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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Here!
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Here 🙂 hi everyone!
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Here for just an hour!
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And PLAY!
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That is a lovely disclaimer
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Awwww, RD Burman!!! Also, second week in a row that we’ve had a “thank you Shakher Kapoor” movie. He really got around in the mid-90s!
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The later start time had the advantage of building anticipation with the 7 year old!
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Yaaaaaaaaay! He’s gonna learn all about how white people are evil.
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Oh hey, SLB worked on the screenplay!!!! No wonder it has a tragic love triangle and Epic History.
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Also, song director, which makes SO MUCH sense as to why they are the way they are in this film.
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Woot! Lataji!!!
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The music makes the flag very scary!
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BRITISHERS!!!!
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Screenplay writer and song director by Sanjay Leela Bhansali!!
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I so wish I could stay for the whole movie! Silly birthday parties for 1 year olds! Normally, this would be the ideal time for me to watch a movie!
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1 year old parties – when adults attempt to socialiaze around screaming babies. I don’t envy you.
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And its at an indoor playground because its snowing here. UGH! I am not looking forward to it.
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The first of many MANY “Jai Hinds” in the movie.
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“What else can you do for your mother?” – How about not dying.
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I do appreciate that Anil took time to gel his bangs before his hanging.
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VVC really knows how to make an artistic shot, it is like soft art house, but made commercial
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These are the worst Britishers ever already.
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I feel kind of bad for the General Douglas actor. Forever the face of EVIL.
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We really need to have a vote on who is the WORST British character in Indian cinema. That would be fun! Would go hand-im-hand with the Villain vote!
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Yes!!! The British from Lagaan have to be on the list!
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They are certainly super ugly.
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I am doubtful that Douglas wouldn’t have had at least a little Hindi, or know the top slogan of his enemies at least?
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Maybe he’s severely deaf? Which could also explain why he talks like that?
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DANNY!!!! Love Danny.
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“They’re so selfish – he should hang all of them if he was a nice guy.” – 7-year-olds can make jokes!
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ANIL!!!
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Flags are bad news. Humanity should ban flags.
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But Anil Kapoor in a kicky little cocked cap is the BEST.
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cocked caps should be mandatory.
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I kind of love the artistic decision to just have this mass of anonymous protestors all the time. Really gives the sense of how the country as a whole was against the British.
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No no, the constant outrage everyone feels reading the english language newspapers brings that to the fore front – constant rage. It is almost as volatile as my local school board meetings. (that was a joke – I’m on board witht he 7-year-old’s attempts)
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Manisha is SO GORGEOUS.
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MANISHA!!! God, she is so BEAUTIFUL in this movie it hurts!
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Anil Daddy is so EVIL.
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HORSES! Didn’t I promise horses?
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particularly sleek horses!
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It’s terrible to be beaten up by only an ordinary constable.
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Oh boy! Coming up on the first song, and more importantly, the Anil Kapoor red silk Pajamas look.
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I don’t know about you, but I wake up exactly like Manisha every morning.
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Same. Duh!
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You joyfully throw water in circles on your balcony?
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Yes, with more joy than is reasonable for any action.
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I felt as though – as though – as though….. As though a song was coming.
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Sheesh! Who’s gonna pick up all those feathers? Rich people, ugh.
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Anil is an adorable dork and Manisha is a GODDESS
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A goddess who chases goats & sheep
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Why are there torches in the middle of the day?
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PROTESTORS! I don’t know. Symbolism?
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Demonstrators, it is the thing with this movie. These two are in love, meanwhile the Real World and Real Problems is to the side of their vision, yet still present
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Appreciate the torches of the protestors in the background! VVC is so freakin’ good at visuals.
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He stole that man’s bycicle, and then kidnapped those children. RICH PEOPLE
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So, husband has taken over baby duty this weekend since his paternity leave has started and when I came down this morning, husband was blasting Good Morning from Ek Ladki and having a dance party with Baby SRK! I didn’t even know he knew which song that movie was from!
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It’s the perfect start of the day song!!! And how, I hope, Baby SRK wakes up every day.
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He will. According to husband, this is now their wake up song!
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This is such a calm and pretty song
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“He’s so stupid – he threw his bicycle int he water! Now he can’t get back!” – Except he appears to still be on the bike.
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Probably paid some oppressed poor person to get the bike from the water.
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Whoa!!!! Our beautiful heroine is the daughter of Anupam, terrorist bomb maker!!!
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DID NOT SEE THAT COMING!
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So I cut off all my hair and the kids HATE it. (The kids and my mother). I’m pretty sure it is due to Indian movies that they think all women should have long hair. The 10 year old thinks that all a woman has to do to get a man to fall in love with her is to have long hair and wear a dress.
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Wait, there’s something else we have to do? 😀
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My nephew has the same theory!!! Ladies have hair down their back. Meaning he is a sort-of lady, and his Mommy is sometimes just Mommy and sometimes a Lady when she wears her hair down.
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Aww! I am always jealous of people who can pull of short hair.
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The real challenge is going to be forcing yourself to cut Baby SRK’s hair, like, EVER. my nephew still has lovely long locks because his parents are WEAK.
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Your nephew’s hair is ADORABLE! I wouldn’t cut it either! And yes, it is going to be difficult to cut Baby SRK’s hair. I already know it!
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To cut or comb out the tangles, I admire those who have children with long thick hair of any gender.
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According to my children – I can’t!
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This library is like the platonic ideal of libraries.
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Apparently you don’t need to whisper in Indian libraries.
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Not if you are the local Prince.
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“Why can’t we go back to where he dies?”
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Don’t worry, we will get there!
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I would find this offensive and stalkery, but it’s Anil the Dope.
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He is such a non-threatening dork it is hard to be mad at him
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This library is MY DREAM!!!! So pretty, antiques and wood!
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Don’t destroy such a pretty saree Anil!!!
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I personally hate that saree – though I agree he shouldn’t destroy a woman’s outfit.
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7 year old thinks goofy library Anil is quite funny.
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Oh yeah, she’s into it. Totally little smiles and games there. We have now left stalking and moved on to mutual flirtation.
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But her clothes make her look 12, so I feel weird about it. Pepto Bismal Pink really decreases the wearers age.
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It was the style during British times. So many puffed sleeves! Also, the girly (time-appropriate) hairstyle doesn’t help
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Manisha’s smile is AMAZING!
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