Yeh Dillagi: Saif’s Heartthrob Era Begins

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[00:00:41] and better content. Visit us at patreon.com slash Khandaan Podcast. Hi, and welcome to a new episode of Khandaan Podcast. My name is Asim Burney and I'm joined with my lovely co-host Amrita. Hey, Amrita, hey Sujoy. Ole, ole. We are doing a listener's pick today for Patreon. This is from Farzan. He suggested we need to

[00:01:08] go back to the magic of what made us love Bollywood and his suggestion was Ye Dillagi. Which made... I wish like everyone could see the faces of these two right now. Which made Amritha really happy, which I was actually quite surprised about. To re-watch. But honestly, it's like Ye Dilleghi dropped on Netflix not too long ago. They were

[00:01:33] like, you know, they added quite a few movies. And I was like, this is a movie I wanted to revisit. So I was actually quite happy to revisit this one. I don't know if it was Farzan or if it was somebody else, but I know there's been like other people on our podcast who, like audience members, who've written in and asked us if we would watch Ye Dilleghi and talk about it. Because it was, I think, quite a seminal moment for a lot of

[00:02:01] Bollywood kids from the 90s. You know, like Seth doing Ole Ole. And it was like a pure, like, it was like a real rom-com in a sea of, like, revenge dramas and, like, you know, like college dramas and all of that stuff. And then you had this very old school romance. So I think a lot of people have, like, really fond memories of this film.

[00:02:29] Yeah. I think this was probably Saif Ali Khan's first proper hit in a way. Because I don't think Ashik Awara or Parampara really did that. Maybe Ashik Awara did. I'm not sure. I don't remember that well. But, and also big thing was like Akshay doing a non-action-y movie. Although they did fit in one action karate scene in this, which I was happy about. I miss those Akshay Kumar spinning kicks. They're so clean. It's amazing to watch.

[00:03:00] But yeah, this was quite a big, like, I remember this movie quite well. And I think Ole Ole was a big part of that for sure. But re-watching it now, I understand why it was a big hit. Like, it was, it just, like, had everything going for it without making a big, big thing about it. You know, like, it was like a very, a story we've heard before, you know, actors that have been around,

[00:03:29] but they hadn't, like, reached the peak of what they, what they eventually will become. And it's just, like, generally well-made, generally well-produced, great songs, I would say. Everybody looks great. I think a lot of people on Patreon mentioned that the fashion was a big thing, especially that whole makeover thing where somebody becomes a model. I think that, especially for women of a certain age, that's probably something that really appeals, you know, that transformation thing.

[00:03:59] And I think Kajal is just very, Kajal. She's very, like, bubbly and fun and that kind of thing. Sujoy, what was, what are your memories of Ye Dil Ligi? I have only two memories, which is the music and plus the visual of Ole Ole. I don't remember watching this movie growing up. I don't think I've watched this movie before, but I could have been tricked because I've watched,

[00:04:27] like, a lot of Saif and Akshay movies just merge into one. Like, you know, Tu Chor Mein Si Pahi and all those movies that they did together. Suha, Suha was not Akshay, but, like, a lot of buddy movies. Like, all of those merge into one sort of movie. So Ye Dil Ligi may have escaped through one of those.

[00:04:55] So I don't have any memories of watching this movie. And so it was all brand new information from me watching it yesterday or was it the day before. Yeah. Oh, interesting. Yeah. I didn't know you'd never seen this movie before. And I would say, like, all of those movies you have mentioned, I think Ye Dil Ligi is very different from The Chor, Sa Pahi and all that kind of thing. And I Khe Laid Iti Onari, obviously. Amrita, what about you? Like, what do you remember of Ye Dil Ligi?

[00:05:25] So I saw this movie before I watched Sabrina. Like, I saw Sabrina after I saw this movie. And I remember watching Sabrina and just being like, oh. Like, I mean, like, the original Sabrina. Like, not the Harrison Ford one, but the OG one. Audrey Hepburn. The Audrey Hepburn one.

[00:05:46] And I remember just watching scenes from it and being like, oh, like, that's Ye Dil Ligi. You know? Oh. And it's funny because, like, she even wears a hat like Audrey Hepburn, you know? Like, the big white-brimmed hat. And it's... I thought it was a really good adaptation, actually.

