Happy Saturday! I slept soooooooo good, again, in my nice new apartment with all the airy space and happy doggie and so on. Yes, I do miss my father bringing me coffee and breakfast every morning. But I can just pay people to do that for me!
Jab Harry Met Sejal! Somehow, we always come up with new things to say about it, no matter how many times we’ve watched it. And it’s soothing and happy and nice and good. Ahhhhhhh. JHMS. So happy. Still on Netflix or any other service where you bought it. Enjoy together!
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And PLAY (I say to myself)
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Ugh, Karim Morani. Such a downer of a way to start the movie. I blame it entirely for the failure of the film.
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Windmills! So much prettier than the new modern windfarms! Although probably less efficient.
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Song! Ahhh, now I am happy. SUCH a great soundtrack. I think this is the last soundtrack I was sincerely excited about. Maybe the last soundtrack that was really in tune with the film and characters and stuff.
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I’m here. Looking forward to celebrating your new house with this movie.
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Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!
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Uff, the shot of him looking away from the view as he eats is so good. All of beauty and stuff is meaningless to him now.
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I am so glad I didn’t watch this movie BEFORE I moved. I don’t want to be homeless and wandering! I am so happy I have a place now!
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Ha! Good point!
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This performance is so good, and so subtle. I think probably this movie and Fan would be the ones I would show people who think Indian film is all exagerated fake emotiona nd acting. He doesn’t even do the sniffle cry!
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Talking with Kainaat about her Cary Grant movies is making me think abotu what a classic screwball comedy set-up this is. Spoiled rich girl bonding with cool poor guy. It’s It Happened One Night, My Man Godfrey, Bringing Up Baby, so many others!
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You mentioned that in your reviews. And I will admit, I didn’t see it at first but then did think it was a perfect screw ball comedy during one of my last watches with the group. I’ll let you know what I think this time. You know my evolution with this movie.
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That tattoo we never fully see is soooooooooo sexy. And SUCH a great character touch. He has a cool sexy tattoo, but doesn’t dress to hide or emphasis it, it’s just there. AND it’s a massive Sikh symbol. He is conflicted about his heritage, he has dropped almost everything, but when he thinks about the tattoo he wants, that is wehre he goes. And this kind of tattoo is a commitment, multiple sessions, working witha d esigner, and so on.
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You know what is nice about watching this movie? I am neither reading the subtitles or consciously listening to the dialogue. I know all the words already, I can just enjoy the other stuff.
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HA! How many times have you seen this movie?
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I know I saw it 4 times in theaters, but after that I lose count.
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Oooo, I want to go to a restaurant! My Mom’s birthday is next weekend, and we are going on the architectural boat tour and then to a nice downtown restaurant. It will be just like this! Except with a nerdy middle-aged architect doing the tour!
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Anushka is hilarious. Her reinactment of the engagement cracks me up.
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Seeeee??? Classic screwball! The “screwy dame” gets the cool dude all flustered. This exact same scene could have been in a Katherine Hepburn/Cary Grant movie.
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I don’t think this shirt was intended to have anything in the pocket
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This restaurant set is SO GOOD! Ceiling mural of the apple eating, all the mirrors indicating their self-reflection (or lack there of), just SO MUCH.
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I forgot how beatiful the scenery is in this movie. I love the bridge and the canal.
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How long is this character spending on his hair every morning? I know a lot of it is spending too much money on expensive hair dressers, but he must get up a good hour early to get it all patted into place. And what about when he spends the night with a lady? Does he pack 3 combs and gel in an emergency kit?
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definitely! That hair is high maintanence!
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Those pajamas are adorable and look so comfy!
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Thank goodness, he took the things out of the pocket and the shirt is hanging the way it was designed.
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Anushka’s expressions in this movie are just so funny!
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So good! And she totally leans into the comedy. Can you imagine someone like Aish doing this? Someone who always feels like they are thinking “now I shall be funny” instead of just being funny?
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No. Not at all. Anushka is comedy brilliance in this movie! Her gujju accent could easily have been distracting. But here, it’s just funny.
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Her contract is AWESOME!
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Wish me luck! I am going to run downstairs and get clothes from the dryer. FIRST LAUNDRY IN NEW PLACE!
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Best of luck!
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But I am to neat and clean, ne! I am genuinely laughing!
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I enjoy that they use the cheese thing, something that is innately silly, and make it sillier
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I want to go to Europe now!!!
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EW EW EW! the belly button scene creeps me out!
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I think of it as showing how innocent SRK is in reality. This is all he can think of for “seducing a strange woman”
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Hmmm I am not sure. I don’t think of SRK as innocent in this movie. Jaded, confused, hot, a bit smarmy in the beginning yes. But not innocent.
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No no, SRK the person/actor.
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AHHH yes! That totally makes sense to me! HA!
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Yep! Imtiaz said to him “do something sexy and physical to the actress” and he thought “belly buttons! They are sexy, right?”
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I love the banter between SRK snd Anushka!
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Ooo, a little exploration of class/gender power dynamics! Always a fun addition to a screwball comedy romance.
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Harry does know the top 4 buttons of a shirt exist, right? They aren’t just decorative? You are supposed to use them?
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But he knows the audiance would be so sad if he used them! He is doing it for us!
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It’s not the full resolution of her character’s experiments with identity and stuff, so not the best outfit for Sejal, but BOY is this the best outfit in the movie in general!
