Saturday Morning WatchAlong: Karan-Arjun! 7:30am Chicago Time!!!

Posted on October 30, 2021 by mredlich21

Happy Saturday! I hope I can make this work. Einthusan is always so tricky. Oh well, I can just watch on my phone if I have to.

Karan-Arjun! The Salman-Shahrukh movie that is also maybe slightly homoerotic! And is only available on Einthusan so watching it is gonna be real sucky!

At 7:30am Chicago time, I will put up an “and PLAY” comment and we will comment along from there!

253 thoughts on “Saturday Morning WatchAlong: Karan-Arjun! 7:30am Chicago Time!!!”

filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 8:48 am said:

Wow. He just starts shooting. That is a bold move!

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- mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 8:48 am said:
  
  A man with a beret like that has to be bold.
  
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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 8:48 am said:

I don’t think it’s physiclaly possible to jump out of the way of a bullet?

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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 8:49 am said:
  
  Where is your faith, Margaret? This whole movie is based on having faith that such ludacris things are possible.
  
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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 8:49 am said:

NOOOOOO! ADOPTOVE FATJER!!!

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 8:51 am said:

Kajol looks like a really stressed strawberry shortcake.

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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 8:52 am said:
  
  I am laughing so hard right now.
  
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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 8:53 am said:

Okay, whatever set dresser bought those white couches/armchairs was not thinking ahead.

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 8:53 am said:

Empathic maa powers: ACTIVATE

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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 8:55 am said:

Yes! It’s love at first sight! Salman will save him!

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 8:57 am said:

The filmmakers really are like, “Get out of the way, Mamta; let the boys enjoy this atmospheric jail lighting.”

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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 8:57 am said:

kiss kiss kisssssssssssssss

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:00 am said:

Clearly nobody considers Johnny any worthwhile help at the stable >.>

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:02 am said:

Camels! I love it when there’s camels.

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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:03 am said:
  
  YES! So Rajasthani again!
  
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filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:02 am said:

Now I want Bhel Puri or Aloo Chat! So hungry!

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- mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 9:03 am said:
  
  I got delivery coffee! Because I’m just that lazy
  
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- Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:03 am said:
  
  I wanted to make myself popcorn for breakfast to have with the movie, but I only had a few kernels left ) : So it’s been yogurt macaroni.
  
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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:10 am said:

Do you guys know “Mera Gaon Mera Desh”? It has just occurred to me that this scene is very much like the one between Dharmendra and the madwoman in that film, except that here SRK actually IS her son (sort of).

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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:12 am said:
  
  Ooh great parrallel. Now I want to rewatch MGMD. I haven’t seen it in a long time.
  
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  - Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:15 am said:
    
    Me neither. The part that sticks in my memory are the two “parents” that he winds up with, Jayant and the madwoman.
    
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filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:14 am said:

Rakhee’s Karan Arjun are BACK!!!

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filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:14 am said:

I love these lyrics. Dreams come true, wishes come true, if you have faith!.

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- Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:16 am said:
  
  The view in silhouette, with the figures of the villagers watching at the bottom, is SO beautiful.
  
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  - filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:17 am said:
    
    Yes! Sooo good!
    
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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 9:17 am said:

I’m back! Albie Dog was insisting on a walk. But so long as I didn’t miss Kajol, I don’t mind.

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- Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:18 am said:
  
  There was precisely zero Kajol while you were gone : )
  
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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:18 am said:
  
  I was just able to ask if you took Albie D for a walk! You did not miss Kajol.
  
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filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:19 am said:

Salman needs to get punched a little but to jog his memory and the psycho within him.

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:21 am said:

I enjoy how chill all the villagers are about this whole thing. “Hey, Karan-Arjun, it’s been a while. How are you boys doing in this life?”

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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:22 am said:
  
  Nothing’s changed. It’s cool that you are getting beat up again.
  
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  - Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:23 am said:
    
    The last time they got beaten up here, it was in bare sand. This time, there’s a random pile of winter squash. So yeah: same difference ; )
    
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filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:22 am said:

Release the psycho Salman!!! Release HIM!!!

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filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:23 am said:

This movie gives me all the the feels! IT’S SOOO GOOD!

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:24 am said:

Yes!!! Salman going hog wild!

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filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:24 am said:

Salman’s signature dance step!

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filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:25 am said:

This song makes me so so happy!

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:25 am said:

Oof, when your mom gives you a blood tilak, you know stuff’s about to get serious.

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:25 am said:

My favorite song! *dances in my kitchen*

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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:26 am said:
  
  ME TOOO!!!!
  
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  - Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:31 am said:
    
    Thank you, Margaret/TownsandTulips for sponsoring our geographically dispersed dance party. I’m a little out of breath!
    
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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 9:26 am said:

But, KAJOL!!!! Shahrukh came all this way to save her, and now she’s just forgotten?

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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:27 am said:
  
  I am too focused on Karan-Arjun love to care right now. She’ll be saved.
  
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- Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:27 am said:
  
  There’s going to be SO MUCH KAJOL in a moment here. Just be patient.
  
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filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:31 am said:

Amrish Puri is back in my favorite outfit!

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:35 am said:

Lowkey obsessed with these blackish purplish carrots that are in so many desi movies.

