Jab Tak Hai Jaan reviews! - Page 14

Sanjay Jha ?@JhaSanjay

#JTHJ Final verdict: A perfect Diwali watch; and reinforces your faith in faith. Goodbye Yash Chopra! A fitting finale! Rating: 4/5

Karan Kundra ?@kkundra

And @iamsrk just proved again what magic he is capable of! In awe of Yash ji's last project! Totally loved jab Tak hai jaan!

taran adarsh ?@taran_adarsh

It's a 6-day weekend for both #JTHJ and #SOS - Tue to Sun. Will they cross the 100 cr mark in these 6 days? What do *you* feel?

Jab Tak Hai Jaan vs Son of Sardaar – Screen Count

Datnews IndiaBy Staff on Tue, 11/13/2012 - 18:20The premiere for Jab Tak Hain Jaan was spectacular. The place was done up as an old classy theater. Lots of stars. Even Salman turned up half way through the movie. Kajol was not invited.

The movie was long though. Gonna-pee-down-my-leg long.

London. It's winter. 2002. Due to tear in the space time continuum, posters for the recent London Olympics are everywhere. Also due to this same time warp, a 47-year old is running around pretending to be in his twenties. Samar is a struggling musician, forced to work at odd jobs. Shoveling snow. Waiting tables. Selling fish! To pay for his seriously expensive guitar kit, and his designer jackets.

Enter Princess Meera. He teaches her a Punjabi song for Daddy's birthday. She explains to him the difference between constipation and conversation. Love blossoms.

Time for the core plot twist. You see, Princess Meera is cuckoo for cocopuffs. Or rather for Sir Jesus. So when Samar has a minor accident, she asks Jesus to spare his life, and promises to break up with him if he does. Like any good Catholic girl.

The light-footed Samar springs free of the accident, and is promptly dumped. He goes nuts, embittered, and ends up in Kashmir, defusing bombs in his underwear.

Enter the bubbly Anushka Sharma. She's 21, and part of the younger generation. For her, love is all "Slam, Bam, Thanks Dude". But she falls head-over-heels for the fearless Samar, makes a movie about him, and it's off to London for the premiere.

The plot has been twisted pretty good so far, but now it's finally choked to death. Samar gets retrograde amnesia, that scourge of the movie world. Everybody gets it once a year, like the common cold. He thinks he's married to Meera, blah, blah, blah, I had to pee.

Katrina is spectacularly beautiful. Like a barbie. And like a barbie, she has been frozen in the same expression for the last seven years: Sleeping Beauty. But Shah Rukh's awkward fumbling kiss doesn't help.

Kissing aside, SRK powers through his part effortlessly. It's all meaningful looks, twinkling eyes, sweetness and light. Anushka's histrionics, so enjoyable in short ads for random products, are not meant for extended exposure.

Did AR Rahman really do the music for this movie? I'm not convinced. The background track is good. But it sounds an awful lot like Motorcycle Diaries.

My favorite part of the movie was the cinematography. Spectacular. I really need to go to Ladakh!
3.5/5

Edited by laserwolf - 11 years ago

The movie was long though. Gonna-pee-down-my-leg long.

London. It's winter. 2002. Due to tear in the space time continuum, posters for the recent London Olympics are everywhere. Also due to this same time warp, a 47-year old is running around pretending to be in his twenties. Samar is a struggling musician, forced to work at odd jobs. Shoveling snow. Waiting tables. Selling fish! To pay for his seriously expensive guitar kit, and his designer jackets.

Edited by you2 - 11 years ago

First things first. I didn't even realize when 3 hours were up 😆 And this comes from one on the most restless people on the planet.
If you've read Nahta's review then u pretty much know the story. And somehow he made it sound sooo stupid so I was a bit apprehensive when I went to watch it. But everything was forgotten within moments of the movie beginning. The insipid storyline makes much more sense when you watch SRK, Ansuhka and Kat (Grudgingly, but yes! She does contribute) breathe life innit.

Katrina's portrayal as Meera, a girl who believes in forgoing something for every wish she makes to God is believable. While I can't say that she'll earn awards for it...I have to give it to her that it's MAJOR IMPROVEMENT. You can see expressions flitting through her face every now and then. And guys will find it easy enough not to concentrate on her face 😆
The Ishq Shava bit was explosive on the screens. Great tempo, confident moves and almost bang on attitude.
Another scene that majorly hit me was during the climax when she makes that frantic deal with God to save his life. Well executed. The determination in her eyes when she stood up and turned her back was WHOA!

Akira played by Anushka is infectious. She chases her dreams, believes in poking her nose into others diaries and life, wants to have sex with men having different accents 😆
She is an amalgam of Geet from JWM and Veronica from Cocktail tamed into a more bindaas, confident and practical version.
And she is totally relatable.
How many times has it happened that you read books and fall in love with the male protagonist? For me, INNUMERABLE. Lucky her! She got to meet the protagonist in reality, to flirt with him unabashedly, fall in love with him.
And somehow a hollowness can be felt inside your heart when you realize that you've fallen hopelessly in love with someone who can't reciprocate. Sucks! Big Time.
Anushka makes you feel it.

And what can I say about SRK that hasn't already been said?
He is perfect. I prefer the bitter, stubble-d, uniformed man to the carefree, multiple job holder, english-vinglish spoof 😆
His anger, his hurt, his love, his intensity, his longing...
It's all palpable.
No flakes of the OSO and Ra.One OTTness. He is there, owning the movie and making it something else.

Yash Ji's last is magic in entirety. The plot of the movie may not be all that path breaking...but the SOUL of the movie is.

Totally recommend it to Romance-o-holics.

PS - At moments I just imagined Madhuri Dixit in stead of Kat. It HELPED. A L-O-T! 😆 Edited by Lhethal.Me - 11 years ago

"Jab Tak Hai Jaan" (JTHJ) did almost similar numbers what we expected initially from the film months before film's release. Film has pleased its target audience and will remain 1st choice for ladies and families.

Wednesday, 14th November 02:00 PM IST     JAB TAK HAI JAAN Starts Well At Box Office     "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" (JTHJ) did almost similar numbers what we expected initially from the film months before film's release. Film has pleased its target audience and will remain 1st choice for ladies and families.  JTHJ clean swept West Bengal, Mysore and other south markets. Film dominated Mumbai, UP and Gujarat too. Only in North India and central India film faced some stiff competition from SOS. Film lost 5 -6 cr biz due to other release which is acceptable.    Film collected 14.75 cr nett on Day one which is a huge figure considering the puja and competition. This is almost what we predicted in our prediction some good 40 days back. Film opened well in overseas market and will release fully there in next two days.  As per the early estimates, film is running to complete packed houses all over today. Film should easily cross 20 cr today and anything in excess of 22 cr will be a great result. Film has advantage of low budget of 45 cr and even  95 cr nett plus biz makes it a clean hit.

Edited by aiswaryaaa - 11 years ago

Heres my review... 

taran adarsh ?@taran_adarsh

#JTHJ *actuals* Tue 15.23 cr nett.