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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The double sorrys are cute. Such a well written film.
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Shah Rukh’s shirt would be a great Christmas morning shirt.
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I’m sure Pearl Jam has a christmas album.
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But if they are both in the barn, why can’t they both bei n the room? what’s the difference? Or why can’t she be in the room and he in the barn? why waste the room?
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I know!
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this is an urban legend, right? If I’m stuck in a barn with a cute boy, I shouldn’t believe him when he suggests getting drunk to prevent hypothermia?
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YES and completely incorrect. Alcohol gives off the feeling that you are getting warmer because of the way liver processes it but is in fact lowering your core body temperature.
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Seasons are clearly fickle in spring/summer/early autumn in Switzerland. Snow when it’s all green outside??
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In Switzerland’s defense it often snows in the mountains in spring after things have turned green. We’ve gone skiing in June some years!
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Wow! That’s very late! I mean, in Finland we get what we call “takatalvi” when it snows when it shouldn’t, but never in the summer months, we just have the sun never go down to confuse us when to go to bed.
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The upcoming lighting always drives me crazy, it is supposed to be night, but often looks like the middle of the day.
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I’m going with “they left the barn before it was totally dark, ran around for 2 hours, then went back to the room once it was night-night”
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No see, this time they explain the costume change!
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Now I’m upset again, where did she get the swimsuit?
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And how did her dress become long again by the end of the song?
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She pulled him right out of his shoes!
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How is Kajol wet but SRK completely dry besides his hair?
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movie MAGIC!
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Kajol looks better in that shirt than Shahrukh ever did
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She doesn’t have enough clothes now, so she gets to wear the pearl jam shirt.
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THe zipper scene!
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Remember in Maine Pyar Kiya when Salman closed his eyes to put ointment on Bhagyashree’s ankle? We’ve come a long way!
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The first time I saw this movie, I actually thought they had sex at this point. anyone else?
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Even after he starts giggling and shows the fake hickies?
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No no, just when he is saying “what happened was what was always going to happen”
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Ooo, Kaali voice
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He is Hindustani, so he wouldn’t do anything while abroad, meanwhile in India men…..
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But non Hindustani girls have no izzat.
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Okay.
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Just to clarify. That was PURE sarcasm
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ANOTHER NEW DRESS!!!!!! Where is she keeping them?
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Although this dress is so tiny, she legitmately could have been carrying it in her purse.
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Did you all see the BTS for this? They were in fits of giggles
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That is so much fun to watch!
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Where are they getting these unlimited supply of new clothes. This is why they don’t have any money for a hotel room. Fools!
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This smitten looks he has is just so swoon-worthy “looking the way women wanted to be looked at” all the way
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He does that look better than anyone else.
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Sometimes in this movie Kajol’s curves are so crazy, it almost looks like a cartoon character. Her baby fat distributed in funny ways.
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I think he likes her because she was a fun drunk.
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It’s an important thing to know before making a commitment!
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The thumbs up to God? that’s when the older women of India began to fall in love with him.
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Why? What is it about that movement that older women love?
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No, just the cute little boy feel of not knowing how to end a prayer but still trying to pray
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Well this certainly fits into all your marriage posts – marrying a man you’ve never met?!?
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Yep! Exactly! This movie is so good because it just shows the situation from Kajol’s side, without any big preaching or anything.
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Adi! Taking a stand against arranged marriages! In the most subtle non-preachy wa possible.
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Was his divorce in process here?
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No, his first engagement was in process 🙂 He married his college sweetheart, not arranged. And then it went horribly horribly wrong. But at this moment in time, he thought it would work out.
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Maybe Eurail package includes a photographer who hides behind bushes and takes photos of you at all times and then you get the photos in a package at the end?
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REALITY IS BORING!
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There is a name for that. CREEP!
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Maybe it’s Akshaye’s summer job before Taal? that’s how he got so good at stalker photos?
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This makes perfect sense!
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Shahrukh’s friends are all exchanging phone numbers with Simran’s friends for sure
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Wimp.
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He doesn’t know if she will say “yes” or “no”! It’s scary! You need an out
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It is immature to need an out, BUT he is immature, as is she.
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how did Shah Rukh’s guitar change colors?
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He put it in Kajol’s magic purse that creates new objects from old.
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I have a friend who went to Switzerland but couldn’t convince her parents to do the DDLJ tour and thus missed out on visiting this bridge. I want to do the DDLJ tour and see the bridge!
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You should do it!
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Sometimes I can see Kajol’s mustache, and she is still gorgeous. I love that.
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Karan and Manish Malhotra had such a hard time with her in this movie. They had to tie her down to do her hair and put on make-up because she just found the whole thing so boring.
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I was just thinking that! I love how naturally hairy and gorgeous she is.
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Are we all emotionally prepared for the moment when Margaret fell completely head over heels in love with Shahrukh forever and ever and ever?
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Was it this one? At the train station?
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The “No I won’t come”?
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There it is! The “tch” and head shake. Still kills me, CHILLS! I’ve got chills!
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WHERE IS SHAHRUKH’S HOUSE!!!!! Is this a direct route or is he just driving around for a bit for no reason?
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Driving convertables through Switzerland sure looks like fun.
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And Switzerland has yellow flowers just like India, and well, I guess every country.
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Love the hat, hate the belt
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Ah, a very Switzerland-like England for Shahrukh, meanwhile Kajol is all over the London public transport system
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Personally I think the London scenes work better than the countryside ones.
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Same here, more authentic
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It is SUCH a moment. CHills indeed!
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My first DVD of DDLJ had a funky skip in the middle of this song, so I watched it over and over again to wear down the skip, which eventually worked. Anyway, now I am transported back to my dorm room in college watching this on my laptop over and over and over.
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Does Kajol’s family seem like the kind of family that would have her take public transit all over London instead of picking her up at the train station?
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I was about to say something very inappropriate about SRK’s bus scene shot but I am refraining.
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Shucks, now I’ll have to go back to look at later.
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Ooh I wonder what you were gonna say?
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Musical instrument getting wet in the rain… I can’t help but cringe.
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Not a fan on this hat.
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Is it blasphemy to say that I think Lataji’s voice is already going and sounds too thin and old?
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Thumbs down to the red pants.
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Rugby shirt! Rugby shirt! It’s a good look, it gives him shoulders.
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Kajol looks so pretty in this one shot. The tentative smile gets me every time.
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