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By Joginder Tuteja, June 27, 2008 - 15:36 IST
MOVIE DETAILS
Cast: Mimoh Chakraborty, Vivana, Zulfi Syed, Rahul Dev
Director: Raj N Sippy
Producer: Nawman Malik, Salman Malik
Music: Anand Raj Anand, Bappa Lahri, Vijay Verma
Lyrics: Ranbir Pushp, Virag Mishra, Anand Raj Anand
THE FILM
'Par Jimmy Can Dance Saala!'
That's all you say to yourself once you are through watching 2 hours of Jimmy. No, let me not say (just like 99% reviewers said after the release of this Mimoh Chakraborty launch pad) that Jimmy is an ordeal. In fact, it is so clichéd, so contrived, so dumb, so predictable, so formulaic, so etc. etc. etc., that it is fun!
Fun, because you know what's going to happen next. Fun, because overall acting by majority of people who share screen space is so bad that you end up laughing all the time. Fun, because the look is so tacky that you wonder whether Mimoh's school friends would have come up with a better home video. Fun, because there are sequences where the protagonist escapes from jail only to start dancing in front of a crowd of 200 odd people. Fun, because the cop (played by Shakti Kapoor) keeps asking the hapless heroine - "Tumne 'L' Lagaya?" (By the way, by L, he means the 'Learning' symbol on front and rear car window!)
So you get the point, right? It is fun because it is so bad.
It is one of those bad movies that you want to sit with a bunch of friends and have a hearty laugh. And laughs there are a plenty. In fact, from start to finish. From the moment Mimoh utters his first dialogue and screams - "Yes, I am a murderer" to the famous last words by the villain - "Do I Look Like A Rejected Man" (I am still reeling with the laughter - the villain is so bad, it makes yesteryear villain Joginder worry about the 'Best Ham' award slipping away from his showcase)!
There are shades of Shahenshah (yes, you read it right!) about a father committing suicide and the 'beta' working hard to get the 'kalank' out (this time around his job is to make him 'karz-mukt'). There is an obvious Majboor hangover (Protagonist suffers from brain tumor? Hello, he doesn't). Papa's Pyaar Jhukta Nahin makes a comeback too ('Jitna hamara ek raat ka dinner bill hota hai utni to tumhaari ek maheene ki kamai nahin'). And guess what, even Ajay Jadeja's Khel isn't left behind (the 'dost-dost na raha' stuff, you know!)
With so much fun in the happening, one almost ignores Mimoh till he starts burning the dance floor. Mimoh can dance well in the opening sequence. Mimoh can dance well during his practice sessions (but why is he dancing so much, isn't he a DJ). Mimoh can dance well while wooing his girl friend. Mimoh can dance well even on the run. Mimoh can dance kabhi bhi, kahin bhi, kaise bhi!
But acting?
Seriously, if not for being a star son, Mimoh would have been dismissed after perhaps 7 days of work on sets. He just hasn't cared much about his dressing, styling, hair and the worst of all, his voice. And to think of it, even a youngster (who isn't required to mouth a single dialogue) dancing in the fourth row from front would have taken care of these aspects. So what's the only really positive thing that one can exclaim after watching Jimmy?
'Par Jimmy Can Dance Saala!'
PACKAGING
The film comes in a standard local plastic case which doesn't cost more than Rs. 5 in a local market!
DURATION
The film comes in a single DVD pack with the film's duration being 114 minutes.
SPECIAL FEATURES
The DVD doesn't come with any special features.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
- 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
- Subtitles in English, German, Arabic, French, Dutch (Surprising, because are the makers actually expecting to explore international market with Jimmy?)
- Dolby Digital 5.1 and Stereo
PRICE
Rs. 199/=
CONCLUSION
Aur kya bataein Jimmy ke baare mein! It is one of those films where one tends to exclaim - 'Picture ka koyi sar-pair hai ya nahin'. And the moment you settle down to the fact (within 10 minutes of the film) that there are only two choices that you can make - a) Squirm in your seat and curse Raj N Sippy or b) Laugh at the sheer stupidity of the plot, you but obviously settle down for option b.
 
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