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 SCENE IS SO SEXY AND INTIMATE!
JUST KISS YOU CRAZY KIDS!!!
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HEY! He’s singing the title of the movie1
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The people running ina nd out of the room right on the other side of the wall does not make this less sexy.
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Okay, that shoulder kiss is bringing me around to Filmikudhi’s “they had sex in the field” theory.
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Awwww, look at her littl epimples!
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I’ve switched to two single blankets on my double bed when I share it with my sister, and it is so much better! Why do people even try sharing a double blanket?
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I have a lot of blanket wars, we should try this.
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More women being perceptive.
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I love the SRK as servant helper bits.
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Why would you translate badam (almond) to pistachios?!?!?!
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I have always wondered about that! Didn’t realize it was a poor translation, just wondered what this pistachio dessert I had never heard of was.
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The scene where Kajol didn’t know how to look shy!
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WOOT! Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna!!!!! this is the best of Sarojji just as the Paris song wa sthe best of Farah.
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This is such a good song, my absolute favourite!
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Is this Lataji again? Because her voice sounds better. Maybe it’s just an easier key for her.
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Yes, it is her.
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More “Shahrukh had way more energy and less knee pain, but wasn’t as good a dancer” kind of moves.
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I have a strong appreciation for the energy.
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You’re right she does sound better. I think it is still her.
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Just looked it up, she did every song except for Zara Se Jhoom which was Ashaji. And Ghar Aaja Pardesi, which was Pam Chopra.
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For her first movie, Mandira does a good job with this song.
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SRK is so charming in this dance, but not attractive. His charm is amazing, it makes me find him adorable.
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Farida is so cute.
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Jinx!
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Love this bit, Farida is so pretty.
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She is beautiful.
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It is bizzare how Amrish can go from super jerk to weirdly charming and possible even attracting in this one song.
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There’s a cut bit in the script where Adi wrote in a backstory, Farida explains to Kajol that Amrish was a happy smiling young man, and then they were tricked out of all their money when they first arrived in London, and she never saw him smile again. I feel like this song is kind of calling back to that, Amrish regaining his happy youth for a moment.
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Wow typos. It is bizzare how Amrish can go from being a super jerk to weirdly charming and even possibly attractive in this one song.
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This is such a great song. It’s from Waqt, Yash Chopra’s first movie as independent director. The opening song, a happy husband singing to his wife with their three children playing around them. And then a chandelier falls and the family is separated for two decades. Classic Yashji!
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Oh, a chandelier! I must watch Waqt after this! I thought a helicopter rose accident was the most over the top he had gone, but a chandelier just sounds so OTT!
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It is a fun movie. Plus the grandmother in this movie (Achala Sachdev) is the mother in that movie.
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Oh oh! this is one of the scenes I just analyzed! I love how over the top the physical comedy is as they trap him on the couch.
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Anupam has a stupid suitcase too! And he’s rich, he could afford one with wheels and straps. Maybe this is how he stays rich? Saving money on luggage?
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Et tu Anupam Kher?! Only Indian women have sanskar, therefore he tells his son to being home an Indian wife. UGH.
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But it’s a lie! Shahrukh really wants the short skirt Kajol from London and Anupam knows it.
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Kajol > than Preeti, but Satish Shah > Amrish Puri. It’s a hard choice, which family to marry into!
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Always Satish Shah! He just seems like such a fun dad in every movie.
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And now I am thinking about how Kuch Naa Kaho is such an underappreciated movie again.
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You know how much I LOVE that movie. Let’s watch it during a watchalong!!!
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It’s VERY HARD to find with English subtitles, heck, even einthusan doesn’t have it with subs
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UGH. That is too bad. If I find one with substitles, I will let you know.
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Thank you if you do. 🙂 I’ve wanted to watch that movie too, but haven’t been able to find where to see it with english subs.
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I am kind of with Kajol here. Shahrukh is just being mean making fun of her.
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I love the like father like daughter line.
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Do you think they got a deal on the green silk, so after thye made Kajol’s outfit, they made a PAthani suit for Satish out of the same?
