Oh my, I forgot the time change. And then I remembered. And more importantly, my phone remembered, so I am actually awake.
Jaane Tu….Ya Jaane Na
Back when nepotism was exciting and not unfair, we were all super pumped about Aamir Khan’s nephew being launched. And he was cute! And funny! And super super charming!!! And the whole freakin’ movie was super super charming too. Watch it with me and be charmed. Oh, and it’s on Netflix.
At 7:30am Chicago time, I’ll put up an “And PLAY” comment here and we will start together and keep commenting!
dontcallitbollywood 
I forgot about the time change too, and was nearly an hour late!
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Here. I’m sick and exhausted and absolutely looking forward to this.
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Yaaaaay! I mean, “booo”, but also yaaay
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Haha I get it. I feel the same way. 🙂
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😦 Hopefully the movie will help you feel better!
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Thank you and it definitely will! I adore this movie. 🙂
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And PLAY!
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I have a kitten climbing on me. Which is remarkably appropriate for this movie which has a cat
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did you get a kitten?
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No, I’m catsitting and the Upstairs People got a kitten. He’s Albie Dog in cat form
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How is Albie Dog getting along with the kitty?
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They have not met. Albie Dog’s attitude toward cats is a ?
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HA!
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This is a really pleasant opening. I am already feeling soothed.
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I am a little ahead so I am pausing. I am at the scene where they get to the airport.
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I always forget how annoying Maya is.
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I would dislike Mala, but this group is super irritating. So I kind of sympathize with her sarcasm.
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Okay so I know Zoya/Reema had nothing to do with this film bit something about this film makes me feel like they were there in spirit.
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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I forgot this recurring bit! It’s so silly, the mystery horseman. And then it pays off!
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Such a great opening. He is so sweet already and so caught up in his “friend” with whom he is just “friends”.
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Okay, Imraan and Genalia are just adorable together! Both are just so cute!
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Woooooo! Break out song time!!!! I remember when this first released, it was everywhere. Because it’s AWESOME.
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Imraan is so sincere. I LOVE HIM!
I hope Kirre joins! I need someone to join me in the gushing.
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I totally fell in love with Imraan in this movie, and then he disappointed me. Well, not really, I love a bunch of his later movies too. I just wish there were more of them. Also, KITTEN!
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Exactly!!! He needs to come back. I fell in love with him in this movie too (and continued to adore him in others).
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I’m a fool, but I just realized this is Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Super super close male-female friendship that they are too stupid to know is love.
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Love Ratna. Love her character. Want her to be my social activist.
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I was just typing this!!! I LOVE her! I don’t know if we ever did “Best Moms.” She would be pretty high on that list. I thought of it because she always wins “worse mom” for Kapoor and Sons
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This parental backstory should be so tragic, but instead it’s just FUNNY! Thank you Naseerji.
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Completely agree.
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Such a clever movie, taking the tropes and turning them upside down.
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Bombay is sooooooooooooooooo pretty in this movie. We don’t get enough films made 100% in Bombay any more.
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I love that Imraan uses his words and clever brain into avoid the fight.
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Interpretation I read somewhere, maybe in an interview with the director, Bombs and the dude both have a crush on Aditi and Jai. They fall into their relationship by accident but then it turns into something real.
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Definitely.
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FORESHADOWING!!!!
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Also in the friend group, Shaleen is supposed to be gay. Which is why she is wiser about relationships than everyone else, because she had to figure it out early.
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Yupp. Agreed.
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Ratna Pathak Shah and Nasseruddhin Shah having so much fun in this movie!
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Jai and Aditi’s outfits in this song are both immediately iconic. Although I don’t like this song as much as everyone else seems too. It’s super irritating.
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Peachy and Pumpkin. Jiggy and Bombs. Rats and Meow. Pappu and Rotlu. This movie had way too much fun with nicknames.
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This song is so silly and yet so catchy.
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What’s this character’s name? Jiggy, Bombs, Shaleen, Aditi, Jai, and ???
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Aren’t you glad you aren’t 20 any more? (Sorry Lily P if you secretly are)
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Am definitely not! 😀 And yes, sooooo glad.
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Hey this show Shaleen dancing with a girl in this song. I never noticed that before!!!
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SAME! And the girl is cute, good for Shaleen!
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I couldn’t wake up at what felt like 4:30 – but I’m here now, trying to get to the right spot
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Gang hanging out after a party, a couple minutes after “Pappu Can’t Dance” ends
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coming up on 36 minutes
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Wooo, Prateik Babbar! Back when he had charisma ooozing out of his finger tips
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Rotlu and Boms’ get together because they are heartbroken and them actually fall in love. I think Boms is aborable.
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And it’s a great contrast to the central couple. Who fall in love before they get together. That is, move too slow instead of too fast.
