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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This must be before Karan talked to Shahrukh about wearing tighter pants to show off his cute butt. Right? These are not good pants.
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Trivia: the original script was condoms instead of beer. I think it was a good switch, condoms maybe makes more sense for a convenience store and stuff, but it would just make us have questions about Shahrukh’s life.
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Woo, Dad’s gone! Every day’s a party when he isn’t here!
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She’s wearing jeans in front of her father here.
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But she’s pretending to listen to humns and read religious tests, so it balances
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This is such a pretty shot
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Now I am thinking baout the running gag in K3G about Kajol’s horrible voice with morning prayers
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I was thinking, wow, she really can’t sing.
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I think you should complain, complaining would be okay.
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Sorry, that was in REsponse to Kajol saying I’m not complaining, but…
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I love seeing these dialogues and compararing them to Humpty Sharma. I am going to have to watch that movie after this.
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Yes! Where she said “Dad, I have a right to make up my own mind and you have to listen to me and respect me”
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This is such a well written scene, you can see Kajol’s brainwashing but also her growing awareness of the unfairness without being able to say out loud “I think this is unfair”. Or something. Does that make sense?
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And in real life SRK is late for everything!
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Did people really have suitcases like that in 1995? so dumb! no wheels! No straps!
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Looks like something her mother might have brought with her when they moved to London, so passing on the luggage to the next generation since it’s still working (just)
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Yes, they are cheaper! I used such a suitcase in 2010 to transport a pack n play.
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So is SRK just pretending the door won’t open?
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No, I think it really won’t open from this side. Later Sheena opens from inside.
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I thought maybe he was pretending so he could spend time with her…
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BUT THEN he closes the door behind the girls, yet still manages to get in?
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I’m still saying it was just stuck until Sheena opened it. He seemed kind of embarrassed he couldn’t open it.
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I love Kajol’s glasses!!!
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Shahrukh is being super irritating, but she could at least say “Hi, I’m Simran” and be moderately polite instead of all “I’m a girl, I’m Sharam, I can’t even talk to strange men”
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I’m gonna side with Simran here, if you say hi they pester you more.
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I agree with Genevieve. I felt like Simran was actually pretty confident in this scene. I really think the “sharam” is a complete show for her father.
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Dang Kajol! How Sharam are you if you are reading a book with a naked man on the cover?
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“Summer Lovin’, happened so fast…..”
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I love Karan so much in this. What a cutie pie!
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A very fancy dinner sponsored by the train company. Realism is boring.
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And the opera singer has a pink wig. PARIS!
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ANd they are totally happy to hand the mike over to the 19 year old guest.
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And the wallpaper with the Eiffel Tower to crown the idea that THIS IS PARIS
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He is using the exact same lines on purpose, just to piss Kajol off.
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Sheena is so good at flirting and Kajol is clearly a little jealous of her knowing how to flirt, right?
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I think that’s part of it here. But also she really doesn’t like him. Yet.
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She thinks flirting is stupid. She thinks her friend is wasting her time talking to such a jerk who used the exact same lines on her.
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Well, this is way worse than anything he’s done to her so far!
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Also, which 19 year old brings a three piece suit and a ball gown on a European train trip?
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This is one of my favorite SRK songs ever.
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I LOVE this one too!
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So fun!
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This bit–where he pretends not to play and acts like a fool–reminds me a bit of Mohan intentionally giving the wrong answers when he visits Gita’s class.
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This is the only song Farah did for the movie. It was supposed to be Saroj, but she was days late for the filming schedule, so Shahrukh called his friend Farah to do it instead. And you know it is a Farah song because, notice, there are dancing waiters! Farah loves dancing waiters. Oh, and also Shahrukh looks really fun and charming, Farah always makes him look good.
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I love the trombone hitting Kajol’s head.
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THe back up dancers are so short!
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Berets and sunglasses on the chorus, PARIS!
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It would never be on a lot in Mumbai, unimaginable!
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DANCING WAITERS!!!!
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The dancing waiters are sexy. Farah’s onto some thing there.
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Watch Desi Girl, she uses them almost the exact same way there and it still works great.
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Shahrukh has so much more energy in this song than he does now, the leaping around and stuff, but his dancing is so much worse. Does that make sense?
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For some reason SRK’s dancing in this song is giving me serious Shammi feels. I wonder if Farah did that on purpose.
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I was thinking the same thing! It’s a very Shammi kind of song situation too, nightclub number in western clothes, teasing the girl, all of that.
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YES!!! Farah must have been inspired by Shammi for this song.
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This outfit is not kind to Kajol’s hips
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And who is the imaginary photographer who took their pic of this moment since NO ONE has cameras on them!
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Maybe Karan quickly ran to the side and took the photo than ran back into place?
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I feel so much sympathy for this poor Swiss tourism booth owner. Just buy something you irritating young people!
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SRK could be from Southern California here, that’s how they often treat clerks as well!
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It’s giving me flashbacks to when I worked at a movie theater. Flirting teenagers can stop up a line like nothing else.
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I love the back story to Raj dropping Simran at the end of the song–that Adi and Shah Rukh planned it without telling her so that look of shock was utterly real!
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Kajol is a terrible fake cryer.
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that “Shahrukh comforting” scene was absolutely improvised, right? Kajol just fake cried and Shahrukh did random things to try to comfort her.
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I like the goofy hat.
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She’s wearing a beret, did it come from Paris?
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Must have!
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Where did Kajol get the new outfit? why does this bother me so much every time I watch the movie?
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Ha! It drives me nuts too.
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Her bags are bigger on the inside, if course!
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Kajol was brought up in London and has an Indian accent?!?!
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Because Amrish made her, obviously
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More Pearl Jam plaid.
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SHut up is a really bad word for me. Something you NEVER say to people. ANd yet in Indian films I hear it all the time.
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I think it might be an English-fied version of “Chup”, which isn’t that big of a deal to say in Hindi. So you think Chup=Shut Up because it sounds similar, but Shut Up is actually way ruder than “chup” (which is more just “quiet”, like you might say to a little kid when you want them to go to sleep)
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I figured Chup was like Hush.
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Yes! That’s it!
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This is relaly really obnoxious Shahrukh, but then she’s also been super ungrateful and thinking the worst of you. So you can do your car revving thing.
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They really do have great screen chemistry.
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A random stranger in the middle of no where was okay with you staying in his remote house and you are all okay with with it?! This is how horror movies start!
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or VRBO
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But it’s Shahrukh! He’s so cute!
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He could probably have handled his better instead of putting off telling her until she asked. But also, they are renting a room in the house of random Swiss people! They have to take what they can get!
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My comments seem to be delayed but: how is it that wealthy Raj has no money for a hotel?
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Maybe his money was in his suitcases? Or be blew all his cash renting the car?
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Oh man, I really want a hamburger
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Same. I had no idea how hungry I was until just now.
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