Good morning! Fair warning, I got, like, no sleep. The neighbors had a backyard party that lasted past 1am. So if I go silent for a few minutes, don’t panic! I just fell asleep at the keyboard.
At 7am Chicago time, I will put up an “And Play!” comment and we will all chat aling from there.
Chaahat is on Netflix, nice clean easy to stream copy.
dontcallitbollywood 
Weirdly, I’ve seen many more meet-cutes in which one party runs into the other in a car than in which one party prevents the other one from being run over by a car.
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“aapka chup naam,” lol
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Ok so the waiter friend’s the first real indication SRK gets of the “badness” of the city
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Also the Shiv-Parvati symbolisms here! His mum is named Parvati, and he meets Pooja when she saves him while saving Shiva
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OH AND! Anupam’s name is Shambhunath. Another Shiv-related name
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Zindagijiiiii 😂 That was so cute
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Awww : ) Good bedside manner!
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I’m back! And much more awake!
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Anupam looking at Pooja and being like “bahu mil gaya!!” (“Got a daughter in law!)
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Ah! I know this scene! I coincidentally watched this part of the movies as a trailer weeks ago…!
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Oof, Ramya’s waistcoat–my eyes are burning!
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And now I am going to irritatingly call out another reverse gender trope! The Good Doctor is such a classic option for the Fallen Woman. Will the Good Doctor save him, or will he fall to temptations and sell his body for money?
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God Naseerji basically spoiled Ramya rotten.
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NO ROOP! Don’t promise to give her “anything”!!!
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He is but an innocent Rajasthani boy! He can’t even imagine what she might ask for!
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There’s a little smudge or fog on the camera lens hovering just over SRK’s hair. . .
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Ok I kinda like how he considers her a friend coz he has no one in the city
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He is so INNOCENT
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This is inspiring me to look up Pooja and see how she is doing. Oh! She just did Big Boss! I don’t know if that is a good sign or a bad sign? And apparently there are rumors Alia is her daughter not her sister? I don’t believe it largely because Alia really looks like her Mom when you see them standing next to each other. And also because I don’t think the Bhatt’s would have cared enough to hide a Pooja pregnancy, they would have just run with it.
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Which deity is this?
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Durga
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Ok the subtitles are killing me 😂 “Dhaat!” got translated into “nuts!”
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“ekdam young Dilip Kumar” : D
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One more Shiv-Parvati symbolism! I think the temple she went to was dedicated to Goddess Parvati, and she calls Roop “bhola” (innocent). Shiva is often called Bholenath
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My favorite menu item: “chocpastries.”
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So Pooja also is inraptured by his physical beauty? But not in a creepy way like Ramya.
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Oh ya and I think they’re drawn to his innocence too but for different reasons. Ramya to take advantage of him, Pooja because she finds him adorable and loveable.
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And she also thinks that it’s meaningful/a sign to keep running across him, so he’s supposed to mean SOMETHING to her even if she’s divided as to what.
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Oh thank goodness, Anupam lost the wig. I couldn’t handle that.
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Turban good. Wig weird!
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She’s so annoyed he didn’t actually ask her out. Oh God and he totes forgot to ask her what her name was which was the whole stated point of the coffee date.
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He is not good at these things!
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Ok so at this point I’m guessing Anupam is having his chemotherapy rn
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Daddy Cool but in the hospital 😄
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Hospital ward dance party!
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Always cures all ills
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Munna Bhai would approve ( ;
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I love the dancing nurses. This is a fun hospital
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The “wife” he’s describing to dissuade his father sounds like Ramya, but eventually the girl his father chose for him and the girl he’s beginning to love is Pooja
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Okay, I do like “Kuch na kha kar mar jaane se, kuch kha kar marna achcha hai” ( ;
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Ok I love this outfit she’s wearing.
1. It’s purple!
2. The eyeshadow’s lovely too.
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I was just admiring the embroidery on his waistcoat, too. Lovely costumes!
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Ohhhh YES! HE PROPOSED!!! And now she realizes that his dad is the same patient who wanted to make her his bahu. I love this 😂
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So the movie has a happy ending at this point… boy that was a short film!
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Pooja this was a very longwinded way of saying yes! 😂😂😂
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They are so cute and happy and innocent! I am sure nothing will go wrong for them!
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😭😭😭😭 Whenever good things happen in the middle of the movie, expect them to go downhill very fast 😭
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😭
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Aw, her little shrug when he recognizes her is VERY cute.
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Uh oh! Ramya has crashed the love song!
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With a jump scare, no less, hiding behind the piano desk!
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Title song!!
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Oooh, this is a very lovely outfit for Pooja also. I like how the kameez hangs with the slits down the sides/back.
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Ramya is eating a rose?
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SRK is eating a dupatta.
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I think his style changes a bit after the title. Like once Pooja returns his love, he’s more comfortable in the city and it’s no longer so dangerous…but that won’t last long thanks to Ramya 😭
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Oh God I love this open white shirt look 😍
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Well, I think that makes you more of a Ramya than an innocent Pooja.
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I’m more of an SRK. I can’t read cues 😭
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Oh God how many roses did she destroy
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Melted (?) better than I thought it would.
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Why do. i feels like she has many rooms in the hotel filled with men she “owns”, singers, hairdressers, models… must be nice.
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Somehow I feel she will not take rejection well.
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TELL 👏🏼 HER 👏🏼 ROOP 👏🏼 He’s innocent but he’s also smart and has agency.
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Welp, this scene is definitely an unusual brother-sister relationship.
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“After so many years I’m in love”. What happened to whichever poor guy you liked earlier! Not great things for sure 😭
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Hmmm, so not the first time Reshma has gone manhunting. . . (or something to that effect)
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A Very Normal Day at the Office
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Do you think all the employees were also at her crazy birthday party?
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Jesus Christ why does Naseerji have these many phones
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Early version of 4 way calling?
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There’s a Tumblr that collects photos of vintage phones in Hindi movies. It’s surprisingly common for fancy business-type desks to have 3+ phones on them back in the day (ideally in contrasting colors/designs). Once I started noticing them, I couldn’t stop!
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I love old phones! I’ll have to look for that tumblr
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Here it is: https://fullyphoney.tumblr.com/
The header image is Madam X, so naturally I approve ( :
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Thanks!🙏
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I love this. Back in the heyday of my fandom, when I was watching two or three Hindi movies with friends every Sunday, we were working on a theory of which color phone is allowed to call which other colors /styles. Great fun!
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