Happy New Year Raw

The transcript is a conversation between two friends who are discussing the movie "Happy New Year". They talk about the characters, the plot, and their favorite dance numbers. They also mention the director and writer of the film, Farah Khan. The friends mention that the movie is not high-quality cinema, but they enjoy it because of the soundtrack and dancing. They also discuss the performances of Abhishek Bachchan and Deepika Padukone. They mention the plot of the movie, which involves a heist and a dance competition. The friends plan to watch the movie again and create a drinking game based on it. They then start summarizing the plot of the film. The movie starts with the final performances of an international dance competition, where the Indian team is announced but is missing. The main character, Charlie, is shown in a mud wrestling match, and his muscular physique is highlighted. The friends mention that Farah Khan loves to show off Shahrukh Khan's muscles in her movies. Yay! Okay, gonna turn up my mic. Wow! There she is. Okay, I don't need this open. You can go away, please. Okay, excellent. Yeah. Yeah. Um, also I'm gonna get the cast pulled up, because I don't want that. That was a nice sound. Thank you. I like to test where I'm at, you know. Yeah. See a spike? It's a spike. And I think it's fine. I don't want to get too close, but whatever. We were a really nice volume for Malong. Yeah? Yeah. That's good. I think I tend to like, when you're doing the recap, so whenever I'm editing, I'm always like, I'm like, drift backwards. But yeah, I'm sure I should work on that. But you were great. Okay, great. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know what I was gonna say. Cool. Go for it. You have the cast pulled up, so I will not bother with that. Right. Sorry, my eyes. I just felt the water and itching. It's horrible. Get it together. Okay. Just slap yourself across the face. Here we go. Okay. Hello, and Happy New Year, everyone. Welcome to Two White Girls Talk Bollywood. I'm Kim. And I'm Katie. And we're here to talk about singing and dancing and Bollywood boys. Yeah. Big time. Big time. The biggest time. Also, I want to echo your Happy New Year. Yeah. Happy New Year of my own. Great. It's weird, because we're recording this at the end of 2023. So I like trying to get myself into a place of like a New Year 2024. Yeah, I'm not there yet. I'm like, we've got two more weeks of December staring us in the face. But this movie definitely did help. It does help. This movie. Happy New Year. Happy New Year, which I do love. We consider it a Happy New Year. Well, we consider it a New Year's film. Yeah. But it really isn't other than that being the time of year it takes place. Right? Yeah. There's literally not even a ball dropping. Like there's nothing to do with it actually being the New Year. Yeah. I guess, you know, it's, there's like, rebirth and fresh start. I guess in a way, like, you know, people, people finally accomplishing their goals. And then getting to move forward with their lives in the New Year. Yeah. You know how we all end our years with a really intense, elaborate diamond heist. Slash dance competition. Dance competition. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. That's why we're recording early because we need to leave so much time for our heist and dance competition. Yeah. We're just human. We're like everyone else. Gotta get to Dubai right quick. I did look up hotel rooms at the Atlantis Hotel in Dubai are only $600 a night. So let's get headed over there. Oh, yeah, that's pocket change. Yeah. Okay. Anyway, so yeah, Happy New Year. This is, you know, it's a it's a classic for us. And for others, I hope we would never claim that this is high quality highbrow cinema. But what I do think, you know, it's super ridiculous. And some of the humor at times is like, really? A little much. Yeah. But what I think makes this movie like a cut above many others is that the soundtrack and the dancing is just phenomenal. Like some of some of my absolute favorite dance numbers in this movie, many of which I hadn't watched for quite a while. So it was really fun to go back to them. Mm hmm. I agree. I really enjoyed them. I also just really enjoyed Abhishek Bachchan's performance. I am so glad that you said that because I was also like, I don't think I'd ever really paid much attention to it either before. But something about this time I was like, Abhishek. Yes. Yeah. I could do without the throw up. Absolutely. But I love it because I feel like and to be fair, I haven't watched a ton of Abhishek Bachchan films. So I don't really feel like I can make a generalization about the characters that he plays. But based on what I have seen him in, he's usually like the straight man. Yeah. Like other people are goofy around him. Yeah. But he is serious. Yep. And so it's so funny and enjoyable to see this goofier side of him like that snake dance. So good. It's so good. And even him. Yeah. Yeah. And even him as Vicky was hilarious. I loved his accent as Vicky. Yeah. The way he changed his whole characterization was great. He spoke like dude bro English. Exactly. Yeah. But while speaking Hindi. Yeah. And then meanwhile, his other character doesn't speak any English. It's great performance on his part. Love Abhishek. Would love to watch more with him in it. And I'm sure we will. So absolutely. Yeah. I was okay. Yeah. Sorry. I lost myself for a little bit. I feel like you were possessed by a ghost. I'm back now. The ghost is gone. Let's go through the rest of our cast. We've got Shahrukh as Charlie. We've got Deepika Padukone as Mohini, which loved her. Love her always and everything. Mohini Rani as Tammy. Oh, just precious. Sonu Sood as Jag. And then Vivaan Shah as Rohan. Oh, what a cutie. Every time I watch this, I love him even more. Yeah. And we've never seen him in anything else. We should try to find him. Yes. I'm fully on board with that. Yes. And then also want to call out our two, I guess, well, I was going to say our two cameos, but Jackie Shroff's not a cameo. He's like the villain. Yeah. But I also think it's funny because the day that we're recording this, not the day that this episode is coming out, but Jocelyne Royal, who did Hyrie, she just released a new music video starring Jackie Shroff. Really? Yeah. Good for him. It's really sweet. It's like, you know, you see her, like Jocelyne Royal, and then she falls in love with the young woman and then they get separated and then they come together as an older couple. And Jackie Shroff is like the older love interest. Oh, that's cute. Did they also get Tiger? No. Because you know what father and son duo look literally exactly the same? It's Tiger and Jackie Shroff. It's the Shroff boys. Yeah. Yes, they do look identical. No, they had it was the guy who is in Railway Men, who was also in the Friday Night Plan. I don't remember what his name is, but he's super cute. Okay. Super cute younger guy. And then actual cameo. What did they call it? Something funny in the credits. Emotional. Emotional. By our Papa. By Papa Bear Anupam Kher. And I did refer to his character as Papa for the for my half of the plot recap. Great. I will. I only reference him once in my head, but I shall call him Papa then. And of course, the movie was directed by the fabulously talented Farah Khan and was also written by Farah Khan. So great. Yeah. Love it. Love a heist film. Yeah, I'm excited to talk about the plot. I'm gonna burp. Maybe. Just a little one. Oh, that one. The secret one. That's good. Keep it secret. Keep it secret. What was I gonna say? Oh, I don't remember what I said before this. Anyway, I'm just gonna start over. I'm really like, I think it's probably just hungover brain. Yeah, just a little bit. Yeah. Just a little bit like that. I'd like to say a little dumb. Just a little dumb. Yeah, just a little dumb today. I agree with that. But yes, because this is our new year episode, we are switching it up where we're both doing the plot recap. Yeah, we're splitting it 50 50. We're not doing any sort of learning time. What do you call that research? And so yeah, this might end up being a little bit shorter. Fingers crossed. Yeah. We'll see what we can do. Yeah, are we shall we dive into Act One? Let's start. Yeah. Excellent. We open this film with the spectacular final performances of an international dance competition in Dubai. And we see a huge crowd cheering as the North Korean team is wrapping up their routine. And then the MCs come out and they announced that the next team is a team who nobody saw coming. No one had any expectations that they would make it this far. But they won everyone's heart. It's Team India. And the crowd goes wild. But backstage, Team India is nowhere to be found. They've been kidnapped. They've been abducted. Who knows? That's the sequel. Happy New Year to it's still a happy year. Happy New Year. And as we cut back to the crowd, they're waving Indian flags, they're holding up signs for Team India. And a voiceover says, there are only two kinds of people in this world, winners and losers. And this is where I forgot to mention before we started the recap that we had an idea that we're going to develop a drinking game. Oh, yes. Oh, God, I forgot about that. We're gonna, we're gonna talk about what a possible Happy New Year drinking game looks like. And then we plan to watch the movie again, future New Year's as well. And we may, we may try to try to play it. And vibe. But so this is my first like drink moment is every time Charlie references like the number two or two of something or like the second thing, because that's just his whole thing. Like always about the two. That's true. Mm hmm. But in this case, the two kinds of people in the world are winners and losers. And he says that six losers came to this competition without knowing what fickle fate would have in store for them. And then we cut to some mud wrestling. Yep. And we see an absolutely ripped Shahrukh Khan getting tossed about by a much larger man. I was trying to count his abs. Oh my god. He said at least 10 or 12. Like yeah, for reals. 