I saw Jaanemann after Don and I must say I enjoyed it.
But as I always say why drag it on for almost 3 hrs .... when a tight 2hrs 20 min would have been more than enough. The story is the eternal love triangle but done in a fresh and innovative way by the first time director Kunder. He uses a novel approach with innovative flashbacks and song sequences to tell the story. The first song with Salman was well picturised and was used as a means to tell the flashback without boring the viewer. Flashback scenes were nicely done and using perspectives of all the three main players. Also had a couple of nice twists, one of them in the second half was especially good in providing a valid reason behind the changing relationship between salman and preity.
The acting... for me the most likable was Akshay with his goofy laugh. Excellent acting and get up for the nerdy role. PLus excellent chemistry with Salman Khan. But Salman was also quite good and don't be fooled... this is a salman khan movie all the way. He changed gears nicely playing the college rocker then the no-good husband/akshays mentor and finally the reformed husband with elan. He even cried and looked sad through out the latter half without going over the top. Is it me or did Preity Zinta have nothing to do in this movie except look great in her western outfits and appear in all the songs.. i did not think so. In one of the songs they used a cardboard cutout of hers and i think it would have played her role in the rest of the movie as well.
MInor spoiler - Why oh Why did Anupam Kher have to play a midget and why did he have to have a double role... one role could have been played by another actor and there was no need for a midget at all. It was a bit cheap plus it did not look even remotely convincing as Kamal Hassan's midget act in '' Appu Raja'' almost 15 yrs ago. PLus why do all the foreigners in the movie speak with an Aussie accent if they are supposedly in New York? Music was melodious.. good qawwali type number and the song 'Ajeeb' was pretty good. Song picturisation was the usual New York thing although the first song was done in the old Hollywood musical style with some beautiful and elaborate sets.
Shirish Kunder wore many hats for this production as he was in charge of direction, story, dialogues, and editing. Probably the one that did not stand up to the test was editing which by the way was how he made his living before this movie.... could have trimmed another 20 minutes from the movie easily by getting rid of most of the midget. Anyway he has done his best to make a different product and I'm sure he'll do better in other projects. He did go a bit overboard with the CGI in some scenes but kudos to him and best of luck for the future.
This movie is definitely worth a watch.
But as I always say why drag it on for almost 3 hrs .... when a tight 2hrs 20 min would have been more than enough. The story is the eternal love triangle but done in a fresh and innovative way by the first time director Kunder. He uses a novel approach with innovative flashbacks and song sequences to tell the story. The first song with Salman was well picturised and was used as a means to tell the flashback without boring the viewer. Flashback scenes were nicely done and using perspectives of all the three main players. Also had a couple of nice twists, one of them in the second half was especially good in providing a valid reason behind the changing relationship between salman and preity.
The acting... for me the most likable was Akshay with his goofy laugh. Excellent acting and get up for the nerdy role. PLus excellent chemistry with Salman Khan. But Salman was also quite good and don't be fooled... this is a salman khan movie all the way. He changed gears nicely playing the college rocker then the no-good husband/akshays mentor and finally the reformed husband with elan. He even cried and looked sad through out the latter half without going over the top. Is it me or did Preity Zinta have nothing to do in this movie except look great in her western outfits and appear in all the songs.. i did not think so. In one of the songs they used a cardboard cutout of hers and i think it would have played her role in the rest of the movie as well.
MInor spoiler - Why oh Why did Anupam Kher have to play a midget and why did he have to have a double role... one role could have been played by another actor and there was no need for a midget at all. It was a bit cheap plus it did not look even remotely convincing as Kamal Hassan's midget act in '' Appu Raja'' almost 15 yrs ago. PLus why do all the foreigners in the movie speak with an Aussie accent if they are supposedly in New York? Music was melodious.. good qawwali type number and the song 'Ajeeb' was pretty good. Song picturisation was the usual New York thing although the first song was done in the old Hollywood musical style with some beautiful and elaborate sets.
Shirish Kunder wore many hats for this production as he was in charge of direction, story, dialogues, and editing. Probably the one that did not stand up to the test was editing which by the way was how he made his living before this movie.... could have trimmed another 20 minutes from the movie easily by getting rid of most of the midget. Anyway he has done his best to make a different product and I'm sure he'll do better in other projects. He did go a bit overboard with the CGI in some scenes but kudos to him and best of luck for the future.
This movie is definitely worth a watch.