When Harry Met Sally

Today's chapter of Scene Stealer is the real deal; acknowledged as such by various cinephiles since the time of its release. We revisit the iconic fake ...

He mixes sex and laughter and the outcome is not crass, not serious, not flippant, but actually, really funny. Things get loud and people in the diner obviously start staring, but Sally is busy aiming for that Oscar. At one point, in another one of their run-ins, when Meg’s sassy but vulnerable Sally and Billy’s Harry sit across from each other once again, it’s at a diner. Her blonde hair cut short and smart, Meg wore cosy, warm winter clothes as she discovered New York while bumping into Billy Crystal’s Harry over the years in the true treat that was When Harry Met Sally (1989). Of course, she did dabble in other genres, but it was her star-making appearances in films like Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail and When Harry Met Sally that almost made her synonymous with the term — romantic comedy. In Indian cinema, pyaar dosti hai, but in 80s-90s Hollywood, people were still wondering whether the strong emotional bond of friendship could ever stand the test of time between opposite sexes, without sex making things awkward, messy and hasty?