{"id":754,"date":"2006-11-29T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-29T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2006\/11\/review-jaan-e-man-2.html"},"modified":"2023-01-27T16:20:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T21:20:17","slug":"review-jaan-e-man-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2006\/11\/review-jaan-e-man-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Review : Jaan-e-man"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Rating : Above average (3.3\/5)
\nGenre : Romance \/ Comedy
\nYear : 2006
\nRunning time : 2 hours 47 minutes
\nDirector : Shirish Kunder
\nCast : Anupam Kher, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaan-e-man : New approach to old romance !
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\nDon and Jaan-e-man released around the same time. And with all the hoopla going around, comparing Don vs. Jaan-e-man, I was expecting well, a fairly decent film. Not that it is not \u2013 it\u2019s just that this doesn\u2019t even come close to Don. Don, with all it\u2019s flaws is definitely the better film. On the other hand it\u2019s probably not fair to compare apples to oranges \u2013 so will desist on commenting on this any further.<\/p>\n

The story is old, and often told and tried in various formulaic Bollywood films. So what makes Kunder\u2019s debut film any different ? The treatment. Kunder takes this ordinary love story, locates it halfway across the world, and gives to it a stage-like musical feel. With all the attention to detail, lighting (watch out for the changing lights to accentuate atmosphere) and effects (shattering glass in the background during high-pitched emotional scenes), Jaan-e-man separates itself from the usual, weepy, dramatic love stories.<\/p>\n

Suhaan Kapoor is a down-and-out actor, divorced from wife Piya (Preity). He also has huge alimony problems, and is sorting these out with his uncle Boney (Kher as a dwarf), when the solution to his problems presents itself. The solution is Agastya Rao, an ex-collegemate who still pines for Pia inspite of the fact that he knows she loves someone else. Suhaan and Boney think that if they can get Piya hitched to financially successful Agastya, Suhaan\u2019s alimony woes will be over. Thus Suhaan plays Cupid (albeit hidden) and gives Agastya an education on winning Piya\u2019s love. However there\u2019s another contender for Piya\u2019s affections . .<\/p>\n

Now with the story going the way it was, it struck me that (call it weird) that this could be a \u201cSixth Sense\u201d spin-off, with Salman being the ghost \u2013 dead husband looking after living ex-wife etc. However, it didn\u2019t work out that way, but it could have added an interesting surprise to the whole love tale.<\/p>\n

While I could call the film mediocre, there were some scenes that were really touching and well-done, like the one where Salman in New York phones up his uncle to tell him that the mission is accomplished, and weeps. Preity has not much to do save look pretty and emote an occasional scene. Akshay Kumar, playing the part of nerdy intellectual Agastya, goes to town with his geeky laugh. He looks good, but then he always looks good. This is Salman\u2019s film, where he gets to do it all, sing, dance, romance, weep \u2013 the whole works. He does it well too. However I must say that with increasing age and girth, the same old, cutesy sighs and gestures don\u2019t sit as well on him as they used to. Kher has an annoying role – that of the dwarf Boney. Boney\u2019s super-sensitive about being a \u201cbauna\u201d, and the film has several un-PC jokes about this, which I found un-funny and off-color. What is it with desi directors \u2013 you\u2019ve only got to be fat, short or gay and it\u2019s open season on you ?<\/p>\n

The songs are OK, two being outstanding. The script and screenplay are average, and the story as I said was old and worn. Inspite of Kunder\u2019s innovative approach, I\u2019d still rate this film average. I mean, everything\u2019s good and all, but the movie doesn\u2019t give me the warm, fuzzy feeling that romantic flicks should. It could be the actors (Salman\u2019s running over people on the road doesn\u2019t much endear himself) or the general inspid been-there-done-that feel the film has.<\/p>\n

An OK watch , but wait for the DVD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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