Review of Jab Tak Hai Jaan

Release Date - 13'th November 2012

One Word which describes the film - Fairy tale

Best  Dialogue –
" Pyar ke samne to rab bhi jhuk jata hai ,
ye to waqt tha ,use to badalna hi tha "

Genre - Romance

Story -  Aditya Chopra


Direction -  Yash Chopra

Producer –  Aditya Chopra


Cast- Shahrukh Khan , Katrina Kaif , Anushka Sharma

Budget - 50 crores 


It was love at first sight for Shahrukh when he saw Katrina running towards the church  . Such is the beauty of Yash Chopra's heroines  that once the fairy tale romance starts it lasts for a life time. 
Even in the starting of the film Anushka's entry in a bikini got more whistles than Shahrukh defusing a bomb.

The best part about the film is that the story is written in such a way that every scene which is shown in the first part is linked with the second part . There is no scene which is  not related to the story which I think is an example of a good screenplay. 
Though people think that the film is a bit long and the story was illogical but Yash Chopra is known for creating a world of fantasy , ultra rich people who believe in love. The film has some beautiful shots of Ladakh and London . 

Shahrukh as fearless Major Samar ,confidently defusing bombs was good. Near climax when he  gives his identification to a British police officer as " Major Samar Anand, Indian Army " he looked perfect for the role. 

He as a 20's something waiter romancing the beautiful ,ultra rich and college topper Katrina was a bit hard to digest. There is a dance sequence with underground dancers - Ishq Shava
 ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T-SRndOz3U  ) 
where we wished it was Hrithik matching steps with the graceful , carefree and energetic Katrina . 
Shahrukh has always  been known as the king of the romance but in this film the passion he expresses with his eyes was missing. 

Katrina as the girl who firmly believes in Jesus Christ has given an outstanding performance . In some romantic scenes she was even better than Shahrukh . When she says that "roz uski lambi umar ke  liye pray karti and roz  thoda thoda marti " we get a feel of the never ending love which is mostly found in films and novels these days.

Anushka is getting lots of praises for her role of a vibrant and bubbely girl who represent the new generation where makeups and breakups follow each other . She says to SRK "tumhare jaisa lover meri generation main to milega nahi "  unconsciously highlighting the difference in their ages.  
  
Rishi Kapoor has just one scene in the film but he proves why he was famous as the romantic hero of the 80's . When he says  "wo hamara waqt nahi tha par iska matlab ye nahi ki hamara ishq galat tha "  we can feel his love .  

The AR Rahman-Gulzar combination fail to impress. The love songs  sound melodious while they play on the screen, but they do not stay with us after the film ends.



Those who have seen the film can check this hilarious link - http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jab-tak-hai-jaan-10-important-life-lessons-from-the-film/305521-8-66.html

In a line  if you believe in love  you have to see this Yash Chopra film in theater . After all we owe this to the man who made us believe that Love is larger than life  .One time must watch.