Weekend WatchAlong: Daawat-E-Ishq! 7am Chicago Time!

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Yaaaaay, weekend WatchAlong! So happy to see y’all again!

Happy Sunday! I got my coffee, I got the movie pulled up, Im ready to go!

At 7am Chicago time I will put up an “And PLAY” comment and we will all keep chatting from there.

259 thoughts on “Weekend WatchAlong: Daawat-E-Ishq! 7am Chicago Time!”

    • Oooooo, yes! I’m increasingly thinking Bad Boyfriend was a symbol of how the real evil is from the people who pretend they aren’t bad. All the superficial upperclass modern signs, but behind it everything is supported by sucking money in dowry.

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  7. You can see Parineeti’s eyes changing because she’s shocked by the falling in love comment. Also how she is a bit scared looking at aditya roy kapoor.

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    • But he wants someone who will love him a little bit, and his parents want a “respectable” dowry. Maybe most rich girls are disgusted with him?

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  10. Yes, this is the convo I remember! Aditya is in the position of the “spinster”. He’s old to be unmarried, and he is odd and outspoken and no girl will have him. Which is why just getting the appoint with Pari was exciting, and now he is totally in love because she is the sort of spicy strong person who won’t turn away just at his attitude.

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    • I clearly see that he enjoys her spice. But I don’t see that, with him being respected by his parents, he couldn’t date and bring home a love marriage. Especially as he ends up paying the dowry anyway…

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      • Maybe he is just unaware of how sexy he is? Thinks there’s no point in trying for a love marriage because what woman would want him?

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          • I can’t believe I just decided a person was more attractive because of their car. My sons have affected my life outlook. I never would have cared about a car when I was a young woman.

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    • Wait…. wasn’t someone on this site asking about movie recommendations where the girl is much more educated than the guy and at first looks down upon him but then falls in love with him? We had recommended Veere Di Wedding but this is a perfect movie for that!!!

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  21. If feeding people continues to be his love language his wife will end up either very plump or needing to spend hours at the gym every day.

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  22. I think it is interesting that this love song has almost scary back beat. I don’t know what the words are saying but, as it isn’t subtitled, but it doesn’t feel all happy like her dancing in the shoe store song.

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    • I feel this man has never looked into the mirror. He must have been bullied for his incredible good looks by others and no one has ever told him how good looking he is.

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    • ARgh, this whole ancient system of arranged marriages is so weird! It is one of those things that not growing up in the culture I think I understand, and then I read a comment like yours and I’m just baffled again.

      The idea of a socially respectable need for dowry while it actually being illegal. Humanity is bizarre.

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      • There are also plenty of “normal” arranged marriages where the parents and relatives are essentially playing matchmaker and then the kids meet, they have complete choice in saying yes or no, they get to know each other and either fall in love or at least strong like, discuss compatibilities, and then get married. My parents had such a marriage. It’s just not shown much in movies.

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        • You know where you see it all the time? Action films! Our cop hero doesn’t have time for romance, but his family arranges a meeting and they fall in love. Oh! We just had that in Jawan!

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  27. The thing is, if it weren’t for the scam, I don’t think they would ever have met. His family wouldn’t have considered her, and she wouldn’t have spent even 3 days with him to get to know him. Plus, most importantly, I don’t think they would have been confident enough to reveal their true selves. She would have stayed sweet instead of playful and speaking her mind, and he would have kept up his front instead of revealing his insecurities.

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    • Yeah she would be too below his status and also in a different world. However maybe she would’ve gone to his restaurant if she came for a holiday to Lucknow and they would’ve fallen in love.

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      • I could see him falling for her, just based on how she eats his food! But he’d have to get her angry to get her to notice him. Maybe if he refused to let her pay the bill again? Oh, now I am thinking of a whole other movie!

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    • I think that’s why they set it up from the beginning as part of the engagement discussions. Anupam says he is near death and wants to take care of it in 2 days as part of the conditions.

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        • The thing is in Indian society you have to invite everyone because you go to everyone’s wedding and ate their food so they expect the same. Even if you have a small wedding, you have to have a big reception or some wedding party. So having a small wedding is something only people is not feasible for normal people. So it makes rich people very special if they have a small wedding.

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  33. And now we get into the part of the movie that really needed more time! I think, from the bits that are rushed through, that Aditya assumes she is part of some gang, possibly in trouble, so he is determined to track her down partly in fury but also in confusion and wanting to help.

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  39. I resent the fact that some of the lovestories I read have this common theme of returning to a hometown. A theme that happiness is where you were born and that there is something wrong with you if you search for it elsewhere. Yet in this movie, the idea of the foreign place (America) = happiness is just as off, if not more so.

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      • I think Anupam or her friend or someone early int he film mentioned that she could get her design degree and start her career in India, no need to hold out for America. Which is true! She can get what she really wants without short cuts.

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        • Yes for sure, I think America is the same equivalent to marriage to her. She feels everything will be fixed if she goes there. It shows she still has growth which is achieved when she says she’ll stay in India

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  40. I hate that she goes through with the con, but in terms of building trust I think ultimately it will be better? She proved she could actually have pulled it off and gotten away with it and she chose to give him the money back. If she’d confessed early, there would have been that little bit of doubt over whether she just gave up because she couldn’t pull it off.

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    • Yes! I love how happy they both are now, with giving up on marriage and dreams and just dedicating to achieving what Pari wants,t he same way as if she was a boy.

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