The greatest movie ever made..!

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

This movie was so entertaining but it's really extremely enjoyable for everyone Superb story-line good screenplay great editing best direction perfect background music Songs are really splendid and entertaining Abhishek was superb Bobby was excellent Lara does well preity is good Amitabh is good in a supporting character Overall my rating is 7/10

Finally, got to see 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' after hearing mixed opinions of people. Anurag Kashyap has been credited as the writer but he claimed that he had an idea about a guy and girl meeting at the train station and they tell their stories but then 'someone else' tampered with the script and made changes. That said, I quite enjoyed most of the first half where Riki and Alvira tell their stories at the train station. It is the second half, once they leave the station, which is a downright disaster. The less said about it, the better. 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' starts, intervals, the interval of the post interval (that is an interval that takes place when you've finished watching three thirds of the movie) and ends with Amitabh Bachchan's 'item number' (which is the title song itself). Bachchan is dressed as a flamboyant busker who looks like he's ready to lure children and kidnap them. Back to the song, it's a catchy energetic number. There are two other versions of this song all of which work well. 'Kiss of Love' and 'Bolna Halke Halke' are also foot-tapping songs that have been brilliantly visualized. The costumes are a little too flashy (especially the horrible ones worn in the dance competition sequence, yes, surprise surprise, there's a dance competition). Where acting is concerned, Lara Dutta stands out as the French hotel manager slash British-Pakistani harlot. The character Alvira is nothing new for Preity Zinta and she does a fair job but frankly I'm a little tired of watching her repeatedly do this kind of role. Abhishek Bachchan is irritating to the core. I wonder why a sophisticated woman like Alvira would even like a sleazy toilet brush like Riki, let alone fall in love. Bachchan ought to fire his makeup artist-hairstylist or whatever for making him look like a sleazy turd of a pimp. Bobby Deol is dull. Shaad Ali has probably hit rock bottom (careerwise) with this movie (or at least I hope so because I don't want to see any worse than this). I would like to say this to whoever the writer is, whether it was Kashyap or some script-tamperer: Way to go for ruining what could have been at least good entertainment.

I love Bollywood films. Ravishing, well-invested musicals, song and dance, dialogues which are larger than life, wonderful actors, strong characters. The song numbers have been an artistic tradition Hindi films, and what particularly amazes me about all these films is the complete irrelevance of the song numbers to the film's story itself (unless it's a film like Dil To Pagal Hai, where the music is part of the script).I think Jhoom Barabar Jhoom is a brave attempt to make a film with the songs being part of the screenplay. But even then, it just doesn't work. Why? Because there is NO screenplay. The entire film is a big dance show. And it shouldn't be like this. When there are no songs, the film consists of silly jokes and plastic "acting". Some sequences are so ridiculous that you start hating anyone who's been ever involved with this film. It is intended to be funny and crazy, which is a good purpose, but this film manages to be neither this nor that and instead, it sadly ends up being a big silly show. I do admit that the songs are well danced and catchy, but they become tiresome at some point, mainly because most of them are actually the same song in different versions.The acting (not that it can be called acting in this case) is bad. Abhishek is annoying and miscast. Pretentious performance. Preity, an actress I like immensely, is her usual bubbly and vivacious self, but here, somehow lifeless. The fact that a great actress like Preity could even think of appearing in this film makes me want to slap her. Bobby and Lara are terrible. They ham, overact, and even in the dance numbers get overshadowed by the leading stars (at least here they make some sense). Lara is particularly horrible as a prostitute with her fake French accent. All in all, I do recommend to watch it if you intend to go and dance through the entire film. Quite a special watch buhaaaa...

Director Shaad Ali's last effort was the thoroughly entertaining Bunty Aur Babli. The tone of that film was so purposely tongue-in-cheek and so purposely over the top that you had to applaud the filmmaker for persevering with the promise of his screenplay till the end credits. The film was very deservingly, a commercial hit.This time around Mr. Ali and producer Aditya Chopra have once again come up with a very interesting premise that you can do so much with. And just like BAB, the soundtrack courtesy of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Gulzar is so in sync with the tone of the film. The title track is one of the best songs of this decade. But everything else is like an experiment gone wrong. The screenplay seems to be a very rough draft which was never proof read or updated - the film has major momentum issues. It would be very easy to blame the editor for this but that is like blaming a doctor for not being able to save a patient with a terminal illness. The film is majorly miscast - besides Abhishek Bachan, all the other three leads are a total let down. Shaad Ali's film making is not your typical loud Bollywood film making. He does not overdo the gloss or the background score. This exposes the actors in every scene for what they really are - good or bad, sincere or insincere. I wonder if Bobby Deol will ever come to the realization that he is in the wrong profession. Lara Dutta's beautiful legs do not make up for her poor performance. And Preity Zinta - I don't think she gets Shaad Ali or his sense of humor. She never really bought into the film. And Abhishek alone could not get us to buy into it either.Perhaps the makers were still so enamored with their previous success that the focus and conviction that should have shone through never did. Maybe the hunger was missing. Entertaining commercial films have to walk the fine line between proposal and content - this one tripped.