Review of Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007) by Ramona S — 05 Aug 2007

UG. I watched it and it was horrible... a complete disappointment. The story/conflict is amazingly weak for a Shaad Ali film.

This film has no flow, horrible song placement, horrible dialogue, everything is just, simply put, bad.

This movie has a great cast, but everyone is wasted. Preity looks gorgeous, but brings no substance to the movie. Abhishek looks like what can only be described as a monkey-pimp, but I guess his acting was fitting. Bobby looks foolish as well and continues basically where he left on in the waste of time movie, Shakalaka Boom Boom. I don't know why he insists on doing this "i'm so hip" roles that don't fit him. One thing I was glad to see is that there was a reason why Lara Dutta looked like a prostitute throughout the promotion... she was one. It is a different role for her and she pulls it off.

The songs are filmed beautifully but are completely wasted on this movie and do nothing to help the plot. The song Bol Na Halke Halke is especially beautiful but makes absolutely no sense with the rest of the film. Also, the choreography is extremely disappointing for a film with that claims to be telling you to dance with the title (dance baby dance, I think is the translation).

The only positive thing about this movie is that is it visually pleasing, otherwise it is a complete waste of time. It tries too hard to be westernized and modern and ends up just coming off as lame. I actually felt stupid after watching this movie because of its unbelievable and extremely weak storyline. What a huge disappointment from every angle. Watch it at your own risk.