0% body fat on this man. I mean, that's not true because he'd be dead. But like bare minimum body fat. You can see literally every single muscle in his torso. Yeah, he's unbelievably lean, unbelievably cut. His body looks unreal. Yeah. It's astounding. It really truly is like just astonishing. So this is Charlie. This is our hero. Yeah. And he rises to rejoin this fight. And as he does, his rippling musculature gets hosed down by whoever's on the sidelines. Multiple buckets of water. Splashed all over him. So funny. So excellent. Especially knowing that Farah Khan loves Shahrukh to be muscular like this. It's kind of an inside joke between the two of them. Yeah. And so I just love that she's like, okay, so we're going to get you real muddy. And we're going to get you real wet. And she's like, and we're going to just watch it happen. Like multiple angles. Yeah, yeah. And I have to say, there aren't a lot of men who can pull off being either that dirty or that wet. And he pulls both off. Sure. Yeah. Which is rare. But so we learned from some more plot stuff and voiceovers that Charlie is he's kind of down on his luck guy. And he's actually planning to throw this fight so he can make a little money off of it. But when his opponent calls him the son of a thief, he just cannot stop himself from absolutely tearing this guy apart. Not literally. Can you imagine? What a nightmare. But so he defeats this guy, even though he was supposed to throw the fight. And as he stalks out of the mud wrestling arena with a black hood thrown over his head and his torso just bare underneath his jacket, he tells us in a voiceover that it has become impossible to earn an honest buck in this city. But so then we cut to Charlie just relaxing at home with the creepy blonde streak in his hair. Yeah, I don't like it. Not a fan. It's horrible. I question that choice. Always. It's horrible. Like what? I don't know why. Was it to make him look edgy? I guess. But it's also like it looks different at different points in the movie. It's horrible. I don't know who thought that was a good idea. But they should be fired just from whatever their job is. It feels like it's in a weird spot. It feels like it's almost you either needed to do less hair or more hair. Yeah. Dye that color. I don't. It's very, very weird. Yeah. But at home, Charlie is he just happens to catch a news report that is a press conference with a man named Charon Grover. And Grover's safe manufacturing company, Shalimar, is protecting a rare exhibition of diamonds that are worth 50 million macaronis. And these diamonds are going to be spending one night in Dubai. And that same night, the hotel that they're staying at, the Atlantis Hotel, is non-spon, is hosting an international dance competition. And so we learn all of this. And then the camera pans over and we see that Charlie has in his apartment a stringboard TM covered in news clippings about a man named Menohar Sharma, who is Charlie's papa. And we can kind of glean from these newspaper clippings that Papa was sentenced to prison for attempting to break into a safe that was owned by this man, Charon Grover. So clearly, Charlie has got some beef with this whole thing. And we don't know what it is yet, but we'll find out later. So Charlie forms a plan for a heist. We're gonna steal some diamonds. And he goes off to assemble his team. And his first recruit is a man named Jag, who is also adorable. He is. And he throws on me every time I watch this movie, too. Me too, yeah. Also does feel important to mention that I can't speak for the original Italian Job because I have never seen it. But the Italian Job with Mark Wahlberg, this definitely was heavily influenced by that film. Yeah. With the introductions, which I just appreciate. I'm like, yeah, I love Italian Job. I love this nod to it. Absolutely. I forget that there's there are those those rings of those. That is a great movie. It's so good. Also, like his name is Charlie. Yeah. Yeah. But so Jag is an he was he's ex-bomb squad, used to be in the military, but now he works in special effects in the film industry. And he is also deaf in one ear. And this is my second drinking game rule. Drink every time Jag doesn't understand what someone is saying because of this. Yeah, I like that. And that's going to get you drunk by intermission. That's true. Yeah. And so when we first meet Jag, he's very shirtless and well, he's actually is wearing a shirt, but it's open. More rippling abs. And he's getting chewed out by the director for this film because he's missing his cues. Because, again, deaf in one ear. Bad, bad job for him to have. But here we are. And then the director makes the mistake of insulting Jag's mom, which Jag is very protective of. Oh, yeah. And so he goes on a just total rampage. And as he is storming off set, he turns and he sees Charlie just casually leaning on his SUV. And so Charlie and Jag, they they get together, they debrief and Jag is saying that Charlie's papa was like a father to him, too. And Charlie says he doesn't want them to kill Grover, but he wants to destroy him. Yes, yes. But he explains that there is another person, there's a third person who is going to want to be a part of this revenge plan against Grover. And that person is Tammy. I love Tammy. Sweet, sweet Tammy, who we meet as he is jogging in a brightly colored ensemble down the street with a bunch of adoring women watching. He's apparently a bit of a ladies man. Yes. And Tammy is their safe cracker. And the other important thing to know about him is that just for the first couple of scenes, he has a satchel. Yeah, he just keeps a bunch of stuff in. Yeah, I compared it to in Deathly Hallows, Hermione's, like, ballroom verse. Yeah, it's like that. But minus the magic. But yeah, the magic. But also kind of magic. Yeah. Magical realism. Yes. So Tammy, Jag and Charlie all sit down at a cafe. And at first, Tammy is opposed to joining in on the heist. And he and Jag also, they clearly, they butt heads, they're not the biggest fans of one another. But then Tammy's mom comes into the cafe. And we learn two things. One, that Tammy has a strained relationship with his mom, she's very controlling of him. And two, he frequently has 30 second seizures whenever he's experiencing a lot of stress. So he falls on the ground, having a seizure. Yeah, he really should see a neurologist. Charlie is very like, yeah, relaxed about it. And he's just like, Oh, yeah, it happens all the time. Yeah. So Derek's outside and it's so miserable. And he's got like a big box. Oh, and it was like, apparently, yeah. Poor Derek. Sorry. Anyway, it's okay. I'm gonna take a sip of hot cocoa. Lukewarm cocoa. Is he on the porch, Bucky? Yeah. That's your friend Derek. We didn't go see him because it was too miserable out. Too rainy. Yeah. Tomorrow. Sorry. Tomorrow. I love you. Tomorrow. Anyway, are we good? Okay. Yeah. I also really like, yeah, Charlie is so nonchalant about this. Yeah. But I really like that he like he picks up his tea cup and the mustard on the table and he's just like, sitting there holding that while Tammy's like shaking the table. Right. Um, but ultimately, though, Charlie wins Tammy over by saying that they're doing it for Papa. And he was he was Tammy's best friend. So Tammy's in. But they also need a hacker. So Charlie announces that they're going to be recruiting Jag's nephew, Rohan. And I can't say that name without thinking of Rohan and the Rohirrim. But that's okay. Same. Always. Yeah. Always in the back of my mind. But so we meet Rohan at a club and he is, as we said at the beginning, adorable. So sweet. And for some reason, girls just aren't into him. They don't know what they're missing. Literally, that makes zero sense to me. Zero. But there's also there's just like too many sleazy DJs around, which I didn't write this in my notes, I promise, but that would be a great band name. Sleazy DJs? Sleazy DJs. Yeah. I agree. Yeah. When I was in high school, I had a friend who was in a band called Death to DJs. Ooh. Yeah, that almost seems like a threat if you're a band, though. Yeah. Death to DJs. That's a little, yeah, a little threatening. Um, but, um, anyway, yeah, so he he decides he's going to hack into the DJ equipment at this club and starts playing in the middle of like the cool DJ song, starts playing like a slow old Hindi song. And, you know, the mood drops immediately. But he, as a result of this, gets thrown out of the club by some some big, scary bouncers. Yes. Actually, not big and scary. They're also very adorable. And all have really cute nicknames. They do have cute nicknames. Yeah. But so this is where Jag and Charlie and Tammy find Rohan. And for reasons that aren't entirely clear to me, Charlie riles up Jag to, like, get him to beat up all these bouncers. I don't know why they didn't just, like, leave with Rohan, but whatever. Maybe, I don't know. I don't know if I, like, missed something plot-wise, but I don't really get that. I didn't even question it. But he riles up Jag by insulting his mom and exploiting his deafness for not being able to hear what the bouncers are actually saying to him. So Jag, like, single-handedly beats up all these bouncers in an incredibly silly fight. Oh, yeah. Comedy gold. Literally, like, steam blows out of his ears, or the one ear. You were the one who pointed that out to me one of the times we watched it. I was like, oh my god, that's so funny. It is funny. And then, yeah, he, like, blows his shirt off, but then the sleeves remain. And there's the bouncer Peter. He's, like, the main bouncer. And I think he's like, your sleeves. And then he, like, takes the sleeves off. It's like, it's so stupid, but I love it. It's very stupid, but very fun. And Peter, my favorite part of this whole fight sequence is that Peter keeps, Tammy keeps, like, sitting down to eat snacks in his purse, including, like, a whole cake that he just pulls out casually. And poor Peter, the bouncer, keeps getting, like, thrown at him and, like, accidentally eating, like, all this stuff with Tammy. It's rough. Well, and also the thing about Tammy that I love is that he himself doesn't even seem to know what's in his magical sack. That's so true. He's like, let me just reach in and pull something out. And he's like, ah, pineapple cake. Ooh, a milkshake. Yeah. Oh, he's great. I love Boba Derradi. He's so good. Yeah, yeah. Um, meanwhile, Charlie is trying to explain the plan to Rohan, but stuff from the fight keeps getting chucked at them, including poor Peter at one point. Yeah. But so once the fight wraps up, Charlie reveals that they need one more man for this plan to work, because the doors that lead into the safe room are guarded by a bunch of beefy dudes. And the only person who's going to be able to walk by the beefy dudes and then use their