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Okay, Anushka’s hair is in her face, and I think her breasts still look not quite right. The final outfit, the maroon dress, has a much better line for her figure, and she pulls the hair slightly out of her face.
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This seems like an outfit Anushka thinks she should wear to a club – short, red, a little tight on top. Except its totally innocent and she could easily wear it to a picnic!
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Yes! And along those same lines, she stands wrong in a short skirt making it appear to be an invitation because she has no idea what makes the outfit flirty versus normal.
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I love Anushka’s confusion face. She’s not afraid or with her delicate “sharam” offended, she’s more just trying to understand what this very different experience is about. She’s only afraid when the thugs start coming for her. She isn’t afraid of some little man just because he is misbehaving with her.
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YES! She is confused about what is happening and then just kicks him in the balls and throws a cup out of instinct!
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This has got to be a conscious reference to the Raja Hindustani red dress scene, right? Only in this case Anushka isn’t blamed for being “immodest” or something, the movie accepts that she is just feeling her oats like everyone has a right to do. And Shahrukh doesn’t save her for Love, but because it is the decent thing to do. Does that make sense? It’s more a story of Anushka growing up and experiencing things and Shahrukh being her friend, than a moment of True Love and Rescue.
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SUCH AN IMPORTANT SCENE!!!! Shahrukh doesn’t blame her for any of it because it isn’t her fault. And we see the pressure a typical “rich girl” is under to always be perfect in every way. The pressure she is turning around in anger at Shahrukh and which is exploding in this thrill seeking behavior. I think this is the end of her thrill seeking, right? She just relaxes and trusts herself after this, gets out of the tangle of “I want to do it, but it is Wrong, so I should do something Really REally Wrong to make it worth while”
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I love when she just blurts out about the pressure from her fiance while in the midst of being scared. She is scared and confused and all these feelings are coming out. I think of this scene as the one that sets her free. She has a meltdown, gets it all out, and now she can relax!
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And Shahrukh says the magic words, the perfect thing to make her see the world in a different light.
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I think it’s a mixture of he doesn’t blame her, but he also doesn’t try to pacify her or treat her with kid gloves like everyone has her whole life! He challenges her and frustrates her but treats her like and adult. and she finally doesn’t have to be perfect.
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Yes! He says “that was a stupid thing you did, but you absolutely should have beaten that guy up, and it wasn’t a big deal, and lets move on”. A healthy way to treat an Adult.
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I love her purse.
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Is the boat when SRK falls in love with Sejal? The look he gives her is intense!
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I think he was in love at first sight, he has this confused way of looking at her straight through. But I think he starts falling really deeply at the boat. It’s an exponential love story. The more time they spend together, the deeper it is. That’s why Shahrukh keeps trying to send her home, keeps thinking if he doesn’t get any deeper he can still pull out.
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I can see what you mean. But to me, they are both just confused and assessing each other in the beginning. I like that it is not love at first sight. They are parrallel lines. But as they travel together and go through experiances, they grow into themselves and fall in love with each other! Now the parrallel lines start intermingling and become a double helix! It’s all a journey!
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And thus, THIS SONG!!!!! She starts singing bouncier, he starts singing more joyfully, and they meet in the middle.
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My feet hurt so bad in sympathy, those boots were NOT made for walking!
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WEIRD CREEPY SLEEP EYES! TOO REAL!!! TOO REAL!!!!
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Does SRK overplay this breakdown? Is it too much for just “diaspora angst”? I think maybe yes, freels more like “remembering a massacre”. Guessing he went Method on it, and went way WAY too deep into his own tragic childhood.
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Yeah. It is definitely over the top there!
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I don’t think he is telling her all this because he loves her, exactly? It’s not a “let me reveal myself so you will love me”. I think it is more that his falling for her unlocked emotions in his life and they are just spilling out. Like her last night. And her calm acceptance of the spilling emotions is what makes him fall more in love with her, feel safer with her. She isn’t horrified at his backstory or his emotions or his folk songs or anything.
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I gotta remember to show this song to people when they ask about Indian musical styles. Simple religious hymn versus folk song, all in one piece!
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SHAHRUKH! Your KNEES!
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This is where I have to pause the film and give my friends a lecture on “girlfriend” as it would be defined for Anushka’s kind of character. But really, I should just say “you know what ‘girlfriend’ meant when you were 12? Like that”
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SRK is all cute and jealous that Anushka is talking to her fiance and calling him Jannu!
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And cutely embarrassed about feeling jealous because it’s such a childish emotion!
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ANUSHKA! Take your boots off! Your poor FEET!!!!
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Theory: This whole evening sets Anushka free to be herself fearlessly with Shahrukh, but it also kind of resets her to the start of the romance. When she was still conflicted, her crush on SRK was what was cracking through her shell. Now that the shell is gone, the crush is sort of integrated into everything she is learning about herself, it’s no longer her defining characteristic. Does that make sense?
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I could totally use Anushka’s outfit here for a color scheme in one of my rooms! Right? Blue daisy curtains and a yellow orange wall?
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Goli maro Rupen ko (To hell with Rupen) YES!!!
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HOLY HOTNESS!!!! I have goosebumps!
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I just realized, he is hot IN A ZIPPER CARDIGAN!!!!! Like Mr. Rogers! That is a very difficult look in which to be hot.
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I thought we had a whole thing going that guys look weirdly hot in cardigans. Didn’t we say that about Hrithik also?
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I had a thing where I think someone thinks guys look hot in cardigans because it happens way more than logic would require. But I don’t know if I think guys look hot in cardigans.
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