[00:06:14] Like, I obviously remember the song Tick, Tick, Tick. I was obsessed with it. And especially Kajol's entire, like, her look in this film. Like, I realized while I was re-watching this film right now that we all just wanted to dress like Kajol. Or at least, like, me and my friends just wanted to dress like Kajol, like, at that time. Right?

[00:06:42] The shorts and the tie shirts and, like, all of that stuff. It was, like, it's very, like, 90s sexy. Yeah. Like, there's so many things about this film that are just, like, such a strong, like, part of my childhood. I have, like, a really strong nostalgic connection to this movie. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:07:09] And, yeah, Ole Ole was obviously the big thing. Like, I remember that song just being constantly on. And, like, also just Safe's look. He looked so good in it, right? Like, that leather jacket still looks amazing. I'd still wear that jacket. Like, the carver boots and the wet hair. Which is very much the Bobby Deville style of acting where 90% of the choreography is the head.

[00:07:35] I did notice this time that he has very small feet. Like, I didn't notice it before. Like, this was the first time that I noticed. Especially because he's wearing those pointy shoes, you know. Which is how, like, men try to hide the fact that they have tiny feet. So, it was very interesting. When Ole Ole came up, I've watched Ole Ole, the original video, maybe a thousand times in my life by now, right?

[00:08:04] But this time around, because it happens in the beginning of the movie and it's the introduction to Safe kind of a song. I was like, oh, this is the heartthrob song from that era. Yeah, heartthrob. It is that. It is that. And Safe did a better job at it than Ranveer did, I would say. Yeah, I mean, yeah. It was a moment for sure. It's also really...

[00:08:29] What I found interesting in Yeh Dil Lagi Jaht generally, how much the movie is about Safe. More than, I would even say, Kajol and Akshay. It's really about Safe. And it's almost jarring to a certain point where you're like, can we talk about these other two a little bit more? But they really center it about Safe and his redemption and his arc and how he changes. And so both Akshay and Safe, for those who haven't seen it, are brothers, right? Which I always find funny where...

[00:08:59] And Kajol has to pick between these two. And wouldn't it be interesting if one was looking like Safe and the other was maybe looking more like Amrish Puri? Like, you know, that would be a choice you're making. But it's always between Salman and Sanjay. Oh my God. You know, like Akshay. Is Akshay really that ugly? Like, you know, is it really like that big of a choice that you're making? But also, like in the original Sabrina, it's like an actual choice, right?

[00:09:28] Because it's... What's his face? Humphrey Bogart. It's Humphrey Bogart and William... God. What's his name? Let me pull it up. I'm blanking on his name. But he was basically... William Holden. William Holden, who was like the heartthrob of Hollywood, right? Like every woman was in love with him, including Audrey Hepburn at the time.

[00:09:59] And Humphrey Bogart, you know, he's bogey. He's like very famous, but not the most handsome man. And also playing like a total square. Like a cruise Buddha kind of. Yeah, exactly. And I think by the second Sabrina, you know, it was Harrison Ford playing that character. Which again, like it's the same what Asim is talking about. Like, is that really like too hard of a choice? Like, oh my God, Harrison Ford, woe is me. Like, are you serious?

[00:10:28] But in the original Sabrina, like William Holden plays this golden boy sort of a thing. And Audrey Hepburn's character really loves him. Like she's, you know, she... Or rather she has this idea of a perfect life that is very centered around him being this golden boy. Right?

[00:10:53] But in Ye Dil Lagi, Kajo's character never has that. She always knows that Vicky is basically a never do well. That he is a womanizer. And he is rude. He is classist. He has no consideration for other people's feelings. So she has never been in love with him. She flirts with him to teach him a lesson.

[00:11:21] But she doesn't care for him in any way, shape or form. She's always had respect for Vijay, which is Akshay's character. Isn't his name Vijay? His name is Vijay. Yeah, he is Vijay. Yeah. He has been a fool. And she's always, always liked Vijay. And that sort of organically turns into, you know, attraction. And then she falls in love with him.

[00:11:50] And, but she's never been in love. So she's never had to, she's not really choosing between the two brothers, honestly speaking. Like she's, she has two brothers who are interested in her, sure. But that's not the same as her having to choose between the two of them. But I think that because one of the themes of the movies also very strongly is classism, right? I don't know if that's the case in necessarily in Sabrina, but here definitely is.

[00:12:17] Because especially like the mom character a few times specifically speaks about that, right? Like impure. She even calls her impure and she will mess up our legacy and this and that. And I think she's basically the outsider, right? And I think that element kind of is coming into play more, why she's not interested. But it doesn't necessarily matter.

