Jab Tak Hai
Jaan – The Ultimate Love Story
Cast :- Shah Rukh Khan (as Samar)
Katrina Kaif (as Meera)
Anushka Sharma (as Akira)
Anupam Kher
Rishi Kapoor
Neetu Kapoor
Katrina Kaif (as Meera)
Anushka Sharma (as Akira)
Anupam Kher
Rishi Kapoor
Neetu Kapoor
Director :- Yash Chopra
Words will not do justice to
the swan song of a great filmmaker, but one has to try. So here it goes.
Some people really know how to make a film. Jab Tak Hai Jaan (JTHJ) is Yash Chopra’s last film as director and it’s a film rich in philosophy, poetic love and honest emotions. Like any piece of commercial cinema, it has its cinematic liberties and plot holes. But the sum of it is an old school love story that weaves its magic on the tender hearts of die-hard romantics. The King of romance lives up to his epithet.
Some people really know how to make a film. Jab Tak Hai Jaan (JTHJ) is Yash Chopra’s last film as director and it’s a film rich in philosophy, poetic love and honest emotions. Like any piece of commercial cinema, it has its cinematic liberties and plot holes. But the sum of it is an old school love story that weaves its magic on the tender hearts of die-hard romantics. The King of romance lives up to his epithet.
The film is based on the
love story of Samar Anand (ShahRukh Khan) and Meera (Katrina Kaif), about how
they fall in love,then get separated & then again patch up with lots of
twists and turns. The film starts off in London where Samar is a desi boy
desperate to earn an honest living in a foreign land. He runs into the
ravishing Meera who entrusts all her faith in Jesus. Samar helps Meera get over
her pent up anxieties and in the process they fall in love. And just when you
think the film’s running into the oh-we’ve-seen-that-before territory a twist
separates the lovers. SRK’s forced to move to India where he runs into the
boisterous Akira. Akira’s daredevil personality and spirit impresses Samar. But
of course she’s alive and happening because she loves him.
The story seems like a
run-of-the-mill love triangle but there’s more to their dilemma than just the
obvious. You don’t have melodramatic and unreal sacrifices or two women
competing to woo their man. Instead you get a mature sense of camaraderie
between the characters. And some master class writing where the same-old
same-old “yadaash kho jaana” is crafted in the form of retrograde amnesia.
A.R.Rahman’s music at the
background adds a touch of magic to the film.
JTHJ is (according to me)
the best Romantic cinema made in this Generation. A hallmark film. A must-watch
film.
The film should get minimum
4/5 at the critic’s corner.
