaha
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That’s ALMOST have sex
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Oh the sexual tension!! It is fantastic.
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And now her hair is pulled back but so is his. I swear, there’s a code here if I can just crack it!
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Coming up on best scene on the couch etc
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I think I’m gonig to replay that ring scene over and over, but in all the times I saw it before, I NEVER thought he knew she had it. I thought he was nervous she would find it, and at the same time thinking he had wasted her time and endangered them on a fruitless mission.
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Jonita Gandhi, the singer, also did “Chandralekha” from A Gentleman, and a song from Manmarziyaan. Maybe she only sings for movies I love and the rest of the world forgets?
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They are barely on the bed before he calls it off.
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He is a gentleman
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Love that they changed angles once they were on bed
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Can one human truly save another?
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No, for sure no. Which is maybe why the film ends the way it does? She walks away, and he has to save himself and decide to go after her. It wouldn’t have worked if she had just been there and easy.
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Tag Hauer product placement. shahrukh is good to his brands.
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ANushka looks really hot in those jeans.
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And skinny! finally they are letting her dress for her body, as her character starts to feel beautiful.
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Right, she is travelling, she just never chose to wear those jeans before… but now that she feels pretty she’ll pull them out of the trunk! But I guess she does have more luggage than the average traveller.
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There’s an earlier scene somewhere, maybe in Prague, when they come back to the hotel with a ton of shopping bags and she is on the phone with her sister saying she went shopping. So some of this she may have bought once she was alone and no one could judge her.
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I had not thought of that!
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