Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu & Break Ke Baad | Has It Aged Well? ft. Suchin Mehrotra of

Forget the renaissance, it's time for an 'Imran-aissance'! For the first time on HIAW we're discussing not one but TWO films on an episode starring our favourite chocolate boy of the 2000's & 2010's: Imran Khan. The two films are Shakun Batra's 'Ek Main aur Ekk Tu' starring Imran and Kareena Kapoor and Danish Aslam's 'Break Ke Baad' where Imran's leading lady was Deepika Padukone. To talk about the movies with us it's the return of film and TV critic Suchin Mehrotra. Yes, we got him to talk about non-blue people this time (to get that reference check out the episode we did with him on 'Avatar'). Topics discussed include: What made Imran special? What happened to the romantic chocolate boy in Hindi cinema? Did we not appreciate "frothy" cinema while we had it? The subtle portrayal of modern parenting in both films, how the leading ladies had more substantial roles in Imran's films, how the two films are similar and different, and a lot more.
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[@herps25dingo]

Please do Kabhi Haan Kabhi naa, another story of a much softer, innocent but also flawed and not the typical macho male lead.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Imran Khan Rom-Com Universe? I’m sure a lot of people would love it.

[@vinaykshinoda]

Dooriyan bhi hai zaroori, bhi hai zaroori Zaroori hai yeh dooriyan❤️

[@zainubaali6704]

This was such an awesome episode. Reviewing two videos in one podcast was really entertaining. I was engaged that entire time and the comparison between the two was interesting. I love Imraan Khan and hope that he makes comeback.

[@tangerine8912]

Piku was another realistic and slightly flawed female character. She is grumpy, dominating, short-tempered and not a typical Bollywood sanskari girl. But real solid person dealing with life. My favorite by far.

[@raja-jl9os]

in 70s mumbai women's wear short skirt ?

[@macksequeira4233]

Way better story telling in third class masala films of Tollywood. Hindi Cinema has lot of gems like PIKU.

[@dia606]

Imran has really perfected staring at remarkable women with love and awe in his big beautiful luminous soft boy eyes. I agree with Urjita - his eyes are beautiful, especially when you’re seeing a women he is observing with all that gentle quiet wisdom and love in his eyes, not even trying to do too much with that like Hrithik who has that gaze on high-pitch

[@khursheedrind3232]

I watched all imran khan films as a child that chocolate boy era is kinda gone how different the film was break ke baad was a sweet film

[@khursheedrind3232]

I liked how these rom com changed the way we see rom coms that are made together and they were amazing #EkkMainEkkTu #BreakKeBaad 0:00

[@samsonelisha]

hmm .. mere brother ki dulhan ... i think that was imran n rom com both at peak .. waiting for in one of the upcoming episodes .. n of course i hate love stories ..

[@maryambatool7127]

The Avatar episode with Suchin was so good! My favourite bit was the anecdote about Snayhil's dad not allowing him to watch Avatar 😭 But this episode was FANTASTIC. Really liked Suchin's observations and especially enjoyed the point about Deepika's character being similar to the characters that defined Ranbir's career.

[@shubhamroyal6977]

For me the double future is i hate love stories .. it's so funny specially sameer Sony playing karan Johar's boot like version. And Sonam is a dumb designer .... And my favourite dialogue (idhar udhar ki bate wagera wagera)

[@dineshdaddala2043]

Cool tshirt Suchith..Annan yaaru thalapathy..only a south Indian can spot that

[@rishmal]

50:30 Urjita, the Aahatein you're referring to and the one from Roadies are completely different ones!

[@ayushidlal1467]

Yess! That was by a band called Agnee

[@UpamaRai-lx4cv]

Imran Khan Era is my happy place ❤

[@dia606]

The point about DP’s character being a flawed female character is only partly true - Kareena in K3G and Jab We Met ate that shit up and made us fall in love with women who could have come off as very bitchy or irritating. Deepika wasn’t as accomplished back then - did much better in Piku

[@yohjinonoki]

Urjita was so right about attachment style wala theme i think deepika in bkb is more avoidant attachment style yk non confrontational, maintains distance, independent and imran has a more anxious attachment style

[@soumyaganesh2528]

I watched Break Ke Baad as a teenager. It's literally my entire childhood. So many of my friends loved it too. Would have loved it more if the episode focused just on that movie as it is an underrated movie. Ek Mai Aur Ek Tu honestly didn't deserve the amount of praise you gave it over Break Ke Baad. Anyway, lovely episode. Keep making cool stuff!

[@alfredo12419]

Maybe biased, but ek main aur ek tu cinematically is miles ahead of break ke baad.

[@monroedias8975]

include i hate luv story's and it is a trilogy

[@dia606]

Yes and that one has Imran playing against type as a fuckboi

[@vinaykshinoda]

@ivm have you guys watched Anjaana Anjaani

[@akhileshchintaram5060]

I don't know if you'd like to know but I'm a regular viewer from Mauritius🇲🇺.

[@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar]

Funny enough, weren’t the Australia scenes in _Break Ke Baad_ filmed in Mauritius (even though Abbas thinks they were filmed in Andheri)?

[@akhileshchintaram5060]

@@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar Yeah the whole movie is actually shot in Mauritius even the India scenes.

[@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar]

@@akhileshchintaram5060 No, that can’t be right, because Imran said that the Shahrukh/Sunita stuff on the roof was shot at Mehboob Studios.

[@SoumyaGanesh-ui2ib]

Have been following your channel since so long and simply love the content you put up. Pls review Wake Up Sid next?

[@zlatandeol1088]

Band baaja baraat was 2010

[@ekanthjp7805]

Think they've got quite a few dates wrong, including the release years. That radar went off again at 43:42 when Abbas says Break ke Baad (2010) was released some years after Rock On (2008)... it was literally just two years!

[@susmeetkhaire8426]

I found it hard to follow which movie you'll were talking about. Two movies plus the comparison made it difficult.

[@yasolondz5740]

Why doesn't Abbas have his own KZbin channel where he posts vlogs or short films, because he's very funny?

[@macksequeira4233]

Funny lol. Uske jokes ek dum vahiyaat hai and film choices atyant vyarth

[@adarshsinghpawar]

Itna bekar lgta h to dekhta kyu hai

[@zlatandeol1088]

Urjita❤

[@FubbleretIn]

Yayyy 1:08:57 pls keep alternate ending segments in video version

[@lelu810]

I disliked Break ke baad I didn't like deepikas character.

[@shrikantshingate2283]

great

[@dipankarjoshi3828]

Pls do veer zaara

[@dipankarjoshi3828]

Veer zaara kab krogey

[@shrikantshingate2283]

Urjitas camera ran away in the break

[@deeptimathur8882]

Please add Bachna ae haseeno on your list

[@chandanthakur1914]

Urjita overcompensates too much for her lack of knowledge and common sense.

[@_swapnilmishra_]

No, both boring flop films