Happy Sunday! We are watching this perfectly pleasant 90s movie that, somehow, is a beloved favorite of many of you. But, WHY??? I understand liking it, I like it myself, but a favorite? Oh well, I live to serve, so y’all get to have a nice watchalong with me.
Hum Hain Rahe Pyar Ke is all over the place, on einthusan and for rent on youtube and maybe for free with no subs on youtube too. Seems like it’s mostly the same length in all those places too, so it won’t matter much which you choose. Pick one and join us!
At 12:30pm Chicago time, I will put up an “and PLAY” comment and we will go from there!
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My mother used to do what she referred to as “egg math,” figuring out how many goose or duck eggs plus the varied sizes of chicken eggs we got on the farm would do for the standard-sized eggs called for in recipes. The trick is to pay more attention to estimating volume than quantity. Clearly also useful when keeping track of how many children/Juhis are in a bed.
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I love “egg math” for this situation! She was also ahead of the time since now people are using egg substitutes and stuff that comes in cartons instead of shells.
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Such a well-oiled machine of deception! Lil stinkers.
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Very well put. Such lil’ stinkers!
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I love Aamir’s “Kya?!?!” refrain in this film; his life is so unpredictable, poor soul.
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I appreciate the seamstresses’ low opinion of Mishra ji.
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I love that the garment workers get their own song
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FYI, if you are not watching the song “Chicani Soorat” then you are watching the edited version. This is the song they usually cut. Yes, I have watched this movie a million times.
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A shame! It’s so catchy. The Shemaroo version I linked to had it, but they also had a previous upload that’s still up and is fiveish minutes shorter.
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Sometimes the edited version only cuts part of the song. I can’t remember if they play just the beginning of the song or if they cut out all the English portions of the song.
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Nooooooooo! I love Chikani Surat! That’s weird, I’m on the youtube version and it’s the same length as the other versions I’ve seen
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Was the entire song there? Including the English portions?
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I love his nightmare of him and the kids as harmonium beggars.
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I have aamir finding Juhi’s pink dress right now
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Nope. You are too far along. We are watching Mishra walking into the house and finding 4 not 3 kids.
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I think they flipped the reels!!!! I’ve got the song after that whole sequence, and you had it before.
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That’s so bizzare. At least you get Chickani Soorat. Definitely curious if its the whole song.
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Yea definitely feeling the ‘stolen from Hollywood’ touch everytime Aamir speaks English
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Small thing, but the end of this song feels very “English musical”-ish with the contrapuntal touch of combining the main chorus melody with the “congratulations and jubilations” bit at the same time. Filmi music is usually allergic to counterpoint.
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Poor guy!
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Wait, I think I am about to get Chikna Soorat! Just 5 minutes later than Filmikudhi said it would happen.
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I think you are much further along.
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Huh. Did you do the rentable YouTube version?
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Yep
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My apologies, then. When I checked the overall runtime on that one against my DVD, it seemed like it would be reliable. Certainly it was not my intention to deprive you of “Chikni Surat” in whole or in part!
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The kids are cheeky! “how did a girl’s dress get into your room” indeed
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Aamir is so in over his head with these kids!
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Yea they are way smarter than him, poor thing
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So, when I worked at a movie theater, we got the movies in as multiple reels of film, each about 8-12 minutes long. And the manager would then have to splice them all together into one MegaReel that we could play on our huge MegaReel projectors.
The movies we watch streaming, the older movies, are still those reels. Like, there’s literally a physical reel of film that has been around since the 90s that was recorded and transferred to digital. And this is a FASCINATING example of that!
Clearly there is one reel of this movie bouncing around that has Chikni Surat before the household scenes, and another that has it afterwards, and it’s just because two different movie theater managers spliced the movie together differently.
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Very odd! Over on the DVD version, we had the pink-dress-finding a few minutes ago and Maya just called.
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This is why Guddu in particular on Prime is so frustrating. It’s missing the whole last reel of the movie, the Prime version is. So odd to watch it and not have a real ending, and I guess no one has noticed?
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Okay, now I have a thief about to break in, does everyone else have that?
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I do!
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Yupp.
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I think we may have reunited!
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Poor Mishra ji! An especially innocent victim of this gaslighting campaign, although I wouldn’t personally trust him to count children either after the collar debacle.
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What the heck Maya?????? Also, should this movie be compared with Chaahat in terms of Bhatt reversing the “damsel in distress” plot to be “dude in distress” complete with sexual assault?
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Juhi clonking Aamir in the head is comedy gold!
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And it happens surprisingly often in their movies together!
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Clearly the cabinets in this kitchen are too extravagantly big. First Juhi hiding in them, now this thief–!