[00:12:43] Because if this rich guy would want this poor driver's daughter, then the logical answer is that she will marry him. Even though she doesn't necessarily love him, it just makes logical sense. And I think maybe that's something that the movie is also trying to tell us, right? That it's not necessarily even about love, but her life would be so much better if she would just get with this guy, right? But I don't know. I don't know.

[00:13:10] It's also just funny because there's a moment where she asks Akshay's character, like, you know, have there been other women? And clearly Akshay is hot. So he's like, yeah, there's been many women. Like many women. I just haven't found the right one. You know? So it's not like there are certain subtle changes where they have to adapt for the actors. But just generally, I thought it was very interesting that it was so safe-centric. And I don't know if that's the case in Sabrina. Is it?

[00:13:40] Because I've never seen it. Is it? Well, you know, it's Bogart and then it's Harrison Ford. So yeah, they're clearly like, they're not, you know, they're very like manly men, you know? But there's always been a differentiation between like the Vicky character and the Vijaya character in Sabrina as well.

[00:14:04] Which is the Vijaya character is clearly dating, but he's not a womanizer, which is an important difference. Right. Yeah. Because that's one of the things that were also very shocking. Because before we started recording, I asked Sujoy, like, should I watch this with my daughter? And Sujoy was like, I don't think so. I don't think so.

[00:14:29] And re-watching it, I was like, wow, the sexual morals of that time are so shockingly outdated to a certain degree. Where I was like a few times like, oh my God, Saeed Jafri and Saif Ali Khan is why the Me Too movement had to start. Like, these two people are the reason. Like, yeah. Both dad and son are man whores, basically. Yeah.

[00:14:56] But it's wild though, because it's quite acceptable for them to be that way. Because they're just men of the rich society. Yeah. And that's how it was written. Right? Like, even the mom character says at one point, that I have a strong relationship with Vicky's wife, but with that woman, we can't match our relationship with her two women. Or something to that effect. Which is wild.

[00:15:21] And, yeah, to that effect that, you know, men are written to be acceptable in this way. And it was that way in Bollywood of that era. Yeah. It's written by one of the most famous writers of Bollywood, Sachin Bhomik, who's written so many, so many movies. And you can see that template in many, many of his movies. How the rich men just come across to be, it's fine because just this is what rich men do.

[00:15:49] And they are respectable. But also very casually, like, Saif being outed as a date rapist. Like, you know, he's roofing the girls, apparently. For no reason. Like, he can get with any girl that he wants in this movie. Like, they're lining up. But he still needs to date rape Kajal, which is insane to me. Yeah. And apparently, like, she knows, she's like, I know him so well, so I knew that he would do that.

[00:16:19] So, I'm like, wow. Wow, yeah. Yeah, it's, the grapevine told her. No, but even earlier, you know, you were saying that she wants to teach Saif Ali Khan a lesson. But she's also helping that secretaries. You know, he, first of all, he seduces his own secretary. Then during lunchtime, he wants to take her to the hotel and bang her. The secretary's brother comes. And then Kajal saves Saif Ali Khan from the brother.

[00:16:48] And I was like, why are you doing this? Like, why are you even getting involved, right? So, like, this, I, that's what I mean. The movie is so centered around Saif Ali Khan's Sudhar Jaega more than anything else, which is just funny to me. Because there is obviously the transformation of Kajal that's also part of the movie. But when you look in terms of how much footage it got and the way it's short, the way it's edited, I thought she did all of this in a bank holiday.

[00:17:18] She just went to Mumbai, got one campaign, came back super hot. And she's done. I was like, do a few more maybe, you know? But I think that there was a gap. Like, she was in Mumbai for a long time when Devyn Verma was, you know, sort of doing her makeover and signed her all the ad campaigns. Because when she comes back as this madeover model, Saif does not recognize her. So, she's gone through dating so many women until then.

[00:17:47] And she was like, oh, you are our driver. No, but the funniest thing is like, after he realizes who she is, he goes to her father and it's like, if you, like if I didn't recognize her, then you wouldn't recognize her either. And then he's like, the dad is like, gone? And then he's like, oh, it's my daughter. Sapna, bitty. Yeah. No, no.

