Just Shut up and Dance. Review on Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

All in all - great performances in a a pathetic story is what Jhoom is all about.

( This review is also available in hindi at https://amisax-kahin.blogspot.com)

It often happens that you start losing confidence in yourself. Your

boss always doubts your intentions, your colleagues are always plotting

against you - all this seems to be pulling you back in life. But

whenever this happens to you - always remember - he is watching

everything. Presenting a Doha( a rhyming couplet of two lines - often

meaning much more than the words therein) here -

Whats in your name - its the name of Ram which does matter

What are so proud of, all at happens is done by the latter

Which

means - he is watching everything. If you think nothing can be worse

than working at office, then God has made Aditya Chopra and Shaad Ali

for you. And together, they have created "Jhoom Baraabar Jhoom" -

nothing could be worse than that - not even your boss.

Its a

tough task making a full fledged novel of a short story - and the

Director fails. There are very few songs in the movie, but every

single song is sol ong that it reminds you of a management training -

The same thing is repeated N number of timesYou feel very sleepyI seems like a never ending thingThe trainer is pretty prettyThe

first part of the movie is really boring and does not grab your

attention. There is some amount of comedy - but just enough to bring a

faint smile on your lips. You wake up lost in the interval, wondering

• "Is there a story here?". The director decide to take a sharp turn

right after the interval - he decided to make things rally silly and

really boring - with the song "Bol na halke halke" . You have not seen

this song on TV - its because showing it on TV would not exactly be a

"promotion" of the movie. Anybody who sees the song, will never ever

muster enough courage to watch the entire movie. The only good thing

about this song is that it has been shot in Delhi.

But then

everything is not negative - and one of them is performance. Abhishek,

Laara and Bobby have done matchless performances. In many scenes, Bobby

Deol has brought a new freshness to the scene. If you are surprised

reading this - then think about me watching him in the movie. Preity is

repetitive and should sit down and think about it.

Now coming th

the name of the movie - about dancing. Three quarters of the movie just

gets done without any dancing - but then comes the South Hall Dance

Competition. It is nothing short of amazing. It is well choreographed

and Abhishek, Lara, Bobby and Preity make you think that your money has

been spent well. But then you remember that you are watching this in a

Multiplex - and there is a loss.

Oh yes, and there is Amitabh

Bacchan - he is there to just face the music, with only one line to say

in the entire movie - "Mind blowing" - Yes Sir, we also blew off our

lids after watching the movie.

All in all - great performances in a a pathetic story is what Jhoom is all about.

So should I watch it or not?

Definitely

• but on DVD(original not pirated) - or wait for 3 months and it will

premiere on TV? Or office parties - save your hard earned money for

something else.

-Amit