Jhoom Barabar Jhoom: But Why?

There is a company who has hired more people than required. These employees can not be fired. So company decides to give them some work and does some projects without any reason, and any direct benefit. Well the company here I am talking about is YashRaj Films and projects are movies like TaRaRumPum, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.

The story is about Rikki Thukral (Abhishek Bacchan) and Alvira Khan (Priety Zinta). Both of them are waiting for a train at Birmingham station, which is running late. Both of them indulge into a conversation and it turns out that they are already engaged and are waiting for their fiance, who are coming from the same train. You don't have to be a genius to guess the climax of the movie. We guessed it even before interval. Whole climax scene is shot in a dance sequence, which has been choreographed well by Vaibhavi Merchant. Last scene of the movie hasn't been written well.

Abhishek Bacchan is the only saving grace for the film, you feel good when he is there on screen. Lara Dutta does nothing except for looking beautiful. Well finally Priety Zinta has managed to remove her Veer Zara make up and looking much younger than her previous films, but in acting department she should have put a lot more effort. Bobby Deol is bad as always, but manage to make you laugh at a couple of occasions. There is Amitabh Bacchan also in the movie. What is he doing there? Well, it seems wo Birmingham station me, ajeeb se kapde pahan ke, hindi gaane gake bheekh mangate hain. So now we know that such beggars are not seen only in Indian trains and platform. He doesn't really have anything to do in the movie, except irritating you by singing the title track again and again. Will someone please tell me, why is he torturing us.

Story could have been a lot more better (well contrary to popular belief, there is a story in the film). Who has designed Abhishek Bacchan's costumes, Govinda ne bhi kabhi aise kapde nahi pahne. It suits the character BTW. Shaad Ali's Direction is good, but he couldn't do much with the loose screenplay. Music by Shankar Ehsaan Lay is not one of their best, they are capable of doing a lot better.

To our moviegoers I would like to say, if you are going for this movie, don't leave the cinema hall in interval (believe me you will feel tempted to do so). Second half of the movie is a lot better than the first half, and Amitabh Bacchan appears only once in the second half.

Overall the movie is not that bad, but you have to watch it without any expecations (these should be very high because of the big names associated). I would rate it 5 out of 10.

PS: YRF, please do us a favour, if you don't have a good idea in mind, don't make a movie. Wait for a good idea, they will come definitely.