Thats the perfect title for this YRF extravaganza.your head really
starts spinning after watching what could probably be one of the worst
Yashraj productions ever(Neal and Nikki wins the top slot **)
Story:
Busy London station.Delayed train from Birmingham.Two strangers
waiting for the train. Rikki Thukral [Abhishek Bachchan], born in
Bhatinda, living in London and Alvira Khan [Preity Zinta], more Brit
than the Queen herself, however with Lahori blood in her veins.
Crowded café. One table to share. Two hours to kill. Perfect setting
for the start of a love-story. Hitch? Both Rikki and Alvira are engaged
and have come to pick up their fiancés, who are coming by the same
train. To kill time, they end up telling each other their “how I met my
fiancé” stories.
Stories unfold, time passes, the two strangers start enjoying each
other. Actually, they have gotten alarmingly attracted to each other! Courtesy:IMDb
Performances:
Abhishek
Bachchan is irritatingly loud and uncouth.Seriously could have done
with a better profile.Preity Zinta is Preity Zinta throughout.not
once does she look or feel like Alvira Khan. Lara Dutta was
alright.looked a little alluring in parts.Bobby Deol was the one
actor who was not that bad.he actually made me laugh in parts .
Pros:
1)Good cinematography by Ayananka Bose for most of the movie.though certain camera angles make your head spin.
2)Very
good choreography.Vaibhavi Merchant must’ve really worked a
lot.because even though most of the steps in all songs are
easy.they are well performed and synchronised.
3)Excellent
locations in true Yashraj style.be it London, India or Paris.all
are well shot.all locations look beautiful.
4)Amitabh
Bachchan’s dance during the opening credits.man he sure can carry
off probably the most ridiculous costume in Hindi film history.
5)A bearable 40 mins post interval.after that it gets horrible again.
Cons:
Hahaha.lots of them.
1)Ridiculous story to
begin with.Absolutely unbelievable and highly stretched(even though the
movie is just 2 hours and 15 mins it seems stretched.just imagine).
2)The
first half of the movie is terrible and the dance competition
sequence(20 mins) is unbearable.Very poor writing from Habib Faisal.
3)Amitabh Bachchan performing his’dance number’ time and again in the movie.irritating.
4)The
worst costumes in films i’ve ever seen.no one I know wears anything
remotely close to what the actors wear in the movie.especially
Abhishek’s and Amitabh’s costumes.Terrible’creativity’ if that is what
Aki Narula would call it.
5)Abhishek’s friend is drinking booze from a bottle called Chak De Phattey.
6)Almost all songs are useless.all they do is slow the pace of a non-existent story.
My Verdict:
Jhoom
Barabar Jhoom should be watched for superior technicals and great
locations.Beyond these if you try to look for anything else you’re
looking in vain.Possibly one of Yashraj’s and Bollywood’s worst
productions.