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The two in the car was a cute moment. Am I too far ahead?
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I’ve seen that part too, so I don’t think so.
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Nope, I think you are just right. Is Jai meeting Aditi’s parents now? And have you seen this before? We can catch you up, you haven’t missed much.
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Now they appear to be getting ready for a party.
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Yep, you are in the right place!
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Again, Imraan is smarter, more sensitive, and frankly so much more evolved than everyone else in this movie.
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I love how much Imraan understands Pratiek.
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Except for his MASSIVE Aditi blind spot. In fact, that’s where he is so evolved that he makes a mistake, he hides from the uncontrolled emotions.
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I kind of get it though. It’s tough for childhood friends to think of the other person as a romantic partner. I had a similarly close friend and everyone always asked why we weren’t together and the thought of that was just so weird.
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They are TWENTY! Just relax everyone!
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Thank goodness, the kittens big sister has started playing with him and taken the pressure off me. Play, cats! Play! Let me drink coffee!
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Genevieve, to catch you up, in the present day this same group of friends is at the airport telling a new friend this story. In the past, they have just finished college. Our hero and heroine have been super close best friends this whole time and everyone thought they were together, but they are all “we are just friends”. Because they are DUMB.
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To be fair to them, they really are wonderful friends to each other. They understand each other, they care for each other, they support each other.
Also, the guy is sensitive and evolved and the girl is fiesty and independent.
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Watching the parents assume he was coming to ask for her hand in marriage and their deal to find each other a romantic partner AND the fact that I’ve read a discussion of the movie before gives me the idea. I came in at the right time! Now I get to see his entertaining meeting of a competetive love interest!
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The only “plot” thing you missed is their friends getting together in a very drunken confusion way. Bombs and whats-his-face are enjoying “dating” but also still clearly have crushes on Jai and Aditi.
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I LOVE that Imraan always solves all conflicts with his wit. I cannot believe this is his first movie!
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Uff, Genelia is so great in this. I remember when it came out thinking she was this amazing undiscovered talent. And now I know that she had been acting since she was 15, just in southern films, and was already lowkey dating Ritiesh Deshmukh. I wish she’d acted more because she is SO good. But at the same time, she seems really really happy in life.
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Completely agree! I remember thinking Genelia and Imraan would be the next big thing. They are both fantastic in this!
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I am glad I discovered her southern stuff though, because she got way more fun roles in silly southern movies than she would get in Hindi.
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She is good in this, in fact she seems better in this than in her other films that I’ve seen. Maybe I should watch them again.
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Oh! You’ve seen the one where she pretend marries Allu Arjun so she can finish college, right? I loooooooooooooooooove that one. It’s so dumb and impractical and fun.
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And I saw one with Ritesh where he tries to escape his criminal family and she wants to reel him back in.
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“Boys” was her big break out first movie when she was just a kid. It’s a weird movie, amazing soundtrack, and Genelia ias really fresh and good.
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I’ve been to Bombay twice and I’ve never wanted to go back as much as while watching this movie. I have to remind myself “hot, confusing, load” not just “pretty, sunny, sandy”.
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Oh Genelia. You IDIOT.
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I get it, when you are 20 you are still expecting a knight to come riding in on a white horse to sweep you off your feet.
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And you are expecting the magical beautiful perfect girl that you see in the distance.
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Aw, I remember when my friend started dating her wife and wasn’t around as much! And now it’s 10 years later and we own a house together. So I guess that’s another way Genelia and Jai and MEghna could have gone!
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Gonna get deep and analytical for a moment. There’s a normal “my best friend fell in love and isn’t around” feeling. But what makes this worse for Aditi is that Jai is her one and only, not just a normal friendship. Because they are secretly in love. It’s not jealousy, it’s that there is no replacement for that closeness, it’s not like she can fill the gap with other friends. So it’s a similar feeling to normal missing a friend when they fall in love, but like way way worse.
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I think she needed to go through this to come into her feelings. Again to me, its tough when you have grown up together and are so close. They have always been there for each other. Especially, Imraan. He has always gone to Aditi the minute she needed something (first scene of the movie). It’s easy to take that for granted. I love how this movie shows Genelia and Imraan come to understand their own feelings and show the evolution from friendship to love.
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Awww Imraan. “I came her with you!” I love him!!!
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I love Ratna so much. Of course she’s reading feminist theory while relaxing at home.
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Isn’t she the BEST!!!
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Oh shoot, this is reminding me I need to put up my mayor race campaign sign today.
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I don’t understand why the cop called them in.
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They didn’t, his Mom is a social worker. One of her clients called in to say the cop had beaten up a kid so she rushed off to confront him. I love his Mom.
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Ooooooooooooo, Imraan.
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