fingerprint to get in is Charon Grover's son, Vicky Grover. And so Charlie reveals that he has discovered Vicky Grover's lookalike. And so they go to introduce us to the last of our male teammates. And this is Nandu, who I, I love his character introduction right up until the point where he throws up on everybody. Yeah, yeah, I, yeah. I don't like throw up. It's gross. In movies. Yeah. And this is like, in real life, it's like something you sometimes have to deal with. It's life. But yeah, in movies, it's like, I don't need to see that. No, it's not cool. But you're right. It is a very, yeah, it's like that. Yeah, yeah. When it's like, dwelled on, it's like, yeah, it's like a big part of it. But I agree. His intro is great. It is really fun until that. Yeah. We see him doing the, the human pyramid, which we talked about in an earlier episode. And I think it, I think it's like, I tried to Google it, but I couldn't find what it was actually called, like doing the human. Oh, I forget. But it's like all, it's like all in celebration of like, Krishna. It's like, yeah, it's great. Everyone's having a good time. Um, so yeah, climbs the pyramid, breaks the clay pot and then throws up on everybody. Yeah, because his whole thing is he can just, he may or may not throw up at any given time. What a fun trait. Like who wouldn't want to be friends with that guy? And he also is an alcoholic. He is an alcoholic. Yes. And so I didn't know if maybe that has something to do with the vomiting or are these two separate things? I don't know. They might be related. It's not clear. But I also I do like that everyone in this movie has like some kind of weakness that can also at some point like be their superpower. Yeah, every most of these little weird things kind of come back and end up being helpful to them in the end. That is true. But so we cut to all the boys at a bar discussing Nandu's involvement in the heist and Nandu, who, like you said, is an alcoholic, is just drunkenly slumped over a table. Yeah. And the boys, the rest of the boys are concerned that he doesn't have any stakes in this plan the way the others do. So they're like, you know, what is he actually going to bring to this situation? But then he wakes up, Nandu wakes up and he gives an impassioned speech about how he wants to help his sickly mother. And so the boys are like, OK, he clearly does have like stakes in this. So here we go. Let's do it. It's the fun of us. So we've got all of our our male team members at this point, and Charlie refers to them as Charlie's Angels, which is very fun. And they move into an old warehouse and they start rehearsing for their heist. And I really like the way they do this. We get this overlay of Grover showing off Shalimar's security in real life to the people with the diamonds and the Atlantis Hotel people. And as he's like walking through the real thing, showing it to them, we're also getting intercut Charlie showing their kind of like makeshift version that they're using to practice on. And so everyone has their part in this heist. We've got Nandu, who is going to pretend to be Vicky Grover and walk by all the guards. He's going to get into the safe room. Rohan, the hacker, is going to disable the laser field. Tammy is the safecracker, so he's going to break us into the safe. He may or may not have sexual feelings towards the safe. Unclear. And then Jag is going to get them out. But, you know, Charlie is also going in with Tammy into the safe room. And they, I'm not sure why, they can't go in with Vicky, with Nandu as Vicky. I'm not really sure why. But so they have to go in. I guess it would be suspicious. Yeah, it'd be weird. They couldn't like pretend. It would be. Yeah, it would be suspicious. Sorry, I cut off because she's sick and then like, well, that can't be in it. So I was like, I figured if I kept talking. Oh, sorry. Then yeah, it's fine. It doesn't matter. Yes. But yeah, so Charlie and Tammy, they need their way to get into the safe room. And so the way that they will access it is through a conveniently placed air duct, which every heist has got to have one. Every architect, when they're designing a building, is like, and just in case there needs to be a heist, here's a really dirty air duct. You know, it's kind of like the Death Star. It's like, we got to build in a weakness. We need the enemies to be able to exploit this. Yeah. Also, I just think it's so funny, like, in all these movies, I'm also not tech savvy, like I am not good with computers. I am decidedly not a hacker. But in all of these movies, they're just like, okay, hacker, do that thing. Yeah, that's exactly what we need you to do. I was like, you can definitely do it because you're a hacker. But I'm like, I don't think that's necessarily how it works. No, definitely. I don't think they just go like, and then it's done. Boom. Yeah. I think it's a little bit more difficult than that. Yeah, I think actual hackers would say that you're correct. This is not a very realistic portrayal. None of this is realistic. We're just here to have a good time. And that's true. Just a fun time. Yeah. But so the air duct is going to get Tammy and Charlie into the safe room. But they need to access the opening of the air duct. And the only way that they can do that is by getting into the room 9C, which is a green room. And that the night that they're doing the heist is going to be used for an event. And we already know what event but most of the boys don't. And Charlie is like, it's the WDC, you know, it's just the WDC. Yeah. And the guys get really frustrated when they're like, just tell us what is WDC? And he then confesses that it's the World Dance Championship. Yes. And the boys are not excited about the prospect of having to enter a dance competition. None of them are dancers. But Charlie explains that they don't have to actually dance because the competition is vote based. And so Rohan is just going to get them like, hundreds of thousands of votes. Yeah. And so they'll get through to the finals. And that's all they need to do. Yep. And Nandu is the first one to come on board with this. And this is the first moment we get his snake dance. Which, did it feel to you like a little bit improv-y? Like maybe, yeah. It kind of felt like in that moment that Aveshek was just being a goofball. And then Shahrookh was like, okay, yeah, I will. Yeah, I can do that. Yeah. Struck me as so pure. Yeah, it did feel very pure. It was lovely. But, oh, and that's another thing for a drinking game. Drink every time Nandu does the snake dance. Does the snake? Yeah. What about every time? Okay. Because sometimes Vicky does the snake dance. Do we include that? Like actual Vicky? Yeah. I think we can. Although I guess Vicky did the snake dance because Nandu was doing it. So never mind. But that's okay. We could, you know, just drink a little fast at those moments. But so, yeah, the rest of the gang agrees. And then we get this very silly montage of several dance teachers trying to teach these boys how to dance. Yes. Yeah. Sorry. Including the dance that Hrithik does in Lakshya. Yeah. Oh, where he just like, by the way, I also would argue that Hrithik's performance of that dance is superior to this person's. Oh, far superior. Yeah, because no one can be boneless and fluid the way Hrithik can. That's very true. Also, happy birthday, Hrithik. Happy birthday, Hrithik. All the boys tie themselves into knots trying to duplicate that move, which is very funny. Again, not to poke holes in the plot here, but they did say they didn't need to learn how to dance, but here they are trying to learn how to dance. Who even knows? But this is fun. This is the comedy. We're having a good time. Meanwhile, we're also getting interspersed with this, moments of them practicing elements of the heist. And it's fun because you see them doing things and you don't really know why those things are happening. And then when we see it happening later, it's like, oh, that's where that comes in. Yes. But they then find out, you know, none of these teachers work out for them, and they then find out that they are actually going to have to audition in front of some actual human judges before they can move on to the semifinals, which is the part that's vote based. So they do actually now learn that they need to learn how to dance. Good thing they started. Like, if we had had that discovery happen before the montage. Anyway, I didn't write the movie. So at this point, Nandu asks for the backstory, asks for everybody's motivations. And so Charlie explains that his papa actually designed the Shalimar safe, the very safe that they're trying to break into. But then Grover framed him for stealing a consignment of diamonds on New Year's Eve, which is another. This is now my fourth drinking thing. Drink every time someone mentions New Year's. New Year's. Yeah. Yeah. That's fair. Happy New Year. Any of that. So now he's in jail. Papa's in jail for this crime that he didn't commit. And Grover is living large. And so that's why everyone wants this revenge. And so now Nandu is like even more invested than he was before. And he says that he knows the perfect dance teacher for them. Yeah, he does. Yeah, he does. And then we cut to a crowd of men all chanting Mohini, Mohini, Mohini. And we have finally arrived at our first real dance number, Lovely. Yeah. And I don't know if I can call this my favourite dance number from the movie, but we absolutely 100% will be adding it to our playlist. Yes. Yeah. It's a good one. It's so good. I haven't watched it for a while and I was just blown away. I also because it's like it's not just let's zoom in on Shah Rukh's abs. It's also let's zoom in on Deepika's abs. Deepika's beautiful body. Yeah, that's like the part of it that we see. It's like she arises from the state midriff first. Yes. And then, yeah, she just dances. And I love like all the hair flipping in this number. She has like four or five costume changes. Really good. Because of the number, people are just throwing their money at her. She deserves it. She does deserve it. It's all excellent. But my favourite part is that over the course of the number, we're getting all like these kind of silly, awkward interactions with Charlie, because Charlie and Nagy are in the crowd. And Charlie just kind of keeps accidentally like bumping into her while she's dancing and just sort of like, ooh, but also she's pretty. I don't know what to do. And then at the end of the number, after