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Movie Review: Yeh Hai Jalwa
Starring: Salman Khan, Amisha, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Rinke Khanna, Sharad Kapoor
and Rati
Agnihotri.
Producer: Ketan Desai
Director: David Dhawan
Genre: Emotional comedy drama
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Director David Dhawan has lost his magic
touch. YHJ starring Salman Khan and Amisha Patel proves that sans Govinda,
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filmmaker is at a loss for making an
entertainer. The film is a boring senseless story of a son trying to find his
presumed-dead father,played by an over-the-hill Rishi Kapoor.
The film revolves around a happy-go-lucky guy, Raju (Salman Khan), whose life takes
a twist when he discovers that he is the illegitimate son of UK-based businessman, Rajesh
Mittal (Rishi Kapoor). All this while he thought his father was dead but when he
learns of his existence, Raju sets off to London to claim his rightful place in the Mittal
family. Meanwhile, Rajesh Mittal is a happily married man with wife Smita (Rati
Agnihotri) and daughter Rinkie (Rinkie Khanna) and Raju''s |
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unexpected visit leads to a series of
problems in the Mittal household. While Raju is busy trying to make a place for himself in
his adamant father''s heart, he also finds a soul mate in Sonia (Amisha Patel),
with whom he does bump and grind whenever he gets free time. And though he is heartbroken
to discover his father has another picture perfect family, he resolves to stay on, get
close with his stepfamily and gain legitimacy.
Sadly for producer Ketan Desai who has a lot at stake with this film, YHJ
lacks everything required top make it a hit film. Salman Khan looks disinterested
through the film and his continuity is awful. In |
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some scenes, he sports long hair while in a
few he is bald, unsuccessfully wearing a cap to hide his pate. Also, he makes such weird
faces in name of comedy that he falls flat on his ageing face. Amisha looks good but has
no role; shes only there to dance on the streets of London. Sanjay Dutt is wasted in
a special appearance, so are Rinke Khanna, Sharad Kapoor and Rati Agnihotri. Rishi Kapoor
is good as the father but cannot do much to lift this sinking ship. Technically, Himmesh
Reshammiyas music is awful. Excepting the title track, which is so-so, the rest of
the songs are rubbish. The cinematography is mediocre; the dialogues are crass and the
direction lacks the finesse and spontaneity of previous Dhawan movies. Overall, YHJ
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classes nor the thrills for the masses. The film is sure to be
rejected by the audience, wholl find no Jalwa in this disastrous Salman Khan caper. |
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