Jul 09, 2007 05:10 PM
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"Enough is enough". Thses are the words coming to my mind right now after reading all the 43 reviews on JBJ
Ok, the movie was sans any logic, the dialogues were artificial and overall the movie is not suitable to classify Iin the category "movie".
In my personal opinion I didn't like saathiya because a remake is not a proof of one's creativity, also Mani Rathnam is too good to compare him with a newcomer director.
Then came "Bunty aur Babli", which in my opinion was one of the most ridiculous movie of all time, but then it was supposed to be madcap. Also Rani Mukherjee's performance saved the grace.
So I wasn't very eager to see JBJ. Also I didn't see any promos for the film. That means I was completely unaware of what was about to come when I went to see the movie in theatre.
Fifteen minutes into the movie, and I was totally confused about what this movie is all about. So many thoughts were coming to my mind, of which I selected the one which said "don't analyze, put back logic to rest and just let happen what is happening".
After that I can't tell you what happened, but suddenly the headache was gone, Amitabh wasn't that irritating afterwards, Abhishek was however, even then(lol). Then the two fairytales came, and I was again put on the test. After they were over, and Amitabh came again on screen, something clicked in my mind, (yaa, I know I could be a tubelight sometimes.). At that point, I knew that this movie has something . From that point it was a revelation. Either the tribute to Veer Zaara or the entire second half which was filled with quick-witted dialogues. Specially the entire 25 minutes "Jharokha" sequence, which was a headache to many of our viewers. I have never seen such an energetic dance sequence in any hindi movie, since a long time. And yes I also liked Amitabh coming out of nowhere and flashing his so called ridiculous outfit.
PERFORMANCES": I think Lara Dutta rocked in the movie. she stole the show. Performance or no performance, she is the most glamourous woman today in Bollywood. Bobby was as usual as always in the first half, "wooden", but he gave a nice and refreshing performance in the second half. Preity looked jaded, I think she should marry Ness now because she is not the same chirpy vivacious talky anymore, that we loved once. However she looked better when compared to "Veer Zaara" and "KNHH". Abhishek tries hard, but the irony is that one can see he is trying. Amitabh is ., why we should discuss him, he wasn't acting, right?
Technical aspects: you can always have faith in Yash Raj Films when it comes to the technicalities.
Music, I don't have to reiterate that it's rocking all charts, and perhaps the only non-reshamiya score to do that.
Friends, I loved the movie and I think it didn't deserve to be rejected outrightly.
However my review does(lol).
