Director---> Yash Chopra
Jab Tak Hai JaanDirector-- Yash Chopra
Cast-- Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma
Rating-- 3.5/5
This film had all the elements you would want in a Yash Chopra film gorgeously shot locations in the UK and Kashmir, lavish songs and three inherently noble lead characters who struggle gallantly against their individual obligations.
But what Jab Tak Hai Jaan does not have is a coherent plot. Through a series of unconvincing story twists, the waiter becomes a major in the army - a bomb-disposal expert, no less.
We first meet Samar Anand as he is about to defuse his 98th bomb.
He does this without any protection and has therefore been dubbed the man who cannot die.
He does this without any protection and has therefore been dubbed the man who cannot die.
Another girl, a feisty filmmaker named Akira (played by Anushka Sharma), comes into his life, but another series of clumsy plot twists then takes him back to London, where his first love (played by Katrina Kaif), waits.
The story by Aditya Chopra is grossly over-written and borderline ridiculous.
At one point, when Akira is looking for the major, she is told, 'Sir goes for quiet time after defusing a bomb.' The major is sitting by the river, singing loudly.
The Hurt Locker this certainly isn't. And yet, despite the wobbly narrative, Jab Tak Hai Jaan works as an ode to epic romance.
I didn't buy into the story, but I bought into the heartfelt performances.
All three - Shah Rukh, Katrina and Anushka - are top-notch.
And ladies, take note: Shah Rukh is easily Hindi cinema's most dashing army officer since Balraj Sahni in Haqeeqat, and with this film, he finally breaks his no-kissing rule.
You also have to admire his ability to play the romantic hero.
We've seen him do it for two decades but he still makes it compelling.
Jab Tak Hai Jaan is too tangled to transport you. At almost 180 minutes, it also requires enormous patience. But I recommend that you see it.
Because only Yash Chopra could make heartache so attractive and ennobling that his characters wear it like a badge of honor.
by vinod kumar.
by vinod kumar.
1 comment:
Dear Yash Chopra Ji, Why did you wasted 3 hours of my life on auspicous occassion of Deepawali. I was enjoying a day vaccation off on deepawali (in Canada, no Diwali holiday). Suddenly, a noble idea occured me to watch your last movie in the nearby theatre. Unluckily, i got the ticket and was assigned a seat in middle of other people (equally unfortunate like me). The movie started, and from very first scene I was transferred to the golden era of movies like Kisna, Yadein and Prince . I was told in the various scenes repeatedly that SRK is 25 years old and other actresses are of 21 years. Such was the impact, that I really started believing in that. I was told that great SRK worked as a snow remover worker, fish seller in fish market, and waiter at night in the movie. Hold your breath than slowly he also graduated in the genius electronic thespian and army head of bomb diffusion squad. With all these qualifications he start loving the girl (read Katrina) from a multi billionaire family (read Anupam Kher , with extra unkempt curl in his hair). Then started an unending saga of torturing western dances and long songs. They slept together and then our hero meets an accident. Our heroine promises Sir Jesus , that she will not meet our beloved dying hero if Sir Jesus saves his life from accident. Please trust me, this all happened within 5 minutes on the roadside only on the accident site. Then our hero goes back to India and meets Anushka (who is still suffering from Band regards, Sandeep ss
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