Random Things on Films

This week, I am working on something else, so, just putting some random observations.

1. In Jagga Jasoos, Shruti played a twenty-five-year-old journalist and Jagga was a schoolboy. But, apparently, their passports show that Jagga was six years elder to her. And, they have the same passport number. Many other funny things in their passport are visible.

2. Two possible options mentioned for the last scene in Haider's script. None of these actually made it to the film.

3. Sonam Nair (the director of Gippi) also makes an appearance in Kapoor & Sons. She also made a cameo appearance in Wake Up Sid. Actually, her name did. Her emails can be seen in Sid's inbox. Apart from Aisha, Sid has received emails from Sonam Nair (assistant director of the film) and Panchami Ghavri (also the casting director of the film.)

4. In the recently released Thugs of Hindostan trailer, Aamir Khan's character is not only inspired by Jack Sparrow but also by the Mad Hatter, both played by Johnny Depp. 

5. In Delhi-6, Rehna Tu is a love song for the city of Delhi more than anything else. I remember when the movie had released, they promoted the song to be based on Roshan and Bittoo, but it is actually a tribute to the city of Delhi. In the film, the song plays when Roshan and Ali Baig are roaming the streets of Delhi. Ali Baig also quotes the famous couplet of the poet Zauq, "Humne maana ki Dakkan mein hai bahut qadre sukhan; kaun jaaye Zauq par Dilli ki galiyan chhod kar."

One of the themes in the film was also the monkey man, so, at one point, we see a white man wearing a shirt with a monkey. I love to find these little treasures as if the director is telling us something. 

6. In Kahaani, when Vidya and Rana get to know each other for the first time, he tells her his two names, the official name, and the pet name. She found that interesting as she said that one person can have two identities. It is only later we realize that she also had two identities. 

7. In Band Baaja Baaraat, Shruti is often seen near mirrors. 

8. I went for grocery shopping today and saw the Ragu brand of pasta sauce and was instantly reminded of the scene in Dear Zindagi where Kaira also purchased this brand that had the same name as her boyfriend. She later broke up with him and breaks a few bottles of this sauce. I thought of doing the same but stopped because khana waste karna paap hai.

More later. 

Dialogue of the Day:

"You are right, Sid. Mujhe hi kuch dikhai nahi deta."

—Aisha, Wake Up Sid