Yaaaaaaaaaaaay! Friday WatchAlong! I did work all morning, ran an errand, then came home and had a nap, and now I am all settled in for this movie! And I will NOT fall asleep (as I tend to do when we have Friday afternoon watchalongs).
Chori Chori Chupke Chupke
It’s available all over the place for rent, and it is well worth the rental. It has one of my all time favorite songs, “No. 1 Punjabi!”
At 3pm Chicago time, I will put up an “And PLAY” comment on this post and we will all watch along together from there. I’m excited!
dontcallitbollywood 
Where’s Rani for all this sequence, by the way? Did she leave town for some reason and I missed it?
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Yeah to attend her cousin’s baby event.
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Oh, yeah. Thanks!
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Oh, wow. How is it that I had completely forgotten this masterpiece of a title song? O.O
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This is the song where you notice Salman’s thinning hair the most.
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Have we ever seen him with glasses outside of her fantasy? Or is it just her fantasy Salman with glasses?
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She is literally seeing him with rose colored glasses!
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This song is so lovely! And FINALLY, Preity has a voice that suits her face, like in the previous song
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Wiki says that it is Alka Yagnik in both of them. I always think Alka is more successful at singing slightly “traditional” melodies like this, more so than pop-influenced stuff like Preity’s first song.
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So tell us, Filmikudhi: have you been remembering to measure your belly with a tailor’s tape? I take it that’s a very important aspect of pregnancy.
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Obviously! ;-). No.I have not. But the doctors use measure tape to measure your belly.
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And studying the relevant scriptures, of course.
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Just pointing out the way both Salman AND Rani get to listen to the belly. Kind of intimate
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They really went BIG for this song with the helicopter shot and all
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And this is why they had to hire a prostitute and couldn’t afford a medical procedure to make a baby.
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And things will be awkward…
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Why is Preity so cute?!
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Has she ever not been cute? Her dimples are so cute.
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Nope. She will forever be cute!
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Salman looks goooooooooooooooooood in that shirt.
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I was totally thinking that. He really does!
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NOT THE FAMILY!!!!!!! OH NO!
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Oh good everything is going fine, for now. Salman and Rani are good at lying
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I just want someone to massage my feet now.
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ME TOO!
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“The one whom I have called ‘daughter’ is like a daughter to me”. . . AKA they could have adopted a normal old baby and grandma, at least, should have been chill with it.
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EXCELLENT POINT
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EXACTLY!!!!
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This family is so PUSHY
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I’m sure most of you know this. But in Indian culture, elders are not supposed to touch younger people’s feet. And because Preity is a prostitute she feels she is especially “dirty” so someone elder of “class” should really not be touching her feet. So having an elder women of “higher class” massage her feet is a big deal for Preity.
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Also, Salman and Rani’s excuse for staying in Switzerland was that Rani isn’t allowed to travel. But in the 8th month of pregnancy both can travel to India?!?!??!! No airline would allow you on the flight one month before you are due!!!!
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The Pundit seems like an ASS! Two pregnant women can’t come to this ritual together?!
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Not to mention the phone bills he must rack up for Salman, calling the house in Switzerland for very little reason.
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Oh for F’s SAKE! Woman have three births: 1 When she is born, 2. When she is married, and 3. when she becomes a mother?!?!?!?!?!? I HATE THIS SO MUCH!
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See, women are only defined by their relationship to men. That’s why doctors can’t talk to them directly.
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P*sses me off as well. This family is so horrible! Can’t they see that NO ONE (Especially Rani) doesn’t like their talk
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Also, what happened to the spunky Rani from the beginning of the movie? How the heck does she go from that to this?!?!?!?!? UGH!!!!
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Patriarchy and expectations wears you down once the term “wife” is used, especially with this ass of a family
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I feel like I can psychologically reconcile it in part by thinking she might want to “hedge her bets” by bringing as much blessing upon the baby as possible, having the trauma of the miscarriage still hurting her.
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I am fine with that part. But I am not fine with how she goes from spunky to all of a sudden lying to her family and totally not being okay with considering adoption and insisting on the son having Salman’s blood. The whole bit drives me nuts!
