Yash Raj Films have begun to churn out products which stick to the adage "Old wine in a new bottle" perfectly. All thir releases over the past couple of years have had lots of overlapping portions and similarity. So, just what is the stand of Yash Raj Films, when it comes to making good quality cinema? I say that quality has takena backseat for them whereas glamour and commercialisation have become an indispensable part of Yash Raj Films. Right from Salaam Namaste to Neal N Nikki to Tara RumPum , the films sahre a common track. Scenic foreign locales from all over the globe with Indians who have left the country playing central protaginists. Seriously, watching a flick with some great foreign chicks( on screen yaar) once or twice is okay, but watching the same series of events one after the other is enough for any ratuiional audience to get saturated. It is high time that Yash Raj realsies that films are not only about stars, glamour and foreign locales: you need something called a SCRIPT (Try hiring a Sanjay Leela Bhansali or Rakyesh Omporakash Mehra for that.)
Cut to the lastest release of Yash Raj Films: a highly hyped Jhoom Barabhar Jhoom with quite a strong star cast. Both Bachchans(Sr. and Jr.) are seen in the tarilers along with Preity Zinta and Bobby Deol. So, on one Sunday afternoon I find myself watching Jhoom Barabhar Jhoom at a cinema hall nearby. The movie starts with Amitabh Bachchan(playing a tramp I guess, not really sure) dancing to the title track. Enter Abhishek Bachchan: a loud mothed Punjabi lad by the name of Rikki Thukrall who carries ona shady business which takes him to all parts of the globe. And then the "leading lady", Preity Zinta makes an appearance. The two get off to a rocky start but as they get to know each other better sitting at a cafe, they begin to fall in love. The trouble? the yare already enagged: and not to each other! What follows is a web of lies, half truths and nonsense. At the end of the first half, you decide that this has to be the worst movie in the last 4-5 years. Once the second half starts, the title track plays again(for what joy man? I mean, think up a new tune dude!) and the movie begins to get bearable thanks to decent screen presence and cinematography. But again, the shoddy direction and loopholes the size of Planet Mars ake you wonder just what was eevryopne thinking while making the film? But some parts in the secnd half are admittedly funny, while the drama lacks real any interesting sub-plots.
In short, by the end of ther movie you’ll realsie that this was the worst movie of 2007 thus far. The title track plays for a duration of around one hour in the movie . Just because I fancy the song doesn’t mean you make me go deaf hearing I Mr. Music Director(s). My tip to Yash Raj post this disaster: get a grip.uhh actually- get a script.
Hey I’m back on MS.dunno if temporarily or permanent:)