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- mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 9:37 am said:
  
  Oh! I’ve totally seen them in a grocery store! I remember thinking “oh look, it’s the weird movie carrots”. Next time I see them, I will buy them in your honor.
  
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  - Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:38 am said:
    
    I *would* feel honored by that.
    
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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:39 am said:

The one joke I consistently laugh at in this sequence is “Where did you see them?” “On TV.”

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:39 am said:

All the best letters contain the ghostly face of one’s beloved.

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:41 am said:

Although she is still obviously demented, Rakhee looks so much better put together now that she has her boys back.

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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 9:43 am said:

IS it really appropriate to make your girlfriend seduce Amrish Puri?

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- Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:44 am said:
  
  His happy face is somehow more disturbing than his seventeen eeevil faces?
  
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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:46 am said:

Does anyone know who the older dancer is?

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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:49 am said:
  
  I don’t. Usually if I have seen her in another movie, I remember but I don’t think I have ever seen her anywhere else.
  
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  - Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:50 am said:
    
    She’s a lot of fun! I love that time when she randomly leans her head into frame and just. . . screeches.
    
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    - filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 9:51 am said:
      
      Yes!!!
      
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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 9:47 am said:

Okay, this male chorus line of baddies is seriously disturbing.

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:51 am said:

These baddies really do play with fire by tempting so much maa rage ) :<

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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 9:52 am said:

She held on to the garlands??? I don’ wknow why this is surprising me, knowing this woman.

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- Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:54 am said:
  
  And this is why you don’t buy a rear-wheel-drive jeep.
  
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  - Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:57 am said:
    
    LOL, that was not meant to be a reply!
    
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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:55 am said:

I just watched “Reshma Aur Shera” for the first time last week after years and years of recommendations. It was beautiful and moving, and boy howdy did people roll down a lot of sand dunes in it.

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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 9:58 am said:

Finally someone remembers Kajol!!!!

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- townsandtulips on October 30, 2021 at 10:28 am said:
  
  I definitely love how proactive-ish SRK is in this movie about rescuing Kajol rather than just feeding birds with the evil people.
  
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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 9:59 am said:

I do love how readily Ashok turns double agent. Not only are his bosses gross, but he gets to eat ghar ka khanna at Rakhee’s place now.

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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 10:00 am said:
  
  All this is not helping my hunger! This is the thing with early long movies. I am so hungry by the time they end!
  
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  - Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 10:04 am said:
    
    My tea has gone cold even though I put it in the cast-iron pot with the quilted cozy ) :
    
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    - filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 10:06 am said:
      
      Oh no! I guess, it was bound to happen over this 3 hour movie!!! I forgot how long this movie was!!!
      
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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 10:02 am said:

Boy, you can really tell that Salman was teh better dancer back then.

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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 10:09 am said:
  
  He’s another one that I think just enjoyed dancing! Which is why his dancing now is so hard to watch.
  
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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 10:03 am said:

Okay, this is something I have thought for a long time but never been in such rareified company that I felt I could publicly state it. Salman is in front of the main group of dancers almost from the beginning of the song, and SRK is not far behind. Yet Kajol only has her little “oh, I know who that is!” reaction right after they’ve bent down to give the offerings. Does this mean she recognizes him better by his bum than his face?

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- mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 10:06 am said:
  
  Yes. Because he wriggled it so much in Jaati Hoon Main. It all has an internal logic!
  
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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 10:10 am said:
  
  YES!!! She recognizes the ass so much better than his face!
  
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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 10:13 am said:
  
  Also, I am so glad that you feel comfortable sharing such observations in this company! We appreciate it.
  
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  - Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 10:14 am said:
    
    It’s the kind of thing you don’t suggest to your grandma, you know? ( ;
    
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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 10:06 am said:

I love love love Rakhee walking down the stops in silhouette, lit from behind ❤

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 10:07 am said:

Just in case Amrish hasn’t recognized them, Salman/SRK take care to remove their weird face paint before leaving the mandir!

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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 10:08 am said:

THIS IS WHAT KAJOL WEARS TO RUN AWAY????

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- Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 10:09 am said:
  
  You want to pick something extra-reflective so that the light shines in your pursuers’ eyes.
  
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  - Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 10:11 am said:
    
    Sorry, pressed “enter” too fast : P My joke was going to be that she should have just kept on the mirrored ghagra choli from the last scene.
    
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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 10:10 am said:

Wait, was that white dude boxer?

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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 10:11 am said:

Ooooo, I want Amrish’s coat!!!!

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- Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 10:13 am said:
  
  How do you feel about the cravat?
  
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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 10:19 am said:
  
  I said that earlier! Amrish has the best outfits in this movie!
  
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filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 10:12 am said:

Ranjeet may be the worst father EVER!

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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 10:15 am said:

These poor horses!!!

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Shelomit on October 30, 2021 at 10:17 am said:

Whoever builds stone walls in this village needs to be fired.

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- filmikudhi on October 30, 2021 at 10:21 am said:
  
  I mean we all know that stone walls are only built in hindi movies to be crumbled by the heros or the villans.
  
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mredlich21 on October 30, 2021 at 10:19 am said:

Not the pots!!!! And everyone threw away their metal pots in the earlier scene, so now there are no pots left at all.

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