Movie Rec: Jab We Met (Bollywood)

[prozacpark]

"Jab We Met" is a pretty traditional romance narrative at surface level, which is also quitely but very effectively subverting a lot of the common romance tropes.  It's one of my favorite Bollywood movies, but it's rarely one that I use to convert people mostly because it isn't a movie that could only exist in Bollywood.  It's a pretty universally

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[tigerpetals]

This is, by all means, set up as a narrative where the heroine would Learn Her Lesson about Wanting Unconventional Things, but the entire movie sets out to show HER way of life as the correct one, with everyone around her adapting to her worldview. Even though the specifics of what she wants for herself change, she still gets the exact kind of happy ending she set out to chase for herself.

Sold.

(Also working my way through Pretty Little Liars. What have you done to my free time.)

[prozacpark]

BUT! The reason we even have free time is so we could use it to watch things with awesome women! ;)

How far into PLL are you?

[tigerpetals]

This is true. It is a healthy choice!

I watched the first twelve episodes. If I keep going at the rate of six episodes a day, I might finish by the end of next week. I probably will take a day or two for a slower pace, though.

[prozacpark]

Ha, ha, six episodes a day is totally my preferred pace of binging on awesome tv. And I support this plan to catch up in time for the season four premiere. <3

[redbrunja]

That sounds very interesting and I'd love to give that a watch, if you end up *hem hem* making it available.