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 8:24 am said:

Here!

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filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:26 am said:

Here!

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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:27 am said:

Here and taking bets on how much I will dislike this movie now.

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:29 am said:

And PLAY!

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:29 am said:

I am seeing a speech in honor of the nobel villager. Mehboob Productions were such Commies!

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:30 am said:

Cuckoo!!!!!!!

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:30 am said:

Everyone here has seen The Court Jester, right? Because I suspect I will be thinking of it and giggling through out this whole movie.

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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:30 am said:

I want to marry the colour palette of this movie already.

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- Kirre Ranin on July 10, 2021 at 8:32 am said:
  
  This was India’s first technicolour movie so figures why they went all out with the colours
  
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Elin Star on July 10, 2021 at 8:31 am said:

Here

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- mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:31 am said:
  
  Yaaaaaaaaay!
  
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:31 am said:

In one title page, horse trainers, jewelers,a nd fencing instructors! That tells you everything that is good about this movie!

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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:31 am said:
  
  I’m at Dilip already.
  
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  - mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:32 am said:
    
    Me too, it moves fast.
    
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:32 am said:

Waterfall!!! Horse riding in water!!!

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:33 am said:

Notice, unlike Aamir, Dilip didn’t have to hide lifts in his Noble Villager shoes

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Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 8:33 am said:

I’m here!

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- mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:34 am said:
  
  Woot! 4 minutes in
  
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:33 am said:

I’m already trying to make logic of the politics/historical time period of this film. STOP ME! It’s a fool’s game!

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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:34 am said:
  
  lol I also always do this, it’s a losing game. So far I have literally 0 clues for this one though so ????
  
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- filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:35 am said:
  
  STOP! It’s an exercise in futility!
  
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:34 am said:

Dang, Dilip’s shoulders were insane. Unless he hid pads in his Villager Shirt. But I don’t think so.

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Kirre Ranin on July 10, 2021 at 8:34 am said:

Dilip had such a cute-handsome face

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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:35 am said:

Who are these people???

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- mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:36 am said:
  
  VILLAGERS!!!!
  
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:36 am said:

“You’re tall like a camel but behaving like a child” is a great line.

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:37 am said:

Wait, is this their house? Or is this a palace? And is this real or a dream? I am already confused.

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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:38 am said:
  
  I DON’T KNOOOW
  
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- filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:38 am said:
  
  I can’t tell. The house looks huge and they seem to be villagers.
  
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Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 8:38 am said:

Wait I thought they were brother sister?

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- mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:39 am said:
  
  She seems to have been adopted by his mother, but also in love with him?
  
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  - Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 8:40 am said:
    
    Yeah both call her mother
    
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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:39 am said:
  
  That’s what I thought
  
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:39 am said:

Nadira is gonna have to work really hard to make me like her more than Nimmi. nimmi is AWESOME!!!

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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:39 am said:

Oh shit Tommy didn’t subtitle the songs, what is this about?

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- Kirre Ranin on July 10, 2021 at 8:41 am said:
  
  They are subtitled in einthusan. She’s in love with Dilip, the song.
  
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  - Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:41 am said:
    
    Thanks!
    
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Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 8:39 am said:

Are you at the song?

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- mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:40 am said:
  
  Yep
  
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:40 am said:

We are all seeing and understanding the influences of this film on everything from Lagaan to Mother India to DDLJ, right? I don’t have to keep pointing it out?

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- Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 8:42 am said:
  
  I see the mustard fields with maidens alright
  
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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:40 am said:

Subtle imagery with the sickles there Mehboob

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- mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:40 am said:
  
  Such a COMMIE!!!! I just can’t get over it. Remember how Mother India starts with 5 minutes of tractors?
  
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  - Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:41 am said:
    
    No, because nothing on earth will make me watch that movie.
    
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    - mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:42 am said:
      
      Raajkumar is so hot. Surely you like Raajkumar? Everyone likes Raajkumar.
      
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      - Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:42 am said:
        
        I do actually. Maybe I will watch that bit one day.
        
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      - filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:44 am said:
        
        Nope nope, NOPE! Raajkumar is NOT hot.
        
