Happy Saturday! I got my coffee, I got my whipped cream on top, I got my dark chocolate mix added into the coffee, and I’ve got my bacon jerky. Let’s do this!!!
Chak De! It’s on Amazon, and also einthusan, and also your DVD shelf probably. Oh and remember, once we finish watching it we will need to give opinions on which team member is most attractive in a ladies-who-like-ladies kind of way. So head back to This Post for that!!!
I’ll put up a “And PLAY” comment at 7:30am and we will go straight along commenting from then on.
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Cute short girl’s lisp, did she create it for the part? Or am I hearing the language funny and she is speaking normal?
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I think she has an accent is the thing. Because she’s rural.
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She’s speaking with a Haryana accent.
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And Shahrukh is helping to pick up the equipment!!!! PERFECT COACH!!!!
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And Shahrukh did the Namaz to say goodnight! You know this is the first movie he ever played Muslim? I love it, it feels like he isn’t “playing” Muslim, but like he is just being himself and in all the other movies he was playing Hindu.
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I think he played a Muslim in Hey Ram but I am not sure if you count that.
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I do not, in Margaret World Hey Ram does not exist.
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ha! I figured.
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Let the psychological warfare begin! Everybody back to their assigned beds!
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Vidya’s husband is being quite a jerk right now!
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Geez, husband! Stand up for your wife!!!! UCH! Weak men.
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Aww! I love this conversation between Shah Rukh and Vidya!
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See? See? 6 inches body distance at all times! Shahrukh is the best male coach to female players.
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Love this scene on the bleachers. As you’ve said about this movie, Margaret, Shah Rukh is very, very good at kindness, affection, support, with not one trace of “I want to sex you.” Nice.
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And yet when he turns on the I want to sex you he is good at that too!
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Yes!!!! This is what is so cool in Dear Zindagi, he finds the balance between the two.
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Bindiya’s t-shirt saying “England” as she spews evil and discord, too on the nose or just right?
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Not on the nose enough for me because I didn’t think about it til you said something. 🙂
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I really like the balance in the film between the girls resenting the really hard practices, but being even more unhappy when they are benched. They just want to PLAY.
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The little whistle blow when the Punjabi girl wants to whack the girl she’s supposed to be apologizing to. Perfect.
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Oh the sorry scene was so cute!
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And then Komal and Preety fall in LOVE!!!!! I don’t know why I am suddenly seeing this movie as so gay, but I am.
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There are no other worthy male characters in this movie besides Shah Rukh and he is too good at Not Wanting to Have Sex with Anyone. It has to be gay.
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I am appreciating the Aliya actress so much. She really isn’t given much of a character or dialogue, but her reactions are really good.
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I LOVE THIS PART!!!!
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Aliya is so cute! She might be one of my favorites!
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Ok, I’ve opened up another tab with the cast list, so I can refer to the girls’ names. Balbir, for instance.
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This is one of the few movies where the character names stick for me, largely because most of the cast didn’t go on to anything else.
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I take it back. Abimanyu Singh is the WORST!
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Quick, which is worst, Vidya’s “come home it’s too hard standing up to my Dad” husband, or this “stop playing your little stick game” fiance?
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Fiance because he thinks he’s a good person because he has a spine but he’s just being a meanie.
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This is a good argument. I feel like husband at least knows he is weak.
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Agree with Courtney. Abhimanyu actually think he and cricket are better than Preety. Preety should just be grateful he wants to marry her! UGH!!
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And this is why Tiger and Virat and the Best People. They supported their wives!!!! They respect their dreams!!!!
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“Live it up” meaning following him around without getting a say in anything. Gross.
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See my question, this dude or Vidya’s husband, who is worse?
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“that’s not a career, it’s just a stupid game”. And I love his “Preety…” in response to her insulting Cricket. It’s CRICKET.
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The scene with Preety and dickhead boyfriend is so well done. Casually intimate, not shaming anyone for sexuality. Well written too.
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Agreed. One of the best scenes in the movie.
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Oooo, welcome to the GUN SHOW!!!!
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It is so hard for me to think that Cricket is superior to anything. I struggle so hard to take it seriously. A sign of my blatant Americanism.
