Happy Sunday! It’s overcast and snowy outside and both me and Albie Dog are feeling grumpy. So this film had better live up to it’s feel good rep!
Tara vs Bilal
It’s on Netflix, every DCIBer who’s seen it has given it a good review, I am willing to check it out especially if I have y’all to watch it with me.
At 8am Chicago time, I will put up an “And PLAY” comment and we will go from there!
dontcallitbollywood 
Noooooo! Bilal, use your WORDS! Your WORDS!!!!
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It is like the last Harsh movie, words are not his strong point.
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I love that Tara is one of the only women that doesn’t coddle Harsh. I really appreciate her for calling him out for being rude. Stop being a jerk, Harsh!
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They are fake-married, but they already argue like a married couple
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Well it is your own fault you are sad is you would have just TALKED and TOLD HER YOU LOVED HER – but I do kinda understand if he is afraid of rejection and loosing people that he is hesitant to say anything
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So here I am looking for realism again, but it is as if he hardly knows himself, he doesn’t even realize why he is angry.
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This feels very similar to how my nephews communicate. Nephew A says something to Nephew B, Nephew B makes a random baby noise, Nephew A asks my sister “What Nephew B saying?” and she tells him. That’s gonna be their marriage, Tara says something, Bilal says nothing, and Bilal’s Mom interprets.
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Harsh is so great in this scene, even if the past echoes are a bit much. He is very good at crying and being vulnerable
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Why would Bilal say miles instead of kilometers in London! That always annoys me.
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We say miles here!
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In England? Hmm good to know. I always assumed it was kilometers like in India.
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We have a totally mixed up system. Metric at the doctors and for cooking, imperial for liquids and distances!
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Uless we’re cooking with the liquids, hah!
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That’s always confused me traveling in the UK. With people using both, I have to constantly flip between US-brain and Canada-brain!
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I still hate the bilal character, but I will give Harsh credit for being able to make an emotional scene good.
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“An idiot like you is rare to find” 😀
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Amazing line!!!
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Nobody dishes sass like old ladies, I swear.
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Jiggy ❤
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Okay, this ending is DELIGHTFUL!!!!
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Airport emergency!
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Always needs to happen in a good rom com!
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Everybody in the van! I am clapping like a little mechanical monkey.
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Genevieve, come around on Bilal yet?
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ehhhh no.
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pain doesn’t make a person likeable. It can explain some behaviors, but it doesn’t create the ones that draw you to someone.
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This guy has needed therapy for a long time.
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No, he just has to fall in LOVE
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hmmm
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Had to take a break to eat my desi breakfast! I’m so happy now!
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Ooh, what did you wind up getting?
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Halwa, puri, Aloo paratha. Keema, saag, paya, chole. They do a breakfast Thali and it’s amazing!!!
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Uff, that sounds amazing! I have good Shabbat leftovers to look forward to for lunch (chile lamb, baba ghanoush, cauliflower pickle), but I have to make more bread : P
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Yummmm!!!!
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I will say this movie had one the best kisses I’ve seen in a long time. It is even good in the fash back.
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She gave her wedding bangled to Ritz! Tara you are too pure for this world
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HE SOLD HIS BIKE!! For her!
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And she gave the money away. It’s not exact but it has an O’Henry-esq feel to it!
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Manchild had to give up his big boy toy for love.
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It was his trauma mechanism, since he couldn’t use trains! Which means he had to use the trains to be fast since no more bike!
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SHe can’t leave AND return the money, how will she create a life with Grandpa?!
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She can get a job instead of just plan on marriage!
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Have to say that the cinematography is great in this
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The Londonness of the backgrounds is amazing.
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How did he know where to find her?
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LOVE
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I am happy he is in love, but I still don’t like him. He is now an asshole in love, but still an asshole.
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She fell for him when he protected her!! I love how they are snapping at each other and she calls him out!
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They are so CUTE!!!
