Happy Saturday! And Happy Jackie Birthday Week! I have been talked into doing an ACTUAL Jackie movie, not just one of his modern ones where he has a little father role and nothing else.
Dushmani! I know nothing about it! Except that it is Jackie and Sunny and from 1995. So I am expecting lots of fake blood, very little dancing, and some questionable sexual politics. WOOT! Oh, and for Jackie to show too much skin, because it’s what he does.
At 8am Chicago time, I will put up a comment on this post “And PLAY” and then we can all comment along together from there.
dontcallitbollywood 
Here! (Also: “too much skin”? What do you have against Jackie’s skin?)
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His gross old man skin!
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1) What do you have against old men, then? 2) He’s gonna be what, 35ish here?
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He was born old
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And PLAY!
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Woot, Shekhar Kapur! I find this hilarious that he just directed a bit of it, and then was out. Was it just THAT BAD?
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Awwww, cassette tape!!!
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I thought the music stopped at an odd juncture, but apparently my headphones just died. Ugh! Running to the other room to get another pair.
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I’m here too!
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Yayyy! Is baby down, or are you introducing him to the pleasures of Bald Anupam?
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Ha! No. Husband is taking care of the baby this morning.
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This is going to be a trial run to see if husband follows my schedule! He takes over in a couple weeks (i.e., his paternity leave starts).
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Evil bald Anupam! Okay, so far I am following things, evil Bald Anupam is a Bombay gangster.
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JACKIE!!!! So handsome.
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See you are into him! Show some skin, Jackie!
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I like the handful of colorful umbrellas standing out in the crowd of black ones. Also, that everyone is soaked in spite of their umbrellas.
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I don’t want Naked Jackie,m but I absolutely want Jackie to comfort me when I am mourning.
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He does exude some kind of Wholesome Dad Energy, I find.
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Maybe just with his shirt off!
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So, Jackie just always wears white? Doesn’t he worry about getting it dirty?
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Oh, that’s how Jackie can wear white, he makes other people do his work.
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I’m amazed anybody can get that much mascara to adhere to their eyelashes.
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Jackie looks good in all white!
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I always love scenes where you get to see the whole street/cityscape like these.
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Also envious at everybody hanging their laundry out on their balconies. I had to do laundry and now it’s snowing, so it’s probably going to get mildewy trying to dry indoors : (
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Radiator heat! My skin is all cracked, but by golly the laundry dries fast.
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Oh, my first apartment had steam radiators–they were great! Except that when they powered on they made that smell of a clothes iron powering up, which subliminally triggered my “did I leave the iron on?” anxieties. I only have heat in one room here, and it’s a stupid electric radiator that is either on or off, no temperature setting : P
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Are you getting hit with the Noreaster?
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Yeah, were expected to have about two and a half feet of snow over the weekend. Happily, it’s not very cold, just snowy and windy.
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WOW! 2.5 feet is a LOT!
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We got 1.5 in the last storm, but it’s been warm enough to mostly melt since then so at least it isn’t snow on snow!
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Ooooo, love the opening credits. Very arty
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And “Cineyug” is such a great name! I don’t think I know that company.
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Coincidentally, they are very mobbed up! If I am thinking of the right company.
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Ugh, smoggy.
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Why does he have so many chairs if he is the only one who is allowed to sit down in his living room?
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So busy complaining about HVAC that I barely had time to remark upon these amazing quilted throw pillows!
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Deepti!!!! Wait, is this a flashback or present day, I’m lost.
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Flashback.
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Him flopping backwards into the grass was very cute c:
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Noooooo! Is Anupam gonna take Deepti from him!
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Ooh, he’s one of the fancy colored-umbrella people ( ;
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This director never met a canted camera angle he didn’t like.
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Anupam is EVIL!!! He must die!
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I’m kind of obsessed with the type of handcuffs you in Indian movies. I understand how they close/latch, but not how you would ever unlock them. Where’s the keyhole?
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Hmm good question!
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This is TERRIBLE! Deepti is stuck in a forced marriage just because Anupam got the sindoor on before Jackie arrived?
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Classic conundrum ) :
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But she will always love Jackie and Anupam will always know that! HORRIBLE HORRIBLE ANUPAM!
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Sunny! He’s so sunny!
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On one team: a guy in a long-sleeved, tight-cuffed sweater. On the other: Sunny in a wifebeater.
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Ripped open to his navel
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Oh oh! During this time of peace, Sunny and Manisha are gonna fall in love! Or they’re gonna meet at the wedding! Or something.
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Can that possibly be a legal move in volleyball?
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Ooh, I like the green blinds in Anupam’s office.
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How is the older guy who called the truce related to all this?
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Used to mentor both of them.
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I thought he was the patriarch of the Singh family?
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It doesn’t seem like it. They call him Sardar Saab. And Jackie is Singh and Anupam is Oberoi.
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I’m just translating it to Hajji Mastan, Dawood, and Chota Raja in my head.
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Yeah, I was definitely wrong about that. But I’m right about the details that really matter (pillow covers).
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HA! Pillow covers are very important!
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Title drop!
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Sunny should not be wearing Mom Jeans. Not very flattering.
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Oh, Bhabhi! I thought it was her daughter. This makes more sense.
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Creepy creepy Anupam.
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Only Anupam gets to see his sister — that’s not creepy or anything!
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Manisha looks, like, breakably young here.
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More quilted pillow covers! It’s a family tradition, apparently.
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Sunny! Not cool to go into the ladies party. Also not cool to be wearing that vest.
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You could fit at least one and a half Sunnys in there.
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Ahhh, now all is made clear.
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Sunny is so dopey looking, I can’t take him seriously.
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Sunny is always dopey looking! For some reason, I feel like he has the same look at Nicolas Cage, who is also perpetuallly dopey looking! Ranbir has the same look!
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I love it whenever somebody is experiencing such intense emotion that it becomes windy indoors.
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I am laughing so hard right now!
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It’s a thing! You can’t voice your emotions, but you CAN let your hair whip around your face in the nonsensical breeze.
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Now I have the song, “I whip my hair back and forth” stuck in my head.
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Unclear to me why the ladies don’t just kick him out.
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Why do all the women talk in such a baby-ish high voice in all the 90s movies?
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I love “Ghulam,” but I’m SO ANGRY they didn’t let Rani have her real voice in it D :
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Agreed!
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WEIRD WEIRD FANTASY MANISHA!!!!
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She’s a virgin whose creepy brother is the only man who is allowed to see her. The fantasy is going to be weird!
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She obviously has to live in her imagination a lot–like the conversation she had in the mirror with the fantasy version of herself earlier, before the advent of Sunny in her life at all.
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Also all the 90s heroines are named Sapna (dream).
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This is super awesome though, having the female fantasy vision within the film.
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ALL THE CHANDELIERS!!!! This looks like the lighting store down the block from me.
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Should I make breakfast or am I going to miss a major plot point in the next 10 minutes?
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You’re the only one of us who has seen this movie, LOL ( :
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I saw this movie a long time ago and this was not one I payed a lot of attention to. That should be enough to tell me that I will not miss anything. 🙂
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why are you making breakfast? Don’t you have a husband?
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You’d think he would be able to multitask but the kid is real needy and can’t seem to do anything for himself! Its been 7 weeks; that’s old enough to take care your yourself, right?
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To take care of one’s self and make a batch of scrambled eggs, I should think.
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Absolutely! he should be able to drag himself around the kitchen making you breakfast by now.
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