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      - mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:45 am said:
        
        You are INSANE! He is SO hot!!!
        
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      - filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:47 am said:
        
        Nope. EW! Great actor but not attractive. If you haven’t seen Muqaddar Ka Faisla you totally should, especially if you like Raajkumar. It’s on Netflix.
        
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      - mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:49 am said:
        
        I have seen it! So nutty.
        
        And counterpoint:
        
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      - filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:50 am said:
        
        It is SOOO nutty! I love it!!!
        
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:41 am said:

I’m gonna take a leap and say the lyrics are “I am young and sweet but naughty and in love also”

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- filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:43 am said:
  
  It’s a Radha-Krishna reference. See comment below.
  
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:42 am said:

PALACE!!!!! And a car? Is this in present day after all?

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filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:42 am said:

Does everyone get the Radha-Krishna reference with this song? Nimmi is singing about how she hears basuri (Krishna’s instrument) for the first time (i.e. she’s in love with Dilip). And she obviously will not be the one that ends up with Dilip. Radha was never married to Krishna, that was Rukhmani (i.e., Nadira in this movie).

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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:44 am said:
  
  Thanks for the explanation! I didn’t have subtitles for the song.
  
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  - filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:45 am said:
    
    You are welcome. It’s great foreshadowing.
    
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:43 am said:

Wait, there’s cars but this dude still arrives on an elephant?

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- Kirre Ranin on July 10, 2021 at 8:43 am said:
  
  I think it’s best not to think too hard about time periods when Fairy Tales are concerned. It’s all a hodgepodge anyway.
  
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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:43 am said:

Literally every Govinda movie from the 90s where he plays a village oaf is a super diluted copy of this but with complicated dancing instead of structuralist imagery.

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Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 8:43 am said:

Green turban gonna be the villain right?

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:44 am said:

Wait, so Dilip is the descendent of ancestral noble warriors? Only now they life with the villagers?

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- Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 8:46 am said:
  
  Seems like it
  
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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:45 am said:

I have to say I love that fuchsia turban.

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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:45 am said:
  
  Actually, everyone’s turbans are hot like fire.
  
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- filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:47 am said:
  
  Me too!
  
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Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 8:45 am said:

Nadira!

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:45 am said:

NADIRA!!!!!!

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:46 am said:

Oh oh! Controlling the mare of the princess! I feel like there is a symbolism here?

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Kirre Ranin on July 10, 2021 at 8:46 am said:

Nadira is so stunning! I want that turquoise jacket with gold embroidery.

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- filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:48 am said:
  
  I love her angular features! So interesting!
  
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- Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 8:48 am said:
  
  Her curls too!
  
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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:47 am said:

The fabrics on these constumes are blowing my mind.

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:47 am said:

Noooo! He lost his turban!

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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:49 am said:

Stop bothering that poor horse.

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filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:49 am said:

I used to have an outfit like the one Dilip is wearing and now I kind of want to find it and wear it!

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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:50 am said:
  
  You should, it’s gorgeous!
  
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:49 am said:

Someone went a bit over the top with Dilip’s blush

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- Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:50 am said:
  
  Clown chic
  
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  - filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:51 am said:
    
    HA! Your crack me up!
    
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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:50 am said:

“The thing I am able to tame, it becomes mine” Oooo! flirty!

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:51 am said:

Well, this is frankly terrible sword fighting. Rathbone and Flynn spoiled me.

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:51 am said:

Is that a statue of a naked man riding a lion?

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Kainaat on July 10, 2021 at 8:51 am said:

They aren’t using doubles are they?

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:52 am said:

Why did Mom distract him????

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Popka Superstar on July 10, 2021 at 8:52 am said:

Dilip can’t swordfight for toffee

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filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:53 am said:

Nimmi is just so adorable!

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mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:53 am said:

The king should marry Nimmi!!!! They both seem nice.

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- filmikudhi on July 10, 2021 at 8:56 am said:
  
  The king is giving me some Sunil Dutt vibes!
  
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  - mredlich21 on July 10, 2021 at 8:56 am said:
    
    Me too!
    
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