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 
Dhanush looks soooo good running
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If I were his friend, I would have given up on keeping up too.
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Ew, no COVID references!!!!
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At least they make it past-tense, which is somewhat better in the escapism into the movie thing
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She calls it the expensive chow mein, but the price isn’t listed on the menu.
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Calling it now, Sara saw Akshay in the circus when she was a little girl shortly after her parents’ death and grabbed on to him as a fantasy of escape which has grown stronger ovre the years as a survival mechanism.
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Isn’t this a relief for all of us though? That Akshay isn’t even real?
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It’s certainly an effective harnessing of the Akshay-hate that such a significant minority of the Hindi film audience feels ; D
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A good use of your Akshay
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“Jesus, Mother Mary and the Holy Ghost” – I am so stealing that!!!
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Do you see how Sara and Akshay are interacting like father-daughter sort of? That is, he is smiling and enjoying her talking and stuff and she feels all safe with him.
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makes the age difference less creepy, even if he is imaginary. He’s an imaginary father figure.
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Why does no-one ever sit on “Sajjad” in these crowded places? You’d think it would happen all the time!
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Maybe that’s why she moved him to the upper bunk in her mind?
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That’s the solution: just treat your imaginary friends like luggage. If they stay in the overhead compartments or the belly of the bus, nobody can disturb them.
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Yeah, this is defnitely something about how since Sara lost her parents young she had to create someone to give her affection, especially if her extended family rtreated her so poorly
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I really enjoy how they are constantly surrounded by people in this movie. UIsually we get the cleaned up version with the perfect hero and heroine all alone on the train.
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Didn’t she just eat expensive chow mein? How much can this girl eat?
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Also relatable >.>
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Side note, Dhanush looks so good in this nerdy botton down under a sweater combo
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I know!! Dream hot nerd alert!
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Bathroom dancing! The cutest!
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Beta? Maybe he is family. Why would you call your girlfeiend that?
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Especially if you are clearly 400 years older than her!
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Hahahahahaahha!!!! XD
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His shirt at least looks like it’s from the seventeenth century.
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Ah, Courtney! It was you who called it : D
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Reminder, MS is DUMB
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I’m barely even paying attention to him anymore. It’s the Dhanush and Sara show all te way
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Stop it with hte covid references and let’s stick with the fact that Dhanush is going gaga of Sra in his sweatshirt
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TALK THERAPY! Do TALK THERAPY!
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LOL Sajjad is like Drop Dead Fred – gets weaker as Rinku gets stronger!
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Akshay haters! Enjoy him getting hurt!!
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Akshay is DYING! And the friend is an idiot. But Dhanush is cute.
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OMG, Akshay’s bathrobe though.
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Gotta go:( enjoy the rest everyone!
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Bye! Watch it again and read through the comments next time.
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Bye Lily!
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Bye, Lily ❤
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He’s doing the dance moves aaaaaaah
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“Did he fall from the tree?” “Very good.”
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Drunk Dhanush is an even cuter Dhanush
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He’s so sweet and smiley!
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I’ve been listening to this song on loop the past few days, it’s so good
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Same, that and Chaka Chak are my ultimate favourites from this movie
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Ah, how to harness best friend’s (movie) psychiatry knowledge to help Sara without, you know, lying to her–?
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I hope it’s just like a sugar cube or something
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This song gives serious late 90s-early 2000s Rahman
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Agree!!!!! It’s got that light fun feel to it. And the dancing is totally Prabhu.
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Best part!
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They are ADORABLE!!!!
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Akshay, ruining a moment
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He’s such an excellent dancer! And just moves so gracefully even when he isn’t dancing.
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Dhanush and Shahid Kapoor in a dance film would be wonderful!
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Yes yes yes! Big “Gandi Baat” vibes.
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Aw, the cheek kiss!!!
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MS reaction to the ‘friendly kiss’ is so relatable
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Thankfully the background music underlines how F Uped this thing he is doing is
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Esp. since she presumably thought up imaginary Akshay to try to protect herself as a kid. . . very, very sad to ask him to intervene knowing that he can’t.
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He is also drunk so Dhanush is clearly not thinking logically
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Yes–the beer-bottle-smashing plan makes complete emotional sense from his perspective, even though it’s bound only to hurt the both of them ) :
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I want Sara’s scarf and hat, by the way.
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Sara;s entire wardrobe this movie is on point
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Doesn’t Sara realize that if she has to talk for all these other people, something fishy is happening?
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Presumably she’s been doing it her whole life!
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The miming of the milking is so funny
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I’ve milked a lot of goats in my day and I would definitely want a wider-mouthed container for this task.
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Honestly, I would wear MS’s sweater, also.
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I want this pink Mughal skirt shirt combo!!!
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So now how does Sara feel if the crowd went along with it but it wasn’t actually real? That they’re making fun? Poor girl
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Sara’s acting here is so great!!!! I want to give her a hug.
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Dhanush, wanting to comfort her, but leaving her alone – my heart!!
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TALK THERAPY! Don’t just medicate people, help them understand what is happening!
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At least he’s gotten to the point of telling the truth (the next best thing?).
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THAT HUG!!!!
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AUGH
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The upholstery in that bus is weirdly pretty.
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EVERYTHING about this moment is so intense! The hug! Sara’s acting!
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Dhanush’ breakdown after she leaves has me in tears
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Ah, just put it together: when she’s all “Hero toh aaj fail hogaaye” on the bus, Akshay is wearing NORMAL PEOPLE CLOTHES. He’s weakening!
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