Jab Tak Hai Jaan has a soul only it does not touch! Yash Chopra’s gigantic romantic venture fails to sustain attention and takes a dip more than often.
Some songs are lengthy and could have been edited better. A distinguishing stand-out-point of the film is Samar's conflict with God for it is treated well almost carrying a nostalgia of Chopra's Deewar. The movie heavily rests upon this spiritual quest with thankfully convincing dialogues. Romance seems to have been contemporized considering it is a Shah Rukh Khan film. With the director not giving upon his old stratagem of sentimental drama, it is perhaps sad he had to alter his ways when it came to romance. Further, King Khan’s looks are enough to generate passion and intensity. A King of Hearts badly played!
Anushka enjoys the clichés given to her. She gets into modes that we have already seen her play before. Katrina does an appreciable job and her dance oozes oomph. Neetu Singh is as fabulously natural as ever.
The film does a great deal to its leading actor Shah Rukh Khan. Perhaps the Chopra's are so used to having him around that they don't bother to leverage upon his super-stardom. Maybe the benevolent SRK doesn't mind, but it hurts sentiments of his countless fans. Several times, he is given stereotyped scenes and unfortunate dispositions. He is made to compromise upon his signature statements. Further added is a scene in which Meera refuses to romance him. Now we have seldom seen the superstar get romantically rejected. What novelty!
Nevertheless, Shah Rukh exudes charm and looks great. Pardon the melodramatic elasticity to watch him in the Indian Army attire for he carries it off just too well. His comic scenes click. Watch him call Akira, Kurosawa!
Samar Anand (Shah Rukh Khan) is a fearless soldier working for the bomb defusing squad of the Indian army. Akira (Anushka Sharma) gets hold of Samar’s diary after the latter saves her from drowning. The diary introduces her to a ten years younger Samar who was in love with Meera (Katrina Kaif). Meera, a billionaire's only daughter too falls for Samar, a waiter. During an accident, she bargains her love life for Samar's life to God. Samar now puts the Almighty to test by working in the bomb squad. He also secretively desires to forget his past as time does not heal his pain.
Aditya Chopra does an average job with the story. There is sincerity and love but not too many novelties. For instance ~ two accidents, memory loss, memory comes back ~ Get back to that zamaane ki filme! There are certain good elements no doubt but the trite expressions vouch for a better screen presence. Director Yash Chopra too gives equal weightage to the the low and high quotients of the script. Had he relished upon the strengths and given upon lots of melodrama, the film could have turned better.
Aditya Chopra does an average job with the story. There is sincerity and love but not too many novelties. For instance ~ two accidents, memory loss, memory comes back ~ Get back to that zamaane ki filme! There are certain good elements no doubt but the trite expressions vouch for a better screen presence. Director Yash Chopra too gives equal weightage to the the low and high quotients of the script. Had he relished upon the strengths and given upon lots of melodrama, the film could have turned better.
Some songs are lengthy and could have been edited better. A distinguishing stand-out-point of the film is Samar's conflict with God for it is treated well almost carrying a nostalgia of Chopra's Deewar. The movie heavily rests upon this spiritual quest with thankfully convincing dialogues. Romance seems to have been contemporized considering it is a Shah Rukh Khan film. With the director not giving upon his old stratagem of sentimental drama, it is perhaps sad he had to alter his ways when it came to romance. Further, King Khan’s looks are enough to generate passion and intensity. A King of Hearts badly played!
Anushka enjoys the clichés given to her. She gets into modes that we have already seen her play before. Katrina does an appreciable job and her dance oozes oomph. Neetu Singh is as fabulously natural as ever.The film does a great deal to its leading actor Shah Rukh Khan. Perhaps the Chopra's are so used to having him around that they don't bother to leverage upon his super-stardom. Maybe the benevolent SRK doesn't mind, but it hurts sentiments of his countless fans. Several times, he is given stereotyped scenes and unfortunate dispositions. He is made to compromise upon his signature statements. Further added is a scene in which Meera refuses to romance him. Now we have seldom seen the superstar get romantically rejected. What novelty!
Nevertheless, Shah Rukh exudes charm and looks great. Pardon the melodramatic elasticity to watch him in the Indian Army attire for he carries it off just too well. His comic scenes click. Watch him call Akira, Kurosawa!
Its music suits the movie well. Rahman’s musical beats are fantastic with pleasant songs. Here, not everyone knows Punjabi, should be a point noted. Saans is a beautiful creation of Gulzar. Alas the execution of some songs further slows the pace of an improperly edited screenplay.
The latter half gets too busy compensating Akira for her loss of love. Her climax speech turns into an endless preach. Also the ending is not far from predictability. SRK-Katrina’s chemistry is limited to a few scenes.
The latter half gets too busy compensating Akira for her loss of love. Her climax speech turns into an endless preach. Also the ending is not far from predictability. SRK-Katrina’s chemistry is limited to a few scenes.
No magic! Harsh upon SRK fans!
RATING- 2.5 stars
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