Mediocre Gangster Romance

Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story Review-In Short: A gangster falls in love with a well-educated and qualified young woman, leading to complications

Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story Review-Verdict: Though the film has certain funny moments, the movie is not an impressive fare overall

Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story Review-Story Plot: Jayantabhai (Vivek Oberoi) is a small-time thug working for Altaf bhai (Zakir Hussain), a gangster, who has promised him a beer bar for going to prison for him in the past. Simran (Neha Sharma) is a young and well-qualified woman, who is forced to take up accommodation in a lower-middle class locality after she loses her job and the company flat.

Initially, Simran is quite apprehensive about her neighbor Jayanta, but over time, they become friends when the latter helps out Simran during her time of need. However, life is not as simple and things get complicated when Simran's father wants her to get married. On the other hand, an ex-cop Alex Pandian (Nassar) is making life difficult for Altaf and his gang of goons.

How Jayanta and Simran manage to overcome all odds to come together forms the rest of the story.

Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story Review-Performances: Vivek Oberoi, whose role seems similar to that of Aamir Khan in Rangeela, does make you guffaw at times with his 'tapori' lingo, but the act lacks the magic of Khan's 'Munna' role. Neha Sharma plays the typical pretty face damsel in distress. Zakir and Nassar as the bad guys are effective enough.

Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story Review-Direction: Though the concept of a street goon falling in love with a regular girl next door has been explored in Rangeela, the film Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story did have potential to be an entertainer. Had the director spent less time exploring the gang politics and focused more on the interaction or chemistry between the lead characters, who are as different as chalk and cheese, maybe the movie could have been more entertaining.

Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story Review-Final Word: Like mentioned earlier, though the film has its share of funny moments, the overall product is not so impressive…so, go watch the movie only if you have nothing…like really nothing better to do.

Passable

Promos of Jayanta Bhai Ki Luv Story have been playing on air and are capturing audience’s attention. Since it’s a romantic movie, music is required to put together some good contribution. Tips Movies have always boasted of good music and hopefully this one should be no different. They were responsible for Vivek Oberoi’s comeback movie Prince that was boasted of popular music and audience expectation is the same this time around as well. The makers have roped in Sachin-Jigar to create similar magic and Priya Panchal has penned lyrics for the album.

Atif Aslam opens the album with Aa Bhi Jaa Mere Mehermaan. The track fits in well with the overall theme of the movie. Music by Sachin Jigar is catchy and does add to the overall mood. However is not extraordinary as it seems like a run of the mill track which has been rehashed. Even lyrics do not impress much as they do not have carry much depth in them.

It’s a romantic movie and duets are mandatory. Thoda Thoda falls in the same space as Shreya Ghoshal and Sachin himself grace the track with their voices. It’s a soft melodious track which a listener will breeze through. Lyrics do belong to the same genre and cover the requirement aptly. Shreya’s voice is what would attract a listener the most in the track as she does sound different from her usual voice.

A fun combination of Atif Aslam and Anushka Manchanda renders the party track Dil Na Jaane Kyun. It’s a fast paced duet with some stylish singing involved. It begins with a short piece on synthesizer which creates the mood for a listener to know what to expect. Atif Aslam’s voice fits in beautifully while well translating youthful emotions and feelings. Anushka Manchanda’s voice reminds one of her VIVA days.

Next track Hai Na comes next and enhances the mood set up by the song below. Atif comes together with Priya Panchal who steps in as a singer for this Mayur Puri written number. It’s an exciting track with very casual but attractive lyrics. Atif Aslam has been singing a lot of songs lately; however this one actually reminds of the voice that was heard in the days of Race. Music is stimulating due to the choice of instruments, especially the sax in between. This can definitely be classified as the highlight of the album.

Last to arrive is the Mashup and as the title suggests, it’s a mix of all the tracks in the album. As music of most songs is very similar, the mash up seems like a track in itself and blends in quite easily. However since there are no big gainers in the album this one does not add anything extra.

Overall, though the composer duo carried good intentions to bring the kind of music that works well for a movie belonging to the romantic genre, it doesn’t really get translated in something that is memorable.