we get a nice, very Moulin Rouge-esque swinging moment from her, she kind of trips and stumbles into his arms and then flips her hair and smacks him in the face with it and runs back on stage. And it's great. And that's that dance number. I love it. I've got no notes. Yeah. So after the number finishes, we see Nandu trying to convince Mohini to teach them to dance. I think they're cousins, maybe. Oh. Yeah. So they knew each other as kids. But he is being, he keeps kind of being disrespectful of her and her job as a dancer. And Mohini, she's all about respect. Like that's her big thing. And she's like, nope, not going to do it. You're being rude to me, just like you were when we were kids. Get out. But then Charlie comes in and he starts speaking to her in English. And what we learn is that Mohini is a total sucker for hearing people speak English to her. She just absolutely loves it, even though she does not know how to speak English. Nope. And like, which is just such a thing, like hearing people speak a language that I don't speak, which is most of them, almost all of them. Like, I love that. Yeah, me too. I'll just listen to you say words. I don't know what you're saying. I don't care what you're saying. I'll just listen to you say things, even if you're saying mean things about me. Like, I'll just enjoy the sounds that you're making. Yeah. But so yeah, she falls for him, falls for this, and she's in. She wants to hang out with Charlie more. But the next day, she arrives at the warehouse, and she overhears Charlie giving a speech to the boys that's basically like, all right, I know this woman doesn't seem like she deserves our respect because she dances in a club full of drunk men for money, wearing cheap clothes. But you know, let's just deign to be nice to her. Okay, guys? Yeah. This is another drink moment. Drink every time Charlie talks about Mohini behind her back. I feel like, yeah, you should continue. It's almost like Waterfall. Like, you should be drinking. The whole time. As she's overhearing it. Yeah, that's good. I like that. Well, but it also, it's like, Charlie's not that likable of a character. He's really not. Like, in who he is. I understand his quest for revenge and stuff. But like, I don't care what revenge quest you're on. You should still respect women. Yes. As human beings. Like, come on. I couldn't agree more. Yeah. And so Mohini, like, he turns around, he sees her and Mohini starts crying. She looks beautiful. She runs out of the warehouse. And so Charlie goes after her and he starts to apologize to her and he apologizes to her in English. And he starts, like, complimenting her performance, too. And he's saying, he's like, I was mesmerized by the movements of your booty. I mean, the beauty of your movement. Uh-huh. And other things that if she could speak English, she would likely be offended by. Yeah. But she can't. And so... So it's fine, I guess. So he's trying to objectify her. And but, you know, he does actually, like, make her feel needed and wanted and special in this moment. So kudos to him for the parts that she can actually understand, being actually genuinely kind. And so she agrees. And they have a very cute little moment where they kind of laugh and smile at each other as we launch into another excellent song, Manava Lagi. Mm-hmm. I think this is my favorite song. I love this song. It's a good one. Yeah. It's so good. It's just so sweet, like the fantasy of it. And I feel like we can all relate to, like, you know, Mohini is, like, fantasizing about interacting with her crush, but then, like, it's not actually happening, but like, oh, maybe it's gonna happen. Oh, no, no, no, no, it's not gonna happen. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm too scared. And the flames. I love that. That's such a sweet, funny touch. I love that. Yeah. Everything catches on fire when the two of them are around each other. Are, like, getting close. And I love that the boys throughout, like, they kind of, they notice it, like, it's happening in the end, and then they're, like, prepared for it by the end of the firing. Uh-huh. Yeah. So good. Yeah, it's great. It's just super sweet. Oh, and I, my favorite moment is when they all do the Shah Rukh arms. Yeah. And then he struggles with it until Kato steps up to help him. Uh-huh. Lovely. Love it so much. Yeah. But so, after the dance number, oh, as the dance number is wrapping up, actually, we see Mohini making some capes for Team Diamonds, except that she spells both Team and Diamonds incorrectly. It's an added element of character. It is, yeah. It's charm. Yeah. And I think it would be funny to, like, have a cape or a t-shirt that said this. Yeah. Just, like, a quick little Happy New Year joke. Team Diamonds. Uh-huh. But so now it's time for them to go through the first wave of auditions, the ones that are in front of actual judges. And we learn that the judges are only picking five teams from the dozens that have come to audition. And we do see some actually talented, presumably, teams being chewed out and kicked out crying. So clearly they're being very harsh. And these judges, we get a cameo here from Anurag Kashyap, who is a producer, filmmaker, writer, director in Bollywood. He didn't have anything to do with this movie. Yeah. And then the other cameo is, the other judge is Vishal Dadlani, who is 50 percent of Vishal Shekhar. Yes. Yeah. Who did the music for this movie. That is fun. When I was thinking, because I remember, like, he's recognizable to me with, like, the bald and the goatee, like, you know, he sticks out. But, like, I didn't know who the other guy was. So I assumed that it was Vishal Shekhar. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But it's not. But not. Yeah. But so Team Diamonds, they go in, they give their performance. We don't see it. All we see is their final tableau. And the judges are disgusted, like, actually, like, insulted by what they've seen. This is horrible. But Charlie has got some, you know, he's got some blackmail up his sleeve and he pulls out a computer. He has a video of the two judges having an affair and they're, you know, they're both married. And so he's like, you know, if you don't put us through to the next round, we're going to put this video out for the world to see. And so they come cheering out of the room. And to everyone's shock and awe, Team India is through to the semifinals. Team Diamonds. Team Diamonds. Yes. Thank you. They're not Team India yet. No. So they've made it to the semifinals and here we are ready for that. And these are being televised and everyone is watching from home. We see Mohini's dance crew watching from the club. We see Nandu's whole village watching together. And even Tammy's mom is watching the competition. And backstage, Mohini gives a rousing speech to the boys, but they are not interested. They're not invested in this at all. Because she, yeah, she's in it purely for the respect and recognition of her dancing and literally no one else on her team is. They don't care. They don't even, they do not care about doing well. They know that they're through to the next round. But yeah, but their neon outfits too are something. I love the neon outfits. Yeah. So this is, this number is Chamiya style. And this is fun too. Yeah. This is a good bop. Yeah. And they, you know, they go out there, they give it their all. And it's funny because like going back and rewatching the video for it, the crowd is like cheering and they're into it. And then they're like, wow. Yeah. But then when the number ends, they decide they're also insulted and disgusted. So they boo, even the film crew like takes off their shoes. I do love the commitment where it's like, I would rather go barefoot in order to throw my shoe at you. Then not tell you clearly how horrible you are. This was. Um, but so now it's time for the votes. Um, and so everyone, everyone whips out their Nokia phone. Hey, yeah. Gotta have that product placement. Um, and Rohan gets to, gets to hack in. Um, and so seconds before the voting closes, they, they managed to pull ahead of who is actually the front running team, which is just a team of like adorable 12 year old girls. Yeah. Wearing rainbow tutus. And team diamonds does pull ahead. They beat out the children and the children cry. Yeah. I mean, those poor kids. I know. They were just victims of a diamond heist. Yep. You know, it's happened to the best of us. Yeah. Um, but so, you know, team diamonds is thrilled. Everyone at home who was rooting for them, all 12 of those people are thrilled and everyone cheers and we get another voiceover from Charlie telling us that life gives losers a second chance to redeem themselves, but this is just half the battle and the story is only half way through. Over to you, Katie. Yes. Act two. What are you looking at? I creep. Hmm. Sorry. You know, what were you going to say? I creep on my dog literally all the time. Did you just take a picture of her a minute ago? I did. Yeah. She's so cute. Can I show you a really cute picture? Because Ben and I set up our Christmas tree. Well, I set up our Christmas tree. Oh yeah. As a surprise for Ben. It was very sweet and I loved it. But, um, so far it's been going pretty okay having it up with the cats. Um, but Billy really likes to, like, hide out under the tree. It's like her new favorite lair. Um, and I guess I could just send this to you. Maybe that's easier. I'm going to just send you this picture real quick. You could. I'm going to send you the photo, the look that Bachi's giving me right now. Oh my gosh, great. This is excellent. It's full of judgment. Okay. That is full of judgment. It's really cute. Oh my gosh. She looks like she's high. I know. I just like the light's like reflecting in her eyes. You can't even see her, see her body. So it just looks like she's become the tree. That's hilarious. It's like the best picture I've ever taken. It's so great. Oh my god, this is really funny. Yeah. I was just about to be like, anyway, act two, but you, that's you. It is me. How nice was it to just be able to then sit back and watch the second half? It took me a really long time to get through act one. And I was like, that's going to take me four hours to watch this movie. And then I was like, nope. No. So, act two. We're in Dubai. Yeah, we are. Huzzah. And all of the dance teams are arriving, including last year's champions, which they call team Korea, but they specifically mean team North Korea. Yeah. And