[00:18:17] I mean, in a way that made sense to me just because it's Saif Ali Khan and the character he's playing. But like literally she does one campaign and Devyn Verma comes and he says, which next contract should I sign? Everybody wants to sign you. And she's like, no, I'm going back to Shimla because of Bajla. I was like, no, it's literally one campaign. Make some more money, Sapna. Believe in capitalism, you know, Sapna. Phillips and Western are after you.

[00:18:47] The brands in this movie are so of that era. It's just insane. Everything just, yeah, the Godrej fridges and the Western cassette tapes. And this is pre-India kind of opening up to international markets. This is 93, 94. Yeah, this is right around the time that we are opening up. Like it's just that. So there's like, if brands were to come, they had to partner with some other brands to launch in India.

[00:19:17] So that the majority stake would still be an Indian company. So that's how you get like Maruti, Suzuki and all of that. I did like that Devan Verma was very filmy malaria Johnny quoted in this one. It was so good. That whole scene where Kajol has to prove her acting prowess, right? Yes. And he's at the restaurant and she's like Bhagwan ka namle. And he's like Durga ma, Durga ma, Durga ma.

[00:19:47] Just cracked up so good. I was like, yeah, he's so good in it. And he's not even Bengali. He plays a Bengali. It was so good. I also like that the whole transformation of Kajol to become a model is doing three jumping jacks. And then putting Kajol on Kajol. And that's it. That's Regi.

[00:20:13] And then there's a part where she is doing the champagne advertisement for Akshay. And all these Turkey uncles are sitting there going like, wow, what a beauty. I have never seen such a beautiful girl. And you're like, yeah, ho, ho. And those shots are the worst shots I've ever seen. She's all like this with the camera and like this with the champagne. Some of them are like out of focus. They're like blurry.

[00:20:42] That's how it used to happen with film photography, man. Back in the day. These were the best shots, by the way. These are the best shots. These are the clever shots. To the French. They're presenting this to the French. They actively say the French are coming to set up a Shabdwen ki Dukan. And you will show Kajol's shot. And they will be like, yes, yes, yes.

[00:21:05] One other connection that I found in this is the shot when Akshay brings Seth for the first time into his office. And you get a panning shot at Seigal Industries. And all the industries are listed. The impacts. Cement. Poultry and breweries. And nuts and bolts. Tea estate. Hotels and paints. Bread and everything. Omelette and everything. No.

[00:21:34] My favorite is that Akshay is driving around Shimla in this fancy ass car. That has like a little thing on top that says S. I don't know. I don't know if many of you noticed it. I did, yeah. He has this logo. Yeah, the Seigal logo is so terrible. It's like an S. It's like that sketch. It's like that sketch of Avatar.

[00:22:03] Where it's like Ryan Gosling is like. He's like. He's like. He's like. He's like. That's so interesting. But this is another point that I have to kind of bring about this movie. Which I thought interesting. That's why I asked about this. Is this the phase where India was opening up? Because these are supposedly rich people. But they really act like poor people. The richness is not as grand, right? Like. None of the car. All of the Mercedes have no hubcaps. They just like.

[00:22:34] Plain. Tire on them. Yeah. Yeah. Like. I think the rich people used to drive Contessa. That's what the. It's not a band for rich people. It's a Contessa. But there was other things. There was like. The cars had like bed sheets inside. Like the things had like bed sheet covers over the seats. Yeah. Then. Then. All of the furniture was just like plastic lawn chairs. You know. Like just randomly in Shimla. It's like. What's going on here? You know.

[00:23:04] Like. And then. That scene where. Akshay is like. I'm going to do a presentation for you guys. Come up to my bedroom. Which looks like the shittiest bedroom I have seen in my life. And the presentation is recorded on VHS tapes. Yeah. And the presentation is in. Like he shows the VHS. And he has this big ass remote that he's you know. Trying to shoot. And the joke is obviously. That he's watching. Safe was watching nine and a half weeks. Scandal. Scandal. Scandal. Like. You know. Like.

[00:23:33] That's the heart of corrupt things that Safe could be watching. Was nine and a half weeks. But yeah. Like. It was one of these moments where it's like. You know. Like. And of course. Like the. All the businessmen over there. Like. Very interesting presentation. So. It's hilarious. Like. All of those. Friends of Akshay. And like. The business he's starting. And like. Even that sequence.

[00:24:02] Where he brings them out to the. Fields. Where he's going to build his factory. And Karjuna's like. I would just love a little house on the prairie. And he goes like. Deep in. Bah. And slow motion. Every single piece of paper just falls down. Even before that. When they were describing the project to Akshay. They bring out the sketch. And it's just a watercolor painting. Of the hills. Of the hills. The same hills that they're watching right now.

