Jab tak hai patience

Jab tak hai jaan has all the masala ingredients that define a present day bollywood movie - two ultra glamorous heroines, bollywood’s biggest heartthrob (not mine though) in two versions, one, the young carefree boy next door with his trademark guitar in hands and the other older rough and tough guy with a well built body showing off through tight fitting tees, a stubble and no expressions, a story spanning three exotic countries, fantastic cinematography, songs that make you humm and few well planned emotional dialogues. But what it lacks is pure logic. Many questions remain unanswered, like what exactly is SRK doing in London (of all places)?, why Anupam Kher, who wants his daughter to learn speaking Punjabi, wants her to get married to a firangi? how a 28+ man with no background training gets selected as the chief of bomb disposing squad? how can a person discover self in a pub amidst a group of almost naked dancing drug addicts? what exactly is Anoushka doing moving about with the 4 soldiers 24x7 other than irritating them? why doesnt katrina’s father make any attempt to get her married in those ten years? etc etc etc. SRK looks as usual, gives the same expressions he has been giving in every romantic film since the last..what, twenty years? i guess so. There is a very fine line between bubbly and irritating, and unfortunately anoushka sharma manages to cross that line. Katrina is okay...but still her hindi dialogues seem forced. The characters of anupam kher, neetu singh, rishi kapoor are a waste. the end has been stretched till our patience snaps. Overall, this is not a trademark ’Yash chopra’ movie. I would suggest, if you want to pay him a tribute, watch DDLJ again, rather than wasting time and money on JTHJ.