I got to know that Jai Ho is a remake of Telugu Mega Blockbuster movie "Stalin" .. I was excited . Imagining Salman in a role which MegaStar Chiranjeevi donned with super masala action , sentiment and philosophy mixed .. I couldn't ask for more from Salman .. The ticket windows opened and I booked a ticket for the early morning show .
As I have already watched the original (Mr. Muruguadoss ?) telugu movie Stalin , I tried my best not to compare Jai ho with Stalin . I failed but so did Mr. Sohail Khan .
Salman Khan in another larger than life character called Jai Agnihotri (must have chosen agnihotri as a surname for the amount of anger he has) , a suspended ex-arm man now a mechanic . Remember only two scenes show him so , rest of the movie he is either dropping his nephew or goes to his elder sister's place or roams with his friends . Nadira Babbar his mother , Tabu as his elder sister in a underperformed role & Naman jain as his nephew (Jhangiya of Chillar Party fame) is impressive . Who is the heroine ? wait lemme check the wiki . Yeah Daisy Shah . She looked impressive in parts .. doubtful of a bright future (Read Zarine Khan ) . Rest all just come and go . You can see a lot of known faces who are out of the field . Suniel Shetty in a guest appearance . Seems like his scenes are taken from deleted scenes of Border .
Salman is a very helpful , honest and a good citizen . He helps people . He gets into trouble because of a politician on one occasion . The rest of the story is how he emerges out of all the troubles . ( Just by removing his shirt and fighting with all his muscles ;0 ) He realizes that people are not helping each other . So there are exactly 3 scenes where he helps Genelia d'souza (his nephew's history teacher who writes some exam in the same school where she teaches lol) , he helps nauheed cyrusi who is know to his elder sister and tulpi joshi by getting her baby back who has been taken by a beggar from the car . Apparently she has left the baby in the car while going to take some medicines from a medical shop . I will definitely not leave my kid in the car at any cost unless it's raining (it was raining in the telugu film lol again) . Tulip you definitely don't deserve the baby back .
So he helps people who are not strangers but known to him and when they say Thanks in return he asks them to help 3 more people and tell them to help 3 more people whenever they can . You might ask why just 3 ? just for a scene where they tell tulip and co how it would form a chain . 3x3 - 9 , when these 9 help another 3 thats 27 .. the calculation goes on till crores and everyone in that scene is like wow .. amazing . The bummer is that Ashmit patel gives the correct calculations even before salman could ask how much is 59049 x 3 .. Ashmit is both a doctor and maths professor here .. i definitely use a calculator for something more than multiplies of 10 . What are they doing in India ?
So this chain spreads like a wild fire ( only we don't know that it's spread like a wild fire until the climax ) and in the end this deed of helping people only helps salman reach the hospital in an auto . I thought Autos don't fly after Dadar and this particular auto is on the pune express highway . What an ignoramus i am after being in Mumbai for almost a decade .
What I liked - Salman Khan , Salman Khan , Salman Khan , Action Sequences , Apna Kaam banta song .
What Disappointed me or made me laugh -
1. A very very bad making . Seemed like it was directed by an amateur .
2. Having Salman Khan in your film you can do wonders . The introduction of Salman is very bad . Expected More .
3. A very wrong ensemble of cast . No one could add some weight or depth to their characters or to the movie . Danny & Tabu pass the buck but not unto the mark . Genelia D'souza donning the role of a handicapped is commendable but she shouldn't have done that . Sharad Kapoor wasted .
4. Songs are a big let down except Apna kaam banta .
Can someone tell me why Salman and team didn't take Mohnish Behl the CM of Maharashtra to an hospital when he is stabbed and instead took him in an ambulance to some old factory ? In Telugu film they have explained that properly . Ashmit Patel out of the blue does the doctor thing in the ambulance . Not properly established that he is a doctor or chances are that I slept . Which Army officer puts his TV on while having a meeting with his subordinates . Suniel shetty is with his subordinates in some kind of a meeting and the TV is playing the news and suddenly he hears about Salman Khan and sets off to his rescue . Rescue with what ? An Army Tank boss .. fucked my brains totally .. He just comes at the end with an army tank and what he does , crashes a car which is about hit salman . Bloody so much for saving a hero dude . Well , Salman is shot in the chest , stabbed in his stomach and stabbed again in his back .. but he still fights . Though we got used to this mockery of cinematic liberties , this is getting hysterical .
One friend of mine told me in childhood that "Expectations is the root cause of all disappointments in life " and not to have expectations from people . I try to follow that in my personal life but movies , I didn't . Henceforth I will try not to expect but can't really promise .
Sohai and Salman must have really thought "Apna kaam banta , bhaad main jaaye janta " hence made this film . Opening main hi kamaa lenge na bhai .. by the time the verdict is out .. they have their money
Wait for a month and watch it on Colors with lots of ad breaks .
JAI HO … DEFEATED & BEATEN TO DEATH
