Shaad Ali

After all the hype created (the staff at a local multiplex was dressed up in the movie costume) and fueled by the Daler Mehndi controversy, Shaad Ali Sahgal’s (Saathiya, Bunty Aur Babli) latest film Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (Dance Baby Dance) turned out to be an all-gloss-no-substance film. Neither a romantic comedy nor a musical, basically there’s no story to be told here per se. Expectations from Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’s music were heightened after their previous hit with Bunty Aur Babli (remember Kajra Re) but they fail to make hearts go Dhadak dhadak this time. And Amitabh, he’s been wasted. Wearing a colorful tapestry coat with a feather hat, strumming a strange guitar and prancing to the title song at a railway station, with dancers juggling around. Ultimately, by not uttering a single sentence in the movie, we are left wondering what role was Amitji enacting anyway?

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