Harry Shouldn't Have Met Sejal...
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Jab Harry Met Sejal is so awful, that Happy New Year &
Chennai Express look better!
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Make a note of this:
- 1. The 2nd richest actor on earth, the “King Khan”…
- 2. The 300cr Actress with films like PK, Sultan to her credit
- 3. The so called “One of the best directors” of our time
- 4. The emperor of Plagiarism for music…
Doesn’t this sound like a perfect recipe?
Unfortunately, no!
Let’s get the cat out of the bag in the beginning itself.
Jab Harry met Sejal is a mindless, lifeless, soul-less, meaning
less unending 150-minute train trip on a broken gauge.
Apparently, according to the Wikipedia page, Jab Harry Met
Sejal was about a man wanting to commit suicide. But when Khan met Ali, he
convinced him to make the movie a jollier adventure.
And this exactly where things went wrong!
The producer high jacked the directors vision and the output
is before us.
The title is “Inspired” by When Harry met Sally… Now that is
a classic! Lets get this straight that the two movies are no where connected.
The title was suggested by none other than the Junior
Kapoor, Ranbir!
As one of the most
awaited project of the year, there was a lot of inquisitiveness and hugger-mugger
around it. Unfortunately, this is once
again a letdown of gigantic proportions!
The cumbersome plot of the movie keeps dragging you down to
its level of stupidity! Probably just to beat you with experience.
Now to begin with, the movie starts of on a good note for
the initial 15 mins or so… Or we think it is good as we spent so much on the
tickets and popcorn.
What follows then is a series of abysmal events.
Anushka loses her “Romantic Engagement” ring and unnecessarily
clings on to the 51 year old charmer that SRK is.
They both get on a Euro tour to visit every place Anushka
visited during her family euro tour just to find the ring.
Why is SRK obliged to help her do this… NO IDEA! The movie
does try to give a reason, but that’s just not worth it.
On their jaunt, they visit many places.
Now this is where Imtiyaz shows his expertise. The picturesque
locations of Europe! Specially his favorite Prague. He weaves a magical land in
our minds, just like he did in Jab we met or Highway!
Cinematographer K.U Mohanan has done a splendid job with the
camera, which helps Imtiyaz show what he wants to show when it comes to the
locales.
I am not a big fan of Imtiyaz, but would want to work with his
team that does a recce of the locations for his movies.
Coming to the score, the music as a stand alone album is not
too bad, but just does not go with the plot of the movie. Pritam as usual has
done a mediocre job!
Oh Sorry, did I just say “PLOT OF THE MOVIE”… So sorry,
there isn’t one… Neither a story!
Honestly, I have always thought that Imtiyaz is an overrated
director. His best work was Socha na tha, which was not seen by many.
Imtiyaz tries to glorify a very basic “ghisa-pita” love
story with his way of film making.
Why do his movies always have a reference to a Punjabi (mostly
sardar) family is still unknown.
SRK who is from Punjab wants to be a singer so runs ways
from his PIND DA GHAR… No points for guessing where! Of course its Canada… He
is a Punjabi , remember?
Through the length of the movie SRK sees a dream of a chunri
falying over the SARSON DA KHET.
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This disturbs him in his sleep as well.
As a viewer, you are waiting to know the secret behind these
dreams!
But, once again, you are left High and Dry!
1000 points for anyone who let’s know what were those
dreams!!!
The movie is quite predictable and for most of the part we
all know that the ring is with Anushka. They will go around and finally end up
together.
Nothing New!
Imtiyaz was not able to engage his audience with his story
telling, like he did in Jab we met or Highway. Probably because there wasn’t a story
to tell.
He fails at multiple levels and areas, which apparently are
his USP’s.
As a director, he fails to have the final product anywhere
close to the hype the movie’s marketing created.
As a story teller, he is just unable to hold on the
listener.
And much more!
There are scenes in the movie that will actually make you
tear your hair apart! You just would not understand why have you done this to
yourself.
For the performances, Anushka seems to be pretty comfortable
with the role she plays. But to her dismay, the audiences are not!
The over the top Gujarati girl is too much to bear for 150
minutes.
In the course of the movie, a good actor, Chandan Roy Sanyal
is wasted brilliantly!
Shahrukh no doubt is a splendid actor. But he crosses Yunus
Parvez here in case of hamming. His too hot to handle Punjabi image just does
not go with him.
Honestly, we understand that SRK and Imtiyaz wanted to work
together for a long time. But if that was the case, given that they are both
the masters of their crafts, they should have known better.
As a viewer, you feel cheated every minute of the movie. You
start wondering:
2. Is this the same Anushka who won our hearts as
the adorable Jaggu in PK
3. Is this the same SRK who had us n the edge of
our seats in Chak De and almost in tears with Swades
The movie becomes unbearable with every passing minute. A
song here and there tries to make up, but in vain.
The best part of the movie was the interval and the end. It
gives you respite from the boring monotony of the cumbersome movie.
I had in one of my earlier blogs written what the superstars
of Bollywood lack. It was titled “Why the khans can never give us a Baahubali”
All in all, if you have nothing better to kill time, or if
someone is treating you or if are just plain suicidal in life… Even then, there
is no way you should go for this.
This is just a stale cake with rotten icing!
This is such a good write up. Kudos
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