First, NOTE THE TIME CHANGE!!!! 4pm!!!!! I had a last minute chance to get together with a friend this afternoon and I couldn’t pass it up. So I moved watchalong an hour. If I run even longer than that (stuck in traffic, whatever), just wait for me to say “And PLAY”.
Ghungroo!!!! Shashi!!!! And period costumes! And Waheedaji!!!! And Smita Patil!!!! And it’s on einthusan.
At 4pm (or a little later if I am running late), I will put up an “And PLAY” comment. And then we play! And then we are happy!

Finally backstory!!!!
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I swear I’m loving this fight choreography
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Aww! Suresh did love her all along!
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of course!
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Shashi’s acting is so on point. He smiles and it’s like he is young again!
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He does have the warmest, brightest smile : )
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Shashi, you are making me mad!!!
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The moment when they see each other again after all the years, is perhaps my favorite part of the film so far.
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It is soooo good!!! The eye acting is ON POINT!
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It does hurt so very sweetly!
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THE TENSION!!!!
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And yet, I still want Smita and Suresh to get together!
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Aw, Shashi I forgive you…
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I don’t. He should have left that stupid royal family and become a farmer far away.
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He was young and stupid and they basically blackmailed him with the marriage to stay
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Yes very young, there was no gray around his temples.
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Shuresh tries not to cry when Shashi is talking. HOW COULD THIS MOVIE FLOP???
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It is so so sweet!
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100% wish fulfillment from almost every angle
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Ah, I felt like I was struggling to describe it when I first mentioned it the other day, and that is exactly what makes this movie so appealing to me! The first half is a tragedy, the second half is What We All Want. Well, except for Suresh ) :
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Finally! One of Ranjeet’s plans worked!!!
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GO SHASHI! TAKE A STAND (that you should have taken a long time ago)!
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The DRAMA in this movie is SPECTACULAR!
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Woo! Waheeda-Smita face off!!!
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Love the poetic back and forth insults that are disguised poetically
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I don’t know if I trust this…
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I agree!
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jodhpurs! Awsome mustache man is wearing jodhpurs?!?
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uh oh, alcohol, something bad is going to happen….
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Yay! These people figured out that it’s a trap!
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Ooooh! Kesar is listening to Surej’s love confession! THE DRAMA! Oh my heart I’m loving this!
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I know! That was such a great scene!
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Come on, all these years Smita didn’t know?
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DEEP denial
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She must have known. This plot point is throwing me. She should have married him and had more kids. But Hindi films do love the idea of only one love…
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You were right, Kainaat!!! Suresh was always in love with Smita!
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Wasn’t that obvious to everyone here?!!
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Those shooting of the guards was HILARIOUS!
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I really love it when the Prince speaks angry and strong, because he is such a little (though tall) teddy bear! Oh such a cute little fighter!
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I think they must have run out of money or something since the scenes are cut so quickly and there is set up, but little in the moment talk, and then BOOM resolution
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That leap over the balcony was absolutely necessary!
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Oh man, is Suresh Oboroi going to dye nobily? I don’t like him attacking the palace!
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Oh no !!!
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Yep, he shoulda stayed home.
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oh, but his death allows Shashi to be with his one true love now. Thus we couldn’t have a happy ending without his death.
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And now it’s a full-on REVOLUTION!!
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9 year old says evil palace usurper looks like Hitler.
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SERIOUSLY HOW COULD THIS MOVIE FAIL?? IT’S SO ENTERTAINING!
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I can already imagine the Indian Palace revolution games that will come out of this.
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I swear the fight scenes in this movie are GOLD! Looks good even for today.
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NOOOOOOO! DON’T LET THEM ALL DIE!
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NOOOOO!!!!! Suresh don’t die!!!
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And now I’m crying for Suresh!
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9 year old is practicing his death sounds now.
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And he is still practicing, because it takes SO LONG to die…
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Bless your nine-year-old, omg.
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How did I miss this yesterday?! This made my morning!
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All that fight scene and he wasn’t already bleeding?
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This is so unnecessary!
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Awww! Suresh gets to so the kanyadaan! He will always be Renu’s real father!
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EWWW Don’t put blood on her! So unhygienic!
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married with BLOOD!
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How many filmi couples would be living in sin if blood weren’t a considered a valid sindoor option?
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Wait, THAT’s the end??? Nothing about Ghungroo again or anything, just Suresh being awesome?
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The movie clearly knew who we were invested in the most
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Well, that was a lovely movie, even if I kept falling asleep. Wich was less about the film and more about waking up at 6am-which-is-really-5am, and then having an exciting in person meeting.
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Margaret – thank you for hosting! This was so much fun and such a great start to my weekend.
Thank you Shemilot and Kirre for recommending this movie! I had no idea it even existed!
Genevieve – you might win for the wittiest comments of the night!!! They were hilarious!
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Thanks for the watch-a-long, the abrupt ending was both heartbreaking, and well, hilarious! It won’t be forgotten anytime soon. Happy Weekend!
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Thank you for this! This was such a funny and dramatic movie. 😀
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That was abrupt! This was fun to watch with you all. Thanks Margaret!
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Yayyy, I am glad people liked it! Off to bed with me now. Shabbat shalom.
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