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I will post my review here too:

Ok I went to the cinema with some of my family members and the cinema hall was completely houseful. Never witnessed such a energy full audience. Everyone had a fantastic time.

Now back to the movie.

It starts with Yash Chopra's voice in the background and a picture of him. After that we see SRK and everyone in the cinema goes crazy. The movie begins with him in Ladakh. I HAVE TO GO TO LADAKH AFTER SEEING THIS MOVIE, SO BEAUTIFUL PLACE WOW <3

SRK looks the best in uniform no one looks as hot and perfect as him in uniform WOW. we see him there as a bomb expert and he is so convincing in that. His passion for acting is amazing and very admirable. Then Anushka comes and I liked her in this part of the movie but after the London portion is done and we go back to kashmir then from that point and till end I didn't like anushka's character. It was from thne on exactly like her other characters and at some points she overreacted but it wasn't a bad performance. She was fine, just nothing new.

So when anushka gets the book then we get to know about srk and katrina's love story. OMG the story is just so fantastic and beautiful, it kept me on the edge of my seat through out. The first scene of srk and katrina starts from the snow place where kat goes to the church. She was so fantastic in that church scene wow and her hindi has become so good. This is Katrina's most natural performances ever, she is so graceful in the movie. And she is the classic yash chopra heroine, she completely does justice to the yash chopra heroine. From start to end you will see katrina only as yash chopra heroine. This was her thoughest role ever, and for the first time she did amazingly well with the emotional scenes. I loved how the girls in this movie was even realistic with the emotional scenes, there is no crying out loud for 10 minutes or screaming etc. its very simple and natural emotions. I really loved that. Katrina was perfect as Meera, no one could have played the role so perfectly. My favorite scenes of her was the church scenes, the train scene with srk, the scenes with neetu and the climax scene. After this movie people will indeed say that she has proved she is a great actor. Not just the acting but also the dancing was beyond impressive. Watch out for ishq dance and ishq shava, katrina kaif is the best dancer in bollywood. The ishq dance portion gave me goose bumps. Especially the solo stuff of her and the ending where she does a chartwheel on srk's back and gets up on his shoulders and does that beautifully pose WOW. Also she looked the best in this movie, so beautiful and elegant. I am so proud of her.

SRK was also amazing. He is the king of romance. He did amazingly well through out. And even in this age he looked so hot and amazing. The army look was perfect and also the london portions he looked amazing there too. After this movie he became my most favorite actor. I loved how intense he was during the bomb stuff, and he was so passionately in love with katrina. His eyes did say so much and his voice is just wow.

And srk and katrina's chemistry is beyond words. I am a die hard rankat fan but I have to admit that katrina's best chemistry till date is with srk. They looked heavenly together and they complement each other so well. Their chemistry was so sizzling hot in the first portion of the london portion it was so sexy. In the 2nd half they really looked like a married couple so magical. Ahh I hope they do more movie. It's not just katrina's best pairing but also srks I would say, for the first time he makes a sexy and hot pair with an actress and yet they also look elegant and cute together.

On the whole all 3 characters were amazing and you will forget the actors and only see the characters.

Also loved the cameos of anupam kher, neetu singh and rishi ji.

The cinematography is admirable, the music is amazing, the locations are very impressive, the dialogues are touching and the story is the best.

This movie is very simple, everything you will see is very natural, you won't see any loud drama or loud emotions, no one is screaming/crying etc. in fact even when they cry then they only have small tears in eyes it's very simple and natural I really loved that.

The story is so our generation. Yashji has really captured our generation so well. The contrasts in the movie is just amazing: believers in religion vs. non believers in religion, idealism vs. realism, love vs. responsibilities, commitments etc.

The movie has repeat value and I am going to watch it again tomorrow. It's the best movie I have ever seen. Katrina Kaif is the surprise package for me because it's her best performance in her career till date, she for the first time did so well with the emotions and was so natural really loved it. SRK like always is perfect in romance. Ishq shava and Saans so so so beautiful. Story amazing.

The best movie I have ever seen.

I will give it 5 out of 5.

THANK YOU YASHJI FOR THIS LOVELY MOVIE. I will always cherish it.

