Ibuk Yash Raj has not had much luck at the box office of late, in 2007 they produced 4 movies and only one became a huge sensation and that was Chak De India and the three other that bombed were Tara Rum Pum, Laaga Chunari mein daag and Aaja Nacle. In my personal opinion I think that the box office was rather unfair to Aaja Nacle and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. It's one of those movies that I didn't expect to enjoy but my parents were watching so I watched it with them and was pleasantly surprised. JBJ may not be a masterpiece by any means but from an entertainment point of view it is pretty good. Not every movie is made to become a masterpiece, some movies are just made to provide entertainment which JBJ provides. The story was good but what really saves the movie is the wonderful songs, my favourite being the title track. The director Shaad Ali made full use of the Abhishek Bachan-Bobby Deol pairing, the part where they are both in the motorcycle and the tune to yeh dosti playing in the background(Amitabh Bachan and Dharmendra were both in Sholay)is a very good touch. In my opinion JBJ deserved a better fate at the box office, certainly a better fate than the over-hyped and disappointing Dhoom 2 which was a mega blockbuster but I disliked intensely. JBJ provides decent timepass entertainment and is certainly a lot better than most of the movie produced nowadays.

rsa5387 By far, the worst film i've seen all year. The less said about this one the better. The storyline was interesting in concept but executed terribly. On top of that, the movie was mind-numbingly boring. The main characters are both shallow and illog...(read more) ical...words cannot describe how random and boring the background stories that occupy the first half of the film are. The whole Ticket To Hollywood sequence in Abhi's story was both pointless (ticket to Hollywood?) and crude (the Princess Diana bit). Preity Zinta's story was even more absurd (the whole superhero aspect) and insulting (india vs Pakistan, Indian's skin color). Overall, ridiculous and pointless can describe the majority of Jhoom's plot. Ditto for the 'dance off' sequence that occupies most of the second half. By the time the so called 'twist' shows up...the audience cannot sympathize with the characters since their is no reason given for their feelings...their really is no plot development to speak of...this movie just goes nowhere. The only reason to see this is for its beautifully staged songs. But even those get annoying...seeing Amitabh Bachchan (in a pointless cameo) and company repeat the title song 6 times throughout the movie is enough too drive a person insane. While the film is told in a very unconventional fantasy musical type style...it cant pull it off. Unlike last years wonderful Jaan-E-Mann...Yash Raj didn't even try. The script and direction is absolutely abysmal. As far as acting...Abhishek was very annoying, and Preity Zinta sleepwalked through her role. On the other hand, Lara/Bobby gave credible performances as Abhi and Preity's love interests and lended some life to the film. They showed both sides of their characters excellently...along with some of the songs and cinematography, they were the saving grace of the movie. Overall, as of all Yash Raj productions of late...this film is all gloss no substance. Avoid.

shivakumarvishwa I bought this movie because of its cover which looked colorful and the title was nice.What ever this is pathetic.Worst from Yash raj who has given us great movies like Chandni,Lamhe,Darr,Dilwale Dulhania Li Jayenge,Dil To Pagal Hai etc.The story oens when Rikki and Alvida meet they tell the story of how they meet their fiancé.Thats first half.Second half revels that the fiancé tale was false.Now Rikki wants to meet Stevee they find other people Sukhwinder and Lila.Abhisek gives a disastrous performance in an unusual character.Lara is so sexy but she could not save this movie from being the worst movie she gives an annoying performance as Anaida and Terrible performance as Lila.Preity who is talented gives her worst acting to date.Bobby is useless.Piyush is irritating and unfunny.The others are mediocre at best.The cinematography is eye pleasing with beautiful locales of London,Waterloo station and Paris and not to forget hotel Ritz and many more.Song picturisaations of Kiss of Love,Ticket to Hollywood,JbJ(Not the Bachan one) are extremely eye pleasing.Costumes are smashing.Bachan just plays a stupid joker coming 5 times without no reason and singing the mediocre title track.Everything else is bad.Script is Awful,Screenplay is Awful,Songs are forgettable.Direction is usual plain bad.Avoid at all costs(even the soundtrack also avoid it)

HeadleyLamarr And churn out flop after flop - this seems to be the standard YashRaj Films formula these days. How can an illustrious production house churn out such tripe, film after film? 2007 would be a zero for them but for one film, but this is not that film. Abhishek (looking more and more like a dirty toilet brush with his scruffy beard) meets Preity (looking more and more like a stretched and nip-tucked desperate middle-aged woman) meet at a train station. They tell each other stories about how they are waiting for their affianced ones, and we see the suave (don't be shocked please) Bobby Deol and the sexy, Frenchified Lara Dutta in 'flashbacks'. There are weird dialogs exchanged between the lead pair like "Sex Hua"! What the heck/fish/whatever? Turns out they were both making up a story. Hello? Why were this retarded duo at the train station in the first place? After such a beginning you are still expecting a story to emerge? So what else can I say about JBJ? Oh yes - that it is utter tripe. The saving grace are the two sideys – never thought I'd say I liked Bobby Deol (gulp, shudder, please don't strike me down God, Zeus, Allah, Rama), Lara Dutta was decent too. Preity disappointed big time, Abhishek never could act so what else is new. Amitabh was a joker, he dressed as a pimp and acted as a drug addict – can someone please tell him to hang up his hat? Songs sucked big time and there was no saving grace in the film other than - no, I cannot say it twice, there will be hell to pay. Avoid this one like the plague, you probably already did avoid it in the theaters, you lucky bunch. Now run from the DVD!