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It is so easy for a woman to get accident married in India!!!
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This whole part of the movie drives me insane!
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My favorite song!
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Also, I love that they all expect this child to be a boy! “I hope “he” furthers our name and fortune” UGH!!!!!!
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I hope it’s a girl just to spite them, but seeing how misogynistic this movie already is I fear not
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I really do wonder what those people would have done with a girl. “Oh don’t worry, that’s also why my friend with the four kids had so many. Sadly, only the youngest is a boy.” They’re progressive like that, they’ll keep a girl and even allow her to go to school.
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Poor Preity, this must be so horrible for her emotionally and not good for the baby
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You called it!
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These lyrics are wonderful!
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But, what’s she gonna live on????
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Bad Rani! ) :<
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But this doctor is TERRIBLE!!!
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Again, if this doctor can deliver a baby, he certain can impregnate Preity without Salman’s penis!!! He could also help them find a real surrogate!!!
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That is one BIG newborn! No wonder there were complications.
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How are you so ahead??? I fast forward to where you were but you still keep being ahead!
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Are you on Prime?
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No. YouTube. Prime must have cut some scenes as usual.
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And supporting his head all on his own! Which is good, given how Preity is holding him.
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Again, why the decision to save the mother or the child is being made by random strangers???
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Because Salman is a MAN. Men make all medical decisions.
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To be fair, Rani made this decision.
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And it did feel like a climax of the movie to me. So far, everything they’ve done for Preity, has been for the sake of the kid, or at least it could have been seen that way. It always felt to me like Rani has finally come to value Preity for her own sake.
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*Ding Dong* goes the Patriarchy bell
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Rani I hate you! Don’t call her names!
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But, you have no profession! What are you going to live on????
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Blank checks!
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She turned them down!
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Blah blah. She will eventually cash them when she is hungry and homeless!
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She didn’t say no to the house did she?
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I don’t think he offered her a house. He just offered her blank checks, which she “refused.” It’s easy to refuse money when you have been living in a mansion. Not so easy when you are hungry and homeless.
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It was at the very beginning of the scene. First he said that he had checked her in for her flight, then he handed her the boarding pass and the keys “to your new house.”
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Einthusan subtitles mentioned a house.
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The 10 Lakhs she is getting from Salman.
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Preity should have stayed!!!!
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In my head sequel, she stays and Rani and Salman find her a husband.
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Why can’t they become a true throuple?
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Yes!!!
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Well, that was lovely as always! And now I have to walk the dog and eat dinner real quick before doing another virtual watchalong. Princess Switch 3!
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I still have 2 minutes to go but yes to Princess Switch 3!!! I can’t wait to watch it. Also, are you watching Bunty Aur Babli 2 in the theaters??
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I want to! But family stuff is….stuff this week. So not sure.
On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 5:52 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I am not sure if you’ve already seen it, but ‘The Knight Before Christmas’ is pure wish fulfilment!
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More than decorations I find Christmas movies before Thanksgiving really pushing the envelope! The day after is fine though. (Wait, I think my kids saw Home Alone last weekend….)
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Thanks, guys. I eagerly await the sequel: “Medical Malpractice 2: Mal Practice, Mal Problems.”
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Cheers to Preity being a mom through surrogacy in real life!!! She does get her happy ending!
Thank you everyone for a wonderful watchalong. Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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Thank you for this! I love seeing movies I have never watched before. It’s such a bittersweet ending that makes you wonder if Salman loved her *a bit more* than was appropriate for the situation. Sorry, his freeze-frame eyes just scream love loudly,
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And there is that faint echo of “chori chori chupke chupke” over it, like maybe he has a tiny secret.
On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 5:56 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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The title song, too. With even the hand gesture from a choreography that was only ever in her head before. I can acknowledge when a film is trying to show something different from what I’m seeing.
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Thank you for the watch – a – long! childcare and movies don’t really go together, I missed quite a bit, and then I lost my second computer so I couldn’t comment. But I enjoyed the movie, even if I was Rani hating quite a bit at the end. Have a good weekend!
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