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Jab Tak Hai Jaan: Yash Chopra's immortal love story

By Gaurav Malani, TNN | Nov 13, 2012, 04.39 PM IST

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Jab Tak Hai Jaan: Yash Chopra's immortal love story

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Director: Yash Chopra
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma

In contemporary times when, love stories have more or less turned into instant make out and instant breakup escapades and in a generation where sex comes before love, it's heartening to see a full-blown romance saga which has good old values and yet a very modern outlook. Like most love stories, even Jab Tak Hai Jaan has sacrifice and sanctity at its footing yet at no point is it depressing or disheartening. And thereby, the immortal filmmaker Yash Chopra celebrates the true spirit of life.

Shah Rukh Khan continues his cinematic legacy of wooing girls who are already engaged to someone else. So Samar Anand (SRK), a smalltime labour in London and Meera (Katrina Kaif), a millionaire fall for each other. And just when everything seems to be going hunky-dory, a mishap separates the star-crossed lovers, with each longing for the other. Years later, a documentary filmmaker Akira (Anushka Sharma) meets Samar, now a bomb-squad officer in Kashmir. And when Samar comes to London for Akira's film, another fortuity changes his life drastically.

The film starts in a regular romance zone where the lover-boy goes guitar-strumming on London streets, the girl seems confused about her engagement, they cross paths, he teaches her to live life to the fullest, she says she had the best time of life with him andCupid strikes. So far so trite! But the actual story initiates thereafter with faith for God coming into picture and changing the fate of humans. That forms the core-conflict of the film and Yash Chopra brings out the dilemma in the lead pair convincingly enough for you to feel for both and yet not blame either for their outlook.

Aditya Chopra and Devika Bhagat come up with an impeccable screenplay that is well-etched to arrive at a strong interval point and is consistent enough to not lose steam till the very end. With Samar's return to London in the second half, things could have taken a convenient route by unswervingly bringing the ill-fated couple together in some way. But with its layered writing, the narrative takes a different twist altogether. Thereby, like a rich wine, the story takes its time to mature but only gets better over period. At times, the multidimensional narrative might seem spread out but it never wanders aimlessly.

Structurally, the film reminds of Yash Chopra's earlier venture Veer-Zaara where the lead couple is separated by circumstances and another woman is instrumental in bringing them together. Thankfully the inclination to induce a love triangle here isn't taken too far either. When it comes to a love story, Yash Chopra weaves such magic that a mere hug causes more applause than a mass-appealing heroic entry. While the love story is essentially desi at heart, the filmmaker has shown advancement with times in making the chemistry between the lead couple sexier and scrumptious. Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif are simply sizzling!

At the same time the film also has a very progressive point of view. It strongly endorses to have faith in love over fear of God. It puts love before the Lord. The conflict that separates the lovers is so potently plotted initially that there seems to be no antidote to it in the screenplay. Aditya Chopra's well-worded dialogues come to the rescue and make things easier. Also through the sensitive Rishi Kapoor - Neetu Singh cameo, the film spreads the message to set love free. Appreciatively the Kashmir army milieu is only employed for a bomb-diffusing backdrop and not exploited beyond necessary.

Technically the film, like any Yash Raj production, is proficient. Anil Mehta's cinematography is strikingly beautiful. While we have seen enough of lovely London landscapes on Indian screen, it's the pristine Kashmir that catches your eye here. A.R. Rahman's music is pleasing and, like always, takes time to grow on you. In an era of shorthand cinema, the three-hour runtime does seem long enough. But the film's full-scale romance justifies it to an extent.

Shah Rukh Khan is in absolute comfort zone and the audience is as much comfortable in accepting him as the romance king. With a constant smirk on his face, he is charming and more persuasive than his recent wannabe escapades. Yash Chopra gives back the SRK that he had introduced to cinema. Katrina Kaif is not only sexy and stunning but also comes across as a pleasant and convincing actress. She glides effortlessly through her character and scorches the screen with Shah Rukh. Anushka Sharma as the bindaas girl gets kinda over-expressive at times but otherwise has good screen presence. Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh appear in graceful cameos.

Jab Tak Hai Jaan is a sublime story about love and life. They don't make them like that anymore. Yash Chopra will live forever...

Verdict: Very Good

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Film review | Jab Tak Hain Jaan

An overstretched, archaic romance. Shah Rukh Khan is its minor saving grace

Sanjukta Sharma

This birth, next birth. This generation, that generation. That god, this god. Empty, rhetorical conversations with god, garbed as life-affirming faith. Yash Chopra's Jab Tak Hain Jaan has archaic ideas about love and existence, mostly concocted in its regressive characters' heads. Unrequited love hopes for consummation in the next birth. The leading lady is a fatalistic believer in religion and self-denial. For a film spanning three hours, these antics, propelled by passionate love, are sore and laughable. The story of Jab Tak Hain Jaan, written by Aditya Chopra, isn't much of a story—just a patchwork of tried-and-tested situations, revealing any of which will be to kill your thrill of guessing the next predictable turn of events.

