So excited for a DDLJ watchalong! I will be very superficial and dumb I suspect, far less “let’s consider the deconstruction of the typical Hindi film hero” and far more “his DIMPLES!!!!”
DDLJ! It’s on Prime, it’s on googleplay, it’s on youtube, it’s in your heart! At 10am, press play and join us. Or if you show up late, just go to whatever minute after 10am Chicago time it is. Does that make sense? I’m on a lot of medication right now.
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There WILL be an intermission. At Intermission. We will pause and then pick up again at a time I indicate. So, when you see the Intermission freeze frame, just pause.
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Here!
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I”ve read articles where women said that SRK’s Raj ruined men for them because they could never find someone as good. This has mystified me as I first saw DDLJ as an adult, so Raj kinda seems like an immature punk, who is lucky enough to be rich. So I trust viewers here will try to illuminate me as to why THIS character became the heart throb.
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It’s the second half where he is special, he goes into the kitchen and jokes with women and does Karwa Chauth fast along with her and all that stuff. First half, yeah, just a regular punk mostly.
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And PLAY! I hope I’m not all alone, but it’s okay if I am for this movie, I love it so much I don’t need other people 🙂
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I can’t remember what the yrf music is from, does anyone know?
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No, but now I can’t hear a mandolin without thinking it came from this film.
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That opening tune is just *chef’s kiss*
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I wonder if London is always rainy on purpose to contrast with Punjab, or if it just rained the whole time they were on location filming?
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There seem to be a lot of mustard flowers in India, according to films.
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Did we all see “introducing Karan Johar”?
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Yep 🙂
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Hi hi. I am here.
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These are really good subtitles. I don’t like this song that much, and I am appreciating it more just from the lyrics. Good on you Prime and YRF!
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Sonic Frosties and juice, the breakfast of champions.
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5 mintues into the movie, and we’ve had Stroh’s, Frosted Flakes, and we are about to have th eorange drink. Such delightful brand placement in this movie.
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This little girl played “Annie” in the Indian remake of Annie early the same year, in which Shahrukh was a supporting character for her. So weird that now she is the funny little sister and in thier last movie she was the star.
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How old was Kajol when this movie was made?
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19
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It amazes me that today she looks just the same. Older, but the same.
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oh, confirmation that she is 18. And I guess SRK is 22 since he is failing college? A little young for her to fall in love, but way way too young for her to be rushed into an arranged marriage.
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I love how delightfully frizzy Kajol’s hair is. That is how one looks when they wake up!
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I like how Kajol looks, wild.
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And almost no make-up! The curse of Max Factor has not fallen on her
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Also, WOOT! Female desire shown and respected by the film!
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SHAHRUKH!!!
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I distinctly remember this moment the first time I watched the movie, thinking “oh my gosh,t he hero is so gross. I don’t even want to keep watching”.
Shorts and wet hair is not a good look for Shahrukh.
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Speedo isn’t a good look on him either. Or on anyone.
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John Abraham
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and Sid in SOTY may be the ONLY exceptions.
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Either that woel is freakishly large or Kajol is freakishly small
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I’m here but have to dip in and out! It’s DDLJ after all!
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Of course! Just let it play in th ebackground of your life.
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Why did Adi think we wanted to see Shahrukh’s legs? I don’t want to see his legs.
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I like his legs.
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I love Kajol’s light blue jeans, white shirt and rose vest. I WANT IT! (minus jeans, because they are from Hell!)
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The “middle class Indian-British home” decor is perfect.
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Denim on denim!!!
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This was the era when Shahrukh’s signature look was a half untucked shirt. It’s endearing, but I’m glad he got over it.
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I hate it. Also also hate the current, Queer Eye look of only have the front of the shirt tucked in.
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Strangely I can’t remember the first time I saw this
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Anupama talks about how this is such a sexy sequence for Kajol, but then Farida is there taking down clothes in the background and it immediately changes it from “sexy” to “teenage girl still growing up”.
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That’s girl is Sheena
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That girl is now fashin editor at Vogue India!
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Does Kajol only wear crop tops and short skirts when her father is at work?
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That’s how I always interpreted it.
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Karan is such a baby!
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Karan is so precious in this it makes me smile
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Karan Johar! This is when he thought he was fat and ugly, but he’s adorable, right? He could totally have gotten dates.
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WE all know there’s only 8 years difference between Anupam and Shahrukh, right? But I think this was the 2nd or 3rd time they played father-son, and they’ve perfected the chemistry
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ha ha! I do now.
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The father son relationship is fun. In real life the actors are only 10 years apart right?
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Huh. We have Kajol goofing with he rMom like a friend and then Shahrukh goofing with his Dad right next to it. Maybe a sign that they are meant to be together? Or that thereis more in common between their two households than appears? Or just that this is how Adi sees healthy kid-parent relationships?
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This is sucha great speech, all those fathers who say “I had to work hard at your age, how can you enjoy”, and this Dad saying “I had to work hard and that was sucky, I want something better for you”
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Agreed! I love this speech so much!!
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Did anyone else ever wonder why Pops didn’t attend graduation?
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I never have before, but now I do!
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BEfore I had children I used to call my Dad “Pops” too.
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TANG
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Smelling a letter is WEIRD.
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Yeah, Dad’s home, they are all in traditional clothes all of a sudden.
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HA! Yes.
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How can a man be married with daughters and still be so clueless about women?
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Because his wife and daughters have protected him by lying to him their entire lives! He doesn’t even know his daughter wears jeans. This is not a great family.
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Wilful ignorance and Patriarchy and TRADITION!
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The writing in the journal was exceptionally neat and centered.
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Of course you can dream, just don’t expect it to come true. Boy, great parenting there!
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Conceal, Dont Feel! Frozen got it from this movie. 😉
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They are both wearing ugly necklaces, thus it was meant to be.
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I love it.
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Pringles!
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I love pringles, they don’t chip in backpacks. Much better than TANG.
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Sweet Paprika is my favourite Pringles and they are so good on trips when you don’t have to worry about spillage or a wrongly opened bag! So convenient!
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This is a really big store for Amrish to run all by himself. But I guess he can’t have his daughters helping behind the counter, because then they would hae to talk to strange men.
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Women in his family work?! But then who is going to clean the house and cook him dinner?!
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And sit home thinking about being Sharam!
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SRKs plaid shirt makes me think of Pearl Jam.
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1995, so that’s the right era, right?
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Yep.
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