Whoops! Is creativity finding itself estranged? Why are so many Bollywood movies merely getting based upon concepts and situations that have been seen before and are not entirely novel? Bollywood is trying the same old ‘masala’ and the only difference seems to be in the star casts who are getting permuted and combined to grant something ‘new’ to a movie. Our films seem to be growing in quantity not quality.
Lets get back to Jhoota Hi Sahi! The film has John Abraham in the lead who portrays a stammering geek. And he’s made stammering no funny anymore! The heroine of the film as well as the writer, Pakhi, seems to have given a fine performance as a beginner. There is nothing very special about her, one may actually wonder why the director needed to cast his wife for the role. Performances of other actors are pretty fine. MTV Roadies fame, Raghu does his job very impressively. However, cameo by R Madhavan isn't very appealing moreso, as his character is totally devoid of spark.
John(Siddharth) one night begins to receive calls from different suicidal s who want a reason to live.This is so as his number by mistake gets printed on a help-line. One of the caller's is Pakhi(Mishka) who becomes a phone friend of this unknown faced voice and unknowingly meets this phone friend at the book shop one day. John gets to know that it is the same girl and urges her to get closer to Siddharth on phone. The twist of the story is an old one. The girl’s ex-boyfriend cant see her with John now. And the girl comes to know that her phone friend and real life friend are the same.
Comedy of the movie can be called good, but then it appears deliberate at places. There is hardly any depth in any character of the film. Even its storyline which is fresh in the beginning turns disappointingly dull towards the later half. The climax is as dramatic and as filmy as anything could get to be! Boring at places, the film suffers from unoriginality and a bad actor in its male lead.
Even AR Rahman's music fails to become a treat. Infact,the tune of one of the song's ” Cry cry,karte hai kaiko” can ludicrously remind of a nursery rhyme! Abbas Tyrewala's direction is not enchanting at all! Now, he had created magic out of a simple story in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. After that, this definitely gets disappointing.
Overall, watch it for its sense of humor and Raghu, if you are fond of good actors.
RATING-**1/2
