Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, a watchalong!!!! I’m excited! I’m gonna get off work, do errands, then come home and settle in for a nice shared viewing experience.
Kal Ho Na Ho! It’s on Netflix, it’s AWESOME, and we have all probably already seen it. But just in case, for those who haven’t yet, NO SPOILERS. Well, as much as possible.
At 3pm Chicago time, I will put up an “And PLAY” comment and then we can all watch along together from there, yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
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Augh! No rehabilitation of grandma! No, Jesus, no!
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THANK YOU! I still don’t trust her ONE BIT.
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So, they’re bonded by making excuses for a really kind of sucky guy? Mother, wife, and daughter all cleaning up his mess?
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The best part is that the Ambani’s used the GUJJU song in one of their weddings. THAT MAKES THIS 1000X MORE HILARIOUS!
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Really?
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Yea. Apparently that’s the case. Here’s the proof:
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I love Saif’s family!!!!!
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They are the best!
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And now my second favourite song after KHNH title song!
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Preity Woman doesn’t rank?
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I just feel cold with that song. Don’t know why, but it doesn’t hit the emotional spot for me like the other sons do.
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The songs are giving me school flashbacks, whole groups singing at the top of our voices!
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ME TOO! I was at a college in America, but by golly we belted them out!
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Had you discovered Indian films when this came out?
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Like, the year it came out. Everyone told me “you have to see KHNH! You have to see KHNH!”
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This is also such a fantastic fun song
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Saif is so GREAT!!!! Being all flirty and happy and nice even though he knows she loves someone else. He really is the Strongest person in the movie.
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Rani steals the scene in just seconds
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This is also such a great outfit for Preity. Love the skin colored under layer too.
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I’m torn, because I don’t think Grandma deserves a romance, but I also really want her married and out of the house.
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The bit with the conductors baton is the one where Saif kills me. The shot of Preity and SRK looking at each other, and then Saif just watching calmly in the background.
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Man, I miss early 2000s Rani
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Second killer moment, of course, Jaya singing to Preity.
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KAJOL!!!
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Uh oh, it’s all tears from here
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KAJOL! PRegnant with the sad pregnancy! Always makes me sad.
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Sad pregnancy????
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real life sad warning: she had a late term medically recommended abortion because of danger to the life of mother and fetus. That pregnancy is why she turned down the role in KHNH and her cameo is only from the neck up. She and Ajay did a joint public statement, it was SUPER sad.
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And now the tears will flow like the Niagra falls
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I just wanna yell at him, STOP DANCING SO HARD, YOU’RE GONNA HURT YOURSELF
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Hey, it’s Sanjay Kapoor!
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I know, I’m weak, but I’m gonna go feed Albie Dog and miss the next 2 minutes. TOO SAD
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One thing is for sure: Karan knows how to torture us with emotions
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Although he has gotten worse with age. I feel this one SO MUCH MORE than ADHM.
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Until he goes waaaay ott
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GREAT Saif and Shahrukh scene there! They both really went for it, no holding back.
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Masterclass actors the both of them
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Also, shoot! An even sadder scene! Leaving to get a glass of water.
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Does all the crying go a little overboard for anyone else? Or am I just a shell of a person with no emotion?
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No, it goes a bit OTT for me too. Somehow the OTT is easier for me digest in something like KKKG because the OTT world supports it. This, trying to be realistic, makes those scenes seem out of place for me.
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The only thing that feels slightly OTT to me is the very end of this song when SRK is alone. Otherwise, TOTALLY works for me.
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Thank you! I was just feeling old and cynical all by myself here!
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SHELL OF A PEOPLE!!!!
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If these reaction shots were cut in half it would be fine!!
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Gia giving him a flower? HEARBREAK
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YOU ARE A SHELL OF A PERSON!!!!
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I did cry the first time I watched it if that makes it better!!!!!!
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Same. First time is a wreck of emotions. After it this movie just doesn’t hit the same emotional spots for me.
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SHELL OF A PERSON!!!!
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Yup, dat’s me, a Mere Shell and Empty Gourd
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I knew it.
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Now l feel REALLY sorry for Saif
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Hey, at least he’s not dying! Besides metaphorically on the inside.
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Yes, but his love, engagement and wedding hhave been hijacked, and he cant even be pissed off, cos its SRK who is also dying! What story is Karan really telling here?
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I agree. K3G was designed to be extra. This story is already so emotional, it doesn’t need to beat us over the head with it in order to land and hit us in the feels.
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This scene sequence absolutely lands for me. I think it’s the best ending Karan has ever done.
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Weather report: I’m gonna say it is maybe 2 months after the wedding? Gia’s in a little sweater, so maybe winter and the wedding was in fall?
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Uff, the silent exchange between Shahrukh and Jaya, him asking her for reassurance and she somehow finding it in herself to give it?
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How old is Gia? Did they establish? Why would you let a little girl in on such a heavy situation! I get saying goodbye, but she doesn’t need any more trauma.
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It’s Shahrukh, he will make sure it’s not traumatic. Just a smile and a sweet moment and then she is out of the room.
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And then he rises up from his hospital bed and KILLS GRANDMA!!!!
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I’ve always read the “you’ve put on some weight” line as an akcnowledgement that she is pregnant already. Anyone else?
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I always thought it was just a way to lighten the moment, but you definitely have a point
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the line hardly subtle with it.
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Oh great, I start to tear up only when Saif and SRK start to talk.
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It’s such a special bond between them. Forget the queer coding, just the idea of a dying guy and a living guy loving each other as friends, and having an understanding of the responsibilities he will carry on.
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Idk, when dying people talk about sleeping, that’s what gets me.
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Saif and SRK – the true romance of this movie
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Agreed!
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20 years later and they wear 2000s fashion. I don’t think they are far off with hose trends go.
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But Saif should hav ea beard and another 20 pounds, and Preity should have bad plastic surgery.
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BAD 20 years later!!! BAd BAD!!! I think it should have been 5 or 10 years, and then it would work so much better. We’d know Preity and Rohit love each other and are happy and everything is great, we see that Gia is good, but we don’t have the bad make-up.
Also, OMG! It actually IS almost 20 years later!
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Saif in glasses and smart suit and grey. AMAZING!
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Good for them for giving the daughter an American accent
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Oh MAN does that movie hold up!!!!! Not like “oh wow, I see so much more now”, but like it’s 20 years later and the costumes, hair, dialogue, songs, better than what we have today, higher quality, more imaginative, more modern feelign even. A few miss-steps, but still SO GOOD.
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Thanks for this watch along! It has been AGES since I last saw this. Lovely to see it with all of you. Have a great weekend! Now, I’m going to watch something cheery.
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Okay, I am going to crawl into my bed and be upset. Didn’t cry, but my heartstrings are definitely tugged.
This was fun, despite the heartbreak. THanks Margaret for hosting! Have a great weekend everyone! And good luck for anyone else like me who has back to school coming up way sooner than they’re ready for!
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Thanks for this! Great Friday evening with you guys, and another srk film under my belt
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Congrats!!!! And it is SUCH a good one. Mainly in terms of hair, but isn’t that the most important measure of SRK?
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Whoops missed the last part due to something else, though I probably would have skipped it anyway. Thanks Margaret and everyone else, have a happy weekend!
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