At the movies – Come… Fall in Love

I just got back from a day trip to Bombay. Some part of the trip was around movies. When in Bombay, visiting Mount Mary in Bandra and then driving on Bandstand past Mannat and Galaxy that are at a stone’s throw from each other has always been a must do and today was no different. I took a picture of Mannat from the car and got down to casually stand opposite Galaxy and take pictures, just for kicks. All I saw was a snobbish watchman lounging around at Galaxy’s gate looking at me with undisguised amusement. The brown blinds that shutter the first floor occupant’s balcony remained firmly shut. Some day, yes? ❤ ❤ ❤

Later, we went movie poster hunting in Chor Bazaar and I got to hold some vintage original print movie posters from back in the day- they cost Rs. 8,000 upwards. I bought some more affordable and smaller reprints for myself and gazed at a fabulous life size poster of Deewar that was released after it won all the Filmfare awards it had to win in 1975. The art print on it was awesome though the general grumpiness of the shop owner meant that I forgot to take a picture of the poster.

I came home and got on to Facebook to find the video below. I like DDLJ, but not enough to qualify as a DDLJ fangirl. But, I do love the movies so so much. And I do love all film folklore to bits. And from all the cinematic traditions of the world, it is as if, Bollywood in particular whispered to me, “Come… Fall in love” and fall in love I did.

It is a masterful marketing stroke by Rohit Shetty, no doubt, to remind and prime us for the Simran-Raj chemistry a couple of months away from the pair’s next screen outing. Still, what is not to love about the nostalgia in this video? However, it wasn’t until the end that I realized that Kajol was not wearing a bathrobe and she did not intend reprising the kal raat mere saath kya hua tha scene. Meanwhile, I continue to hope that I am able to catch both Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani the same day of their release. Cannot wait ❤