Happy Tuesday! And happy Day I Am Randomly Taking Off For Christmas! We are all going to watch Atrangi Re to start my day, and then I may take a walk, or a nap, or just do a puzzle. Ahhhhhh, heaven.
Atrangi Re
Surprisingly good/interested reviews, available on Hulu in a funky way (I recommend just searching for it on Hulu and seeing if it pops up and you can play it because it is magically part of your subscription), and available in einthusan of course. A little over two hours, great music, and I expect it to result in a really interesting discussion and eventual review! Or, we will all hate it and spend the entire time cursing Kirre for recommending it.
At 8am Chicago Time I will put up an “and PLAY” comment and we will comment along from there!
dontcallitbollywood 
Here!
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I’m here! This is my first watchalong for a movie I haven’t already seen, so I apologize in advance if my comments are sporadic/delayed.
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Not sure for how long but I’m here too!
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Newbie here and excited! I can only stay for the first hour though. 😦
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Here : )
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And PLAY
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Akshay! Kirre, you said he was hardly here?
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Hardly in the first half, more in the second.
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I appreciate the use of the scooter as a ladder!
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This intro music is so good and so addicting. Reminds me of Aish’ intro in HDDCS
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Wait, I have an Akshay PSA about smoking and sanitary pads, does anyone else have that?
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No
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No? I’m watching on Einthusian and it got right into the movie
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Not on einthusan
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/yep, everyone is ahead of me
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Should we pause?
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Are you on Hotstar, Margaret? Einthusan is PSAless.
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UGH! I’m on Hulu
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Does Dhanush already have heart eyes for Sara? This movie is gonna wreck me
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Yep!
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Tipical AARai – good guy falls at first sight with problematic girl
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I can’t believe poor Kiran is being accused of misleading us as to the amount of Akshay in this movie over a pre-film PSA :’D
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How the Hell was I supposed to know he did a Hulu PSA!!
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Ugh, I got your name wrong in this comment. Sorry ) :
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No worries! Kiran is a lovely name. Part of me wishes it was my name just to have the Darr moment of “K-K-Kiran” 😀
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And PAUSE! Because everyone is off from me.
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I’m at the part where Sara drinks from the bottle
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I will say when I see Dhanush I guess?
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I am seeing Sara running and being chased by a car? Great music too.
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DHANUSH!!!
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caught up! I backtracked
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Awww, Dhanush! He’s already in love.
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Okay,m now she’s drinking from the bottle.
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I paused when Sara was brought home, tell me when I should start again
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ME too!
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Dhanush in the rain, he has beefed up! Thank goodness, because he was like a stick.
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Sara home at her fancy house.
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Awww, Sara’s being beaten.
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Poor Sara
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Oh, this family sucks, but they have such a cute mural in their anteroom : /
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This is already better than Tanu Weds Manu, when he falls in love with her while she is drugged. at least this time it was her real personality he liked!
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“HOw are you?” “I am wet” xD
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Sara chooses the most interesting roles imo
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She does! She does emotionally complicated roles well. This movie feels like an amalgamation of Love Aaj Kal 2 and Hasee toh Phasee.
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I felt like this role was a lot like her role in Kedarnath – a wild beautiful girl role, but to be fair as this movie progresses the similarities diminish.
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Even though all the wires are visibly insulated, I would feel so nervous to screw with an electric pole that was in standing water.
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And yet when Dhanush says we are Tamilian. We need to go to school to learn medicine but not engineering. I couldn’t help but giggle.
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Not a stereotype of which I was previously aware!
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A little PSA from me. Ignore anything “important-sounding stuff,” Dhanush’ friend MS says for the whole movie, it’s total nonsense and makes watching the movie much more enjoyable if you block it.
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I saw a couple reviews saying anything medical isn’t well done. So it really is like HTP?
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Yep, ignore the logistical stuff thrown and concentrate on the love story
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Yes!!! It goes back to Margaret’s theory of horrible doctors in Hindi movies. MS is the worst!
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Oh, Sara just held her head at such an angle that she looked sooo Sharmila-like.
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That’s so interesting. All I see is Amrita in her!
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It surprised me! This was when she was sitting on the ledge of the courtyard balcony and leaned her head back a bit against the column.
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Sara’s dialogue here is so wonderful!!
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Sara’s character ain’t taking no prisoners, I love it
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And there’s the classic Aanand drugged bride story!
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Haven’t seen TWM movies so the info that these things are classic Aanand is intriguing
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It’s a slightly concerning trademark to have!
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I knew that drink was gonna be drugged. All this wedding prep is making me uncomfy even if I know it’s a common thing
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I love the dopey smiles on the woman’s faces! It’s a wedding! It’s always happy!
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The black humour in the beginning is so dark, but somehow tolerable by the way it is presented
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His laugh is so weird sounding, I’m even more uncomfy
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Well, at least they know that they didn’t grab a Bihari guy??
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They didn’t want a Bihari
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Yeah, I caught that dialogue earlier. This was in reference to Dhanush spouting all that Tamil : )
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Drugging the girl, kidnapping the boy, why not let her escape and cut all the ties?
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Marriage is a more respectable way to get rid of her
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Sara, my dream love story is no drama, what are you talking about
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Love Sara. And she is looking so much like her Mom!
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It’s adorable how quickly she makes friends after she realizes he was tricked/drugged too.
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Yep, this movie was safer on a streaming platform.
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AKSHAY! KIRRE!!!!!
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Oh don’t start!!
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“Ali Khan” I wonder if that was on purpose
Love Sara’s hair pinned back like that though
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OMG, I didn’t even notice it’s was similar to her own name! Very cool, though, esp. in these times, to use an actress with both Muslim and Hindu family background to portray this role.
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This could be a great movie ending – a girl suffers a lot during all film and then is forced to marry but what she thought is the worst thing turns out to be the door for her liberty.
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The opening bit of Kirre’s review reminded me of “Woh Saat Din,” which is precisely that plot!
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Prepare for your first dose of Akshay
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“Love kaise?” ) :
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I’m chaperoning a Holi party for school in March and I’m so excited, I really want the pandemic to be on its way out by then
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Oh, that sounds fun. Good luck!
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