Happy Sunday! I already walked the dog, took the bus to the house, bought coffee on the way, walked over, saw my friends’ new couch and got my hairbrush from where I stashed it, took the bus back, walked the dog again, and now I am going to watch a movie with you lovely people. The random extra day of homelessness is just going to FLY by!
Raabta! I love it, and if you don’t, you are wrong.
It’s on Prime and various other places. At 1pm Chicago time, I will put up an “and PLAY” comment and we will go from there, all together. Yaaaay!
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Jim looks SO SHARP!!
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My Dad just looked up during the dream scene, “Is this still part of the movie?”
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Jim! And his scarf of EVIL!!!!
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They definitely have almost as much chemistry as her and SSR. Also, when is Made in Heaven 2?????
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Why is he doing that with his hands is he making boob chocolate
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Oh Jim why won’t you abduct me in a car
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SUCH A CREEPY SONG. Makes way more sense in this context then in the original “happy silly Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi” context
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oh I love the song. It’s Kishore and Madhubala! I can’t think of it as creepy!
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And now that classic song is forever labelled menacing because of this movie.
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I mean, I think it was already kind of menacing? not in context of the original movie, but the lyrics are CREEPY!!!!
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Yea, true. I blame the whistle worthy tune for that dissonance in the lyrics and music.
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I love how this is feeling like a cute getting to know you convo, but there is an undercurrent of “yeah, this guy is actually nuts”. He didn’t talk until age 7? He sleeps with all the lights on?
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The constant negging
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Jim is such a good actor. He is somehow charming and creepy at once!
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This movie is SO WELL CONSTRUCTED!!!! The same as the past is the present. Her on paper perfect guy, versus the guy she never inspected that she fell in love with. It’s not about reincarnation or destiny, it’s about two people falling in love for no reason then and now.
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My Dad “Now is this the liquor baron, or is this the other guy?”
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You’d think Jim would make a good Dracula but I think he’s too ambiguous for Dracula.
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He would make a great Dracula!
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Yeah but he’s not commanding enough. Maybe when he’s old.
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Maybe an upstart new Vampire trying to defeat Dracula?
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Yes, he’s more like secundary vampire or his weasely human assistent
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This movie makes a case for Jim to be a good Bond Villain or something like it in the future. He pulls off the style and creepiness so well!
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Better than Dracula!
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Oh yeah! Jim is finally released to his full weirdness! This makes me so happy.
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CROATIA!!!!
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My sister is supposed to go there next month!
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Haven’t been there but it is very beautiful!!
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Love love LOVE her shirt.
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Other cool thing, this is a reincarnation movie that is against the whole reincarnation argument! Jim is all in on the “I found you again!” argument. But Kriti and SSR fell in love without any reincarnation nonsense, they chose each other in this life.
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Jim’s choice to not blink, like, ever, is excellent.
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Yes! Remember your warrior past! Or beat out your heartbreak? One of those things.
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Say what you will about Jim as a creepy kidnapper, but he has GREAT taste in clothes. And an amazing eye for sizing.
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My Dad says, “is she going to escape wearing that flimsy dress?”
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That bit where he screams and then very goofily skips across stones is so funny
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Why would you have a lot of holes in your sails?
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They clearly changed cameras for this and it looks AWESOME!!! All out far ancient fantasy! Love it!
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Also, Rajkummar Rao!!!!!
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Did they stuff JIm’s shirt?
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That GOOFY ponytail my god
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My Dad’s asking, “So who do we like? Who is the good guy?” And I can’t answer. Follow up question, “didn’t they have good haircuts in the past?”
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They could only afford hair or makeup and they went with makeup. Eyeliner to be specific!
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Very bad swordfighting.
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Dad, “So why is he doing the Johnny Depp eye shadow stuff?”
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he is a very savage critic
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My Dad is leaving the room, having given up, “This is really confusing!”
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How do Muraakis make more Muraakis if they don’t have anything to do with women?
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They try very hard and very often
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This cracked me up!
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Why the veil?
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She’s a PRINCESS
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SSR is just so goofy in this part. The face. the hair, the Batman voice.
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He was/is clearly having a great time with these scenes as well as the comedy routine in the restaurant.
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It’s so endearing, because you have Jim Sarbh being all lithe and menacing and then he’s there making a face.
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Once again, I find myself buying the love at first sight thing! They just have so much chemistry
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Great makeup on Rajkummar as the High Priest or Shaman! Clearly, a good chunk of the budget went there in terms of makeup.
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Kriti, why are you so beautiful?
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Such a strong face, I love it. It’s not typical Indian beauty, but it’s not fake fashion model beauty either.
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She is stunning in such a unique way! She may have one of the most interesting faces in the current lot. I just adore her!
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Same! Her face is so interesting and captivating.
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Popka, I think you’re right. The only reason for Jim to be be-sleeve when no one else is, is if they are stuffing his shirt to make him look muscley. Poor dude.
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Yeah, his lower arms are so thick with padding. It’s weird because he is a very muscular man, just lean, not broad.
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Everyone is feeling sorry for Jim now, right? He just looks so unhappya nd confused! And his eyes must be so dry!!!!
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Nope. He’s a creep. I don’t feel sorry for him at all.
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He blinks when he moves his head, he’s fine!
He needs to stop being an idiot and realise there is only one woman for him and it’s not Kriti, but someone who is significantly more into Christopher Lee.
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I guess to answer your dad, she does not escape the flimsy dress!
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DEEPIKA!!! This song is FIRE!!
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You know this same plot is happening in Dick Tracy right now? Mysta the Moon Maid has been kidnapped, but her kidnapper is spreading a false story that she is engaged and on her honeymoon.
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Who is creepier/ more menacing? Jim in this movie or SRK in Darr?
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SRK!!!!! Always SRK. He was more passionate and unpredictable feeling.
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It’s the shirtless dancer boys that send this song over into AWESOME territory for me.
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I was just about to comment this
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Deepika’s eyeliner is so dramatic. OOH! Is Deepika’s makeup and outfit supposed to show the connection between the past and the present?
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And the shirtless back up dancers represent the tiger?
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Or just the shirtless soldiers.
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And Ranveer represents her true love the strange warrior, while Ranbir is her dog in the mangerish fiance!
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loool “you ditcher!”
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Why would anyone take a job as Jim Sarbh’s bodyguards? He’s so nutty!
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Nutty is such a great way to describe Jim!
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Where do they get a water bottle?
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It’s good they both look so great with wet hair, no one will suspect something strange is happening when they see them walking down the street.
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They are near water. I think thinking they have gone for a swim isn’t too far away in believability with the locals.
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I adore it that SSR never remembers but goes along with it anyway! Another clever little twist on the reincarnation idea. Why was this film a flop?????
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I am so happy that SSR never remembers also. He was a bit of a weirdo in the past so there really is no need for him to remember it.
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Probably/Hopefully in the “ahead of its time” list of movies that will be critically praised or discovered again and loved later on
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