Woops, not sure anyone actually confirmed they could join me for this. Oh well, if it’s just me I’ll work on my puzzle while I watch. Still the best way to start the new year!
Happy New Year
It’s on Netflix, it’s fun, it’s dumb, let’s watch it!
Sunday WatchAlong: Happy New Year!!!! For the New Year!!!! 8am Chicago Time!!!!
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Also, Abhishek is one of the few people who was always willing to do dual hero roles or be in an ensemble cast. I wish more people would do that! It’s only really him and Saif who are still willing to do this… I think.
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And maybe not Saif any more, now that he’s paid off the family debts and got the palace back.
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Nooo. I hope Saif continues to do them!
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I remember a scene from another watch along movie, based in london, where in an entire crew of actors, Abhishek was actually the best dancer.
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Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
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Jhoom Barabar Jhoom! I love that movie, but they are NOT good dancers.
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BEST. MONTAGE. EVER.
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Prabhu Deva!!!
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These outfits are AMAZING!
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PRABHU!!!!!!!!!!!
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Have Prabhu Deva and Hrithik been in the same movie ever? I would love to see that dance off!
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No, but Prabhu choreographed Lakshya. Which is KIND of a dance off, in that he gave Hrithik stuffa nd Hrithik actually did it.
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But male ballet dancers don’t wear tutus…….
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But I really LIKE seeing them in tutus.
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And the little strappy toe shoe ribbons
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I am guessing the tutus were added to preserve their modesty?
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For real, male ballet dancers are NOT modest. It’s a little odd that no one seems to mind in real life.
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Correct but these are Indian actors and they need to preserve their “sharam”
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I wish real life ballet dancers felt the same way! I, in the audience, worry about their Sharam.
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That’s a good t-shirt on Shahrukh.
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I JUST realized why young Jackie looks SOOOO weird. No moustache!!!!
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Police find a passed out dad and no diamonds, and blame the passed out DAD?!? Hmmm. I always found the plot of this film super confusing. I get it now, after umpteen watches, but really, it is confusing.
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That is why you leave your brain and the plot at the door and enjoy the fun and comedy and songs etc
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Just throwing it out there, it’s maybe also a bit of a coincidence that Major Ram’s long lost brother happens to be at the same college as his boss’s estranged daughter.
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I mean, clearly Anupam was “asking for it”. What kind of Dad goes alone, late at night, to see Jackie Shroff and then takes a drink from him?
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FYI, I just looked up Jackie and apparently he just had a small arty film release called “Life’s Good” in which he is getting really good reviews. He’s a lonely familyless middle-aged accountant who builds a bond with the little girl who lives near by, this sounds like it could be very good. And sad.
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Hmmm…. I would want to know how this movie ends before I watch it.
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Yeah, could either be a sweet “he’s invited to her wedding” or a depressing “and then she fails to recognize him on the street as he is dying”
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Exactly. Not up for the latter!
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DEEPIKA!!!
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DIPS!!!!
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I just showed this song to someone to show how Deepika can be sexy more than in Besharam Rang. They were all “I mean, you see skin and stuff in Besharam, it’s sexy”. And I was like “it’s not nearly as sexy as it could be!”
Farah is just so good at making women look strong and confident and sexual without objectifying them. It’s sexier if they aren’t objectified! Dips’ personality is sexy in this, not just her body.
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Ugh, I just got an email from my vacuum company wishing me happy new year. I feel they are pressuring me to use my vacuum. Leave me alone! Sometimes I just don’t want to!
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Dips character is so great in this movie!!!! I wish she got a little more time to be awesome, but in the ensembly there isn’t the space.
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Kirre was saying Charlie is a jerk in the movie – and he isn’t EXCEPT for his treatment of Mohini. He is SO AWFUL to her.
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I agree. Mohini deserves so much better than Charlie! He’s an a$$
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She deserves Sonu’s character and I will die on that hill
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I completely agree! SRK’s character is a jerk in this movie.
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This is why I am in denial and ship Mohini with Sonu’s character – they would have had a GREAT friends-to-lovers plot because he treats her well and respects her
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ha ha – Farah just had to make SRK promise not to be late!
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“The movement of your booty, your big thighs” What is wrong with you, Charlie?!?!?!?
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Oh oh! I just thought of another possible defense for Charlie in the Mohini relationship! From the end credits tag, it looks like once he falls, he falls all the way. Gives her a big diamond and everything. So it’s just at the start of the relationship that he is resisting acknowledging his feelings and therefore being an a–
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oh oh oh, one of my FAVORITE love songs! Funny and telling a story and a full female perspective! So good.
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YES! Deepika is amazing in this song! Her emotions are on full display!
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Huh. With Dips in particular, now that I think about it, the dynamic is SRK being a bit shallow and not noticing her, and her falling in love first. OSO second half, Chennai Express, this film. And it works really well for them! I wonder if Pathaan will have the same chemistry? He is not noticing or caring and then falls all of a sudden?
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They had that one shot in her club dance where he can’t help but notice her and feels incredibly uncomfortable doing so.
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Yes! That’s the love story, Charlie feeling like he shouldn’t feel feelings but he does.
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You can tell Deepika lost a bunch of weight for this movie and I wish they had just shown her natural body. She’s already long and lean, don’t make her lose more weight.
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Can we have a moment for the lyrics in this song? They are super soulful and poetic and it’s so great that Dips, the naach girl, gets to have this deep soulful kind of love song, including dancing it out on stage, and it’s not played as comedy. That is, not “can you believe this naach girl thinks she has a soulful love? Ha!” We hate Charlie because it works SO WELL, Dips emotions are fully serious to us.
