Woo-hoo! Hopefully a movie that will get everyone pumped and happy and excited to think about. I know that’s what it will do for me, starting my weekend with a BANG.
Om Shanti Om! The Pain of Disco! Dhoom Tana! Everything happy and good! Join me here in about half an hour, at 3pm Chicago time.
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YES THE MANOJ KUMAR PARODY
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And he got offended!!!!! In real life! Which just makes it that much funnier
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It is peak Manoj Kumar
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So, glad you are staying up for this for at least a little bit!
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Whoohoo I got here right in time for Ek Chutki Sindoor!!
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Pappu’s shirt is also pretty amazing.
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True statement
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Sunil Dutt? Yes? With no shirt?
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It would be a different movie if they put me into it, let me tell you. ALthough it’s actually pretty racey already.
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SUNIIIIL
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my literal dream
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One of my favorite gags,! Driving license with face covered
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Shahrukh is so joyous here, it’s not fully comic, it’s more comic/childish. Like his Duplicate character but slightly toned down, not like the bitter over the top comic feeling of Zero.
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Yup
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11-year-old – Why do the men have oil on their skin? – How do you answer that?
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“Too make them shiny”
How are you going to explain the entirity of Dard-E-Disco?
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Hydrates it under studio lights
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Rajesh!!!! You handsome jerk!
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This part was filmed pre-six pack, yes? Or that scarf was hiding a lot…
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I think so, I think the six pack filming schedule was all it’s own thing after the rest was done.
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There was no six pack there…
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Flowers kissing!!
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This movie was more boring than I thought but that sequence was still great
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The bright colours are such a dream in this. So bright! So happy!
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Badminton joke! Because Dips comes from a badminton royalty family!
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Humjoli was pretty anticlimactic though
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The badminton part is the BEST
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I love that part too!
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Deepika was a badminton player, wasn’t she?
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Badminton champion, and her dad was the best player in the world for a few years
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Clever how they splice in bits from older movies
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Manoj Kumar, continuing to be a killjoy
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What’s the gypsy scene from? Caravan? It’s the only one I don’t know
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I don’t know any of them! But the gypsy scene has an homage to Gene Kelly’s The Pirate, so I can share that.
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It’s Amrapali, Saacche Jhutha, Humjoli, and something starring I think Randhir
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Yes I think she was supposed to be Asha Parekh
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I kind of want Pappu’s shirt.
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The 8-year-old got so nervous about SRK getting arrested he ran out of the room.
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He can come back now
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He came back.
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Deepika rocked all the outfits but the banjaaran one’s my fav
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Kainaat- you just got a shoutout from SRK!
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Haha this is one of the inspirations behind the name. Not my actual name though!
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I assumed it was not your real name but I still love it. And you you got another shout out, so it’s a great inspiration!
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Wait, does this mean “Filmikudhi” is not your real name? I’m SHOCKED!
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Darnit! I should have keep you in the dark longer!
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I have this award speech framed and up on my wall at home. I recommend you all do the same, especially now.
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I read “The Alchemist” because of this movie.
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Wowza. If that’s not love, what is?!
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Oh I miss you guys!!! Can’t jump in now, getting house ready for Cosmo’s homecoming tomorrow!
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Happy Mother’s Day Week!!! Kirron being filmi and also sweet and loving. Best kind of mother.
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Awe, i love Kirron’s dimples so much!
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I can only stay until my happy hour zoom starts, alas.
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Well, because of the speech we just had, you know the film will have a happy ending
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I’ve seen it a few times…:)
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‘Just don’t throw up in my lap’
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It was very cute mother son scene. Except it was so sentimental I lost all my children.
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But now there will be ana ction scene! Tell them to come back!
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I made a shirt like that for my husband in 1972.
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Is the crazy director supposed to be anyone in particular?
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Not that I know of. I think it might be a cameo from the scriptwriter of this film
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That Salaam part is adorable
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He’s so incredibly evil/hot!!!!!
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If only he didn’t have that weird hair cut.
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Boo! (Mike)
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Question: Arjun in this or Rana in Bahubali, who is the hotter villain?
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Rana, hands down
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100% Rana!
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I don’t know what is was about the 2 hours of Bahubali I saw, but I thought there was an absence of hot men. Thus Arjun is my winner.
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Finally the man gets some love!
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Arjun, his voice seals it for me
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I loooooooooooooooove the slam at Guru Dutt and Satyajit Ray versus Manmohan Desai. nothing like making fun of dead genius directors in a total in joke.
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Also Satish Shah is supposed to be Bengali director so obviously those are his inspirations
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For newbies, this is based on a real story, Sunil Dutt rushing into a burning field to save Nargis and then she married him.
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I legitimately love Deepika’s outfit here!
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Reminds me a little of Choli Ke Peeche, are they both Rajasthani or something?
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It does look like Choli Ke Peeche and I love that outfit too. And yes, I think it is from Rajasthan. I can’t remember what that type of work is called.
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The slo mo run!
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I think she could have walked out through the haystacks, probably, lol
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I really like Dips’ shirt here, but surprisingly I also really like Pappu’s shirt!
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HNY – with Deepika behind SRK
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A rising star in the south! Pappu is a master wingman
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Maine Pyar Kiya!
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Skinny young Sooraj!
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That Sooraj part is both cute and funny, also ‘Friend’ cap
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Genevieve quick get the kids back, they would love this part!
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It drew them in successfully.
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Is this a parody of cowboy movies? Southern movies? Or was there really a southern cowboy craze?
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Parody on Rajnikath movies.
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Thank you!! I’ve been wondering for years what the parody was meant to be of
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Cannot stop laughing!
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This is Rajni right?
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Must be. I’d say also maybe Mohanlal except that he wasn’t until the 80s.
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Yes.
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