The routine involves going off for a little quiet time for himself after having stared death in the face, but this time round got rudely interrupted by the vivacious Akira Rai (Anushka Sharma), who is adamant to get a stint with Discovery Channel, and chanced upon Samar's diary of sorts which got left behind.Īnd this natural flashback provided a look into the Major's past before his army career, being a multiple job holder in London in order to make ends meet, from shoveling of snow to the waiting on tables, to being a fishmonger, and busking in the streets. Some call him the man without fear, while others coin the term the man who cannot die, because his job is high risk, but he doesn't take the necessary precautions. We see Major Samar Anand (Shah Rukh Khan) being the shining star of the Indian Army's bomb disposal unit, clocking almost close to a hundred IED diffusion and doing so in daredevil fashion. Nicely crafted into a solid three act structure lasting close to three hours, this film takes its time to put its three main characters through the paces, allowing emotional investment into all of them, that reap benefits when you too get drawn into their plight, and wonder how the chess pieces would move for the best possible outcome. A posthumous release that was already intended for a Diwali release this year, this movie has all the elements that are hallmark of the director, reuniting with his leading man Shah Rukh Khan to whom he gave a breakthrough, and pairing him up for the first time with red hot Bollywood IT girl Katrina Kaif, and YRF's prodigy Anushka Sharma in her second feature with SRK after Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.Īnd what a sprawling love epic this is, spanning two different decades with the promise of a romance that goes unrequited on either end, combined with plenty of lovelorn moments that would keep you guessing who will end up with whom if at all, in this romantic triangle that only Yash Chopra can weave, and yet enticing you to hang in there even if you've seen almost all of his works. But I'm not going to spoil them for you : you need to experience the hilarity first hand.The Yash Raj Films brand has been synonymous with quality romances that are as melodramatic as they are tear-jerking, and Jab Tak Hai Jaan is no different, what more with the late legendary Yash Chopra at the helm to direct what would be his last film, meant to celebrate his 50th anniversary milestone in Bollywood. There are also a few laugh out loud sequences while sundry bombs are being disposed, a few more which involve the Indian army going about its business, and others which escalate in the second half. So you don't quite get a 'main kahaan hoon, main kaun hoon' kind of solemnly-intoned 'retrograde amnesia', but it's close.
But the film bumps along the twists that are telegraphed miles ahead, the plot-holes loom larger and larger as the clunky plot progresses, and it gets stuck in the oldest shtick in the world : a lead character suffers from a bang on the head, twice, and, believe it or faint, memory loss. In the second half, he plays a dishy stubbled bomb disposal expert in Ladakh and the Kashmir valley, being stalked by gutsy Dilli girl Akira who is dying to be a reporter with the Discovery channel.Īditya Chopra's story had potential for a solidly detailed telling, and it should have turned into a crackling romance in his father's seasoned hands. He oscillates between London and Leh, and between the rich miss Meera Thapar ( Kaif) and the spunky go-getter Akira Rai ( Sharma) : the London-Meera axis happens pre-interval, with Samar shuttling between being a busker with a yen for sufi ditties, a waiter and a supermarket assistant, and romancing his pretty lass on the side. Samar Anand ( SRK) has two lives, and two ladies. The story may be set in today's times, but the theme is vintage Yash Chopra, wherein true love happens only once in a lifetime, and it trumps all else. 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' has released, in old YRF tradition, on Deepawali, but what the title manages to say pithily takes the fllm nearly three very long hours, and the pay-off isn't as sweet as it should have been. The title of Yash Chopra's swan-song has a retrospective bitter-sweetness to it : the veteran director did not live to see his film in the theatres. Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma
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