‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ is the most precious representation of what director Shaad Ali is like in real life. When Big ‘B’ does the Jhoom, the use of the narrator moves to level next.

Amidst all the hi-tech gadgetry and special effects that Bollywood has been bombarding audiences with, the good ol’ style of storytelling goes strong.

Alongside digital intermediate compositors, the good ol’ ’sutradhar’ returns to Indian cinema in a new singing avatar. Two of the bigger releases this summer, ‘Metro’ & ‘Jhoom..’, are using the wandering storyteller to narrate their plots.

It’s not much different in Yash Raj’s ‘Jhoom Barabr Jhoom’ where Amitabh plays this minstrel who roams the streets of London telling the tale of the film’s four protagonists – Abhishek, Lara Dutt, Preity Zinta, and Bobby Deol.

Amitabh is this evergreen romantic championing love by reliving the story of these young lovers. So, expect the nation to go ‘Kajra Re’ crazy again when Amitabh Jhooms on London streets to Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’s pulsating title track.


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