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!
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Does purposely drinking and driving count as suicide? If yes then am I allowed she just did it earlier, like their wedding night? Or is that too mean. They certainly didn’t turn her into a sympathetic character.
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I am beginning to think the evil plotters might be just super incompetant?
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Time jump!!!
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OMG OMG OMG!!!!! Poonam Sinha!!!! Shatrugan’s actual wife!!! Why does this movie have sooo many Shatrugan references???!!!!
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Renu is Poonam Sinha? I’ve never seen her young
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YES!!!
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I am basing this off of IMDB but her face looks so different than in Aadmi aur Insaan!
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I LOVE HER!!!!!
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I love how the characters get “updated” for the time jump. Shashi ascends to his ideal form (greying temples). Meanwhile, Waheeda has to wear glasses now.
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Pomp and splendor is SO BORING.
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But I guess it involves free food.
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Gotta lookup the Yuvraj
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The Prince’s hair looks like a porcupine
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Kunal Goswami, never heard of him!
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Shashi’s hat is A LOT of fabric! Do you think they just lost the scissors and had to somehow make it all work?
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Love stories always start with a fight it seems.
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“But Mom why can’t I be nice to people?”
“Because you are a Prince and we aren’t nice people.”
That’s how that conversation went, right?
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This is weirding me out. IMDB says Renu is Poonam Sinha! But I recently watched Aadmi aur Insaan and in it she looks so much more like Sonakshi Sinha and she doesn’t look like it here.
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I’m a little lost here, and it isn’t covered in the one paragraph plot summary I’ve read. The prince is flirting with Shashi’s daughter at college, right?
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That’s what I am getting.
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Yes he is 🙂
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Correct!
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Yes. IDK exactly where you are, but Remu got a little upset at her humble origins, then uncle Suresh cheers her up by pretending to be her chauffeur, then she and the prince flirt in the library and she sends him on a bit of a wild goose chase. Then SONG.
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I recognize him! He’s in the song ‘Neele Neele Ambar Par’ with Sridevi.
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Woah his name is Kunal Goswami and he’s Manoj Kumar’s son!!!
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WOW! Thank you!
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I just found out! Didn’t even know Manoj Kumar’s surname is Goswami
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I didn’t either!
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The sexualization of eating sugar cane…
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It’s soo good!
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I feel like I saw another film recently where the lower-class girl taught the upper-class guy to eat sugar-cane??? Or possibly vice versa. But I’m not remembering what movie that was.
And agreed, fresh sugarcane is glorious!
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I think it’s in Dil Bole Hadippa?
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Oh, that actually wasn’t what I was thinking of–I haven’t seen that movie since it came out–but the Rani connection jogged my memory! Isn’t there something like that in “Chalte Chalte,” not so extended but perhaps just action in the background of a song? And if I’m right, it is opposite in that case (rich girl, poor guy).
And I should definitely rewatch “Dil Bole” : D I remember liking it.
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The prince’s hair is a bit much.
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It looks like a porcupine landed on his head
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Not a fan of his poor excuse of a mustache either!
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I wonder how hard it is to steer a giant floating circular basket?
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Wait, are they already in love now?
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Heck, they get to do more courting than Smita-Shashi. It’s definitely less fraught!
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It took longer than a single look!
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White superhero boots! Princely superhero during the song.
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I am going on the official DCIB record. IMDB is WRONG!!!! Renu is NOT Shatrugan Sinha’s wife and Sonakshi Sinha’s mother!!!
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I’ll take your word. I mean I can’t see a resemblance with her older self, so…
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But whoever the actor is, she’s adorable
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Agreed, she is a darling!
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Kumar (Prince’s) outfit feels like something Mithun should be wearing!
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Heralding the dark days of the mid-’80s. . .
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Wow, horny prince!
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Where is her mother? Did she die and I missed it?
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Nevermind. There she is, complete with gray streaks.
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Servants never sleep Mr. Prince, surely you know this by now.
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Apparantly queens don’t either.
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I think I’m about 20 seconds behind you!
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He is as incompetent as his moustache
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HA! This cracked me up!
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I will say, at least he is ACTUALLY young. I’m so sick of seeing 30 year olds play teenagers. This kid looks like he could only just grow that thing.
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Prince really needs to learn to lie better!
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Seriously! It’s not like future politicians are allowed to be honest!
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“You mean your horse was punctured”
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I feel like the past five minutes of film could have been easily cut.
