JHMS Review: Jab Imtiaz met the Curse of the Second Half!

With high hopes pinned on Jab Harry Met Sejal both in terms of box office figures and content, let's see what JHMS has to offer. Sadly but true, Imtiaz Ali seems to have lost his Midas touch. His intention of conveying a message about relationships and love falters and JHMS lands as his weakest movie to date. But the movie does have some good points! Which ones? Read along!
 
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What is commendable  about the movie are the performances. Shah Rukh Khan as the tour guide Harry does a commendable job. His act of a 'characterless' man is decent. Anushka Sharma as Sejal is outstanding. Her performance as a moron "modern" girl looking for her lost ring is impressive. Her dialogue delivery was amazing. Sadly, the iconic SRK- Anushka chemistry was missing.The rest of the cast do an average job in their whatsoever little roles.
 
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Imtiaz Ali has written and directed this movie. Super- sadly, his story has a wafer thin plot. As common to all his movies, JHMS also has its bit of self realization of the characters, characters which have no clue what they are upto, all they know is that they are searching for a ring. The scenes in the movie are NOT connected to each other. It seems that Imtiaz wrote the story on the set of the movie itself.  The camerawork, the dialogues, costumes are average at best. The cinematography is amazing. The essence of eastern Europe is well captured. Another good thing apart from performances is Pritam's music. "Hawayein", "Beech Beech Mein" are personal favourites. Other songs are also audible to the ears. It has been long since I saw a movie with misplaced songs! Practically each and every song of the movie is a perfect misfit. JHMS is a Disappointment.
 
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JHMS could've been "the movie" we had been waiting for but the weak script and Imtiaz's weak direction disappoint. I enjoyed the first half of the movie and was looking forward to the movie post interval and when the second half started  I knew the movie headed for a disaster.The movie does have the sparks of a romantic drama but a poor second half and a very boring climax  ruin this movie. I am going with 2.5 stars another half for the performances. So, JHMS gets 3 stars  from me. Could have been a better movie! When an SRK movie has 60% occupancy for a night show and a mixed word of mouth, the movie should do a lifetime business of 90-120 crores. Flop!
 
                                                       
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P.S. I have never seen a movie with so many distracted audience who were constantly on their phones as the movie progressed. Pretty much speaks about audiences' connect with the movie. 


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