The best of talent come together in Yash Chopra's swan song. Gulzar's lyrics, A.R. Rahman's music, Anil Mehta's cinematography, and Hindi cinema's reigning romantic matinee idol Shah Rukh Khan. Chopra has translated romance on to screen lyrically, and there are some of those trademark flourishes—realized in some beautiful scenes—in this tepid and outdated story whose only template is Chopra's earlier films. There is no surprising dimension or nuance to a love story that involves a struggling young Londoner, an odd jobs man who can charm the pants off people with his broken English, who, due to a preposterous twist of fate, becomes an expert in the bomb diffusion squad of the Indian Army (Samar Anand, played by Khan). The wealthy object of affection, with a traumatic childhood, is regressive and unable to take her life in her own hands (Meera, played by Katrina Kaif). The third in a triangle is a 21-year-old documentary film-maker who is wooing the Discovery Channel head honchos with a film on the lover boy who is now the soldier with a tough exterior (Akira, played by Anushka Sharma). Wish fulfilment, really, but not in this film.

There is a crucial hole in the basic template, which Chopra made his own in his long career—poetic, rhapsodic music that beautifies his scenes, even his characters. Rahman's music dilly-dallies along the formulaic and the original; there are flashes of genius in the way he uses voice, but overall the music is remarkably ineffective. Mehta's cinematography—the way he and the director use the locations, London and Ladakh—have the stamp of seasoned hands. Some of the dialogues are memorable.

Towards the end, when the plot is very obviously done with its meanderings, and things head towards a climax, an insufferable number of scenes go into bizarre lovers' exchanges. Fervent sighs and tears encumber these lengthy scenes. Khan's histrionics become tiresome and his familiar weaknesses as an actor are pronounced, overshadowing the spunk and magnetism his persona lends to the role—his reputation as a romantic hero, firmly and unmistakably in a tradition which Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand steered, is intact.

Katrina Kaif is porcelain—cold and without texture. In the best scenes, she is an apparition in white. Anushka Sharma is bundle of nervous energy. No surprises there either, except in the moony scheme of things, she is a vibrant, if not an entirely realistic punctuator.

For Yash Chopra, cinema was about big locations, stars, billowing pallus. He loved the film camera. In his best films, these elements cohered, and added up to a vision. It may have been an idealized vision of love, which Hindi films have always celebrated, and with which Chopra's work almost institutionalized. Jab Tak Hain Jaan is far from the best in that tradition. It is strikingly out of tune with the age, and real emotions. Even seen as a film about extreme characters, there is no originality in the story or its treatment to make it timeless.

Jab Tak Hain Jaan released in theatres on Tuesday.

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First off, let me say this: Yash Chopra was one of Indian cinema's finest. Ranging from the path breaking Deewaar to Lamhe that was well ahead of its time, from the thrilling Ittefaq to the sensitive Veer Zaara, he has left behind a body of work that will serve as the standard representing the decades he worked in. He was the rare filmmaker who moved with the times, refusing to cling to obsolete ideas unlike his contemporaries; disallowing the years to dictate his will and spirit.

You'll see a lot of Chopra in Jab Tak Hai Jaan. He and his writer, son Aditya borrow from their own work generously but seek to keep it contemporary. Take the way the protagonists deal with the God-as-a-character motif ever present in their films. They still stalk ever-empty churches in foreign locales but the patron NRI saint is now referred to as Sir Jesus and the banter irreverent and tearfree.

The leading man and ladies are less prudish than usual (a pole dance in a train? Nice!); even though SRK will always win them over with his charm no matter how much in love or engaged with another man they are (ref: DDLJ, DPTH, VZ, etc.) And finally, the first admission of love now comes in an offhanded, almost casual manner in places you'd never expect: an underground station in London, in the army barracks in Kashmir.

So here SRK sweeps a Rolls Royceriding Katrina Kaif off her feet with his guitar strumming and singing lessons.

In one of the best scenes in the movie, her character Meera lets go of her inhibitions in a surreal underground/graffiti tunnel setting. It's unsettling in a good way; exactly what the makers intended. Of course, a wholly unnecessary song instantly follows this. Oh how the songs bloat the narrative. Halve the number, and JTHJ would've stood its ground.

