Jashn

A badly overcooked dish of the same recipe that has been used unceremoniously over the last two decades is how one can describe this movie. There’s the boy (Adhyayan Suman) with a dream of becoming a musician, who doesn’t actually work towards achieving it, till half the movie is over; and not until he’s so emotionally strung by his sister’s (Shahana Goswami) never ending, abusive relationship with a rich married businessman (Humayun Saeed). This man pays all their bills and just so happens to be the elder brother of the boy’s love interest (Anjana Sukhani). To see for yourself, whether this stereotypical plot has changed even a miniscule amount over the last few generations, the movie is worth a watch.

Jashn comes to an end when our sad but brave, love-sick hero wins the ‘Great Indian Music Competition’ and brings the villain and many others to tears with his moving song. The movie manages to brush many sides of unrealism in addition to bad acting. Only in a movie such as this can one get to see a flat broke couple convert a garage to a beautifully furnished home with all the modern amenities, and then sell jewellery to make a demo cd. Also how a person is always seen in fresh clothes the morning after storming out of one’s house the night before, fails to surprise the viewer after half the movie. The romantic scenes between Adhyayan Suman and Anjana Sukhani have been portrayed in a less than mediocre fashion.

The cast compliments the poor story line. Adhyayan Suman plays a rather unconvincing role of a distraught brother/failing musician in love. Whereas Anjana Sukhani leaves the audience confused; whether she is rich, spoilt and two-timing or humble, single and deeply in love remains a mystery till the latter half of the movie. Shahana Goswami plays her character well, for the most part. Humayun Saeed, the villain of our tale, is despicable in his role as a good villain should be, till he cries like a baby in the end. The directors Raksha Mistry, Hasnain Hyderabadwala could’ve definitely done a better job.

If your tolerance to bad movies is high and if you can’t find absolutely anything else to do with your time, Jashn is the movie for you, else I would really suggest you not watch it.