Watching a Yash Chopra Movie without bias is difficult. Coz he
is someone who has not entertained individuals but generations, ‘ Jab Tak Hai
Jaan’ being his last movie makes it further difficult to have a rational
mindset, to be honest I thought I wouldn’t write the review of the movie if I didn’t
like it, but his last movie, though not
his best, still deserves a watch.
The movie has a thin premise to start with, but it is the director,
who shows it with conviction. Few people may call the basic plot to be idiotic,
and it may have looked that way if a lesser director would have directed the
movie. But it is Mr. Chopra who makes you believe in the story, and than takes
off splendidly after that, something like this was also seen in ‘Rab ne bana di
jodi’ where a girl is not able to recognize her husband in disguise, people who
had problem with this basic story didn't enjoyed the movie after that, same way
the people who wont accept the basic premise of this movie may not find the
movie to be amusing, but I accepted the plot and enjoyed every bit after that.
Performance wise Anuska Sharma is a fireball, although she
overdo the role in a scene or two, but overall she is the refreshing part of
the movie, Katrina has became type cast with the image of an Indo-British or
Indo-American girl, but her performance is good as well, SRK delivers another
role consistent with his abilities, there are two aspects of his role one as a
young and cheerful man another as a tough army guy, I liked the second one
more.
Music wise the movie leaves a lot to be desired, the combination
of Gulzar and Rehman is not up to the mark, “Mirza” being the only track I loved,
although “Challa” is also OK. I believe at least 2 to 3 tracks should have been
chopped from the movie considering the length of the movie.
I would specially like to mention the beautiful dialogues of
the movie which makes watching this movie a pleasure, and special appearance by
Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor adds to the charm of the movie.
Overall this movie deserves to be your weekend watch. Goodbye Mr. Chopra.
Rating ***1/2