Meera also loves trading her vices in exchange for favours from Jesus.

And she goes on to make a deal she should've with the devil. She promises (to that figment of her imagination) that she will never see the love of her life again. Cue the Ladakh/army stuff, another girl, a series of repetitive, convenient plot devices derived from sources close to home. That the actors - especially Khan - rise above the writing, is credit to them.

That the whole film hinges on a second-grade-type "god promise" is the old wine here. Not helping matters is the length of almost three hours, two accidents in critical moments, a Karz-type track, tons of lessons in dialogue alone, "nazook mental states", talk of not "crossing the line" physically when the heart has leap-frogged past the finish... The writers have ample opportunities to take a risk, to push the characters into a corner from where they have no outs; but they squander these away and opt instead for fluff and the ordinary. Broad strokes define Jab Tak Hai Jaan. The details are amiss and it doesn't quite come together.

Khan will elicit collective sighs that can spook a population every time he appears with his stubble and army uniform, his clean-shaven, mussed-up hair version in the first half of a flashback is a return to form of sorts and he reminds you of the vintage, impish SRK of yore when he won hearts by bouncing about and charming ladies, old and young alike.

Anushka and Katrina are quickly getting slotted into type: 'bubbly' and 'NRI' respectively.

Yash Chopra's last film, Jab Tak Hai Jaan may not be his finest, but even here we are treated to his willingness to tinker and update his own previous work and beliefs in the telling of his concluding romance. And despite the calculated scripting to evince emotion, the real tears flow when you see him at work in the tribute accompanying the end credit titles. Jab Tak Hai Jaan indeed. Thank you for the entertainment, Mr Chopra.

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Me thinks Katrina Kaif looks the best with @iamsrk. With Salman, not so much. Guess she's realised it too hence the 'big brother' comment.

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Movie review: High on romance SRK's 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' remains far from being a classic

A muddled screenplay and sluggish narrative makes this romance a dull one

Sneha May Francis

Published Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Romance, we are told, can't be willed when we want it to. It has to wait its turn.

Yash Chopra's profound lesson in love is played out obediently by his lovers in 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan', who unquestioningly allow their emotions to be bottled and stored away for over a decade, patiently waiting for destiny to give them another chance.

What takes them over 10 years to discover, takes us three-long hours at the movie hall.

It's a tad tedious, especially when Aditya Chopra's screenplay sluggishly plods along with many inconsequential sub-plots thrown in, twisting fate and our patience tactlessly.

There's even a full-fledged medical drama that unfolds during the second half, only there isn't enough thought that's gone into authenticating it.

While Yash Chopra's signature take on love and passion are evident, it isn't backed by a meaningful, sensitive plot. There's mush alright, but concealed between numerous illogical situations.

Like this one-time when British police officers permit an Indian man to defuse a bomb on a cordoned-off London train without any ID inspection, only because they think "he knows what he's saying".

Aditya even attempts to legitimize infidelity in the most shocking and insensitive manner. Surely, no matter what age, a daughter can never really empathize with a mother for abandoning her father and her, not even if it's for love.

'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' centres around Aviator-clad, stubbled army officer Samar Anand, who turns bomb defusal into a daring, everyday stunt, because he refuses to follow protocol and wear the protective jacket while on work.

It's his way of teasing death, and in turn God, who he blames for taking his ladylove away from him.

And, while he isn't working, he's riding away into the wilderness on his bike, jotting down in his leathered diary or singing Punjabi folk songs.

His daredevil stunts, however, turn legendary, leading documentary filmmaker Akira into his life. She hopes his feats will prove to be her ticket to a place at the Discovery Channel, but soon gets distracted by his charm.

Despite being privy of his broken heart, and about how he still pines for a girl who walked out on him because of a promise she made to God, Akira unapologetically pursues the grumpy officer.

Meanwhile, destiny elbows her out and forces Samar back in time, to the city that introduced him to his first-love, the London-bred Punjabi girl Meera.

The two women, regardless of trying to woo the same man, engage in strange camaraderie, with each offering to willingly step away for the benefit of the other.

Samar, however, is more definite of his choice, and unflinching in his faith till the end.

And between all this talk of love and desire, London offers numerous hospital runs, a hotel to manage, a job to nail, and a bomb to defuse.

