Happy Saturday! And happy Bajrangi Bhaijaan day! It is SUCH a good movie, I can’t wait to share it with y’all.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan! It’s on einthusan, hotstar, and DVDs. At 7:30am Chicago time, I will put up an “and PLAY” comment and we will start commenting along right here!
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This movie just melts my heart!
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Yaaaaaaaaaaaay! Good on ya, Pakistani army!!!! Also, I want to go on patrol on camels, the only thing better would be patroling on elephants.
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SHEEP!!!!
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I love this waiter. Look! VEGETABLES!!!
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There is something about dunes that makes me think of a females curves. This hot (not lifeless, but life hidden) land with sex appeal.
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You gotta watch REfugee sometime. Lots of dunes! And Dhanak if you haven’t yet, lots of dunes, and more adorable children to make you cry.
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MUNNI!!!!!! You are such a problem.
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SALMAN!!!!!!
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EID!! This is the PERFECT movie choice
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This is reminding me, on thursday I got to see a young couple with a tiny baby getting the photos taken on the sidewalk across the street from me. Clearly a “baby’s first Eid” photoshoot. I wanted to congratulate them or something, but didn’t.
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Aw, that’s adorable 🙂
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You totally should have!
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Nawazuddin!!!! Thank goodness, a little comic relief.
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You don’t put your hand on Munni!!!! He will KILL!!!!!
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Why is everyone, including the litter girl so much smarter than Salman?!
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My Mom (who LOVED this movie) said that Salman isn’t dumb he is just “simple”. Pure of heart, like Kareena says.
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HA! Yes, I think that was exactly what Salman was trying to portray but I am still going with STUPID! Sweet but dumb!
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I love that the director made sure we saw Munni was happy and not scared durng the fight scenes. Because he knew we would be worried about her.
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Now THAT is a bus! Are all busses in Pakistan circus busses?
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YES!!!! And then I start thinking, why are our busses so boring? there’s no reason you CAN’T decorate them.
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I like that Salman’s honesty and faith in the goodness of humanity pays off almost all the time. Because yes, peopel are innately good and want to help!
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Munni is having the BEST time!!! So long as Salman is there, it’s all a party!
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Wow they got a whole bus to lie for them! That is a sort of humanity I don’t really believe in anymore…
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We need more movies like this one!!!
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that’s why we need more movies like this
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More small children!!!!! Yaaaaay!
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This is a Muslim PR film.
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And we need more of those!
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I love how the ultra-conservative father is proven wrong AT EVERY SINGLE POINT!
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And even more conservative father DIES!!!! DEAD!!!
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Yes Salman! It is just that easy to change the wording of your worship and still hav eethe same meaning! It’s all the same God.
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Did you notice that now she is traveling with two men, her hair is still brushed, but the best they can do is a ponytail? Braids are HARD
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And now she has a snack! I hope they packed enough snacks for this trip, kids always get hungry when traveling.
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I need chai nashta! I am making do with a butter cookie for now but it is not going to last long!
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Since I am at my parents, my Dad already brought me coffee and breakfast in bed. Life is good.
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My dad comes back to stay with us for two weeks next weekend!!! My husband and I just said this morning how excited we are to be fed home cooked meals at regular intervals again. He usually makes avocado and egg toast for himself and the husband and heats up masala dosa or utappam for me. YUMMM!
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I love this nice cop, all interested in the human drama in front of him.
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They shuck the corn before transport?!?
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Maybe it is being transported from a corn shucking machine direct to market?
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Grain corn – it must be hardier than the kind we buy in the grocery store. Our corn would turn into brown mush. Or it was dried already. Must have been dried.
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I choose to believe much of this song was just the two actors goofing with this little kid and her not realizing they were being filmed.
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Love it that everyone just helps them because Shahida is that cute and also because they are all good people
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The wrestling tickle thing is pretty cute.
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Shahid in the oversized shirt!!!!! So cute!!!!
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She poops in rivers? Oh right, no toilet paper.
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It is probably cleaner than roadside bathrooms. As a little kid, I would REFUSE to go in train or roadside bathrooms while traveling. Because SO GROSS!!! So my poor mother would have to take me out periodically so I could go outside somewhere.
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holes in the ground 100 feet from water
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Should have bought a mountain stroller. Is there such a thing? A stroller that can go over uneven ground?
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Oh yes! There are even strollers with ski attachments! We had one, it got stolen. It cost more than our truck.
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Well, they should have gotten one of those.
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I want to go to a darga! I have never been.
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Yay!!! My favourite Qawwali song!!!! 😀
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It is a beautiful song.
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Favorite Qawaali song ever? Or just in this movie? I really like this song. But my favorite ever has to be Parda oh Parda from Amar Akbar Anthony!
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Does “Kwaja Mere Kwaja” count? Because if so, that.
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Yes, it counts! That was the other song I was thinking of. So so good!
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Those two are in equal level of Love for me
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IT’S HER PARENTS!!!! THEY ARE RIGHT THERE!!!!!! SO CLOSE!!!!!!
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ARe girls allowed in the boy’s side of the mosque when they are little? Like girls going into the boy’s bathroom with their Dad, or boy’s in the women’s with their Mom?
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Her poor mother!!!! She is RIGHT THERE!!!!
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More fun busses!!!!
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Oh, the happy tears!!! I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!
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it is cute, but laughing in slow motion looks a little bit like a chicken movements.
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Also, good on her parents teaching her her address!!!! Just like me, phone number and address had to be drilled into my brain from preschool age.
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But if he finds her Mom, he’s gonna have to say goodbye to her! And it’s gonna break his heart!!!!
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He’ll come back to visit with Kareena. He has to!
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with VISAS!
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Hey, they got the sheep back! Or bought new sheep? Or maybe all their neighbors felt sorry for them and gave them sheep?
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Anyone NOT crying?
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total tears.
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I like how her Dad is a great Dad and loves her and all of that, but this movie goes all in on the “it’s the Mom that is suffering in a special way” feeling.
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And the mom is the best actress.
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She is amazing. She was my casting choice for my fanfic about an Acid Attack Survivor who is mentored by Shahrukh and falls in love with Ranveer.
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NOOOOOOO!!! Salman!!!!
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When the first stick struck Salman I heard the sound effect and thought he was shot with a gun. Guns suck.
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And now he is shot with a gun, just as I am reading this comment!
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Yeah, saw that AFTER I wrote it. Again, guns suck!
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FRONT PAGE NEWS!!!!!!
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So the only two bad people in Pakistan are a politician, and a corrupt cop. this tracks for me.
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And now I will talk directly to the camera, facing no one in the room with me.
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It was odd, and now I know why!
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I really wish they made more movies like this! This was only 6 years ago.
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Same! Makes one truly believe in the good of human beings – and we need these movies now – considering the state of things of the world…
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It is so sympathic to Pakistan that I’m almost surprised the sensors LET it be shown. But I don’t really understand how things work, there is so much political drama.
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Aw man, the travel agent is alive!
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And the brothel madam is alive too! Salman has to come back to India and finisht he job.
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