Happy Birthday Sonam!!!!!! A day to celebrate the movies you helped get greenlit, and the actors you helped to highlight.
Not including movies where Sonam’s co-star was already perfectly well known (like Ayushmanna Khurrana or Abhishek Bachchan). Am including co-stars who hit the “girls who like girls” hotness sweetspot. Oh, and also I guess Shahid doesn’t really belong here, but he is just so freakin’ hot in Mausam, I can’t resist.
Saawariya-Ranbir Kapoor
I Hate Luv Storys-Imran Khan
Aisha-Abhay Deol
Mausam-Shahid Kapoor
Raanjhanaa-Dhanush
Dolly Ki Doli-Rajkummar Rao
Khoobsurat-Fawad Khan
Veere Di Wedding-Swara Bhaskar
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga-Regina Cassandra
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga-Anil Kapoor
The Zoya Factor-Dulquer
My personal top three:
Fawad (obviously)
Anil Kapoor in ELKDTAL
Shahid in a uniform
What are yours?
dontcallitbollywood 
My Top Five in a very weird order where real and reel life mix:
1. Abhay
2. Fawad
3. Swara
4. Rajkummar (just because I went through a two month phase when right after hating him, I found him the most attractive man on the planet)
5. Regina
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If I were doing Real Life mixed in, I think Swara and Abhay might be tied for the top place. Swara is soooooooooooooooooo awesome. Abhay is less awesome, but still awesome, and I’m not Bi so he has an edge over Swara for me.
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 10:54 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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1. Fawad
2. Regina (I swear I have a crush on her every time I watch ELKDTAL)
3. Rajkummar
4. Swara
5. Shahid
6. Dhanush
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Look at the ladies! Climbing that list!!!! I wouldn’t be surprised if Sonam is Bi, at the very least I bet she has Queer female friends, because she seems very tuned into what ladies like in ladies. Hadn’t thought about it until putting together this list, but Regina is a delight, and Swara is too, in that very particular strong outspoken slightly flirty confident way.
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 11:53 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Yes! Partly the woman you wish you were and partly the woman you would really really want to hang out with and talk for hours on end
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1. FAWAD!!!
2. Swara
3. Everyone else (yes, including Anil).
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no love for Regina???? That is almost as surprising as excluding Anil!
Also, Abhay? The Best Deol?
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 12:45 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Not enough romance between Sonam and Regina in ELKDTAH for me to pick her. this would be the same argument I would give for Varun & Shraddha’s chemistry. Yes it’s there, but because of the lack of romance in their movies, I would still pick Varun & Alia.
I like Abhay but just don’t get any butterflies with him so meh. And I just think the chemistry between her and Fawad and her and Swara is so genuine and electric, that nothing else compares.
I love Anil but when I think about his chemistry with Juhi and Madhuri, unfortunately, to me his chemistry with Sonam just does not compare.
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Forget Sonam, just look at Anil-Juhi in ELKDTAL as a romance that Sonam helped bring about. then does he make your list? He cooks! He is a single father! He gives Juhi age-inappropriate outfits as presents!
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 1:18 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Absolutely top of the list Regina and Swara (Hey! I think I may have a type) then Fawad and Anil and I’m not crazy about the other guys.
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Just realized that there were two other female leads in Veere, Kareena and Shiksa. But in terms of chemistry, it is alllllllllllll about Swara and Sonam. Oo oo! Do you think there is a chance that her Sneaker Collector husband is a beard and she and Swara are a thing in real life? Nah, probably not, I don’t think Sonam would bother with a beard.
Although I do think in general she has the best chemistry with slightly more sort of “feminine” feeling guys. Fawad was all proper and scared and she had to teach him to be brave, and then there’s that whole least of pretty soft hearted guys here.
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 1:04 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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1. Regina
2. Swara
3. Rajkummar
4. Fawad
5. Dulquer
6. Danush
But the true hottest one is Jim Sarbh in Neerja. Okay, fine, maybe even he’s beneath Regina.
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Is Sonam a lesbian icon now?
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Yes, totally. Not for herself, but for what she gives to The World. Swara, Regina, and she had Rani in her very first movie:
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 1:13 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I mean, I think she’s cute. I don’t know how she strikes women in India though, but I guess she has to be some sort of icon for her roles. Speaking of which, Veere di could have been gayer.
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Can’t remember if it was you or Eva who mentioned that Regina-Sonam may have seemed bland to a lot of people, but if Regina hit you right in ELKDTAL she was hot like FIRE in her few scenes.
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 1:12 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I agree with whoever said it…bland chemistry between the 2 in ELKDTAL but every time the camera hit Regina YIKES! 😍🥰🥰🥰😍
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The thing is, I think they had good chemistry, but I’m basing that on like the 5 seconds where they were (barely) interacting so I could just be projecting because Regina is so hot.
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I have seen only 2 and half movies from the list so I can’t talk about chemistry and stuff but my list would be:
1.Swara
2.Abhay / Fawad
3. Dhanush
4. Dulquer (such a hot guy, why oh why this movie stinks so much?)
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Wait, why is Swara top of your list? Have you seen VDW, or is it just based on this image?
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 2:36 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I haven’t seen VDW, I just love Swara as an actress and as a person.
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I’m also a Fawad-Swara person. I love Rajkummar but I don’t find him hot. Anil is hot but not in ELKDTAL (hotter in DDD). Everyone else, eh.
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But he’s a terrible father in DDD! And a great father in ELKDTAL. Does that not contribute to the hotness?
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 5:39 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Regina Tweeted this after ELKDTAL came out. THE NEW GAY ICON!
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I’ve only seen three movies out of these, so it’s pretty easy (and seem to be the top picks)-
Fawad
Swara/Abhay
Swara I have to say, it’s mostly because of how badass she is IRL, and how she blew me away in the Tanu Weds Manu films when she was an unknown!
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I remember Swara from Prem Ratan Dhan Payo! Should have been a totally boring part, hero’s sister, and she made it the most interesting character in the film.
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 7:09 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Going to betray Shahid and go with a Fawad-Swara tie. Though for Sonam chemistry, I think I’d pick Abhishek in Delhi-6.
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She and Abhishek co-starred a few times, but somehow it never quite worked for me.
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 11:44 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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It might be because I like her character in that movie better than others. The brassy confidence with a sweet side works perfectly.
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I haven’t seen most of these movies, but from this list:
1) Fawad, duh
2) Regina
3) Dulquer
4) Swara
5) Everyone else
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Dang Regina! Even beating Swara on your list!
On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 1:43 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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