Happy Friday! Kind of a ramshackle end to a ramshackle week, not sure how many people will join me. But who cares! I love this movie!
Jaan-E-Mann! It’s strange, it’s beautiful, it’s everything. Oh, and it’s on Netflix.
At 3pm Chicago time I will put up a comment “and PLAY” and y’all can start with me. Or, if you arrive late, just fastforward to however many minutes past 3pm Chicago time it is. That is, if you join at 4:15, fastforward to 75 minutes. And then we all just comment along together! It’s fun!
dontcallitbollywood 
Yay! I will be a little late but I am very much looking forward to this. Salman in drag, Akshay with braces, Preity in all her cuteness! SO excited!
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Yaaaay!
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And PLAY!
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Oh man, I forgot this opening! Already so weird/beautiful
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Excited to be here!
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I feel like I’m waiting for a ballet.
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space ballet
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Shashi!!!
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Hey! That’s Salman inserted weirdly into this old footage. Uff, this movie is so strange and awesome.
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For a bit I was worried I was watching the wrong movie.
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No, there is never a reason for Anupam to play a Little Person
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Better luck next time!
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Nooooo another fake dwarf film? BEFORE zero?!
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He’s just walking on his knees isn’t he?
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I think so, but then why does the whole room look so odd? Like they are trying to mess with perspective?
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Yesssss….?
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I think Anupam is a fake little person, and also wearing a wig? Also for no reason?
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strange.
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The filming angles are giving me motion sickness.
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Oo oo! massive flashback song number!
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See? Such a strange movie, but then the songs are just unbelievably gorgeous
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My credits must have taken a while, I”m not there yet..
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Here now, and I finally get my ballet.
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Yes! No joke, I am pretty sure Farah hired a different troupe for this movie, and they are ballet/modern dancers. So many lifts and lines in the background in this movie.
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This song is fabulous.
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Singin’ in the Rain reference!
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SExy first night t-shirt there on Priety.
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Maybe he shouldn’t have abandoned her for months just to be a movie star!!!!
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Wait, he didn’t even try to contact her during those filming months? Just ditched totally?
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Yep! But then spent a year trying to reach her after he returned, so that’s something.
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something… but not enough…
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Oh thank goodness, he replaced the fish tank. I was worried about the fishies
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So not into fake little people. Plenty of true little people actors out there.
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He has a double role, and shows up later not as a little person. The whole thing is inexplicable.
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This is the first watch-along I’ve been to without Kirre. 😦
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I know! It feels weird.
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I like that even “dorky” version of Akshay is decently attractive. Like, it’s not over the top fake glasses or anything.
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However I dislike that his blush matches his shirt.
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But at least his shirt doesn’t match his jacket!
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Not a great wig on Salman
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Salman is the worst! And so is Preity! Young love, blech
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Well, everything is so over the top that it all kinda goes together. This is fun, bad wigs and all.
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Wooo, song! The really awesome part of this movie!
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I kinda hate Priety’s play back singer though.
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Oh yeah, I can hear it now. I think she is only for this song
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Akshay’s date outfit is AMAZING and he deserves better than Preity
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Nooooo! Akshay!!!! It’s so sad.
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I don’t know why I dislike Akshay, but I do, to the point that his sadness is humorous.
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Hi, hi! I am here!
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Hi hi! We are about to see “Jaane Kya Jaane Na”!!!
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A narnia magic wardrobe!
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Every song of this movie just gets more surreal! And it started with an 8 minute flashback song that had a massive Singin’ in the Rain homage in the middle.
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Real little people! YES!
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YES!
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She is SOO not Akshay’s!
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I love this! Akshay is in love with the cardboard cut out of Preity. their relationship is LITERALLY 2 dimensional
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That purple suit!
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Did the song just end? I just want to make sure I am in the same spot you are!
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Same as me, but I think I’m a minute behind Margaret.
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I keep pausing and trying to match up! But it is hopeless I think
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Can you just show up at a ticket counter and ask to be seated next to someone on a plane? Also, are they in huge first class seats, or are they just very tiny people?
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huge first class seats. Also, they are probably tiny compared to Americans.
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Apparently he wasted all his uncle’s money on a first class seat!
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Ah, first class, look at all that space.
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Ew, Salman. You are such a creep!!!
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Oh good! It’s not just me! And what is that accent? Is that just Salman is it what upperclass English speakers sound like in India?
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Yupp. It is Salman trying to “act.” Sorry Salman I actually really like you as an actor. But it is also being fun being mean.
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What is more gross is how the flight attendant was shown soaking it up.
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If I were that flight attendant, I would have been far more charmed by the nice polite guy in glasses than the try too hard guy with the jacket.
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Which flight serves Bourvita?!?!?!?
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Americana Airline!
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We see the outside of an airplane SO MUCH in thsi movie!!!! It must have been something they paid a lot of money for.
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Akshay’s laugh is so bad.
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It makes me laugh so hard though. My sister and I laugh like that because of this movie!
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I do not want this person to be my neighbor!!!! Don’t talk to random strange dudes on the street!
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Pink curtains – except they show yellow ones…
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Yeah, that’s really weird. Maybe the clearly-not-professional-actor white dude just got nervous and said the wrong color?
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I am going with the rando-stranger being color blind
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Cranberry Street is in Brooklyn!
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NO! Really? Cranberry street? New York is WEIRD!
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Yupp!
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Oh blech, racism. And they were doing so good being friendly with the dudes in the street.
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Creepy Peeping Toms!!!
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Oh no, I’ve read on other posts that stalking is a sign of love in Indian movies.
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She has a maid, in NYC! She must be rolling in it.
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EXACTLY!
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And why does she want the massive alimony pay off from Salman??? They never fix that hole in the story
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Call me crazy, but I think Salman might still be a little in love with his ex wife
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His pants do seems to be getting a big tighter during that scene when he is watching Preity!
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FILMIKUDHI!!!! Your MIND!!!
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That is what the fan blowing her hair and the camera pulling back from the window frame would have you believe.
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