Comments on: Jhoom Barabar Jhoom http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/ "That was the beginning of the century; this is its end. I have been thinking not only of the people who lived there once, but also of the generations of dogs accompanying them in their everyday bustle, and one night— I don't know where it came from— in a predawn sleep, that funny and tender phrase composed itself: a road-side dog." - Czeslaw Milosz, Borderlines. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:27:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: the mad momma http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1240 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:26:40 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1240 annie at anniezaidi.com and brangan at desipundit are the only two others i have heard praising it. we got so much bad press otherwise that the husband has refused to watch it with me. bah... i was really looking forward to it. annie at anniezaidi.com and brangan at desipundit are the only two others i have heard praising it. we got so much bad press otherwise that the husband has refused to watch it with me. bah… i was really looking forward to it.

]]> by: anjali http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1179 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:05:01 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1179 you are being sarcastic, right? I saw the movie y'day, after reading your review. i failed to see how this movie was any different from all the other bollywood masala movies. and what exactly was amitabh's purpose of existence? it wasn't as if the plot was so complicated that the audience needed him in the end to put two and two together! i love your blog but going forward, i am ignoring your movie reviews. :) you are being sarcastic, right? I saw the movie y’day, after reading your review. i failed to see how this movie was any different from all the other bollywood masala movies. and what exactly was amitabh’s purpose of existence? it wasn’t as if the plot was so complicated that the audience needed him in the end to put two and two together! i love your blog but going forward, i am ignoring your movie reviews. :)

]]> by: Truman http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1171 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:23:33 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1171 Wow, this is new. You are only the second person I know who is praising the movie (The first being my mum :) And since I trust the judgment of both these ladies, I have to see it now! Wow, this is new. You are only the second person I know who is praising the movie (The first being my mum :) And since I trust the judgment of both these ladies, I have to see it now!

]]> by: Naveen http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1170 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:51:40 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1170 There is a saying in business management world “Try with all honesty to sell boss’s idea to client; if you don’t succeed, sell client’s idea to boss and close the deal!” Likewise, “make the actors dance fast for your audience; if they can’t, make the audience dance faster- by moving camera violently in the opposite direction in a three dimensional pattern thereby effecting the concept of ‘relative speed!’” That’s why Chaiya Chaiya in ‘Dil Se’ is rated as a far superior work than many. With a splendidly rich mosaic of colours, Big B’s jacket is an awesome design; some thing more imaginative should have replaced those plumes and denim for a marvelous work of costumes. Thoughtful choice of colours and their distribution (particularly those yellows!) for costumes of the co-dancers in Big B songs provided aesthetic background. In scenes near Eiffel Tower, Lara’s body was glowing- Intelligent use of Sun’s slant rays of an English summer’s evening! but why on earth, those pancakes on her face and dyed hair that hid the natural glow? In contrast to the polluted hazy air near Taj Mahal, that pollutant and water vapour free crisp European summer air provides answers as to why Indian producers like to shoot in the West for impressive picture quality. For outdoors one can control anything, but not the air! Kudos to Jr.B! Not many a hero risk to appear throughout the film without appearing being macho in voice or body movements! Regarding trivia, Hafeez bhai drives left hand drive cars in Britain and did Preity has two tattoos on either side of her bosom (one for Thukral and one for audience) or was it left-right reversal characteristic of mirror image? There is a saying in business management world “Try with all honesty to sell boss’s idea to client; if you don’t succeed, sell client’s idea to boss and close the deal!” Likewise, “make the actors dance fast for your audience; if they can’t, make the audience dance faster- by moving camera violently in the opposite direction in a three dimensional pattern thereby effecting the concept of ‘relative speed!’” That’s why Chaiya Chaiya in ‘Dil Se’ is rated as a far superior work than many.

With a splendidly rich mosaic of colours, Big B’s jacket is an awesome design; some thing more imaginative should have replaced those plumes and denim for a marvelous work of costumes. Thoughtful choice of colours and their distribution (particularly those yellows!) for costumes of the co-dancers in Big B songs provided aesthetic background.

In scenes near Eiffel Tower, Lara’s body was glowing- Intelligent use of Sun’s slant rays of an English summer’s evening! but why on earth, those pancakes on her face and dyed hair that hid the natural glow? In contrast to the polluted hazy air near Taj Mahal, that pollutant and water vapour free crisp European summer air provides answers as to why Indian producers like to shoot in the West for impressive picture quality. For outdoors one can control anything, but not the air!

Kudos to Jr.B! Not many a hero risk to appear throughout the film without appearing being macho in voice or body movements!

Regarding trivia, Hafeez bhai drives left hand drive cars in Britain and did Preity has two tattoos on either side of her bosom (one for Thukral and one for audience) or was it left-right reversal characteristic of mirror image?

]]> by: km http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1168 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:55:36 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1168 Shaad Ali is reason enough to make me want to check it out, but your vote of confidence helps :) how's the little one doing? Shaad Ali is reason enough to make me want to check it out, but your vote of confidence helps :)

how’s the little one doing?

]]> by: mumbaigirl http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1167 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:30:05 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1167 How is Whisky taking to being played with? How is Whisky taking to being played with?

]]> by: paddy http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1166 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:40:41 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1166 Finally i find someone on blogsphere who liked the movie . everybody thinks it is too loud , too musical , too much dance, too imaginative , too much this, too much that . But what i liked was that this was such a bindaas movie . I dont remember a scene in teh movie after i come out (apart from the one you posted the pic of) but yet while watching i didnt feel that it would have been better that this was done instead of that . Finally i find someone on blogsphere who liked the movie . everybody thinks it is too loud , too musical , too much dance, too imaginative , too much this, too much that . But what i liked was that this was such a bindaas movie . I dont remember a scene in teh movie after i come out (apart from the one you posted the pic of) but yet while watching i didnt feel that it would have been better that this was done instead of that .

]]> by: Churu http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1165 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:44:32 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1165 I'm sorry, were you being sarcastic, and I didn't get it at all? (please say yes please say yes) I’m sorry, were you being sarcastic, and I didn’t get it at all?
(please say yes please say yes)

]]> by: Churu http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1164 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:42:37 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1164 Oh come on! you mean you bought all that truckloads of shit and actually ENJOYED it??? what the fug? I mean, to each his own and all that, but come on.... Sorry, I'm sorry. but come on!!! Oh come on! you mean you bought all that truckloads of shit and actually ENJOYED it???
what the fug?
I mean, to each his own and all that, but come on….
Sorry, I’m sorry. but come on!!!

]]> by: Uma http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1161 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:19:27 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1161 Hope you enjoy the film anuj. We didn't take our baby with us though. He was being looked after at home. Hope you enjoy the film anuj. We didn’t take our baby with us though. He was being looked after at home.

]]> by: anuj http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1160 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:53:15 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/jhoom-barabar-jhoom/#comment-1160 hey glad you liked it. makes me want to see it. everybody else was so negative. I am a big admirer of saathiya and Bunty aur Bubli as well. Also please don't mind but I thought people with young babies cant really go out to watch movies. Am happy am wrong. This must be an american thing, not an indian one. hey glad you liked it. makes me want to see it. everybody else was so negative. I am a big admirer of saathiya and Bunty aur Bubli as well. Also please don’t mind but I thought people with young babies cant really go out to watch movies. Am happy am wrong. This must be an american thing, not an indian one.

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