I feel like we should specify that from here on out, because South Korea is a very different country than North Korea. Right. There's just kind of a few things about this movie, specifically towards Korean, Chinese people that is just a little... Like Southeast Asia more broadly, like just a lot of, yeah, a lot of culturally questionable, like a lot of racially judgmental things. Yeah, not great things. So we do see that. That is not a reason that we like this movie and is in fact a reason to critique this film. Yes. But anyway, team North Korea does look super awesome. They do look great. They're all wearing like black leather jackets with spikes on them. Yeah. And they have like one like 10 year old boy, which is a fun addition. He's their flyer. Yes. But so they are welcomed with like open arms because they were last year's champions. Also, again, if we're really getting specific, North Korea doesn't participate in any sort of... That was what I was thinking about too. I was like, aren't they not allowed to? Yeah, like literally... On a global stage like that? They are not accepted by the other countries of the world. But yeah, whatever. Here we are. And then compared that to team India's arrival, where they just get like trash thrown at them. Yeah. Like they're trying to look cool. It's not working for them. But they checked into their hotel and then the whole team is invited to like the big WDC opening party. So Charlie decides that for this party, Nandu cannot come because they can't risk him revealing his face. And he is a bit of a drunkard and they don't want him causing shenanigans. Right. And Charlie says also that Mohini can't come. Mohini? How are you saying it? Mohini? Mohini. Oh, it is Mohini. No, no. Emphasis on the first syllable. Mohini. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Right. But he also decides that Mohini can't come. Whatever. I don't think I did it right. It's fine, you're fine, you're fine. Because he is worried about how she'll dress. He's like, can you imagine how she'll dress? And once again, he says these horrible things and she overhears it. And it's just like. Why are you such a jerk? Like, really? And you're like, you're into this woman. Like, don't. Right. It's uncalled for. Stop nagging her. Right. And Charlie doesn't say anything to fix this. But Jag does go to talk to Mohini. Mohini. See, I'm now overthinking it. Yeah. Fucking A. Can I just call her Mohini? I know it's not Mohini, but. It's fine. It's all the right sounds. Yeah. Whatever. I'm just mad at myself. Don't be mad at yourself. You're perfect. Um, but Jag does go to talk to Mohini and it is like the sweetest. So sweet. Sweetest conversation where, yeah, he's like, Charlie's deaf in both ears when it comes to love. But like, he does really like you. Um, and she like shares again, her desires to just be respected. And yeah, it's just, yeah. I was like, I like this pairing. I do too. I, you know, and I know that not every man and every woman who like support each other need to be a romantic couple, but like, I would watch these two make out. Oh, for sure. I was just watching it. Like you guys could just kiss. You could just kiss. And I'd be like. Yeah. Who even needs Charlie? Like Jag's way more supportive and I would not have guessed that. Yeah. Jag is lovely. Um, but then we are at the debate party, um, where most of team India is at a revolving table that is moving way too fast. So fast. Way, way too fast. And you're actually not there. So he doesn't throw up all over. Yeah. Like if you were actually trying to eat or drink at that table, you'd be ill. Yep. Um, but then dude does show up in disguise. Um, and everyone's like, oh my God, why are you here? They're trying to like shove him away. But at that moment, everyone is distracted because a beautiful goddess appears at the top of the stairs and it's Mohini who is in this beautiful blue, like ensemble. So stunning. Oh, she's gorgeous. Yep. Um, yeah, everyone's definitely like more than a little bit stunned and she goes over to the team, but Vicky Grover also notices her because of course he does. I wouldn't. Yep. Yep. And he comes over to invite her for a drink. And then there's this whole little mix up where she thinks it's Nandu and she's like, well, look at you. And she's like, Jackass Nandu. Which I never realized before that, like, it's like an actual word that she, I mean, jackass is an actual word, but that it's a word in Hindi that she's saying. Well, cause then they did change in the subtitles. They changed it, changed it to like jackass. Yeah. I had never noticed that before. I was like, oh, okay. So she's not just calling him a jackass. But it is funny. They have to do some quick saving to be like, oh yeah, that's how we greet people. Uh, it's cool. Yeah. Um, so she goes off with Vicky and then Tammy is telling Charlie that like, hey, okay, we're here, but we really need to keep a low profile because we can't have Grover kind of putting together who you are. Yeah. Cause he might guess something's up. And then at that moment, someone points out team India to Grover and he looks over and just like snubs them. Yeah. He's just like, ugh, team India. Gross. My own country. Yeah. And to be fair, this team is bad. Yeah. India's not even a part of this team. Yeah. No, India's like, what happened? Kind of ashamed. Yeah. We wanted these sweet 12 year old girls. Beautiful little children. Um, but so anyway, Charlie then goes up and purposely introduces himself and he does this whole bit where it's like, you should be proud of your country. Like you shouldn't snub your own countrymen, all of this stuff. And Grover's a jerk, which is to be expected. And he goes on and on about how India sent a bunch of losers and they're going to lose. And Charlie cryptically tells him that his grief over them being at WDC will be nothing compared to the grief he'll have once they're gone. It's always these moments too, when I'm like, I know that the hero feels the need to get in just a little jab. Yeah. But like, he's going to remember that once the diamonds are stolen. Like, oh right, that guy from team India. He did say this weird cryptic thing and at the time I was like, that doesn't make sense. Yeah. Anyway, um, then after he says this message, we get India wallet. Yes, it's my fave. It's my fave too. It's so good. I, it's really good. I wrote that it makes me proud of India in a way that I have never been proud of America. Yeah. It's so, so excellent. Like the, like he snaps his fingers and the lights change. Yeah. Oh, everything about it is amazing. It's just joyous. And I love the facial expressions that Charlie is making. They're so good. When he goes in front of Grover and he's just like, kind of like winking at him and strides away. Yeah, it's great. And then like Mohini like dances at team North Korea, which is also great. A little bit of a dance off there. Yeah. She just, she's like, this is our moment. Get out of here. Yeah. And she's just strutting and it's like, yeah, you, yeah, I'll do whatever that woman says. There's also a bunch of white ladies just like clapping in the background. Yeah. And I was like, I can do that. Yeah. All of the dancing that those white ladies do, we could easily do. We could be any of those white ladies. Yeah. And I love that they are every single one of them taller than Shah Rukh. Yep. Perfect. Again, as we've said before, he doesn't need to be tall. He is larger than life in all ways other than his physical height. Exactly. And then Vicky and Nandu start doing the snake move together. Uh-huh. Which is just great. Yeah. But unfortunately, this dance party ends with Nandu throwing up on Vicky. Yeah. So. That's unfortunate. Because he was drinking and then like dancing around. It's all that sloshing. Yeah. And I don't think the spinning ever stopped. Yeah. They're just spinning and dancing and drinking. Yeah. I do want to say, though, just the one more thing about the dance number. I do love that we get another classic, like, the only two in the room moment with Mohini and Charlie. And then coming out of that, like, it's all in Mohini's head. And Jag like kind of sings to her and points over at Charlie. And he's just kind of standing there, like, bopping to himself. Yeah. And I laughed out loud. Just at him, just like, huh, yeah. I'm like laughing, bopping. Yeah. It's like a two second moment, but it made me laugh. I yes, that was a good moment. Yeah. Anyway, it's great. And then we get a delightfully ridiculous scene where everyone is in the elevator riding up to their rooms and no one is speaking, but everyone is having a very loud conversation. Very heated thought conversation. Yeah. There's, like, multiple things going on where, like, Jag and Tammy are complaining about Nandu and Mohini is, like, trying to come on to Charlie and Charlie's overhearing it and Rohan's like, oh, what's happening here? It's all absurd and I love it. Yeah, very funny. And then the next day, they all meet up to go over the plan, minus Mohini, of course. She's not involved. But they decide that Rohan will hack the system so that their team room is the one with the entrance to the air duct. Then they'll go on stage and perform and then Charlie and Tammy will go down the duct into the vault while Rohan calls Vicky and gets him to a specific elevator where Jag and Nandu will be waiting. They will knock Vicky out and then Nandu will pretend to be Vicky. They'll get his thumbprint. Nandu will get into the vault, then open the air duct door so that Charlie and Tammy can get in. And as we mentioned before, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Super simple plan. Yes. Were you going to mention that this whole conversation happens in front of a bunch of dolphins? I wasn't, but there are a bunch of dolphins just doing tricks in the background. Why not? And then, like, Tammy's just, like, holding one of the dolphins at one point. Yeah. Oh, Atlantis. And then they're like, okay, and then once Jag gets Charlie and Tammy out of the safe, Team India will be eliminated because boo-hoo, they're bad at dancing. And then they'll be escorted to the airport and they will fly home with the diamonds in a cup as if they're ice. And I was like, in what world would that work? What? Everyone knows you can't bring liquids through security. There's, like, nothing new. Yeah. And Charlie's, like, the mastermind. What? And he's just like, sure, it's fine. I'm sure that they'll let me do it this one time with this weirdly, like, radioactive blue drink. I feel like another good drinking thing is, like, drink every time, like, the color blue is prominently featured because we get a lot of that in India Wale. The drink is blue and the diamonds are blue. Yeah. And yeah, the finale. Yeah. Yeah. That's a good, yeah. Add it to the list. Are you writing this down? I think, you know, I'll go back and listen. Oh, we can listen. That's a good point. We are recording it and it's okay. I forgot about that. It's kind of the whole reason we're doing this. Yeah. But then it's dance practice time. And they're all, for some reason, they're not in, like, a ballroom inside or a gym or anything. They are just up on the roof. Yeah. Where the helipad is. Yeah. Why? I don't know. And Team India sees Team North Korea practicing, including their move where they make a big human pyramid. And then literally the captain just flings, like, the 10-year-old boy. Super possible. Flipping through the air to land on top of the pyramid. It's absurd. It seems so, so dangerous. Especially to do it on the top of the building. Yeah. Let me just throw this child. Like, maybe we should just mark that for this rehearsal and come back later. Right? Well, and then the little boy falls and he lands on the mat. There was a safety mat, as there should be. He's literally, like, 20 feet up. Yeah. You got it. Like, your flyer hits the floor. 