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I was just thinking that!
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Good, becausse I feel asleep! Daylight savings, still not quite used to it
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EWWWWWW! Does Shashi not realize how gross those bangles are? The reward for dancing……..
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Giggling very audibly right now!
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Their exchange here reminds me of the Shashi-Rishi one in Kabhi Kabhi
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Shashi makes such a great dad figure!
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Oh, that’s a good point!
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subtitle love – “try not to overspread while driving”
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I am laughing so hard right now!
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This song was not really necessary!
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Now that isn’t fair! We’ve had half as many as that Madhuri / Salman movie. Songs are fun! Even if Shashi’s daughter can’t dance at all.
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This car dance seems more dangerous than drinking and driving.
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Child abuse! Child abuse!
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SMITA!!!! STOP HITTING YOUR DAUGHTER!
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Suresh really is the best parent now
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Yes, I’ll forgive him for almost accidentally killing his adopted daughter now. Interesting they never had another child. Simplifies the plot I suppose.
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Are they even lovers? I don’t think so
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But didn’t he give up drinking for her?!
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How popular was this film?
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It doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page, so I’m guessing “not very.” I saw it on a pirated VHS back in the day (which, for me, means early aughts). It popped back into my head only recently, and I initially thought I had made it up because I could find so little info about it! But then I found this version on Einthusan, rewatched it for the first time in 10+ years, and discovered that I still quite liked it.
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I love Suresh in this movie! I think I might actually like him more than Shashi in this movie!
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He is my favorite, except he needs more fight scenes.
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Filmikudhi, is ‘kaku’ hindi for ‘uncle’? I always thought it’s only in bengali!
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It is! I think the official term for uncle is Kaka but Kaku is an endearing term for Kaka.
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Is it a substitute for chacha?
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Exactly. I just posted another comment with the technicalities of the term. But yes, it is a substitute for chacha.
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Oh I should also specify that Kaka is the term for uncle in Marathi; Gujrati; as you said, Bengali; and many other languages, but technically, it is not a Hindi word but used very commonly.
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Ranjit is so incompetent, he’s plotting for 15 or so years without any result!
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And he has to draw on his collar with chalk
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OMG I just noticed!!!
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And once again, as I see palace intrigue, I reminded what a terrible system of government it is! This was the lesson we taught my children with the movie The Lion King. Royalty is a terrible system of government!
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I really like the fight music.
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My husband likes the fight sound effects and how every time someone hits someone its the same dhiiishh sound!
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The fighting in this scene is so inventive and fun acrobatic stuff
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And the bamboo pole was placed so as to possibly symbolize something else.
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“possibly”. . .
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I want to wear Suresh’s outfit!
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Okay, my dad has just gotten here and is demanding dinner. Since it is his birthday I should PROBABLY feed him. Have fun, everybody! I’m glad that my suggestion doesn’t seem to have disappointed you!
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Happy Birthday to your father!
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Thank you! I would tell him so from you, except that he has now, in classic dad fashion, already fallen asleep.
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Thank you for the suggestion. I wouldn’t have heard of this otherwise.
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You’re welcome : ) My wheelhouse is “’70s and ’80s movies that everybody else has forgotten”–!
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Thank you for the suggestion! I am so happy to see a Shashi movie I have never seen before!
Oh, also, what are you eating for your dad’s birthday? I am starving but also don’t want to miss this movie!
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Ehehehe, I will try to explain with English food names:
Chopped salad with sumac sauce–it has cucumbers, tomato, onion, mint, etc.;
A carrot dish where you steam them and serve them cold in a sauce with garlic, cumin, and cilantro;
Little eggplants pickled with green chiles and vinegar;
Sour soup of black-eyed peas;
Upside-down rice dish, where you cook eggplant, potato, lamb, etc. on the bottom of the pot and then flip it over so that the rice part is on the bottom when you serve it;
And cookies with dates in the middle : D
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I love sumac on everything! Especially meats! I also add it to yogurt so I can use it as dipping sauce for veggies!
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Ah, you must have been Egyptian in another life : D We put sumac in/on EVERYTHING.
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Thank you for the suggestion! I am loving this! 😀
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Yayyy, I am glad you enjoyed it : D More people should see this film, I thought.
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This is Maine Pyar Kiya!
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I was just typing that when I saw this comment!!!
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People talk about living through their children, but revenge through children is especially problematic.
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I really really want Sashi to lose the fight!
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He better lose this fight!
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