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Yes! Deepika’s emotions are so real and raw to us and the song lyrics are amazing!
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Just let the judges enjoy their lives, why shame their perfectly natural sexual urges. Stupid world.
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Agreed! Let them be!
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Well, they shouldn’t be so mean to dance contestants.
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I love the continuous cut to Deepika’s work friends and their support of her, they are still part of the story in their own way
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And no one is sad! Dips would rather open a dance school, but she’s not miserable at work, it’s a decent job.
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Oooh great observation!
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Ok I want those pastel yellow hoodies they have, look very comfy
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I want Dips bright pink bathrobe
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ha! I want Deeps pink glitery robe!
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Jinx!
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I remember in an interview Deepika said she didn’t enjoy working in the U.S. as they don’t know anything about India, for example they don’t know that Indian’s speak English. And yet here she is, playing a character that doesn’t speak English.
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Although her character is set up as “unusual” because she can’t speak/understand English.
Also, that original comment is one of those thoughtlessly classist things that bother me. I will set it aside and assume Dips didn’t think it all the way through and not blame her.
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I think there is a difference in playing a character who doesn’t speak English and casual racist questions. I can understand where she’s coming from. The number of times I get “you have no accent” or “are you fully Indian” gets OLD FAST!
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I’m okay with the fact that Dips doesn’t want to work in the U.S. It just struck me because I saw the interview, and then realized that her character fulfilled the stereotype that bothered her. And she isn’t wrong, the U.S. population generally knows nothing about India.
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I thought the sound on the film was doing something weird, and then I realized Albie Dog is just snoring really loudly. Last night was hard on him (lots of fireworks).
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Aww poor Albie Dog!
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I like that we see Abhisheks and Boman’s and Dips’ friends all watching through out the movie. It does a lot of things, it shows why it is important that these particular people win out (they representa whole community who never dared dream this big). And it also shows how lonely they OTHER characters are. Sonu and SRK and Vivaan don’t have anyone to watch for them, because their lives were so empty before this.
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I am going to a 4 year old’s Apris Ski 80s themed party after this! Except it is 56 degrees outside so I had no idea what to wear. But this movie is giving me ideas.
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4 year olds can ski???
Also, I am watching the Real Housewives of Potomac and this is TOTALLY the kind of party they would have/attend. The show is TRUTH
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BWHAHAHAHA
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I keep thinking Better Off Dead and two dollars.
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Now if Farah hade made the rival team South Korean there could have been a retroactive KPOP crossover happening in this film
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Once again, Sonu IMMEDIATELY noticed Mohini and was concerned the minute he realized his friend was being an ass
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GAHHHHHHH SRK stop talking!!! GRRRRRR
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That sad look of Sonu’s kills me everytime along with this conversation – FARAH YOU MISSED A TOP TIER ROMANCE WITH THESE TWO
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UGH! I feel so bad for Deepika!
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And see, Sonu is concerned for her and TALKS to her on equal footing – also they are cute together
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They really are! That scene was so sweet!
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Sonu + Deeps = LOVE!!!!
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YOU GET IT! It is the best ship that never sailed but should have sailed, and it would have been glorious!
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Sonu and Dips, real connection, talking, blah blah. But Dips and SRK in this song are FIRE. What’s more important in a relationship?
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Fire.
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The way Sonu looks at her when she walks down is amazing! He is so proud of her!
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I love that you are now fully converted to the Dips + Sonu ship in this film
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Oh… I have always been on the Sonu + Dips bandwagon in this movie! 🙂
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Yay! (we watch this always once a year so I forget things…)
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Awesome jackets all around in this scene, but I think Jackie wins the Jacket-off. Also, in my head, all his costumes are just his personal outfits and he showed up to work in them.
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It cracks me up so much shorter than Booman, Sonu, and Abhishek SRK is. This movie highlights that a lot!
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And it’s not that SRK is super short, it’s that the only cast Giants. Okay, SRK is super short, but not in film-land. Makes me think maybe Farah cast on purpose for the height.
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it feels like it, right? Abhishek, Booman, Sonu, and even Jackie might be some of the tallest actors in Hindi cimena!
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And Vivaan! Who is somehow a foot taller than both his parents.
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I feel like they added Vivaan just to have someone that is SRK’s height?
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No no, He’s freaky tall too! Which I know because I saw the promotional stage show. Everyone is in line with hieghts, and then tiny tiny SRK.
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oooh interesting.
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Who are his parents?
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Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak!
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This song is SO GOOD! I forget every time, and then it starts up with that powerhouse beat and It comes back to me.
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Yes! I am totally dancing to it!!!
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Man, when Vishal-Shekhar are good they are REALLY GOOD. In Sultan, the start of “Tuk Tuk” just electrified the whole theater. And good film composers too, the songs work better blasting big in a theater than just listening on an ipod.
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I have never been at a restaurant where someone started a huge group song and dance and I could jump up and join in. I am going to the wrong restaurants.
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Deepika’s eyes and smile! I am smitten! I love how everyone besides SRK is so protective towards her!
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Found family trope at its best
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Fighting the tide here, but I’m gonna say that’s why the SRK romance works. Because he is the one person who treats/sees her differently than the rest, a fighting equal instead of a sweet sister type.
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I love the CGI dolphins
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My building has radiator heat, so no ducts. Which I guess means we will never be robbed?
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