ambitious balderdash, this.
You will enjoy this review more if you have shared my pain.
The only jhoom was that of my churning insides as I resisted the urge to throw up. A ticket to anywhere, leave alone Hollywood would do. As long as that meant getting away from this movie, I was game. But I endured.
Never before have I wanted to abandon a film halfway. Okay that’s not entirely true. I’ve felt that way right through every Karan Johar movie. The monotonous song-dance sequences, some dreamy and others dreamt -up left me feeling giddy. Jhoom barabar jhoom breaks into a song every 15 minutes, mostly featuring the Big B in a monstrous, multi-hued jacket. The film-makers obviously ran short of money transporting the crew around to all those exotic locations. The compromises made thereafter are evident in Amitabh’s atrocious avatar and the microscopic costumes of the female leads.
I am a believer however and I hoped that somewhere along the plot, something would make sense. When faith didn’t work, I turned to creativity. So I imagined that the movie wasn’t about these 4 losers at all. It was indeed about a barber. Yes, it’s Jhoom Barber Jhoom! All the actors seemed to be in need of a haircut. You’re right again, Amitabh must be the barber (nothing else could’ve explained his presence isn’t it? or shall I say ‘innit?’) He must be the mad hair-stylist who hangs out at the railway station with a double fretted guitar and goes chop-chop when you least expect it. At least that’s what I wished would happen…
Instead these 4 characters were involved in faking about their love lives, eating donuts and then dancing for 45 minutes. I hope those donuts gave them a tummy ache.
Some praise is due here though. To Abishek, thanks for being brave and wearing those shiny clothes. To Preity, the cutesy act gets old real fast but thanks for trying. To Lara, thanks for being the only one who can dance and the French accent was pretty decent. To Bobby, dude I love the fact that you can carry off the same look in every movie, like, how do you keep those curls in place?
As for others who have lived to tell the tale, like moi - any idea where they sell those double fret board guitars?
