Do not dare to complain. You had seen it coming. Didn’t the character of
Salman Khan warn you in the promos itself that “Aam Aadmi ek sota hua Sher hai,
ungli mat kar…jag gaya toh cheer-phaad dega”? Only problem is that the film in
question JAI HO decides to take the same salient statement in a very literal
sense and not in what it actually intended to be.
So, this ‘Aam Aadmi’ stands nowhere near the classification of a common
man, projected & presented well in recent Delhi state elections. But this
common man played by the mass hysteria Salman Khan, largely called as ‘Bhai’
does have an overcrowded family with mother & sister ready to participate
wholeheartedly in the proceedings as soft targets of evil forces…and whenever
that happens, ‘Bhai’ takes a drastic transformation from ‘Being human’ to
‘Being SUPER human’ with the immense power of an incredible hulk like creature
who roars loud to deafen your ears, nails his teeth deep in the veins of his
enemies and even goes shirtless to make his fans go wild and frenzy over his
gigantic stature.
An official remake of Chiranjeevi Starrer Telugu blockbuster ‘STALIN’, again
a inspired version of Hollywood drama PAY IT FORWARD, Sohail Khan’s JAI HO
[earlier titled as MENTAL] is a film good at heart because of the social
message it carries to help out at least three people instead just saying a
‘thank you’ in return of anyone’s help but turns sore, cliché & tiresome
with the route it takes to communicate the same. When it is good, it is as
sugary as Sooraj Barjatya’s heavily traditional family entertainers. When it is
bad, it is as unendurable as Prabhu Dheva’s mindless action-thrillers. Avid
movie-watchers can vouch for the both being a non-entertainer.
And then the regular dosage of absolutely inane & offensive jokes! Calling
names like ‘Chhota Chooha’ when our leading lady sees a bathing kid without
clothes and to make it equal, the kid calling her ‘Pinky’ as, in one of her odd
days, she somehow authenticates wearing pink colour undergarments, if this is
the height of efforts to make us laugh, I refuse and retaliate to be
entertained. Trust me; soon you’ll hear these terms in your zone and Mr. Khan
will not be there to protect you with his own fans.
JAI HO is one such film where actors on screen for lesser time look less
exasperating than others, to earn comparatively less disapproval and more
regards for their ‘short & sweet’ performances. You see so much of known
faces in every character on screen that if I put their full names in written
here, a 1-page review would need at least 20-odd pages of a coffee-table book
to fit in and that in case when their performances don’t bring much to say.
Tabu makes a comeback sort and is good to see but definitely deserves
better writing support to match her skills. Nadira Babbar is known for her
excellence in theatre but as the mother, she only earns yawns here. Pathetic is
the word. Daisy Shah doesn’t get much to appreciate than her dancing skills in
the introduction scene. One powerhouse of talent is the Child Artist Naman
Jain. See his confidence in comic timings to believe.
And now the man himself! Well, Salman is Salman. No one plays him better
than he himself. He does things he believes in. His self-indulgence shows on
screen and that is what his fans love to watch. Who am I to come between the
God and his die-hard followers? All I can say to rest my case is that JAI HO is
a confused platter of spicy southern curries with extra-mild Jain recipes.
Better avoid ordering! [2/5]
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