Saturday WatchAlong: Aan! The Dilip Kumar Fairy Tale, 8:30am Chicago Time

Posted on July 10, 2021 by mredlich21

Yaaaaaaaaaaaay, Fairy Tales! I love fairy tales. And this one has a noble poor boy and a proud princess and all kinds of things.

Aan! It’s available for rent on Prime, or for free on Einthusan. Such fun!

At 8:30am Chicago time, I will put up a comment saying “and PLAY” and then we will all comment along.

353 thoughts on “Saturday WatchAlong: Aan! The Dilip Kumar Fairy Tale, 8:30am Chicago Time”

Kirre Ranin on July 10, 2021 at 10:45 am said:

I love how camp the costume designer went with the fantasy/dream costumes

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Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 10:45 am said:

Who is this fake princess?

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- filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 10:49 am said:
  
  I was wondering that too.
  
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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 10:52 am said:
  
  Nimmi?
  
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  - Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 10:54 am said:
    
    No it’s a completely new person
    
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    - mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 10:56 am said:
      
      Cuckoo?
      
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Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 10:51 am said:

My dreams are often illogical and bonkers, so they got that right

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 10:53 am said:

Why do you need both an enormous gong and an enormous bell?

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Kirre Ranin on July 10, 2021 at 10:53 am said:

That is A LOT OF CAMELS!!

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- Elin Star on July 10, 2021 at 11:19 am said:
  
  Can’t have too many camels
  
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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 10:53 am said:

I don’t understand even the first thing about this at all

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Kirre Ranin on July 10, 2021 at 10:54 am said:

The filming for most of these animal scenes must have been gruelling.

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filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 10:54 am said:

Oooh waterfalls. Maybe someone will dorwn!

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- filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 10:55 am said:
  
  Drown*
  
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 10:55 am said:

Aaaaaa! Fingernail caps!!!!

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filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 10:56 am said:

Nadira has the most amazing jaw line!

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 10:58 am said:

Isn’t she the Queen now? Can’t she just reveal herself and order them to stop?

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- Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 11:00 am said:
  
  Who?
  
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  - mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 11:02 am said:
    
    When the army first arrived at the camp, before we knew Premnath was alive.
    
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Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 10:59 am said:

Is that the scroll which the king dictated?

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filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 10:59 am said:

Oh the mom is doing it all because of some weird loyalty to the king. UGH!

I was actually happy when she was just doing it for her people!

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 10:59 am said:

What happened to democracy? Wasn’t there gonna be democracy?

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 11:00 am said:

Okay, now I am caught up tot he camels!!!!

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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 11:01 am said:
  
  It IS a lot of camels
  
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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 11:00 am said:

Premnath isn’t dead???

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- filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 11:02 am said:
  
  Nope.
  
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  - Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 11:03 am said:
    
    I couldn’t summarise the plot of this movie if you paid me a thousand euro.
    
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    - mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 11:04 am said:
      
      I mean, it’s basically Swept Away but as a fairy tale.
      
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    - filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 11:09 am said:
      
      Here is my attempt for anyone that wants to read this before watching the movie. King tells his son that the son won’t be the heir because he wants to turn the kingdom into a democracy. Son tries to kill the king but the king survives. In the meantime, a villager works to “tame” the princess. The son kills the villager’s childhood friend, who is in love with the villager. Villager kills the son but the son survies, and kidnaps the princess. Princess falls in love with the villager because of a dream sequence. Son comes back to kill the villager. Villager likely kills the son and marries the princess. The end!
      
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      - Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 11:34 am said:
        
        Bravo! Minor correction – brother instead of son
        
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- filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 11:03 am said:
  
  No one is dead besides poor Nimmi!
  
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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 11:06 am said:

Premnath looking SHARP

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 11:07 am said:

Wait, is he gonna blow up the dungeons? The best part of the palace?

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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 11:11 am said:
  
  Yes, and why? Won’t he need them?
  
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 11:09 am said:

Wikipedia says this movie was an international hit. Do you think it was released without subtitles? Because I feel like I would enjoy it a lot more without subtitles.

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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 11:10 am said:
  
  It was an hour and 40 minutes, which greatly helped, I imagine.
  
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- filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 11:10 am said:
  
  I ignored the subtitles and I don’t think it made the experiance any better.
  
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Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 11:09 am said:

Dancing to distract, of course!

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Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 11:11 am said:

Yay democracy!

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 11:13 am said:

Wait, when did Dilip become un-dead? Did I miss that?

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- Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 11:18 am said:
  
  I mean he wasn’t going to die anyway! He was knocked out by a blow to his head
  
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filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 11:13 am said:

Thank you for hosting, Margaret.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

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- mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 11:15 am said:
  
  I’m not done yet! How did I end up so many minutes behind?
  
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  - filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 11:18 am said:
    
    I would rewind and watch it again, but I’d like to think that I am not a masocist. I’ll just respond to comments until you finish!
    
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  - Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 11:22 am said:
    
    The einthusan version is ten minutes or so shorter
    
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    - Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 11:24 am said:
      
      Is it just the credits? Not that I’m going back to compare!
      
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      - Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 1:15 pm said:
        
        I don’t think so, we all had the same up to a certain point, where I think we had additional scenes.
        
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Kirre Ranin on July 10, 2021 at 11:14 am said:

Thanks for this fun colourful movie! Needed it today. Have a good weekend you guys! 😀

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- mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 11:15 am said:
  
  And I’m not done yet, I’m just at the part where the guards are distracted by dancing.
  
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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 11:15 am said:

I’m still not done, don’t leave me ;_;

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- mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 11:16 am said:
  
  I’m with you! Saath Saath!
  
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  - Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 11:16 am said:
    
    we can make it! I hope
    
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- filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 11:16 am said:
  
  I’m still here. I would never abandon a fellow DCIBer during this movie! We need all the support!!!
  
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  - Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 11:17 am said:
    
    The distraction dancing is good at least
    
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 11:17 am said:

HOW IS THIS A VICTORY FOR LOVE???? It’s all just sick Stockholm syndrome!

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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 11:19 am said:
  
  I hate iiiit
  
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- filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 11:20 am said:
  
  You picked this over Duniya!?!?!?!
  
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 11:18 am said:

So, is it a democracy now? Or are we back to the Good King running everything? I’m confused. Also, if cars and England exist, isn’t this during colonial times so none of this matters because the Britishers will just do what they want?

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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 11:19 am said:
  
  I don’t know and will never know.
  
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- filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 11:21 am said:
  
  Unclear! Somehow in the 3 long hours of this movie, the writers just didn’t have the time to explain this
  
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 11:19 am said:

And thank you ALL for watching this with me!!!! A reminder that old classic films are not necessarily better films.

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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 11:20 am said:

Thanks, everyone! I wouldn’t have made it through on my own, and since the poster will stay because it is so beautiful I do have to watch it once.

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Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 11:22 am said:

As insane as this was, I enjoyed it! Even Dilip, he played the shitty character well. And Nadira is awesome of course!

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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 11:23 am said:
  
  It just made me want a lesbian romance with Nadira
  
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  - Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 11:26 am said:
    
    Her and that fake princess would make a good pair!
    
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    - Elin Star on July 10, 2021 at 11:46 am said:
      
      Finally got to the end! And enjoyed it in a bonkers kind of way. But definitely want a version where the princess and the ‘maid’ rule invincibly together.
      
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