My Girl

I must have seen this movie at least 4 times by now, in pieces. Every time I watch it, it takes me on a nostalgic trip back to the 80s. I suppose being a kid was a lot more simpler and loads of fun.

The movie is called Fan Chan (Thai) & My Girl (Eng). It was released in the year 2003 and was a major box office hit.

Jeab, a young man working in Bangkok, receives word that his best friend from childhood, Noi-Nah is to be married. While driving back to his hometown, the memories of his friendship with her come flooding back, and their story is told in a flashback.

They are best friends, even though their fathers are rival barbers with shops on each side of a mini-mart in the small town of Petchaburi.

Every morning, Jeap wakes up too late to catch the school bus. His father must then give him a ride on his motorcycle to catch up with the bus.

On the bus, we are introduced to Jeab, Noi Nah and all the boys, who are led by a big bully named Jack. They all talk about what they are going to do after school. The boys plan to play Chinese fantasy. The girls will play house.

Jeab longs to play with the boys, but they play in a park across a busy street, which he can't ride his bike across. So he's limited to playing with the girls.

There's a lot of humor in the film and all the children have given a good performance. A nice, touching story which makes it a good afternoon watch.

You should be able to view it on UTV - World Movies one of these days. I tried looking for the DVD at the some of the stores in Mumbai, no luck.