50 push-ups for everyone. Exactly. I think here. Yeah. But he falls. And then the team leader of North Korea gets mad and goes to hit the child. But Charlie grabs his hand and stops him. Yeah. Kind of a jerk. Yeah. Don't abuse children. No. Yeah. Or anyone. Don't abuse people. Don't abuse people. Pretty straightforward message. Yeah. And then Charlie and this guy get into a really big, intense fight. Did want to note that kung fu is a Chinese term. Yep. These people are Korean? Yep. We'll leave it at that. Yeah. Yeah. Otherwise, it's like a really good fight. It is a good fight. I was like, why'd you have to make it racist? Yeah. Why couldn't they have been Team China? And then it's still like, okay, we're just assuming that everyone in China can do kung fu, which that is problematic. It's not good. But it would also just racist things aside. It would just make a lot more sense because I think every country knows that China is so good at the Olympics and everything. And it's kind of like, oh, China. And they would actually be competing. Yes. Yes. They haven't been shunned by the rest of the world. Yeah. So who knows? Although maybe it's because China and India have some stuff. That's true. They have. But that's even more like, maybe that was the choice. And then they were like, is this going to be too political? Let's not. So they changed it to North Korea at the last minute, but then didn't change any of the jokes. Yeah. Which also, again, should not have been made. Should not have been there in the first place. Yeah. It's just problems on problems on problems here. Yes. Um, but also the team leader of like, like the team leader of Team North Korea. Super cute. Super cute. Yeah. So super cute. At the end of him like smiling and dancing. Yeah. Yep. I see you. Um, anyway, they're fighting and Grover appears. They're fighting and Grover appears in the midst of this and tells his people he's watching this happen and he's like, make sure India competes against North Korea in the semifinal. Yeah. And everyone's like, but India is like the worst team and North Korea is like the best team. And he's like, yeah, that's kind of the point. Um, and then the North Korean team leader kicks Charlie over the safety railing. Yeah. On the roof of this building. He like bounces off into whatever the netting. There's just like a fence there. Yeah. It's weird. I don't know, but he's there. And then this guy kicks him again and Charlie goes flying off the side of this building. He's literally trying to kill him. Yes. Like that's attempted murder. Like you know you're on the edge of a building and, and Charlie grabs the railing at the edge and defies gravity and physics to swing back through the air and take out the, the North Korean captain. Um, and then he almost dies. But Charlie, like, instead of Charlie kicking him over the edge to kill him, he saves him. Yeah. So there's that. Yeah. It is absolutely wild. Super normal for a dance competition. Very cutthroat. People killing each other left and right. Yes. Um, and right. Okay. I missed, I was like, what? I missed a thing. Then it's the night of the semifinals and India does their dance-off with North Korea and India's kind of doing like a thriller robot. Everyone's messing up and then everyone else is just trying to cover the fact that they're messing up. Yeah, it's horrible. I do really like though when they do the moonwalk gag. Yeah. Like Jag is like pulling the floor up from underneath them and they're just like moving their arms and legs. Yeah, it's good. But not, not skilled dance. Yeah, it's funny, but it's not like, yeah. Um, and once again, the little boy on the North Korean team slips and falls because clearly this is not a good move. Like you should not be tossing him through the air like this. Take it out. And he's falling to his death because there is no safety mat. And in addition, there are now these big spiky ball decorations. Who thought that was a good idea? I'm like this child's about to be impaled on like international television. Can you imagine? Like it's not funny to be such a nightmare. But like, who's plan was that? Because even if you're not tossing 10 year old children through the air to go on top of a human pyramid, you should not have big pointy decorations. Like, are you kidding? But it's okay because Charlie stops his dance to run and save the boy. Yes. So yay. They did that. Child is alive and not impaled. Yeah, not murdered. Um, after the dance, Mokimi wants them all to sit together, but the guys are like, oh God, we got to go do our heist. So no, we can't do that. Because she's feeling very confident. She's like, I know we didn't win, but we went up there. We earned respect. And that's what matters. Yeah. But she just wants to be with her friends. And the only excuse Charlie can come up with to like get her to leave them alone so they can do their heist is that he needs the green room because he's meeting this like pretty hotel employee there. Yeah. Like what? That I don't know. I feel like you could have come up with something better. Yeah, it's super, super weird. Yep. And Mokimi was like, I thought we were kind of flirting and having a thing going, despite the fact that you've been horrible to me several times. But I guess I'll go be heartbroken alone now. Yeah. And the guys don't have time to worry about her heart because it's heist time. Got a heist. Yes. So everyone gets in position. And as Tammy and Charlie are like climbing into the air duct, Rohan calls Vicky and gets him to the elevator. He needs to be in by saying, beautiful girl. Very pregnant. Hurry, hurry. Vicky's just like, what? I guess she's supposed to be giving birth. Yeah. Beautiful girl. Very pregnant. There's just something like, it was like he was going one way and then she's like, I don't know if a beautiful girl is going to be enough to get Vicky there. I'm like, what if she's pregnant? Oh, it's just so funny. It's so funny. I, yeah, I even knew it was coming and I was like crying. Yes. It works, though. Yeah, it does. Because Vicky's just so confused. She's like, well, I guess I have to go see what's happening. Yeah. Oh my god. So yeah, Vicky gets on the elevator with Jag and Nandu standing in the back in burkas um, ready to attack him. But before they can stab him with the syringe, Vicky starts talking on the phone and they overhear him say that the Diamonds have not arrived yet. They were supposed to be here, but they're not here yet. And instead, they're coming on New Year's Eve, drink, and which is also the night of the WDC finals. Yep. Oh no. Oops. Everyone on Team India is very upset about this change because it means that they can't steal the Diamonds anymore, obviously, because they're going to get sent home tonight. Yeah. And they're crying and they're like, ah, this was like a lifetime of planning. Really, they should call Sarah from Malang. Yeah. She can help them out. She's a real excellent crime planner. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Um, but in the midst of them being sad, they are called to the stage to hear the results of the semifinals. And sure enough, India does not make it. Yep. But then the judges make a special announcement and they say that because Team India risked their own performance to save that little boy, which, mind you, they were not going to win. They were not going to make it through. They didn't risk anything. What are you saying? That's such a good point. Um, but the judges say they should be rewarded and compete in the finals as well. I really, I really like that the judges were like, for the first time ever. And I was like, I should hope that this is the first time a child almost died on your stage. Someone almost died in the middle of a performance and another act saved them. It happens every year. Oh, yep. Um, so yeah, they get to be in the finals, too. And literally over, oh, sorry, I just thought of another drink moment because I really, I love that in this part, um, they're translating for Mohini and Nandu who don't speak English and the judges are giving this announcement in English. Um, but another good drink moment would be every time, well, I guess we already said that for Mohini, that she's, uh, we drink every time she's on the stage. We drink every time that she's not understanding what people are saying around her. Did we say that? Or was that? I don't think we did say that. We just said that about Jag, but we could say that for her. Yeah. Yeah. So this, yeah, it's a beautiful moment and it's time to drink. Yes. Um, but yeah, so literally overnight, the world goes from hating Team India to loving them. Yay. And so we get a montage of them having all these good times, including them going to a club where Vicky Grover is there. Uh, and he once again tries to put the moves on Mohini, but then he moves on when Charlie comes over and just like gives him a look. Yeah. And I was like, yeah, uh, yeah, it was kind of like watching Animal Planet. Like this is my mate. You're like watching the alpha male. It's like, you