Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma, Anupam Kher
Director: Yash Chopra
With perfect diet, workouts, surgeries and of course acting, can a fifty-ish superstar pull off the role of a mid thirties guy? Well, Shah Rukh can. But can he do the same justice to that of a mid twenties guy? Well, its slightly indigestible.
JTHJ is a fine touch base movie for our generation who grew up on a steady movie diet of Switzerland based love and romance. Hats off to Yash Chopra for introducing such pure emotion in films and in our minds, and also to Shah Rukh for playing the perfect romantic hero time and again. But we alone cannot keep the collection box tinkering. So, for the younger generation there is Katrina Kaif. On her own, she is pretty good in all the departments. But you dearly miss Kajol, who would have been the perfect pairing. Remember ‘Suraj hua madham …’ from ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham’?
Meaning to say, that the lead actors are dynamite in their own rights but they don’t create any dynamism together. The song ‘Ishq shava…’ cries for a Hrithik or a Kajol. Right pairing would have given it a cult status. Anushka on the other hand has suited the role perfectly. Maybe, because in real life too she is an ardent admirer of Shah Rukh Khan, loves him and looks up to him.
Once out of the cinema hall, you don’t recall much of the story, but the dashing appearance of Shah Rukh as an Indian Army Bomb Squad Leader lingers in your mind. Last but not the least, the tribute to the cinematic genius, Yash Chopra towards the end touches your heart. RIP Yashji. You ably practiced your craft till your last breath. Apt name for your last movie – ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’.
