Woot! Sunday WatchAlong!!! Not sure how many people can come this week, I may institute the “if no one is here after 15 minutes I stop” rule. But probably not, y’all always show up for me.
Paagal! It’s on Prime, it’s a cute Telugu rom-com with a happy ending, I see no downside here.
At 11am Chicago time I will put up an “And PLAY!” comment and we will all watch and comment along together from there.
dontcallitbollywood 
I’m here.
Hope everything will work because my internet connection had some problems today and I was affraid I won’t be able to attend.
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Oh no! Fingers crossed!
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I knew what I was doing when I married a guy who knows computers and stuff š
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I’m here š
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Yaaaaaaaaaaay!
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And PLAY!
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Ooooo, opening with an invocation, sign of a good old-fashioned movie
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Bhumika!!!!! I love Bhumika!!!! And she’s still looking gorgeous.
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It’s great mom vie for Mother’s Day because everything the hero does he does because he loved his mother
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Poor scratched up kids!
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It’s all about loving your parents ā¤
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Little worried, feel like somethings gonna happen to Ma
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Something’s definitely going to happen to Ma š¦
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Wait, no more Bhumika? I love Bhumika!!!!!
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I erased this part from my mind, sorry ā¹ļø
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Wait, how did he grow up if he has no one? Did he just, like, learn how to feed himself at age 8?
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Yeah, they never explain where and with whom he lived
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This movie is so ridiculous, I love it. Not even gonna pick apart the plot gaps.
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Yes! I read people’s comments saying how illogical and stupid the movie is, but it starts with: My name’s Prem and I loved 1600 girls. Nobody never hided it’s over the top and exaggerated. What did people want?
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This is gonna be a movie where I don’t comment much because it is too fun, I can already see it.
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Why does ‘Radha’ sound easy?!
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No idea, must be a Telugu thing. Anyway, good thing our hero is there
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I was also wondering.
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I hope he pays that vendor back for the sugarcane
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Fight!
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This is a VERY weird song. I’m gonna go start my lunch real quick.
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I like this song šŗ
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Back! Did I miss anything? Or is this just the next day and he is waiting for her?
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The first girl broke with him because he watches soap operas. He was heartbroken and the friend told him about rich music school full of open minded girls.
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Thank you!
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What do you think about Vishvak Sen here?
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He’s pretty cute. Has kind of a Jr NTR vibe for me.
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I first saw him in serious HIT, he was good but too dark. Here I loved him from the first scenes.
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I’m beginning to feel a bit bad for the youth leader. Every day it’s a new issue with this dude!
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Should I worry about how he is making money? No, right?
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Lol another thing I was also wondering.
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Wait, instead of doing this, why doesn’t he just offer to pay for his Mom’s treatment?
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Exactly! This is my biggest problem with this film. Prem should take care if the boy and help him. But it’s never mentioned or shown
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So, she already had a boyfriend?
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Awwwwww, this is such a not hateful way to deal with a woman lying to you! Every other movie he would be all angry and the movie would treat her as faithless and evil. This movie, just understands where she is coming from and why.
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Prem is a great guy
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And this plot could so easily be creepy eve teasing. Instead, he’s just a sweet dude who wants someone to care about him (not sex or kisses or anything, just care for him)
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Yes. I think it’s also Vishvak’s charm. His Prem is sweet and a little stupid. Even if the most ott scenes he is still fun to watch.
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Very Tovino.
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I love her. And I’m looking up the actress because I have absolutely seen her in other movies before.
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Hmmm. The script and her friends keep treating her like she is hidious. But she is styled and shot to be really pretty, and she is also a smart non-characture person. Right?
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Yes.
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I don’t like the usuall telugu fatphobia but all the rest in this part I love.
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Youth leader, part 3 š
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Wait, his eve teaser friends betrayed him???? What happened to Friends over Females???
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I think she means youth leader and his gang, not Prem’s friends.
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Exactly, I consider them now Prem’s friends.
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Poor Murali Sharma. He never has an easy time in movies. Maybe because his irritated face is so hilarious.
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I wonder what would Popka say about this part.
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I love that the humor isn’t “two boys, yuck!” but instead that he is treating this irritated middle-aged man like a naive romantic young girl. It’s a very specific love story process that he is just not applying correctly.
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Actually, this whole movie is making fun of a very specific kind of romantic trope. Right? The idea of love at first sight, and that all a boy has to do is propose and it will all be perfect. It goes to the extreme in order to reveal the underlying silliness of it. This is why I love Telugu movies. They are so meta and post-modern.
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Yes! Also in a very over the top way it shows what some people are ready to do for a little affection and love.
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Kind of sad this romance has included the eve teasers yet.
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OMG, this is AMAZING! And again, it doesn’t feel like “yuck, two boys” but rather “these tropes are hilarious and it is obvious when we see an unexpected pairing”
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Murali Sharma is not my fav but I really appreciate him in this role. Maybe because it’s the first time I see him being a little in love and funny?
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The first twist š
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Oh man, I’m so sorry to leave behind that love story!
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Me too
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And now The Flashback!
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Is the “a guy follows a bus” Scene in every telugu movie? I think yes. I personally prefer when they ride the horse, but running is not bad either
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Also I have a crush on Nivetha Pethuraj and I’m sad she isn’t in more movies. She is so beautiful
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It’s not the first time a girl has said she loves him, he is such a liar! š
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WEll, I’m bored now. The actual romance is not as fun as the humor romances.
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Yes, it’s the mist boring part now. But the love is coming and also one very ridiculous scene
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This, this is the scene that made me watch this movie! I saw people make fun if it and I was like: OMG I must watch it no matter what!
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Remember in Tezaab when Anil jumps off a tower for Madhuri? I did not think I would see that plot point, followed by “and now I am fine” in two different movies!!!!
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Okay, this is a super cute song. I just wish they had introduced the romance a little earlier so we could enjoy it more.
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Just occurred to me, there could absolutely be a version of this movie where he realizes he had love from his friends all along and he just didn’t appreciate what he had. Wouldn’t that be sweet?
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Or he should understand he must first live himself to find love
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Aww he made a heart from her dupatta. How sweet (or creepy depends of the movie)
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