[00:24:35] I want to also talk a little quickly about. The action scene with Akshay. For a little moment. Because. The evolution of Saif Ali Khan. From that sequence. Where he's disgusted. By having to talk for 10 minutes. To a gay coded person. Man. To. What happened in. With him and Shah Rukh. And all of that. Kal ho na ho.

[00:25:04] You know. Kantha bai. Sketch that's going on. It's just. Funny to see how in 10-15 years. The conversation. Was very much shifted. You know. Like. Because obviously. They get into a fight. Because. By the way. The Gundas in Shimla. Were just having brunch. They were just having brunch. In full suits. One more getting a full suit. They're all very like. Dogeball heavy cap. They love baseball caps. Which will come back later on.

[00:25:34] In the songs too. And then. Akshay just comes in. And karate kicks. All of them. You know. Because. And then he still has time. To say. Why are you. You know. Hand a gay. Like. Hand a gay to the gay man. Which I was like. Wow. A lot has changed. In those. 10-15 years. In a way. Were you happy to see. Akshay do some kicks. Amrita. Was I what? Happy to see. Akshay Kumar. Do some kicks. Because I feel. Kicks were needed. Oh. I.

[00:26:03] I didn't really care. For that stuff. I. I liked soft. Akshay. Like. In this film. Like. We didn't really get to see. Soft Akshay a lot. I feel. Yeah. And. This was like. One of the few times. That we got to see. Soft Akshay. In that era. Yeah. I was thinking about. The same. Like. The next time. We see Akshay. In a similar role. Is Dil Toh Pakal Hai. And which is also. A Yash Chopra movie. Like our Yash Raj movie. Yeah. So. Thanks to YRF. For doing that.

[00:26:33] Thanks to Uday Chopra. For doing this. Because. Did you notice. That this movie. Is actually produced. By Uday Chopra. I think that's a retrofit. Yeah. Uday Chopra has been hustling. For a while apparently. And also like. Remaking. Wouldn't. Uday Chopra have been like. 17 or something. At the time. Of this movie. Coming out. Like. I genuinely. Don't think. Uday Chopra was doing it. But. Maybe he just brought.

[00:27:02] The DVD of Sabrina. To his. You know. That's how he produced it. You know. Let's talk about the songs. A little bit. Yeah. What were your favorite songs. Sujoy? Obviously. Ole Ole. But also. Abhi Jeet. Subhar Admi. Etc. I actually. Like. Really like. The title track. Yeah. And. Hotope Bus.

[00:27:32] Yeah. Such a. Great track. I really enjoy it. Also for the fact that. Because it's almost like. Tanuja in Rath Akeli. Yeah. It's almost that vibe. But it's. The. The. The. The sequence is. Of a day trip scenario. Which is like. Icky. But the song is so. Good. Good. I really enjoy that song. A lot. But I. I had a note about this. That the. Soundtrack itself. Like. We.

[00:28:02] We have already. Spoken about how. The entire movie is a very. Template Bollywood movie. This. Like. We've seen this story. Love triangles. And all of that. But the soundtrack itself. Is also. Like. Even though. It's great. But it's also a very. Template soundtrack. In the way that. We don't see it anymore. But we grew up watching. All of this. So there is the indoor set. Sort of rain song. That is. Sort of inspired by Chalbaas. And the neon lights. That we've seen. Very Chalbaas. Right. Very Chalbaas.

[00:28:33] The Pankajudas Gazal song. Which was a thing. Of the 90s. You know. Pankajudas would appear. Out of nowhere. And there would be. And there would be. The sad hero at the bar. Drinking. Because he's going through. Some shit. The rich party song. With the grand piano. Which is the. Didlegi song. Which does not happen anymore. But it was a thing. Back then. The heartthrob song. The introduction hero song. Which we still get somewhat. The khandala outdoor song. With the folk beats. Is the. Tana Tana Terena.

[00:29:02] That Atsin loves a lot. That's my favorite one. That's really. The only improvement. To that song. Would be. If Akshay was. Bare chested. With a net banyaan. And combat boots. Like that would. Make the whole. Song completely. You know. Like make it. Salman level. You know. But otherwise. I thought that was like. It's very. What's the. What's the Salman song. That I'm thinking. Abhindiya Chamke. From. Yeah. Tumko Na Boots. I'm saying. Combat boots. And bare chested. That's what you need. I like that song.

