Genevieve’s birthday pick! Which does look generally seem fun and watchalong friendly and all of that. But also, I haven’t gotten a HUGE number of RSVPs, so this is one of those weeks where I will give it 15 minutes and then call it if no one else has shown up.
Bhangra Paa Le
It’s on Netflix, it’s not that long, it looks super fun!
at 7:30 Chicago time I will comment “And PLAY” and we will all start simultaneously and then carry along from there!
dontcallitbollywood 
Dance is so powerful it gets him into the army and it wins him his love. I LOVE watching Sunny of the past dance!
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ME TOOO!!! SO much joy!
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Isn’t grandma, the love interest’s grandma a famous actress as well?
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Yes! I have definitely seen her play Grandma in many other things. Looking her up now.
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Yes. She’s the grandma from Bang Bang!
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Just looked her up, she started acting in 2005 and has always played Grandma’s. I love that, presumably she was already at least 60 and went ahead and started a brand new career.
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That is not true! Wikipedia is wrong. She started acting in the late 50s and was in almost all Doordarshan series.
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Found an interview! She says that she worked in serials and could have done much more, but then her husband died and she had to take a break from acting to raise her daughters. Her first film role wasn’t until 2005. And she got a bunch of awards for Vicky donor at 75! She also says that the crew is always very nice to her, and her arthritis is so bad she can’t really stand for long periods. So they always work around her so she can do her scenes sitting down.
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That may be true that her first film role wasn’t until 2005 but she was in Mahabharat and Ramayana from what I remember and many other Doordarshan serials we watched as a kid. Mostly because it was the only channel we and most families had unless they wanted to pay for premium channels, which we couldn’t afford.
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Interesting. So waht she is saying is that TV work is something she could do as a single parent, but not film work. I guess that makes sense? More 9 to 5, no location shooting, etc.
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Yes. And she could do side roles where she made steady income while still being there for her kids. I just found a interview also where it seems she was a theater actress and always lived in Delhi. Makes sense who she would be more interested in doing series where she didn’t have to move to Mumbai.
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She was also in many many serials on Doordarshan which most Indian kids my age and older grew up on.
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My grandparents, both sides, got married absolutely last minute days before my grandfather’s shipped out. But I know there was a whole debate, worldwide, about whether it was more honorable/sensible to get married in a hurry or to wait until he is safely back. I wonder how much difference it made that in America wives got a an extra stipend? So you would actually be doing something for your girlfriend by marrying her, something more than leaving her as just engaged?
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I bet that extra stipend DID make a difference. Getting married before shipping out would also give the soldiers some extra incentive to come back, but then maybe the army WANTS people to recklessy risk their lives.
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I wish she was dancing without heels. Barefoot dancing is so much sexier.
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I knew there would be an issue with the intermural rules! Also, coach needs to get on the game of spying out the competition. They should have had spies watching the other teams and already known about her long ago.
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OH, the Bhangra colleges are in competition!!! Their love is thwarted from the start! A regular Romeo and Juliet of the fictional Bhangra Dance World.
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Sheeba Chaddha! She’s gonna make me cry. She always makes me cry.
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Is that the mom?
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Yes.
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Yes. She regularly steals movies.
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love interest’s mom is also famous. I think I need to learn love interests name now…
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Sheeba Chadda.
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Rukshar, her name is Rukshar Dhillon
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Sorry. I thought you were asking about the mom’s name.
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Love interest’s name, not mom’s name But now I can call mom Sheeba, and hope that Sunny fails because of course Sheeba’s desire to go to London is MORE IMPORTANT!
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Sunny of the present just doesn’t have the joy of dancing that Sunny of the past has. Why exactly did he do that? It is so much more fun to watch joy.
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I’m assuming there will be a character build? Or at least I hope there is? I want to see them do traditional joyful Bhangra in London!
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My highly fallible memory has them modernizing Bhangra….
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Mr T has lost interest and gone downstairs to play hoppy bunny with husband but Baby K is very focused on this movie!
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I suspect Hoppy Bunny is very similar to Bhangra moves.
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I wonder if Hoppy Bunny has the same aerobic output as immitating Bhangra.
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100% he has a bunch of foam mattresses in the basement that he just hops around on.
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My nephew A recently apologized to Nephew B , “Nephew B, I’m sorry I knocked you over. I forgot if I push you I have to put something soft for you to land on.”
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hahahahaha so cute!
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I bet if I youtube Bhangra dance competions I will NOT find anything as awesome as the dance competition depicted in this film.
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Okay, call me crazy, but what if they just wait, like, 2 months and start dating after the competition? It won’t kill them!
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But they need eachother to WIN!
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It’s a COLLEGE BHANGRA COMPETITION!!!! It’s not life or death!
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BUT IT IS life and death. Her mom HAS to get to London and to do so she has to win. WE do not yet know why he HAS to get to London. Besides, when you are 20 everything is life and death.
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As they both say Kaptaan says that you can only win at bangra is you are in love.