The dimpled, Shah Rukh Khan grins, kisses, scrunches his face, strums the guitar and even defuses bombs with panache, but he's unable to cover-up the flaws that appear in Aditya's story.

His Samar is a nave, rustic charmer during his initial struggles in London, but one who undergoes a grungy, military makeover after the romantic setback. Both times, Shah Rukh is at his charismatic best.

Katrina Kaif shows remarkable improvement, in diction and acting, but she's far from genuinely recognizing the complexities of a lover who seeks divine intervention for almost everything in life. Her Meera is unrelatable, never allowing the audience to appreciate her sacrifices, whether it's sweets, fur coats, cigarettes, or Samar.

As lovers, Shah Rukh and Katrina are unable to create magic on-screen. It all appears well-choreographed and designed, but not truly passionate.

Anushka Sharma, unfortunately, doesn't tip us in her favour as the cheerful Akira. In fact, she's so loud and over-the-top, that you'd want her to calm down. Even when she unabashedly proclaims her love for Samar, or when she prances around in high-security zones wearing shorts and carrying a camera, it's tough to take her seriously.

She plays her Delhi lingo with aplomb, one that she perfected in 'Band Baaja Baraat', but one that goes fairly unnoticed in this massive frame.

With all due respect to the legendary filmmaker, 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' isn't worthy of being in his list of classics, especially the ones that we've come to respect and applaud.

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I think the only reason why some of the critics are not blasting the film as wholeheartedly as they would have liked to is because of Yash Chopra's death...they might feel it is not correct to trash a film whose legendary director recently died!

The film, frankly is, terrible... except that SRK holds it together somehow, alongside Katrina (surprise😲)!

The music of the film is the worst for a YRF film...and it indeed comes as a shocker because the combination of Yash Chopra + SRK + AR Rehman was supposed to create magic...not mediocrity!

The script is downright idiotic, to the point of being laughworthy! Not that YRF films have ever been known for their great script-sense...but this one does have you going W*F in frequent intervals! Like for example, how come a 25-year waiter based in london end up wooing a millionaire business heiress?😕 Or more confoundingly, how did he ever end up becoming a 'Bomb Diffusion Expert' in a matter of just 10 years? And more idiotic, a modern, high-living girl, who has no qualms indulging in pre-marital sex, giving up on her love because of 'God'? Oh, come on!🤢

And many, many more stuff like that!

But forgetting that, the film does redeem itself via SRK and Katrina also! She is not bad and that for her, is a compliment!😆 Though in no way is she a classic Yash Chopra heroine, save for that, she too wears white in a song! This film is SRK's best till date (even better than Swades and Chak De...and that is a big deal!) and the irony isn't lost on anyone that this film is Yash Chopra's worst till date!

SRK gives his all to play the character...both as the happy-go-lucky, guitar strumming lover-boy Samar, and then as the strong, silent, brooding Major Anand! SRK is made for romance and he proves it by lifting this extraordinarly mediocre film by just the strenght of his acting and ofcourse, his legendary on-screen charm! Its hard not to feel bad for him that the best performances of his two decade long career comes in a film which is so brainless and badly put-together!

Katrina doesn't do too badly, especially in comparison to Anushka, whose character has to be one of the worst written for any female lead in a long time! You want to throw your shoe or bag at her everytime she comes on-screen!😡 She is completely OTT and so irritating, that there are no words to describe her super-annoying presence! Katrina's character and performance in comparsion is so much more mellowed and likeable! After Namaste London, she gets a character that 'suits' her and she does a decent job of it!

Overall, a very disappointing film. Not that I was expecting it to be a classic...but somehow, one always associates a story well-told and decently presented by a banner like YRF, especially given that the doyen himself was heralding this one...by Yash Chopra truly disappoints with this one! (I am no critic or member of the film fraternity, so I don't have to show any false sentiments in favor of the departed soul. What is bad is bad...and nothing can change it!)

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CI And Rajasthan: Jab Tak Hai Jaan v Ra.One

Wednesday 14th November 2012 09.00 IST

Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network

The collections of Jab Tak Hai Jaan and in CI and Rajasthan have come in lower than Ra.One released last Diwali. The opening day collections in CI and Rajasthan for Jab Tak hain Jaan and Ra.One are as follows.

CI -

Jab Tak Hai Jaan - 33 lakhs

Ra.One - 37 lakhs

Rajasthan

Jab Tak Hain Jaan - 56 lakhs

Ra.One - 72 lakhs