Yaaaaay, Kabhi Kabhie! Shashi Kapoor being AWESOME, Raakhee being pretty good, everyone else being shades of terrible culminating in truly terrible Amitabh. The snark should be strong in us.
Kabhi Kabhie! Watch on Amazon Prime, or youtube, or googleplay, or DVD starting at 3pm Chicago time.
I will start the comments off at 3pm, and then you all pile on after me, right here.
dontcallitbollywood 
Every time a bomb blasts, I think they are secretly playing Holi because of all the colors.
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A violent Holi indeed.
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Like from Ram Leela!
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Wait, the mine wants to burn the forest? This mine is so wack!
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Well, Amitabh is the one in charge, so I assume it is terrible run. He probably wanted to burn the forest because it would reflect the fire of his pain.
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Hahaahhahahahahahhah! XD
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OH, fire of his pain… that was good.
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Punjabi horses have superpowers
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Oh, that makes sense then. Probably all the alcohol they drink
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8 year old says the actors are in serious danger.
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This is a true statement! The 70s were wild
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The cinema quality seems better for the 70’s than in the US. Plus, the clothing is waaayyyy less atrocious.
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Okay. So as soon as Rishi tells Sweetie that Neetu is his fiance, Sweetie is all … “Oh cool, my bad?!” How does that make it all okay?
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Yes! Instead of worse, that he was flirting while he was engaged
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I am lost, how did this whole experience make Amitabh realize he loved his wife?
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He hit his head somewhere, no other explanation
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Apparently that chase sequence knocked sense into everyone
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Exactly?! It makes no sense. All of a sudden he is in love with his wife after 20 years of being awful to her?!
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In his defense when I almost killed my infant son by accident 11 years ago, I realized I needed to be nicer to my husband.
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But surely you weren’t Amitabh-level terrible before that?
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No. But hormones and lack of sleep will do a number on you.
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That’s what parents keep telling me, but I refuse to believe it is any different from getting a new puppy
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If Margaret is lost, how the hell are the rest of us supposed to keep up??
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The poor trees had to burn for their silly family action
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Waheeda DO NOT FORGIVE HIM!!!!
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LEAVE, Waheeda! You know Shashi would take you in and help you find a job and stuff!
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Exactly!! And then we could have another Kuch Naa Kaho situation.
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Done, I’m writing a sequel with Waheeda starting a new life in Delhi with Shashi and Rishi and Raakhee.
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Shashi, once again being the best man ever
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Karan says this film heavily influenced K3G, do you think that includes the “scene where Amitabh asks for forgiveness he does not deserve and is given it”?
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Well he was certainly pompous in K3G so character wise it went hand in hand.
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Oh I had never thought of that. It makes sense though.
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That flower “Love is Life” was very well done, you could see it on IG even today
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Rishi’s dress is more elaborate than Neetu’s
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He’s his father’s son!
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No end credits! Oh it’s all at the beginning
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During the Sex Song so they know we are paying attention
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Thank you for this, Margaret! Never saw this film till the end before and the snarking with you all made it all the better 😀
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It’s so worth watching until the end! The middle third gets a bit irritating, but the finale is amazing.
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This was so fun. Thanks Margaret!
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Thank you Margaret. If Distance learning is like this every week popping in won’t be a problem. We’ll see…
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Fingers crossed!
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Thank you Margaret, this was perfect! Also, thank you everyone else for making this so much fun! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
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Lovely as always to watch with y’all! And now I feel all smart and sophisticated since we watched a legitimate Classic.
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I’m glad I watched!! My first Rishi movie was Deewana. I couldn’t figure out the appeal. Plus, when SRK showed up halfway through, the movie actually felt so completely different in an, “Ah, here’s the next star!” kind of way. I love him in his more recent movies. He’s a cutie.
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We did Do Dooni Char a few weeks ago, highly recommend it, it’s him and Neetu as a middle aged middle-class couple from a few years ago. They are as cute together in their 50s as they were in their 20s.
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 6:00 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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It’ll have to wait. I’m trying to fall in love with Hrithik. The Dhoom Again dance gave me such hope! Damn, girlfriend can DANCE! I watched Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai last night and I loved it and it’s also considered a “classic” now. Well, at least a must watch.
So, Shashi and Rishi will have to wait a bit while I get my Hrithik on. 🤗
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Jodha-Akbar, no dancing but I think the best objective film he has been in, and sooooooooooo beautiful. And then Bang Bang and War, big dumb fun greatness. Those are my Hrithik recs.
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In that order?
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No, I think by mood. If you want a romantic magical beautiful story with no dances, Jodha-Akbar. If you want something with great dancing and dumb explosions and action, Bang Bang followed by War.
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 6:09 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I second Margaret’s recommendations. As someone who is in lust with onscreen Hrithik, Jodha-Akbar is just beautiful and probably my all time favorite pseudo-historical Hindi movie. Bang Bang and War are just perfect for lusting after Hrithik. They are both light/dumb/action movies. Anyways Hrithik is gorgeous in all three of these movies.
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On it. Jodha-Akbar tonight!
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Yesterday I re-watched Kabhi Kabhie; and I noticed something peculiar.
In the beginning of this film Amitabh is enjoying a romantic outing on a lake in a small boat. The name of this boat is “Chicago”.
Two days before I re-watched Deewar. In the beginning of this film Shashi Kapoor speaks to a crowd of police officers during his award function. The mike he uses is adorned with the words “Chicago Radio”.
Is this all coincidence or is there some connection between Yash Chopra and Chicago?
(I’m not aware of any other Yash Chopra Chicago references)
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the Chicago microphone you will see in almost all movies, I think it’s just that the microphone company from Chicago made most of the microphones sent to India. For the boat, I don’t know! Maybe named after the microphone?
On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 11:25 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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