Woo-hoo! A movie I haven’t seen!!!! And neither have many of you! This will be nerve-wracking, what if we don’t like it?
Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl is on Prime, but SUBTITLES WILL NOT WORK ON THE TV!!!! Because Prime is a bad bad BAD platform, some of their Hindi films have a subtitle program that only displays on computers and phones, and it looks like this is one of them. You can try renting it on youtube or google play instead, or on einthusan. Or you can just set up your viewing so you can use a laptop (which is what I will probably do).
I will put a “and PLAY” comment below when it is time to start, and then we can all just comment along together.
dontcallitbollywood 
I like him and all but I just can’t buy him as a normal sexy sex symbol. He has the vibe of a guy you laugh at but sleep with once, nobody in the world would think this guy is marriage material.
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Is he trying to be marriage material?
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Well, they have to take him seriously for the con, right?
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Except, I think he is careful to not be TOO marriage material-y. Like, even with Pari, he was “fun boyfriend but we wouldn’t get married for at least a few years” material. He doesn’t want to really trick these women. I hope. I don’t want to hate our hero.
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True, but I wouldn’t trust this man to buy me milk. He’d do a carefree dance and return with another bloody hat.
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I’m gonna make a guess, that they will structure this movie so that Ranveer dates the girls for an “in”, but the con isn’t straightforward. There is no way we could sympathize with someone who takes money to marry/not marry a woman. But flirting/dating a woman briefly to set up the con seems slightly less bad. Also, I hope, he will never cross a line of taking advantage. Seemed pretty clear that he and Pari just danced and maybe kissed and that was it.
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I’m going to purposely not comment on your theories as the movies goes on.
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I appreciate it!
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You are good at picking up future plot points.
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HIPSTER!!!! Were there hipsters in 2011?
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Wasn’t 2011 like peak hipster time?
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I love his scam style, getting random jobs as janitors in businesses to see what he might overhear! A scam artist, a janitor, a shoe salesman, a dance teacher, he is a very talented scammer.
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Aside: I’ve been working hard doing holiday and kid things today and now I just had a leftover pumpkin pie snack and tea and watchalong and things are looking up.
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I cleaned my apartment and placed a Target order, and now watchalong is my break before setting up the tree.
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The costume designer had a lot of fun, doing Pari in “fun teenage girl” and now this woman in “uptight career woman”
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It’s so broad it’s a dream for any costumer.
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But this yellow shoulder thing is so ugly!
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YES!
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When you compare any normal human to this stick of a woman they are going to look fat. No wonder Pari got that rep.
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He needs to stop with the hats.
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The hats are horrible
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You can only remove one: Ranveer’s hat, ranveer’s beard, ranveer’s ponytail, ranveer’s glasses. GO!
I pick the hat. It’s not the worst of them, but it is the hardest to ignore.
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I pick ponytail. I think there are many two men on this planet who can pull off a ponytail, and Ranveer is not one of them.
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Ponytail!
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THE BLOODY HATS
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THANK YOU!!! You and I, allied, can beat out the ponytail vote.
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It is really hard to decide if the hats or ponytail is the worst, but I think I’m going for hats.
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I swear to God I’m going to go into the movie and burn all his hats.
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They are sophisticated cons, but the money is big enough that it’s kind of believable. Plus makes the character more interesting. He’s smooth and tricky, not some two bit hustler.
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It’s honestly the best part of the movie. The detail of his cons. And also Pari.
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What city are they in?
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I thought they were still in Delhi? But I don’t know.
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Of I remember right, there’s a map moment in our future.
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Now I think they’re in Mumbai.
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They just said Mumbai!
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There are little title cards at the beginning of each con. There’s one more girl, and I can’t remember where she’s from, so look out for it!
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ANyone else burst out laughing at the purple hat?
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more like crying good god
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Her dress now is actually not that bad.
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Okay, I may need help on this con. Ranveer overheard a young executive wanting a way to impress her boss. He then made sure she saw him installing a painting at a gallery and pretended to be the charming employee of a wealthy art collector. She thought she was getting a deal and underpaying for the painting in a somewhat slimy way, and because of that didn’t think twice about paying the agent fee to fake Ranveer in cash. He played it as “you can trust me, we are both struggling employees of powerful men”.
Right? Was that it?
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Pretty much, except she didn’t underpay for the painting. It was an artist whose work couldn’t be bought because no works were on the market.
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Dipannita is drop dead gorgeous but also looks like you could break her in half. Works for the character and the contrast with Pari.
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Ranveer does have very nice eyes, actually.
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I don’t know why that posted here!
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How does one eat Pringles like that
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I know! One at a time all the time
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Parineeti’s character isn’t portrayed as overly bright, but she is the one who figured it out to call the other victims.
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Okay I guess the others did too.
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She’s no it dumb, just trusting because she was raised so spoiled. But she makes up for it with ballsiness.
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I don’t know, I feel like Parineeti has a lot of brilliant moments in this movie. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it.
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BURN THAT MOUSTACHE!!!!!
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Actually I kinda like it. This persona might be my favorite in this movie.
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He’s very sweet here, but it would be better without the mustache, let’s be real.
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But it makes him look out of place and time! Which is why I like the persona.
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I just generally hate that type of small thin moustaches unless you are Rishi from AAA or SRK from RBDJ or Varun in that one sewing movie
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This persona is Ranveer doing Suri from RNBDJ.
