Javed Akhtar bashes Yash Chopra’s film 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' - Page 2

Originally posted by: snatch

what was his issue wit jab tak ?

He says no one in Indian cinema understands what a modern woman is like. That Yash Chopra thought Katrina's character would be a modern woman if she sleeps with a man from all nationalities before getting married...it's been a few years since I last rewatched the movie but I don't recall anything like that. Only that the movie begins with child Katrina praying to God that she ends up with an American/British husband and not a "dark, ugly Indian man" or something like that. Nothing about her sleeping with men of different nationalities to get it out of her system. Maybe Anushka's character says this but I don't remember her saying it either.

He's somewhat dismissive of Yash Chopra's films though, saying his films were at best competent but not great.