Jashn - The music within

Okay, this was audacious. I took the risk of going to watch the "typical" movie. Apart from an uncanny desire to do some cliched stuff, I went in primarily to see Shahana Goswami's performance. Had really liked her in Rock On. Also, as per some review, this could be an old Mahesh bhatt style movie exploring the intricacies of human relationships.

Hedged my risk to an extent by watching the movie at Gaiety theatre (75/- only), the now-old but once-upon-a-time revolutionary multitheatre concept. Deja-vu was in the air, with touts psssst'ing around for selling black tickets, something we have forgotten in the multiplex era.

The 'crowd' too was from pretty much from all walks of life, unlike the middle/upper middle clas which we find in multiplexes.

I knew I was in for some entertainment, if not from the movie, then at least from the crowd, as slogans of "vande mataram" and "bharat mata ki jai" took over just as the mandatory national anthem got over.

The movie, though fairly predictable in its plot, is an earnest effort. Over-acting has been avoided, no songs running around the trees, a trend catching up these days.

Shahana Goswami has again delivered a natural performance, though in the end you wonder, what was the emotional-pana all about. Adhyayan Suman has a long way to go to become a complete actor, but I do admire his honest effort, and probably the character he plays, that of a young & wayward artist, who is still trying to figure out what he wants to do in life, may not be too far from his real life persona, hence the fairly natural performance.

The stand-out part of this movie for me was the new age realistic portrayal of a brother-sister relationship, who are the closest buddies, instead of the tiring "mere bhaiya, meri behna" types portrayal, which has been beaten to death in Hindi movies.

Overall, I give it a 3/5, for the honest effort by actors who are more or less newcomers.