[00:29:31] Because they don't make. Those songs anymore. Right. Like just like. Like on a hilltop. With five dancers. And like a. Ognit. Like very traditional clothes. Yeah. You don't see that anymore. And I thought. It's very. Also like. Rishi Kapoor used to do that. A lot. With like. Tutu tutu tutu tara. And all of that. Right. And Mithuncha Kravarti. In all of his Ooty movies. Yeah. And I don't think. They should make those songs. I don't feel that. It should like. Because I think. If they make them. They would make it like. Karan Johar does like.

[00:30:01] Make it as a spoof. That kind of thing. And I don't want that. But like. Watching it. And watching one that was. Reasonably well done. Was just a joy to revisit. You know. I really like Gori. Gori Kalai. I think it's called that one. Gori Kalai. Yeah. Yeah. And. I've already talked about the. Rat Akeli Hai. Resemblance of. Hoto Vivas. The hero hero in Flirty Song. Is my least favorite. Which is the name. Kya Hai. Because. Kumar Shanu sounds terrible. In that song.

[00:30:30] To me. Um. And. Weirdly enough. I found out that. Because this was the first time. I was watching. Yadilegi. That they have a. Instrumental flute version. Of Ole Ole. Playing as. Saif's theme music. Whenever he appears. And flirting with the secretaries. And stuff. They play the. Flute version of Ole Ole. Just weird. What about you Amrita? I mean. This is a banger soundtrack. Like. All of it is like. Pretty great. Um. But. My favorite. Now.

[00:31:00] Till today. Is still. Um. You know. Um. The. The seduction. Uh. Song. With like. Kajol. In that. Hot blue. Electric. Blue outfit. Um. She's so sexy. And she's so great. And very Tanuja coded. There's actually quite a few. Points in this movie. Where. She just has such a strong. Dissemblance to Tanuja. And. Uh. What a young Tanuja looked like. And. Um. Her eyes are just like.

[00:31:30] You know. Just popping. Um. In a way that. It doesn't anymore. Now that everything is digital. You know. You really needed film. To bring that out. I also just think. I've never seen so much. Kajol cleavage in my life. As in this movie. Like. I was like. Wow. That's. That's. That's a lot. Because. She. She. Very much shifted. From that. Kajol. Yeah. Very quickly. And. It was like. Oh wow. Okay. This was a thing. So much legs. So much. Cleavage. I was like. Wow. You don't almost. Pull that together. With Kajol. Because.

[00:32:00] She become very like. You know. Oh my god. I. I. I think you totally skipped. A whole generation of Kajol. Because the introduction of Kajol. For me. Was. Jaati ho mein. And that. I am 16 song. From Halchal. Where she's seducing. Ajay Devkan. Those were. So embarrassing to watch. With my mom. When it used to come on. Philips top 10. Yeah. Yeah. Go ahead. No. That was like. Sexy Kajol. Was definitely a thing. Like. In her early years. Where she was like.

[00:32:31] Setting up. Like you know. Where she was like. Trying to make that impact. But then. But I think like. This movie is probably. The sexiest. That she looked. Like. Bazi girl. Was a little bit. Tragedy. You know. With all that. Like especially. I'm thinking of like. Bazi girl. Bazi girl. Where she's like. Great. When she's wearing that blue dress. With a choker. But then she immediately. Moves into that. Fru-fru wedding dress. And it's just. It never recovers from there.

[00:33:01] But. Also. Tick Tick Tick. Is still. One of my favorite songs. Like. It is. Like. I love the choreography. I love. Like. Akshay in it. Um. I think it was like. One of the earliest. Like. Really. Like. Dance numbers. That Akshay had. And. Um. Kajol is so great. Like I said. You know. I love the. The short pants. Like. It. It was just. A look. And.

[00:33:31] Um. Yeah. I. I think. I love. All the songs. Except for the. Pankajuda song. Which is completely unnecessary. And. Useless. Also. The problem with the Pankajuda song. Is that. The movie is really long. At that point. And I. Yeah. It really feels forced in the narrative. Because we're spending so much time. About. You know. Seif Ali Khan. Figuring out what he wants. And. We're supposed to be. Feeling sad for him. But I don't think. I ever felt sad. For Seif Ali Khan. In this movie.