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The saying he would bring Grandpa here has softened me, maybe he won’t be an asshole forever.
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Wait, is there an end credits song? Or is that it?
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Thats’s it. Just the song as the credits roll.
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Must be a LOT of credits, lol.
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That end kiss!!! This movie starts off being annoying but I’m fully rooting for the couple by the end!
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Yea, but it clearly shows how they both grow and make each other better and are good for one another. He brings out her bravery and she calls him out on being so reserved! Love this film to bits!
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Thank you for the watch a long, glad I finally found the right thread to comment on!
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I’m still a little meh on Harsh, but the rest of this movie was a delight. I would definitely not have seen it without Kirre’s/Kudhi’s recommendations. Thanks : ) Off to make those breads now. . .
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Glad you enjoyed it!
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I feel the same way about Harsh. I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Let me know if you plan on watching any old movies! I started watching Keemat with Rekha and Dharmendra yesterday. You always seems to recommend old movies that I have not seen!
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Ooh, I recall “Keemat” being great fun! “Elaan” was on Netflix recently and has similar vibes. Did I recommend “Hatyara” to you already, or was that Popka I was chatting with?
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No. I had not heard of Hatyara. I will have to watch it!
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It’s a daaku movie. Pran is AWESOME in it. And you get peak-prettiness Moushumi Chatterjee/Vinod Khanna to boot!
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Oh, and have you seen “Biradari” with Shashi and Faryal? I watched it the better part of a year ago but was just working on the write-up. I had my frustrations (Faryal, alas, is really unlikeable in it), but it was still a good time. Kind of a gentle social comedy set in a single chawl.
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I started watching Biradari a long time ago but Faryal’s character made me so angry that I had to stop watching it. I might have to give it another try.
I will likely start with Hatyara given your description and might need to be in the mood for Biradari.
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Just put up the “Biradari” post. It’s a shame, isn’t it? I’m fond of Faryal in her later persona as a vamp, and I almost feel like as a mature actress she could have spun that part so that you’d still feel something for her. She was really, really young here, though, and just kind of gets trampled over by the script. But Mehmood and Kanhaiyalal are great good fun! And there’s a whole Holi song dedicated to tormenting Pran!
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Yay! Looking forward to reading your post!!
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Oh oh! Tara’s Dad can marry the sweet auntie with the duaghters! And then he will have even more daughters! And they can have an awesome romance where Sweet Auntie thinks her sisters put him up to proposing but actually he asked the sisters for help becuase he was in love, plus she has all this trauma around the idea that she has to put her daughters first always. but then he does something super sweet for the kids and she realizes her loves her AND her children and really truly wants to marry all of them.
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I’m worried Tara’s grandpa is way too old for Auntie!
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Thank you for having this movie as watchalong, Margaret! I loved it.
Thanks everyone and have a great Sunday!
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It was a delight to share this movie! It is so sweet, but it is a modern classic and hopefully will have a cult following. It deserves it so much. These kinds of feel-good movies are so rare nowadays.
Also, John Abraham produced this film, so no wonder it is so progressive in its story. He likes these kinds of looking at the films he is in or produced, which makes sense.
Happy Sunday! Happy Lunar New Year of the Rabbit!
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I did not know that John produced it. He is quickly becoming a favorite of mine and continues to impress me with his choices.
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Yea, I am planning on watching all the films he has produced, because he really seems to have a type for these kinds of throwback films with progressive messages.
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My personal favourite from John produced movies is Savita Damodar Paranjpe, marathi movie based on a play, about a woman possed by horny ghost. And yes, it is just as it sounds – absolutely ridiculous and unintentionally funny. I loved it.
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Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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Margaret if you need another happy movie try Plan A Plan B, it is low budget, short and takes an unlikeable guy and actually makes him all the way likeable. That is why I’m thinking of it. In fact I think I’ll force the 7 year old to watch it with me now. Whoops 8 year old. No more 7 year olds. 😦 Stupid time.
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