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Well, and also that Cricket is a ridiculous game. It lasts days and days? And the bat is flat? STUPID!!!!
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He must have been studying hockey and women and women in hockey in order for him to make these kinds of predictions.
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Not a fan of him grabbing her, but at least he grabbed her shirt and didn’t actually touch her.
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I like how he yells at them hard, but without getting personal, there’s no “you are a bad player and lazy and weak like that”. And he doesn’t even raise his voice, he just makes it sharp.
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He still scares me though. I would not want him to be mad at me in real life.
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Oh, definitely not!!!! But he still feels in control, not like he is going to harm these girls beyond what he knows they can handle.
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Okay, Procrastinatrix, is your theory that the little Bindiya interaction there was slightly sexy?
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Unconsciously, yes. He grabbed her for effect, but part of him really wanted to for other reasons.
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Bindiya is so horrible, but on the other hand, I could seem them having amazing sexy fights after marriage when she is super rude to a waiter or something.
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She’s a good example of what happens when someone is never corrected in their life, or faces consequences for actions. She’d become a really good partner, I think. Saved by the love of a good man, that sort of thing. But yeah, their fights would still be epic, as would the make up sex. She’d have to get over the racism though.
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Yeah NOT a fan of SRK forcing a girl to pass out from dehydration. All else is cool.
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Love the extra dramatic lip wipe after he spits. Kabir the drama king.
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I bet he practiced that when he was doing these speeches in the mirror for the past 7 years.
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hahahahahaha, yes!
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I only watched this movie once so I can’t remember, but I really hope this extra yelling is just a ruse.
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He just has to get them to the point where they listen and respect without him needing to yell.
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He does it so the team has a common enemy, which will bring them together.
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Notice that thanks to him pushing them, they are already supporting each other and helping each other get patched up in the locker room? He totally knows what he is doing!!!!
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I am so so on this. I appreciate that he wants them to have a common enemy. I do wish he had not pushed a girl so hard that she fainted and is in the infirmary for two days.
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Oh oh! Just saw something else! Bindiya has been wearing her fancy “Railways” gear in previous scenes, but now she is in a grubby dirty India jersey. Oh yeah, SRK knows what he’s doing.
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Good morning! I did not drag myself out of bed but now I’m up with coffee and here!
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Yaaaaay! You are in time for the McDonald’s scene!!!
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Welcome! 1 hour in!
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They didn’t actually show anyone signing it! I don’t remember if they did or not. letter suspense!
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Huh. Was that slap gesture a fake out or sincere, what do you think?
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That’s the one moment that always bothers me.
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It looked sincere, like he wanted them to gain up against him, but their words still hurt.
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I think his reaction is partly planned, partly out of control. I don’t think he planned and practiced that speech. Also, more proof that Bindhya just gets to him, more than any of the others. 😉
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I think this part and at the beginning when he goes for the interview are my favorite parts for his character. Like him as the underdog with plans no one sees yet.
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Look at him working those eyebrows!
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Getting coffee refill so I am ready for McDonalds
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BEST PART OF THE MOVIE!!!!! Also, I don’t care what you say, Indian McDonald’s is gross. Beef is good.
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Haha, I was just coming to say I like the veggie cutlet sandwiches at Indian McDonalds. And the fries were surprisingly good without the beef fat. But yeah, I do love a quarter pounder once in a while.
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Oh man, I now want a McDonalds breakfast sandwich!
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Where y’all at?
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McDonalds!!!!
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Nice
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That McDonalds is set up perfect for COVID.
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Yeah, it’s weird to watch stuff from the before times.
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I’ve dissected this scene in my mind, it’s so great. They all fight in character.
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Watch close, my favorite part is the guy who is trying to escape and they drag him down the stairs and back. THERE IS NO ESCAPE!!!!
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I Iove this scene so much!!!
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I love that he took a bite of his sandwhich while watching.
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The way we cheered when we watched this scene in college
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Ditto!!!!!
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Love the face push! Such a good catharsis scene!
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And now he doesn’t have to be such a mean coach any more! He drove them until they realized the common enemy is All of Indian Society, not him.
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