[00:34:02] Um. Anything about the picturization. Of the song. That you want to still talk about. I. I just want to talk about. The. The. The rain song. Quickly. Because. Yeah. It's. It's not just the rain song. Right. I think. What's it. It's not called Tick Tick. It's called something. Dekho Zara Dekho. Yeah. That's why I was getting confused. Um. So. It's. It's. It's a. A dream song. Right. Both brothers have a sequence.

[00:34:31] Where they get really. Hot and wild. With Kajol. In their dreams. Uh. But then they wake up. It's like. Oh. This. This never even happened. But the funny part is. Like. He's. He's dancing in the rain. But then these mannequins. Come alive. And they're also wearing. Like. Baseball caps. And banyans. And cheddis. And then they dance with them together. Which I just thought. This was. A very funny. Picturization. Well. This. Weird. Rain fantasy. That Akshay's character has. And there needs to be more people. And I have to talk about.

[00:35:01] My favorite. Favorite trope. Obviously. Is the. Yeh Dil Lagi song. Where people are. Dance. Singing. Singing. Singing their hearts out. In a party. Where all the background. Characters are said. You will not. You will not. And you will not. You will not. You will not. You will not. Hear the whole song. and listen to it. Because obviously when you see the song a few times, you end up, your brain starts going to,

[00:35:31] you know, what are these characters thinking? Like imagine if this was a real character. Would they be like, dude, he's playing. And obviously being Pakistani and Muslim, my names of these characters that I invent are very Muslim names. Shaqeela, Farzana, they got to know. You know, which doesn't work. Is Salim going to be with Salma? So that I thought was very, but the funniest shot

[00:36:01] in that whole sequence is the camera pans because obviously like either we're supposed to believe that we don't know what they're singing about or we completely know what they're singing about. Right. And there's a shot of that you also have the shot of the parents being pissed off and Reema Lagoon is really pissed off and Saeed Jafri is just drinking thumbs up with a straw. I thought it was the best shot in the entire movie. Usually I don't appreciate Jafri that much when he's, you know,

[00:36:30] quiet and drinking thumbs up with a straw. I thought that was quite cool. Yeah. We've escaped the 80s Dhamaqa series but Sairjafri keeps popping up. Keeps popping up. Keeps popping up. Yeah. Yeah. Any other random thoughts on Ye Dil lagi? Oh my God. So many random, random thoughts. Ole Ole happens in their backyard. So rich people's backyard is basically a dance podium where his beta will be doing the dance of the evening. Public reaction.

[00:37:01] Yeah. A Casanova character literally means he will drown in girls which is the Heartthrob Ole Ole song. I really like that the doctor sahab that comes to the anniversary party in the beginning he's like giving a compliment to the dad and he's like Naukar ho toh aisa ho. Yeah. Like what kind of compliment is that? Yeah. To Kaggle's dad right? Basically

[00:37:31] he's like 25 years ago you were here and you're still here. I was like what kind of progression are you? Yeah. And also the dad like you know it starts with the dad giving all these instructions to all the other drivers because he's like the boss driver. Yeah. This is this is his day like the day that he kind of his full talent comes out you know like full

[00:38:05] instructions you know loved it. Oh dear. Sijjai what else do you have? Oh this used to be a thing in movies of the 80s and 90s where people used to shoot movies on location and a lot of people used to come to the shoot just random people. So the Naam Kya Ha Song is happening in Shimla and lots of school kids are gathered. Like I think a lot of Govinda Karishma Kapoor songs

[00:38:34] shot in Mumbai as well as in foreign location were also like that. That doesn't happen anymore because a lot of the people have mobile phones now and everything will be out in about in like 15 minutes. As the makers of King have discovered this week. Yeah. I think the reason why they stopped doing those outdoor shoots is actually because of the D company and all the mafia threats

[00:39:04] that used to happen in the mid to late 90s. So it became unsafe for because they were getting shot right? Bhushan Kumar got murdered then Rudeik's dad got shot. shot. So like they just stopped shooting out in Bombay for a long time or like in public basically. Segway from Bombay. A lot of Bombay is referred to as Bombay here but Netflix subtitles keeps changing it to Mumbai. I don't know if you

[00:39:34] guys noticed but yeah. Makes sense. Yeah as you said Asim I had another that both brothers have dream sequence songs with Sapna and Sapna has no Sapna. No Sapna has. Sapna has in Ole Ole she has where she makes the But Safe is not involved she just wants to be like liked dancing in the party. I also think she's not allowed in the party because of Gamla protection basically.