don't need to be the tallest man in the room. You've got that energy. Yeah. No. Yeah. When you've got that, when you've got those eyebrows, you're out of control. Um, and then Charlie and Mohini dance together and it's great. Um, very romantic. And then the night, this is the same night that they were at the club. I think this all happened in one day. Big day. Yeah. Big, big day. And that night, it's the night before the heist and the WDC final. And all of the guys tell Charlie. Sorry. Oh, okay. I was hoping it wasn't a mouse. It's not, I think. I know my upstairs neighbor is coming home. Okay. You know, I just see the perked up ears and like, I get nervous. Um. That's understandable. But all of the guys tell Charlie that they think they should include Mohini in their plans. Charlie's like, I don't want to, but as he's going on and on about their plan and why they shouldn't include her. Once again, she overhears everything. Yeah. Also, maybe you shouldn't be talking about your plan to steal like all these diamonds just out in the main courtyard of this hotel. They're just like at another bar. Anyone could walk in. Yeah. It makes zero sense. But Charlie does tell Mohini the whole story because he doesn't really have an option. She's heard enough. And in telling her the story, he also reveals that Papa is actually not currently in prison. He is dead. Yeah. So previously everyone thought he was alive, but no. And it turns out that after Grover bought off the lawyers and made sure that he was in prison with like no chance of ever getting out. Papa died by suicide, which is just so sad. Poor Papa. Yeah. And Charlie says that the only fitting punishment is for Grover to be put in the Dubai jail. And then they all hug it out. Yeah. Yeah. They're a team in this now. Yeah. And then the next day, New Year's Eve, they confirm that the diamonds have indeed arrived. So, okay. Great. Now something to steal. But they don't have the room they need because Rohan had assumed they would just have the same room, which would make a lot of sense. It would make a lot of sense. But for some reason, no, the UK now has that room. Freaking UK always taking what doesn't belong to them. Nice. Burn. And so Nandu goes and throws up in it. Can you just imagine? They like open the door. There's just a strange man vomiting. My second favorite line from this movie is, there's a strange man vomiting in our room. Yeah. It's just like, yeah, that's like all the British. They're so British. These white people too. We could. Because I bet that they're not actually British. They might. Yeah. They're probably Australian. Yeah. Yeah. That's a good point. But the UK team very happily takes up Team India on the offer to switch rooms. So that problem is resolved. Mohini then distracts Vicky so that she can get him on the elevator that he needs to be on. And the way she gets him there is by telling him like to escort her to her changing room and she'll change in front of him. Would you? Sure. But like, yeah, that's just a suspicious thing, I feel like. But maybe, you know, he's like, no, everyone loves me. Yeah. He's that kind of guy. Yeah. Yeah. But so he gets on the elevator. Jag and Nandu knock him out. And Nandu becomes Vicky. But he is terrified to do this plan. But they kind of need him. So he just like downs like a nip of, you know, some sort of alcohol. Because they make a Johnny Lever joke. They do. I thought I remembered it in the moment watching the movie. But now I don't remember what the brand is. Johnny. It's like Johanny. Johnny Walker. I was wondering if it was Johnny Walker, but I don't know. I think it probably is. Because it's like, yeah, like, we got Johnny. Johnny Lever. Yeah, it was so funny. And I was like, it's weird that Johnny Lever didn't show up, honestly. He could have. He could have. You just see him walk by in the background. He was in the crowd. But so he gets that liquid courage and he's on his way to the vault. And he gets him without a problem. But then he's unable to reach the top screws of the air duct door to let Tammy and Charlie out. So poor Nandu ends up having to strip so that he could stand on his clothes. Yeah. To give him that added bit of height. The fact that he takes off his boxers before he takes off his tank top. Yeah. I'm like, that doesn't make any sense. Just like, yeah, I'd rather be naked from the waist down. I'd rather Winnie the Pooh it than do what is actually societally acceptable. Right. Yeah. That's Winnie the Pooh. I thought Donald Duck. But yeah, he's naked from the waist down. A lot of animals are. Most, in fact. But so Tammy and Charlie do get into the vault. Nandu dresses again. And then he leaves. And Tammy is able to crack the safe. There's a little bit of a scary moment when he has a seizure. And they're like on a time crunch. But he does it. And they get inside only to find a second safe. This one glass and requiring a seven letter password. And Charlie's like, I didn't expect this. How are we going to crack it? And Tammy recognizes it as one of Papa's safes. And he's like, OK, whenever we asked your dad about this safe, he would say, only Charlie can open this. I'll speak French and answer. Ah, yes. Yeah. So yeah, the password is Charlie. This took so long. And Charlie takes so long to type his name. And Tammy's back there like, L, I, E. Do you need me to spell your name for you? Because, yeah, the whole thing was like, we only have like this much time. Everybody is crying. Yeah, I love it. But it's excellent. Yeah. So they open it. They get the diamonds. Everyone celebrates. But Vicky has woken up and he was not supposed to wake up yet. But he did. So he goes and finds Grover and is like, this is really weird. This happened. So now Grover's on the scent. He's like, something's not right. So the team initiates Plan B, which has them meeting up at a boat to escape via international waters. And meanwhile, the safe door shuts with Tammy and Charlie inside, because that's how the safe is designed. And Tammy's like, oh, my God. But Charlie's like, no, no, it's all part of the plan. Because, luckily, they've gotten Jag to replace the oxygen in the safe with water. Yeah, which doesn't sound like it'd be a good thing. No, you might worry that they would not have the air to breathe, but that doesn't seem to be a problem. So it just fills up with water and it carries them to the tippy top of the safe, where Jag has, I guess, taken his shirt off so that it remains dry, and he ties it around his waist. For whatever reason, Jag is shirtless. It's a common theme of this movie. It is. But he blows, like, puts explosives along the top of the vault and blows it up, and that creates a vacuum that sucks Tammy and Charlie up and out of the vault and into the sewer place that Jag is. Because this vault is, like, 150 feet underground. It is, yeah. So then they drain all the water out, and it dries off really quickly. And then they put a little fake cover on the top, which I don't understand because the top is underwater, but it's fine. Like, that's going to leak. Whatever. And by the time Grover and Vicky get in to the vault, there's nothing to see except that the diamonds are gone. But then Grover is looking around, and he finds a loose screw on the floor near the air duct door. Yes. It's like, you had one job, Nandu. Like, come on. This is worth it being drunk for this. It's a big advantage. Yes. And while Grover is kind of loosing around, the heist team meets at the boat as planned, but Mohini is not there. Rohan had filled her in on that plan, and she was like, no, we finally are getting the respect and love of the world, and I'm going to represent our country. So she's going to stay, and she's going to dance. She's fabulous. Yeah, and Rohan goes and texts in with the team to be like, this is where she is, and I'm going to stay with her. Because he's a sweet boy. He is a sweet boy. Oh, I love him. And Tammy wants to stay as well, but then Jag gets into a fist fight with him, because it's like, if we stay, we'll get caught, so we can't do it. Yes. Meanwhile, Grover has gone back to the Team India room and found the air duct, but it's bricked up, which is confusing. And we see a flashback and see that after Charlie and Tammy had climbed in, Rohan had put just this perfectly-sized square of brick. A pre-built brick wall. Yeah, I'm like, if they just pushed on that, it would just fall over. But they don't, so they're like, huh, that's so weird. I guess this is just bricked up, and they couldn't have gone through. But still, Grover's convinced that Team India is behind the theft of the diamonds, and it's time for Team India to go on stage. Yep. So Grover's like, Team India's not here. That's a sign that they are guilty. Very suspicious. And as we see the rest of the Team India boys sail away on their boat, Mohini takes the stage. Oh, yes. Gorgeous. Gorgeous. This beautiful skirt. Like, two-story skirt. Yes. And then she steps out of it and is just wearing these awesome pants. Yep. And she just does this solo contemporary dance. Yeah. It's great. Like, just her lines and her hands and her moves. Everything about her is perfect. Love it. Yeah. And Grover's like, well, that's just the girl. Where are the boys? Well, the boys are here! Yay! And the boys emerge. They appear on stage without Charlie. Charlie's not here. But they're all wearing really colorful outfits. Yeah. And they dance. And it's so great. It's really good. It's so good. I've always loved, like, any musical, any movie that has, like, an ending medley, like, final number. Oh, yeah. It's always my favorite. Always gives me chills. Always makes me want to sing and dance along. Love it. Agreed. And the crowd is cheering for India, which is really lovely. And then they start to shout that they want Charlie. Yeah. But everyone's like, where's Charlie? We don't know. And suddenly, a voiceover starts. And we see the shadow of a man. And that man does the Shah Rukh Khan arms. Yeah. And then the Indian flag appears behind him. I want this on a t-shirt. Like, where do I find that? Just like Shah Rukh silhouette with his arms and then the Indian flag behind it. Yeah. I want it. Yeah. It's amazing. And who could this man be? It's Charlie. And they dance to India Wale. And it's very majestic and very, like, India. Like, yeah. How could you not root for India after that? Right? It's beautiful. It's a beautiful moment. Yes. And so the diamond people are convinced that Grover stole