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Also, Aamir fell asleep in a button down shirt, dress pants, and a belt?
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Well, he did tuck himself into bed saying “Gotta fall asleep RIGHT NOW as opposed to dealing with this difficult situation.”
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And his chest hair undershirt
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The shoulders of Aamir’s shirts are the same width as the collar to waist. Like, it’s a square! His torso is a perfect square.
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I can’t unsee that. Now Aamir will just be a walking square to me.
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And we’re meant to understand that this is his shirt in the sleeves of which Juhi’s arms are dwarfed. If his arms are even three inches longer than hers, I’d be astounded.
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OMG! This dialogue in Hindi. I am laughing so hard! Especially Kunal Khemu.
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Number phoar! The way it’s announced looks like she’s just won a boxing match.
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Juhi is such a dramebaaz (drama queen)
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Quality subtitles from my old DVD: “When you hear my sad-story, you too will begin crying!”
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Same are on einthusan! So same print then
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Achcha, bachchon *GIANT wink at an angle Aamir can’t see*
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Oooooooh romantic tension!!! Also adorable!
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Aamir, the ultimate house husband
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It’s been years since I’ve seen it, but I recall that he had some kind of triumphant omelette-cooking scene in “Akele Hum Akele Tum.” Breakfast foods were apparently considered a high bar for single-dadding in the ’90s!
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The bare minimum, as per usual
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I forgot how easy it was to fall in love in 90s Hindi film. One eye meeting, and you’re a goner
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Thr kids know what’s up!
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I love that now Aamir is still stuck doing all the chores in the house. Juhi just gets to do what she wants and play with the kids.
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Sure, Juhi has to roll up Aamir’s pants. Because they are “too long” for her.
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Okay. This made me laugh!
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Cute as the dickens, but yes, it’s clearly a fantasy ( ;
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Picnic song!
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It’s such a smooth transition that Juhi makes from being purely a co-conspirator with the kids to being a role model/teacher, without losing their affection along the way.
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Wait, I thought Juhi wasn’t gonna wear his clothes any more? And here she is in another square shirt
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It wouldn’t be my choice for a five-person trip, but that car is certainly very pushable!
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Such a cute picturization! Gosh.
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This song is a must on any and all road trips!
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This song is probably my least favorite on the soundtrack, and it’s still great! I get the impression that Nadeem-Shravan are not the most remembered composers of their generation these days, but I think they were some of the best.
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I really do love the line/idea “chal na apna kaam,” but must point out that when they first sing it the elephant is doing all the walking for them.
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So I see two ways to interpret that: one is the what you said, since “chal” means walk literally, but it could also mean “to keep going is our goal.” Chal na could mean keep going.
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Pheobe from the show Friends clearly watched this movie and then copied Juhi’s running style, right?
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What the heck kind of contract is this???? 15 days or you get to auction my factory????
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If he knows that the rascal is Bignani, but not that Maya is his kid, does this mean they went all the way through college without learning one another’s last names?
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Hmm interesting question.
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Yes, Aamir has a silly empty fluffy head
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All fluff, no thoughts. Poor boy!
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Seeeeeeeee? Just like Chaahat! Gender role switched, it’s the boy who is being treated as a sexual prize!
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Chest Hair undershirt. I will never not mention it
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Awww they are already acting like a family
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My goodness, that lifeguard’s hair is even fluffier
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Those are some mighty natural curls
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Lifeguard – your JOB is to save kids when they do silly things!
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No, I think he’s job is to yell at parents and blame them, isn’t it? that’s what I’m getting from this scene
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A lectureship in aquatic rescue? Also, we shouldn’t neglect the important aspect of lounging around in the sun looking cool.
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Juhi’s sleeves are as big as her head and I love it
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Her fashion choices in this film, at least until The Big Song, encompass ploofy doll dresses, baggy men’s clothes, and absolutely nothing in between.
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I love that Juhi first takes care of the kid, explains Aamir’s side of things to him, and helps Aamir understand the kid’s side of things! So lovely!
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Awwww this Juhi and Aamir conversation is so sweet and so ‘husband-y wife-y’ already ❤
Oooh! FEELINGS!!
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I LOVE this scene. Unlike the prevailing adults are always right, the kids in this movie are listened to and treated at equals.
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And you get the sense that, as they would be, they’re legitimately screwed up by losing their parents in this traumatic way, best intentions of everybody be damned ) :
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Yes. You can feel Vicky’s trauma when he is lashing out and saying Aamir should have just let him die.
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And Aamir is struggling to build a new kind of relationship with kids he used to be the “fun” uncle to, and now has to actually manage.
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