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His head looks weird with the hair slicked down.
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No one really looks good with slicked hair.
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Rudolph Valentino?
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I’m such the oddball with this one. I just want to eat slick backed hair little mustache, sweet & shy Ranveer up!
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RNBDJ has brainwashed you.
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SRK can pull off the ponytail but I HATE that mustache on him. But on Ranveer, okay. I know I’m alone on this.
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The mannerisms and the clothes are very flattering to him.
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Oh, city, AMritsar?
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I have wikipedia open to refresh my memory, Saira is in Lucknow
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What a strange place for a dinning room table, under the stairs?
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Never noticed before, but in all the cons, he’s not swindling the women out of their own money. He’s using his charm to turn them into pawns to swindle their fathers or boss. So they’re fighting back for their honor but really for their families (or professional reputation, in Dipannita’s case).
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Yes! He is just using the women as a road to get to the real target. Except for Saira, where they are a modest family and the money he takes from them hurts all of them equally, not like Pari where her Dad doesn’t even feel the loss.
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Hmm. So his first con was the one where no one was trying to cheat him, and the one where he most mislead the girl. Next con, he kept his distance from Pari and arranged it so the con only worked if the mark was trying to con him in turn. And third con, he picked a really tough strong woman and barely romanced her.
Also, I know Anushka is coming, but I want him to marry this nice widow.
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His first con was extremely lousy, in that he was morally terrible. However, he looked SO CUTE doing it.
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“I like color” is basically Pari’s whole personality this movie
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Ha! True. That and the snacking.
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Honestly watching Pari eat constantly is making me hungry.
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Same, but I was hungry before we started.
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So which of the women should be paired off with each other?
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Saira-Pari. SO CUTE! I would die.
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I don’t know, I can see Pari-Raina working well.
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So really, we can just see Pari with anyone.
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It’s impossible for anyone not to fall in love with her.
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I’d put Pari and Aditi together, and Anushka and Dipannita.
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I think I agree, I think Pari and Saira are good together, and Raina and Sihika can have sexy arguments.
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I swear this is the only time this movie Anushka has personality. I feel bad trashing her cuz I love her.
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She is SUCH a better actress now.
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She was already a good actress! This is post BBB and she was great in that. Maybe it’s just a lousy character?
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I didn’t actually think she was great in BBB.
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DON’T SPOIL ME!!!! I want the three women to realize that they should go into business together, Pari puts up the money, Saira runs the shop, and skinny lady gives the management gloss.
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This intro to Anushka effectively tells us NOTHING about her.
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Only that she’s the female equivalent of Ranveer, the only one who can match him.
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But they had Ranveer doing different cons/personas. She is just dancing in front of different groups of people.
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I miss heroine intro songs. When was the last time we had a really fun one?
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I LOVE Rajvaadi Odhni in Kalank.
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That is such a nice one! The soundtrack is a killer even if the movie is a pretty flawed example of missed opportunities.
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My thoughts exactly! The best things about that movie were the songs, the wardrobe, and Varun’s look.
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And ARK!!! He is a wonderful eyeful as the sensitive and hot type!
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DDLJ?
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Wait, am I supposed to buy new glasses for every party? Is that what Anushka is selling?
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I’m assuming the point is to show what a good salesman she is. But rather I just want to run away. Definitely a movie failure in my personal opinion.
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So few movies with women sitting around a table moving the plot forward.
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Bechdel test!!!
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Only 1 and 2, doesn’t pass 3 because they’re still talking about a dude. But yes, it’s fun to have so many women and working together.
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Hmm. So there is a bit of a class there here, rich spoiled girls hiring shopgirl. But it doesn’t work exactly, because Saira is probably more powerless than Anushka, and Pari is second generation rich. Unless they give Anushka a really tragic backstory?
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Saira ran her own shop. As a minority and widow she can be seen as powerless, but really she has more power than a shop girl.
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Yeah, but it’s complicated, because it was a shop in a small city in a lower class neighborhood, while Anushka is in the top city in a top store. So you also get into education/urban/money stuff. Anushka’s commission for a month of sales was probably higher than Saira’s shop’s profits.
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Goa because Ranveer has been wearing too much clothing up until this point in the film.
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Goa! White tourists in their natural habitat!
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VOLUME!
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Ah, so Goa actually looks normal, not just a commercial! Sorry, it has been enhanced so much in the film it’s nice to see the real side of it that isn’t enhanced in post production.
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Parineeti is just the BEST!
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Let’s go lesbians
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Parineeti is me in any hotel room
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That is a HORRIBLE French accent
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That was French?
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Sounded like it to me at least
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6 pack alert!
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Pari’s outfit is so colorful and fun, meanwhile whatever Ranveer is doing looks weird.
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Wearing actual trousers waterskiing is something only a psychopath would do. I guess speedos and wetsuits were both too much for the censors.
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If you were a con artist, would you be better at recognizing other people in disguise?
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I feel bad for all the oggling.
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This is that kind of movie, it’s fine.
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It got quiet up in here :).
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If there’s one person in the world who wants you to stare at his naked body it’s Ranveer.
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Love the making cereal all oiled up and shirtless.
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HEY! Anushka’s bangs are the same as my new bangs!!!! I’m HIP! As of 2011
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