DDLJ Part 14: Tea and Conversation

I’m back to DDLJ!  Mostly because I have been so busy watching Sultan in theaters (4th time tomorrow) that I haven’t had a chance to watch any other movies at home.  But DDLJ is always there for me.

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here, part 11 here, part 12 here, part 13 here, part 14 here, part 15 here, part 16 here)

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DDLJ Part 13: The Disappearing Prayer Scene!

I’ve been taking a long break from this, partly because Fan came out and it was time to move on to other things, partly because the streaming version I bought on Amazon didn’t have the next scene included.  But now I am back!  By popular demand, and also because there is another movie with Shahrukh (not a “Shahrukh movie”, but at least he’s in it for a bit) coming out in a few months.

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here, part 11 here, part 12 here, part 13 here, part 14 here, part 15 here, part 16 here)

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Sultan Part 7: All the Way to the End! Complete! Final! Conclusion!

Last bit!  Not because I’m so close to the end, but because we are coming up on the weekend and I can’t face carrying this thing through to another week.  So, if you want to know the end-end of Sultan, what happens to all the characters and how it happens, then read on!

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here)

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Sultan Part 5: Things Are About to Get Really Really Really Sad

Is that a spoiler?  I don’t think so.  I mean, we are coming up on the interval, of course SOMETHING less than ideal has to happen, or else no one would ever bother coming back for the second half.

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here)

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Sultan Part 4: My Favorite Song!

Part 4!  We have reached my favorite song!  I really liked the way it sounded when I was just listening to the soundtrack, and I ended up liking the visuals too.  Hopefully some version of the video will make it’s way online soon.

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here)

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Sultan Part 3 of ?: So Many Songs!

Bumping along to part 3 of my detailed summary.  I like doing it this way, because that way I can remember all the little bits and pieces I thought of while I was watching the movie.  Because I am thinking of the whole movie again scene by scene.  If you just want a quick summary, you can check out my “SPOILER” review.

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here)

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Sultan Part 2 of ?: Yay, Anushka’s here!

I’ve seen Sultan twice now, and looking at a possible 3rd time sometime this week, but for those of you who can’t see it, or can only see it once, or saw it and are trying to remember everything that happened, I am going to try my best to remember everything I saw and write it all down for you.

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here)

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Sultan Full Summary Part 1 of ? (SPOILERS!)

It’s time to start my traditional full summary shot by shot and scene by scene of the movie I just saw in the theater!  Sometimes these can be incredibly long (like Fan) as I get distracted by backstory and metaphors and references and stuff.  And sometimes they can be really short, because there just isn’t that much to talk about (like Rocky Handsome).  In this case, I honestly don’t know how much I will have to say, so I’m just going to start and see how fast I go!

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here)

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Udta Punjab Review: Nothing Happens, and Yet Everything Changes (SPOILERS!)

I already put up a quick spoiler-free review, now it’s time to get in depth and deal with what really happens!  Time for spoilers!

(if you want another non-spoiler perspective, check out moviemavengal’s review)

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Fan Part 10: All the Way to the End! (Spoilers!)

Yaaaaay!  It’s over!  I actually finding the ending of the film the hardest to watch, whether I am watching it in the theater or in my head while I write these summaries.  Maybe the reason it has taken me so long to get here is because I am trying to put it off?

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here)

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Fan Part 8: Dubrovnik, London, and Back to Bombay

Okay, new plan!  I just shoot for finishing in time to start over again with Baaghi on Friday.  That seems doable, right?  I’ve only got like 40 minutes left of screen, time but there are two really really important scenes right at the end that I really don’t want to shortchange.

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here)

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Fan Full Summary, Part 7: Dubrovnik! (Spoilers, of course)

Yay, Dubrovnik!  My sister did a study abroad in eastern Europe and was fascinated by how Croatia was promoted as the sunny happy weekend getaway place.  But now that I’ve seen Dubrovnik (on film), I totally want to go there for my next sunny happy weekend getaway!  It’s beautiful!

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here)

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Fan Full Summary/Recap Part 6: London! Why London?

Yay, second half!  Woot woot!  And we are in Europe now, not India.  The locations in this film are really important, they aren’t just for fun spectacle.

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here)

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Fan Full Summary/Synopsis Part 5: All the Way Past Intermission!

Yeah, Aryan-Shahrukh is finally really here and doing stuff to move the plot along!  Also, our first action sequence!  Which I will not be describing in detail because I don’t remember it that well, and also it is less interesting than it could be!

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here)

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Fan Summary/Recap Part 4: Let’s See What Stardom Looks like!

Yay! I finally get to the part where we meet Shahrukh-Aryan and nameless star-Sid Kapoor.  So much interesting stuff in these two scenes!

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here)

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Fan Full Summary/Spoilers Part 3: Is that Supposed to be Hrithik? Or Ranbir? Or Neither?

I think I’m about 40 minutes in now?  Which isn’t bad, for a 2 hour and 20 minute movie.  And, as I have said, no one but me is watching it in theaters, so it’s not like there is a huge hurry to get these posts up and finished.  Although it would be nice to finish them by the end of the week.  Maybe I do two tomorrow and the final one on Saturday when I have all the time in the world?

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here)

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Fan Full Summary/Recap (Spoilers of course): Part 2, Past the First Near Death Experience

The Fan box office continues to drop, by the way.  Which is making me feel a bit more relaxed about getting this summary done.  Usually I try to do it in 1,2, or 3 parts, 4 at the absolute most, and finishing by the Wednesday after the film is released.  But hey, no one but me is seeing Fan, so I might as well take my time and enjoy the experience!

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here)

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Fan Full Summary/Recap! Part 1! Through the First Performance!

Okay, the movie has been out about 72 hours, and I have seen it 3 times.  I’m wasting my life!  That’s only 7 hours out of 72 that I spent watching it!  What is more important?  Sleep?  Food?  Work?  That’s crazy talk!  Anyway, after 3 viewings, I think I am ready to start my full detailed summary.

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here)

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DDLJ Part 12: Not nearly as exciting as Part 11, but still important!

Yesterday was the really really important scene, the one that it is worth going through shot by shot and line by line.  Today, some scenes that are still awesome, but not quite peak awesome.

(part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, part 9 here, part 10 here, part 11 here, part 12 here, part 13 here, part 14 here, part 15 here, part 16 here)

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