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 
I am a bit behind with all the no audio on einthusan thing, but not much
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Salman’s shirt is just desperate to fall open
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I love a song that is performed with cosy home clothes on
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Well, this is giving me HAHK flashbacks
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All we are missing is a dog and an audience of children and name caps
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If they had a reliable, respected umpire like Tuffy, there would not have been so much dispute going on down the pitch and perhaps someone else would have run for the flies!
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What did we learn from this movie and HAHK? Stairs = BAD! Stay away from all stairs.
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Man her tummy went down fast!!!!
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That isn’t what happens in real life?!?! Oh man, Hindi films have steered me wrong again.
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I didn’t know either! And then there was a whole discussion about Princess Kat looking pregnant right after giving birth, and apparently it’s a thing?
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I was joking. Yes. You still look pregnant after giving birth. And it might take weeks before all the swelling goes down.
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I was not joking. Legitimately did not know that until there was a whole conversation about Princess Kate. To be fair, my mother is built in such a way that the pregnancy really didn’t effect her that much.
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My mother was the same darn way. She popped out both kids and was back home within 24 hours looking like she was never preggo.
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Didn’t you see? She fell against that step and her belly popped like a balloon. Basic anatomy.
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Oh goodie, the doctor has more information about Rani to NOT TELL RANI
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I KNOW!!! This is REALLY REALLY bothering me!!!!
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Wait, how long can this stay a secret? Like, they all live together, Periods are a thing. Or should be a thing.
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Wait, was he about to ask “can I tell this to Priya?” Like, maybe he WOULDN’T???
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Yupp! Why would he tell her. Just keep lying to her and making her feel like something is wrong with her when she isn’t pregnant month after month. .
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Not pregnant, and also not having periods. And then her facial hair starts to grow, and her energy shifts, and her sex drive goes away, and she DOESN’T KNOW WHY
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I feel like Salman is being held to ridiculously low standards in this movie. Like, he gets to be the greatest guy ever just for staying with his wife until she wakes up post surgery, and for not keeping her own health issues a secret from her.
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Aw, Salman and Rani are so heartwarming in that silent moment. LOVE!!
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I feel like they’ve done something with her makeup here that makes Rani look sallow and tired.
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Get this Doctor out of the hospital!!!! He is evil!!!!
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These people are TERRIBLE!!!! None of this is what you should say to a woman who lost a pregnancy! UGH!
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But it’s their grandchild she lost. They have to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
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No sympathy!!! Amish Puri you are horrible!
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Okay, I seriously don’t understand how this purple salwar kameez goes together. Is there a sheer “skirt” that is attached to the waistband of the salwar? Because with the angled cut, I certainly don’t see how it’s part of the blouse.
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These people are horrible!
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Agreed! Why would you share a dream like that with someone who just miscarried?!?!?!
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And here we observe Salman carefully arranging all seven hairs on the side of his head.
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Hahahaahhahah! XD
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No one besides Salman seems capable of reading Rani’s emotions. On the other hand, they never really knew her except as “woman who will give us baby”. UGH
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Go Rani! Go and adopt a baby and be away from these horrible people and doctors!
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Does the movie ever actually tell us that she wants a kid for herself, not just for Amrish’s sake?
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I suspect social expectations, but also wants the baby for herself since she can’t have any. So it’s like a double whammy, I suspect.
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Oh! I want to see THAT movie!!!! Man is made impotent in an accident, wife leaves him, and then he finds new love with a woman who is willing to open her eyes about other ways of intimacy.
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I never entirely understand about adoption in Hindi movies/Desi culture. Sometimes (more of the time?) people act like it’s this noble, sanskari thing and that your adopted parents should be honored just like birth parents, etc. And then sometimes people freak out about it like Rani just did on behalf of Amrish.
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This part of this movie makes NO sense to me!!!
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Also, they started off making the family seem so progressive. FRICKIN tell them about your medical condition and that you cannot have a baby. At least give them a chance to understand!!!!
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I don’t know. On this watch they have come across to me more as the kind who like to be told how “modern” they are, just as long as their daughter-in-law also gives them a grandson who looks exactly like their son.
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That’s an excellent point. The more I think about it, I feel the same way. Especially the scene where Amrish Puri tells Rani his grandson dream right after she lost her baby. That is just so cruel!
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Does he have a little rack of samurai swords behind his desk?!
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Yes. And also a weird gold statue thing?
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Thank you for confirming that I was not hallucinating, lol!
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The Rani-Salman romantic chemistry is so warm and caring and precious and so believable
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I am okay with almost everything in this movie until I realize they aren’t using the turkey baster method. WHY NOT??? It’s so simple! And cheap! And not icky!
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There is a lot about this movie that drives me NUTS! But this really bothers me. Go to a clinic and have their use the turkey baster (IUI) or go through IVF!!!!
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There’s this comment about “publicity” or something, like they don’t want to use doctors. But you can hire someone to come to yoru house! It’s not that complicated a procedure!
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Use your Doctor Uncle who knows NO BOUNDRIES!!!! And yes, they can afford home care! Hire someone!!!!
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There’s just so many other insertion options beyond Salman’s penis
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Somehow, what I got from that comment was “log kya kahenge”. Like, it’s obviously gonna look so much better having hired a prostitute for this than just having a “test tube baby”.