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They are both better dancers now that they are in love… There is JOY now. ah, the plot point I was looking for, I had forgotten it.
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Noooooooo! He lost the local college Bhangra competition! The MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD!!!
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And will Sunny be a decent looser? hmmm
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Okay, the bit where the college audience immediately starts a mass fight, that I find believable. 20 year olds gotta testosterone.
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Any excuse to fight!
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The dance of love leads to such sadness.
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The dance battle is like the WWII battle, of course!
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A blow to the ankle is like a bullet to the chest… Ah dance movies.
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What if Sunny just transfers colleges and joins her college and then he can be on her team and go to London.
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That would be like them getting married and he took her name. It would emasculate him and he would never be able to go home again.
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Remember that really bad movie with Katrina’s little sister where there was a tragic dance related fatality?
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I never saw it! But I do remember that it exists.
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Ah. There’s a tragic Dance Injury which makes our hero have dance related PTSD (that is an actual line from the movie).
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Dance movies…. This one doesn’t have any chest makeup in the morning at least…
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Yes. It SUCKED!
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Once again, I like that the costumer doesn’t overly sexualize Rukshar. I get a little bored seeing naked women on the screen all the time. She is so pretty in her loose long sleeve shirts.
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He can’t be classy and celebrate her win with her?
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No, he isn’t likeable. NOT CLASSY. But his grandfather was classy, Sunny of the past would have met her and been happy for her win. Sunny of the past is SO MUCH BETTER!
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No. He is awful! Because it is all about him and his family’s honor and blah blah blah. Tortured young men can only think about themselves. It’s all about their journey.
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Boy, Jaggi really has a zero-sum concept of success within a couple.
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Sorry. Had to step away from the computer for a bit. Two comments.
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Yes! Get drunk and yell at him sassy girl! Humiliate him in front of the nice hostel man!
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I will give Sunny credit, his modern tears over his loss are very believable in a Ranbir Kapoor based personality.
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Yes! Ranbir bases personality is a perfect description!
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Good for you Simi. Take him down.
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This is so SAD!!!! The oast I mean. I don’t care about present Sunny.
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Yeah, the past is the heart of this movie.
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Yeah Sunny, you want to go to London, you gotta DUNKI it, because your lady love actually IS a better dancer.
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bwhaha nice one!!
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One of 9-year-old’s cohorts has a soccer dad who only has one leg, and he gets out there with his crutches and plays soccer with the kids, kicking with his leg and the crutch. It is AMAZING!
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That is amazing!
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I like how at home, he is in the same setting as the past, but the colors are different. Even silly dance movies are filmed so beautifully these days.
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If our hero takes a bunch of old men fromt he village to london and wins, I will be SO HAPPY!
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Okay, I’m loving the Mom and Dad more.
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Me too. Still don’t like present Sunny.
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Isn’t it rewarding to see him humble himself and still get rejected!?!
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Exactly! He deserves it! I know they are going to redeem him and he is going to “win” because of course. But I don’t want him to!
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That bit where they pretend to get along for the mom was super sweet.
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Little kid moving his shoulders was SO CUTE!
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I like the dad. I thought he would be awful but he isn’t. Unless I missed something. I am half watching.
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Nah, just some light shaming for leaving the village.
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Okay, Lucky is also a brat, but he is cute enough to pull it off.
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Serious conversation atop flying elephants, nice. This movie does a good job with the little touches, despite the ridiculous plot.
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Is anyone else a little reminded of Lagaan?
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RESPECT to farmers!
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YES!!!
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That is a good question! What if he has forgotten Desi Bhangra after living in the city???
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I would be okay with him forgetting the city girl and going with the English class girl.
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Let’s face it, he messed up with Rukshar, she deserves better. She would be a happier person without him. IN FACT any female would be happier without Sunny in his current modern day state.
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He forgot desi Bhangra while living in the city! Thank goodness the village is restoring him.
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Yes, cities are dens of evil that change people and make them soulness. Everything real is in a village. Marry your next door neighbor and ignore the draw of all museums and the arts and well, actually earning money, and you will be happier.
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In England they don’t actually say Shut Up as much as they do in India. And in America, it is really just a no go.
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Toddles is dancing up a storm. He seems to love this song.
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Finally Sunny is dancing with joy in the present day, but still he did it best as his past self.
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Agreed. And credit to the actor for showing the change so well. This is what I think is the difference between watching Tiger dance vs Vicky and Hrithik. Tiger might be more athletic but it never feels like he is dancing with joy! On the other hand, anything Vicky and Hrithik do is just so happy and fun!
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How are the going to raise the money??? I am very worried that someone is going to mortgage their fields. Never mortgage your fields!
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Another movie that pretends social media IS the real world.
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HA!
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Dad still seems a little grumpy. I am waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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Awww the mom, dad, and Sunny dancing is so sweet!
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Family Bhangra dancing together before he leaves is SO SWEET.
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YES!!!
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This past stuff is just too depressing!
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