Jab Tak Hai Jaan, marks the end of a great director Yash
Chopra whose movies have been celebrated for more than three decades now. But
the fact remains that JTHJ isn’t one of his greatest works. The movie borders
on cliché Bollywood SRK stereotype movie, which is a big disappointment.
The so-called King Khan makes an entry in a bike and diffuses
a bomb without wearing any safety gear, and in the very beginning he is claimed
to be The Man Who Cannot Die. Well it is really strange to see a man who is not
at all versed in English, trying his best to survive with his not at all funny English
in the city of London .
As always the locale continue to mesmerize and hard to miss out on. But there
is an irritating SRK, who makes Katrina live life in its true spirit. Gosh, so
Kal Ho Na Ho. Only this time he gets more and more irritating and pathetic. The
first half, where the story of their love is being narrated, is full of songs.
And SRK’s dance sees it’s worse ever. Kat manages to shake a little, but
Ishq-Musk seems to be a breather for many. I have a very pertinent question.
How can a person not able to speak in proper English get a work Visa and live
in the city of London , return back to India , join the
army and within 10 years become a Major for Indian Bomb Diffusion Squad, when it
was clearly shown that he was not a degree holder or nothing. And if after
coming back to India
if he did manage to complete his grads, can a person in 7 years become a Major
and that too for the Indian Bomb Diffusion Squad. By the way a bit of the movie
is inspired by Ghajni as well, when SRK seems to forget about his present and
can only remember whatever happened 10 years before. Surely one can start
yawning by now.
Katrina, dear please don’t work with SRK again. You guys don’t
look good onscreen. Kat manages to dance and run here and there a bit, but
seems to be like her own character in the movie, Namaste London, remember
Jazz?!?!?! Well hello Meera, you are so alike. SRK tries to add the desi tarka
to her life, but fails miserably. In the second half she was more like the
silent Jaya Bachchan of Sholay. Nothing much to say about your acting. Just
never again do the mistake of working with srk.
Anushka Sharma, God bless you girl for being in the movie.
You help bring the pace in the movie in most of the dull moments. Her character
reminds one of Ranvir Kapoor in Saawariya. If you have seen both movies then
only can you draw the conclusion. Infact Sawaariya seems to be the Anushka
version of JTHJ. The cheerful and bubbly Anushka adds color, joy, rhythm and pace
to a slow dragging movie. But just like Karishma Kapoor in Dil Toh Pagal Hai,
she has to give up on the love of her life in the movie, whereas srk gets to go
with his love.
The ending seems to be too dragging. Could have avoided a
lot of unnecessary bits. Rishi and Neetu Kapoor come on the screen, but when you
expect there will be something, their part is done with. A character like
Anupam Kher has no work in the movie. Sagarika is seen after a long time and
she does her bit well. There should have been an explosion in the end where srk
and Kat could have shown to be together instead of the usual ending, reminds me
of Dil Se. Songs are bearable, not a very good work done by A.R.Rahman.
Vaibhavi’s dance numbers could have been peppier as she has managed to do in
the past, here she hasn’t given her very best. All in all a typical Yash Chopra-srk
love triangle movie. My verdict: a one time watch if you have three and a half
hours to spare or else indulge in any other activity.
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