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They blew their budget on that helicopter, so now they can’t afford to get Salman a non-squeaky desk chair ) :
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I just laughed out loud.
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Did they never consider just a newspaper ad?
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What a weird rude thing to do at a business meeting!!!!
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Yes! Super messed up!
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This is an oddly comical way of approaching this, Salman.
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He’s missing his wife so he weirdly looks at every woman as his potential surrogate?
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Who picks up a random woman off the side of the road?!
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Salman, apparently
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An Richard Gere.
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THE COWBOY HAT. Oh, my eyes.
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What a nice prostitute lady! He should have hired her.
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This is NOT a good song for Preity!!!! She can be sexy, but not like this.
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Is there a rule that all surrogates have to be dancers?
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I had an idea that maybe they were doing it deliberately: don’t make this song too sexy, so as not to ruin Preity’s image, as in “she would actually really make a good prostitute”.
This is definitely the biggest introduction scene of the movie, though.
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Is “Madhubala” a common-ish name, by the way? Unlike “Madhulika,” “Madhuri,” etc., I don’t think I’ve heard it except for here and re: Madhubala the actress.
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I don’t know if it is recently.
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Her eagerness to watch “The Flintstones” is terribly endearing.
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Yes! Even though it’s totally from Pretty Women and Julia Roberts watching I Love Lucy, its so cute when Preity does it.
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That studio must have been heated up like a sauna. All those lights!
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Preity’s face is too cute for me to buy too much into this prostitute character and the singer’s voice doesn’t suit her
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Also, I don’t think she can dance in those boots,s he’s moving all awkward.
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This song would fit someone like Malaika or something of that ilk, but not Preity’s cute bubbly face
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I feel like even Kareena could have pulled it off but Preity is JUST SO CUTE!
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Ooh, I like that Salman first sees her with that strobe light going, like a horror movie effect.
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Even her “prostitute” wear is cute girly like with all the pink jacket and that skirt. It is more teenager than an experienced sex worker, which she is supposed to be
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She is so kid -like, watching the cartoons and all, surely they meant for her to look youngish?
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True, good point. Her intro song just had a very adult voice (think Malaika in Chaiyya) that DID NOT suit her at all
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Okay, I had to attempt to put the six year old down for a nap and missed some stuff. But let me get this straight, Preity actually IS a prostitute?! And he is looking for a prostitute to be a surrogate?
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Bingo!
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No second cousins or family friends around? Gotta go straight to women who sleep with men for money.
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He already looked at women from work (yes, really), but landed on the prostitutes instead
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No because it has to be A Secret. So poor old Grandpa never find out.
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Oh an actual PLOT POINT. Okay. This is a terrible plan. They should at least leave the country so the surrogate can never find them after the baby is born.
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Yes! Makes perfect sense, doesn’t it?
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And he’s going to sleep with them to have the kid isn’t he. No egg harvesting or invitro.
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filmikudhi and I already yelled about this. no one has ever heard of the simple at home options for impregnating? No semen vehicle exists beyond the penis?
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Ding ding ding! And of course because it is Salman’s super penis, the first time he has sex with her, she gets preggo.
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And she falls in love with him.
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Filmikudhi, here is something I’ve always wondered: is that a particular regional accent where people say J for Z (like “ek hajaar” and not “ek hazaar” just now)? Or just an “uneducated” thing?
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I don’t know but it have a feeling it is an uneducated thing.
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I associate it a lot with daaku movies, for some reason.
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She’s going to need to buy a bigger bra to transport all that cash!
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You think this movie is weird, there is an old 1950s American movie in which a couple decides to adopt, the hero drives the attractive young social worker home and gets drunk, isn’t sure if he slept with her or not, and then 9 months later the social worker shows up with the “perfect” baby for them to adopt. And he has to suffer secret agonies trying to figure out if the baby looks like him for real-real or not. And it’s a comedy.
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What is it called?!
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I CAN’T REMEMBER!!! I saw it on TV and now I can’t track it down again.
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Well, this script clearly took some pointers from ‘Pretty Woman’ with he shop and the cash thing
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Yes. Some of the scenes are literally identical.
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LITERALLY copy and paste, except for the dialogue in some scenes
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Exactly!
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Well, the first time I watched this movie, it was at a summer course on Hindi cinema, and we did several comparisons of Bollywood/Hollywood. I think almost every scene that only involves Salman and Preity is copied over.
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This couple. First, they lie to the family and keep them in the dark about Rani’s medical condition. Rani decides that they have to have a son with Salman’s blood. Then, Salman decides to hire a prostitute as a surrogate. These all seem like bright decisions!
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I’ve never seen “Pretty Woman” and your-all’s comments are making me feel like that should have been a prerequisite!
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I’ve never seen it either! You and I can join in ignorance
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WHAT?!?!?!?! You both need to watch Pretty Woman!!!!!
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Watch it! Both of you!!!
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Watch Pretty Woman!!!
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This is such a great PReity role!!! Sexy prostitute is no good, but silly immature prostitute is PERFECt.
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Salman’s friend! He is totally Shahrukh’s friend in Baazigar! the one who knows all his secrets!
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I mean, she does need clothes! She hasn’t changed outfits yet, and it’s clearly not the same day she was installed at the hotel.
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She does. This is also from Pretty Woman!
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