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TUCK IN YOUR SHIRT SHAHRUKH!!!!
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I went back to your scene by scenes last night and realized I have a lot to catch up on! I just love reading them!
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Oh oh! Here’s the real love story of the film.
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The sweetest!
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Kajol looks way too grown up in that sari and hair. It weirds me out.
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Especially because she is playing the age of her character, so she shouldn’t ever look more than 19
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Question: is Himani going to have a tiny little sister for Shahrukh? Are she and Kajol going to be pregnant simultaneously? that’s weird, right?
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Ooo oo, prepare for casual every day romance that is just killer
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This holiday, with women fasting, is it as big of a deal in India as it is in Indian movies?
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It’s specific to the Punjabi culture/region, but I think it is something that is done within that community pretty routinely. Not necessarily with a big party and stuff, more just that you fast that day and then go out for dinner. And it would be very VERY weird to do it before marriage.
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It seems to be a big deal in north India and filmy families. All the celebrities seem to post Karva Cauth posts. We have never ever had it in our family (even extended) and only knew about it because of the movies.
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Notice that Farida and Shahrukh and Anupam are gathered around and worried, and Amrish is kind of hanging back like “eh, my daughter fainted, whatevs, at least she isn’t shaming the family”
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I think they need to take Chutki to live with them after marriage, partly to get her away from Amrish, but partly so these young idiots have a live in marriage therapist.
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GO FARIDA GO!!!!!! Next step, divorce, and then joining an extremist activist feminist community group! She could go around giving pamphlets to London housewives telling them to stand up for themselves!
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And take Chutki with you!
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Heck, make Chutki lead the feminist radical group!
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Oh I love that. I want to see Chutki’s story next.
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I wrote a fanfic a while ago. I had her fall in love with her friendly med school rival, then he faked a broken leg in front of the house to sneak inside, Shahrukh gave him similar ultimatums, and so on. But the ending was the boyfriend telling Shahrukh “forget you, Patriarch! We are eloping!” And then Shahrukh said “you pased the test! I was wrong as a young man for not eloping, and waiting for permission from her father! You have proven your love is more true than mine, get married with my blessing!”
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Again, women are so much smarter than the men!!! Shah Rukh why do you insist on not listening to the women?!?!
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But he’s not listening to the woman because he’s remembering what his mother, another woman, told him! He’s caught between female voices!
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But his mother told him to choose the right path and given that Amrish Puri is wrong here, he isn’t even listening to his mother!
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GALAT!!!! Wrong!
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I am kind of liking Anupam Kher’s beret.
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He must have stopped off in Paris.
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Or Shahrukh bought it for him as a souvenir
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I love hating on Kuljit, but Humpty really did make it more of an interesting story by making the Kuljit character a really nice guy with nothing wrong with him.
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Agreed. I have been thinking of Humpty throughout this movie.
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It wasn’t till Kuljit said he could play around even after getting married that he turned into a legitimate bad guy in my eyes. I hang out with hunters. My husband and son even got a hunting license when everything was shut down. Of course we don’t own a gun…
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It’s not the hunting that bothers me so much as that it is clearly set up as the only thing this guy does. He doesn’t read books, he doesn’t make new friends, he has no interest in anything but going around with his yes men carrying a gun.
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Now I’ve got “Kabooter Ja Ja Ja” going through my head. Stop saying Kabooter!
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HA!
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Shahrukh puts more effort in wooing the family than Kuljit ever does (the entitled jerk!)
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The grandma needs her rest so she can gain the strength for KKKG.
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So, did shahrukh have a plan or not? Because this whole thing only works out thanks to the marriage being moved super far up and all these other events that are out of his control.
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Seee? This movie is so good! We know how Simran has a ticket for the train because Anupam explains that he had a plan in advance! Unlike all those other movies where thye just jump on the train and figure it out later.
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Unhappy bride surrounded by jewelry boxes, classic.
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NOOOOO! The photo of FATE! Also, this whole bit is such an immitation of HAHK
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Sincerely worried every time that Amrish’s eyes are just going to pop out of his skull and be flopping around.
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