[00:40:06] Go ahead. Next. If you have caught that reference write in to us at youpodcasting at gmail.com I want to have a moment about Safe's drunk acting. So there are two instances of that. One where he actually drinks after the whole Pankajudha song where he's confronting Akshay Kumar about it like and all

[00:40:35] of that. It's terrible. He should not do drunk acting ever. The other instances where he roofies himself and he's like trying to get all horned up but he passes out. So yeah. Actually that first one with Akshay I thought that was interesting dynamic because Safe is clearly terrible in that sequence and I think Safe then was terrible and he's admitted in himself like it took him a while to understand how to be an Indian hero

[00:41:05] actor. But what's really interesting is how well Akshay kind of steps out and lets him shine and like at least take that moment. And I think that's what Akshay has been good at especially like still now. He's one of those actors that really collaborates with a lot of people and if he's playing second fiddle to somebody or kind of like a supporting actor he will do it. And I think in Yeh Dil Lagee that was the first time that kind of needed to happen and I

[00:41:35] think Akshay does a really good job on putting the spotlight as much as he can on Safe. Safe completely bungles it but I think Akshay is Akshay because he kind of allows that. He kind of figures out his place in the entire project and I thought that was kind of a cool dynamic between those two. Final random point is the Lolo cameo in the end that came out of nowhere. So cute. I was like he failed upwards. Yeah.

[00:42:05] She looks so good and I think it's because she's like you know she's after the it's the remake. Yeah it's after Raja Babu but just before Raja Hindustan. Yeah yeah it's not the Nishche, Jagruti, Prate Kehdi, Charisma is the after Charisma. See we are the connoisseurs of Lolo. Like 94 kid. Yeah yeah and she's just like so

[00:42:35] fun like even those two three minutes but it's it's just interesting that that used to be such a trope right like in a second round you know could be like somebody needs to fall into his lap. But this one I'd forgotten like when I think about you know I always think about Juhi in Kaviyan Kavina. I think about Ashwarya in Mela. Imagine. Imagine. Like you go

[00:43:05] what's his name Amir's brother what's his name? Faisal. Faisal. Ashwarya. Like just imagine like is that not the fantasy of every Desi man? I am Faisal and I get Ashwarya. You know kind of thing. Oh no with Amir who gets with Amir gets Amir gets twinkle. Amir gets twinkle. Okay yeah. Not twinkle. Rupa. Rupa. Yeah. In a few other

[00:43:35] movies that used to happen right? Like I feel I'm missing probably a few but this like the second hero need to get a girl too at the end to make everybody. Yeah. Yeah. Oh not not a girl but I will also think about Jui Chawla getting Salman Khan and Diwana Mastana. Like don't know by myself who didn't know by the Can someone join Patreon on Gharka

[00:44:04] Vanda level and then suggest we watch Diwana Mastana because I feel that's what I want. But yeah this was our listeners pick Ye Dilagi thank you for Farzan for suggesting this one. I think we all had a good time watching this one right? Yeah. I had a good time. I don't know about you guys. It was a long movie so I watched it in two parts. Like I thought like these were two movies that released in the same

[00:44:34] year or something. First Ye released and then Dilagi released later in November. So I watched it like that so it was okay. But the soundtracks really helped. And I think like even with his bad drunk acting Saif is still really watchable. Kajol is immensely good and Akshay Kumar is a breeze and Saeed Jeffrey helps. Yeah. Sifar Yan is just a pretty boy. That's the only thing. He's not good in this movie but he's pretty to look at I think and you

[00:45:04] know like a lot of times you say this about that used to be enough in Bollywood at one time you know and now everyone's like well why isn't he Meryl Streep in his second film? If he's not Meryl Streep then we don't want him. Like Nipple baby. But I also think we have less pretty boys in Bollywood. We have a lot of pretty girls but we don't have many pretty boys anymore so I think that's kind of the problem. They're all kind of like yeah no you're right you're right there aren't any pretty boys.

[00:45:34] Yeah so I think that's that's what we figured out here we need more pretty boys so we can have more dilliggies unfortunately. Exactly. Drop us an email at youpodcasting at gmail.com let us know if you figured out my yes boss joke in the last episode and if you figured out my gamla joke in this one and if you don't know where these jokes come from check out 5050 on pretty the other episode. I'm going to tell you where can people find you online? You can't you'll have to come to our patreon to find me because

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