Woot! Watchalong! What a wonderful way to welcome my return to blogging! Especially this nice dopey over the top movie.
Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Danny Denzongpa!!!! Need I say more? Okay, I’ll say a little more: Evil Britishers! RD Burman love songs! HORSES!!!!
At 9am Chicago time on I will put up an “and Play” comment and we can all comment along together from there! Prepare yourself for Manisha gorgeousness, and Anil dopeyness.
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Those soldiers have terrible aim.
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Perhaps they don’t want to kill their countrymen.
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Ah, that also seems reasonable.
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BADASS! Jackie is badass. Manisha fell in love with the wrong dude.
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How is the metal staircase on fire?
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gas – not sure how long it will take to burn off.
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Danny!!! Now is when you make a life change.
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Officer daughter down!!! That sucks. She shoulda risen through the revolutionary ranks and turned her father into a secret agent. What a waste.
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Happy ending – eVERYONE DIES!
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Danny does a good Jai Hind, worth waiting for.
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That was pretty good.
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Oh look, Anil finds some badass in himself and manages not to die! There ya go kid, that’ll make ma happy.
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7 year old says “Throw the sticks! Throw the sticks”
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Dyn-O-Mite!
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Danny is my favorite.
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Did daddy just die?
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Yep! Impaled on the flag of independence
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Bye bye library!
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7 year old liked the explosion.
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See, this is my issue with bombs as an assassination technique. The blew up the whole building, but the general happened to be outside, so it was pointless.
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I can’t believe Jackie AND Anil are both still alive. Is Manisha gonna have to marry both of them?
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Sounds ideal!
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YES!
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Flags. We just gotta do away with flags. I’m sure if there were no flags there wouldn’t have been this fighting.
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But they are so useful when you need to impale an evil collaberator.
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Oooo, good final explosion.
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Gosh, the general didn’t even think of grabbing onto the edge like Anil, and his hands weren’t even tied!
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White people are dumb.
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He was the world’s dumbest general by far. In charge of this area for god knows how long, never learnt a word of Hindi.
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Or to wear a hat in the sun.
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To be fair, no middle-aged British man ever learnt that lesson. You should see the bald red heads on Spanish beaches every summer!
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“Hey, at least he didn’t die” (After watching Jackie fall)
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I love Danny. He and Jackie and Anil and Manisha should go off and have adventures.
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Well, that was a LOVELY movie. Very appropriate for Valentine’s Week. I just feel full of love, and also a desire to stab people.
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With flags, be sure to stab them with flags.
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ANd then it is over, Manisha gets two husbands and a white General is dead, so no more fighting and India is free! Ta da! Thank you for the movie magic Margaret!
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Yes! It’s all perfect forever and ever from now on!
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Loved it! Thank you for this watchalong, Margaret.
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Filmikudhi: Only question for you, since both Jackie and Anil are alive at the end, does that mean Manisha gets to have two husbands?
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Thank you for this lovely time! Such a lovely movie! Happy Sunday everyone. 😀
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