their diamonds because they're like, you walked us through and you told us that only you and your son could access the vault. And the diamonds are gone. So what's that about? It's you. And so Grover is arrested. And so is Vicky, which actually, I do feel bad about that. He was just a pawn in everyone's game. Yeah. Like, he just seems like a simple person. Yeah, he is. I don't think he was evil. No. So that's a bummer. But Team India then wins WDC. The world votes for them, which is great. And Charlie encounters Grover as he's being taken away in handcuffs. And Grover's like, who are you? Because he, like, whispers, like, oh, you're missing, like, the value of these diamonds. Because you just can't resist one last jab. Yeah. And Charlie says, I'm Papa's son. You know, Papa. You know, Papa. Papa Anupam Kher. And then he slips a razor into, like, a razor blade into Grover's pocket, which is dark. It's very dark. I don't think we needed that. No. Yep. Yep. So that happened. And then at the airport, as Team India is all excited to, like, fly home, Charlie's drink gets thrown out at security, because of course it did. Like, that's not a surprise. And then they're on the plane, and everyone's just like, oh, bummer. But at least we have this, like, million-dollar check from WDC. And Charlie's like, well, we also have this trophy that had, like, a bunch of fake diamonds that he replaced with the real ones. Yep. And so he's like, so actually, we're all good. Yay. Yay. But again, what was his actual real plan? Because he was not anticipating them coming home with a trophy. Right. Yeah. So, you know, I guess he was just like, since we have the trophy, why don't I do the last minute swap-a-roo? Yeah. And then, yeah. And it was a good thing he did, because his drink got thrown out, because of course it did. Yeah. And then we see everyone having a great time with their money, and all their dreams are coming true, and like, Jag's in charge of the film stuff, and Tammy's got all these women who want to marry him, and Mohini is opening her dance school. And that's the end. Yay! Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Yeah. You know, yeah. It's silly. It's ridiculous. I like watching it once a year, though. Yeah, me too. Minus the racism. Minus the racism. Yeah. All of the harmless jokes are very fun. Yes. Yes. Yeah. And I always love that in Farrakhan's movies, that she has every single team dance at the end. It's so fun. It's really sweet. And I like that, in particular, in this one, I had forgotten until the dancing started that this is the one where we see Abram Khan. Yeah, the little guy. At the time, he was like a toddler, and now he's like a full child. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I also just think it's comical how much he looks like his dad. Yeah, it is. It's so unreal. As a two-year-old child. Because his older son, is his older son Aryan? Aryan, yeah. His older son looks like both of them. But younger son looks just like Shah Rukh. It's adorable. Yeah. Anyway, yeah, lots of fun. Very, very entertaining. Very ridiculous. Yeah. Yeah, it's good stuff. It's great. Yeah. So some notes, some notes. Some notes. But looking forward to a drinking game. Yeah, absolutely. I had the thought to amend an earlier thing. Because I like drinking every time that blue is prominently featured. But I like when a drinking game has a finish your drink moment. Yeah. And I think a good one would be finish your drink every time Charlie is drinking a blue beverage. Ah, yes, because you need it to only be a handful of times. Yeah. So that one, I think, is just twice. So that's a good, that'll be a feature. That is a good one. Yeah. Great. Gosh, this was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun. Yeah, it's a solid, ridiculous film. Yeah, all about it. Do we have anything else to say before we move on to our wrap up? No, yeah. Just that, again, this is coming out the day before Hrithik Rishan's birthday. I think he's born on January 3rd. I thought it was a little later. Is it later? I think our second episode comes out right after his birthday. Oh, okay. Yeah, January 10th. I'm thinking of Shah Rukh is the 3rd of November. Shah Rukh is, I think, the 2nd of November. But you are thinking of him, yeah. Okay, so never mind. Then I'll cut out the happy birthday. Great. No, then that's all of that. So we are not doing research this week. I think we're not doing Bollywood news either. I just wanted to say, this isn't really news at this point that we're recording, or when it comes out. So I'm just going to make a joke. Okay. This is Kim's joke time. Just to go back to when we had talked about, we got the release date for Fighter, the movie with Hrithik and Deepika. And I had said that I would write it in the streets if there wasn't a November. And that it came out immediately. There clearly is at least one. And I haven't watched it yet, but I just wanted to share my relief that I do not, I will not need to write it in the streets. That's an important, important follow up. Yeah. I didn't, like anyone who was thinking, like, maybe they would need to join me in the streets. We're calling it off. We can all stay home and watch Fighter. Yeah, and just enjoy. Yeah, I actually meant to watch it before we recorded this, but I didn't. Because I can't wait. I'm going to watch it. I know. I'm trying really hard. I'm going to try to wait. Okay. I might give in. If YouTube keeps pushing it at me, eventually I'm going to break down. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Well, mum's the word. Keep me posted. I will. Great. But yeah, so pluggable. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok at TwoWhiteGirlsTalkingBollywood. Yep. Again, don't hesitate to reach out. We love it. Comment, reach out, do whatever you want to do. Now we're in, like, our first episode of season two. Come and say hi. Yes, I forgot. This is really the first episode of the new year, which we did talk about. But again, it is mid-December currently. I'm very confused. To get into that headspace, yeah. We have been all over the place. We really have. The last few episodes. Like, doing things out of order. It's been crazy. But we're almost through it. Great. And also consider subscribing and following us on whatever podcast platform you listen to us on. That is always awesome. And if you so desire, if you are in the holiday spirit and would like to leave a review, you can do that too. Absolutely. We appreciate it. And we appreciate you. Thank you for listening. We do. We appreciate you in a big way. Thanks for being here with us for another year. And join us also on YouTube and Spotify. That's where we keep our Bollywood Bangers playlists. And you can find those in our episode descriptions as well as in our Instagram posts on Tuesdays. And now. Oh, so excited for this announcement. So our next film coming out the day after Hrithik's birthday. Is Hrithik Forward. Yep. It is. Bang Bang. Oh my god, I'm so excited. Bang Bang, guys. It is the Hindi adaptation of Night and Day. Yes. Which was the Hollywood film with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. I saw that in theaters. Yes. Bang Bang is so much better. I've never seen it. I have no interest in seeing it. You don't need to, just watch Bang Bang. I'll pick Bang Bang over that any day. It's so good. I don't like Tom Cruise, but I love Hrithik. Yep. So Bang Bang. What do you even say about it? It's Hrithik Rishan. It's Karina. Not Karina. I was going to say Karina Kapoor. Not Karina Kapoor. It's Hrithik Rishan. It's Katrina Kaif, whom we love. We love. This was like the OG of Bollywood films for both of us. It was, yeah. This is my first real, this is my first Hindi film. Yeah. Life-changing. And I'd argue it's a good one if you're trying to get someone into Hindi films. Absolutely. Because it's a great action movie. It's over the top, but in a way that I think anyone can enjoy. Yep. Excellent music. Oh yeah. And yeah, just a pure delight. Yeah. Also, yeah. We'll just, it's the origin material of like so many jokes and comments. Yeah. And it's just great. Yeah. Yes. Do you have the... Oh, and I forgot that it's directed by Siddhartha Nand. Oh my God. It's directed by Siddhartha Nand. No wonder it's so good. Right? Love him. Big Siddhartha Nand fan. Yeah. So IMDb has a pretty brief plot description here. A young bank receptionist. That's important. Bank receptionist. Bank receptionist. But it was the way you said those two words. Um, just mixed up with Rajveer Nanda, a man who has a mysterious background. Yeah. Oh, is that it? That's it. Oh, I was waiting for you to continue. There's literally like no mention of diamonds. Yeah. Huh. Okay. Interesting. Yeah. I love it. Bang Bang is available to watch on Hulu in the US. I don't know where it is in other places, but that's how we'll be watching it. You can also buy it off of eBay as I did, but it might be pirated. It might be very pirated. I can't tell. It's a little bit fuzzy. But the Hulu synopsis is Rajveer sets out to steal the world's most coveted diamond, the Koh-i-Noor, triggering a series of fights, which I just think of the Toby film. Um, car chases and a revenge plot. Yeah. No mention of Harleen. No. To be fair, to be fair. Love Katrina Kaif. Harleen is great comedic presence. She's kind of useless. She's pretty much nothing in terms of the character, but that's okay. And they make fun of that. Yeah. Yeah. I, gosh, we should, we should talk about all of the important artifacts that the British steal for this one. Well, I was actually, I'm going to do the Koh-i-Noor. Excellent. Yeah. Like, don't worry. I, yeah. I look forward to talking about it. Yep. That'll be a fun way to end that, that episode. Yes. Talking about how the Brits pillaged India. Yay. Well, we can, uh, yeah. Well, it'll be great. But then we'll bring it back. We'll bring it back. Bang, bang. Um, so yeah, it's, it's literally such a delight. If you haven't seen it, you need to. Be prepared to want Pizza Hut and Mountain Dew. Yeah, big, big product placement in this movie. And yeah, then jump out a window. Multiple times. Multiple times without being able to see where you're going to land. You'll be fine. You'll be fine. Yeah. Oh, it's so good. I'm so excited. So watch it. And until next time, remember Bollywood doesn't need us, but we need Bollywood. Yeah. This year and every other year. Oh yes. Never stops. Never ends. Yes. Forever. Happy new year. Happy new year.