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Jannat - Notepad

Jannat

Emraan Hashmi, Sonal Chauhan Dir: Kunal Deshmukh
wogma rating: The keen should rent; else TV (?)
quick review: Jannat - An engrossing watch which raises some philosophical questions. A story well told but yet doesn't warrant a trip to the theaters.
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Plot Summary

Arjun (Emraan Hashmi) a reckless, irresponsible gambler falls in love with Zoya (Sonal Chauhan). While he woos her, he willingly gets more and more involved with the cricket-match-fixing network. Ideologies clash and we get a movie to watch.

What Worked

  • The way Arjun's character is established in two scenes, the opening one and the first one with Zoya.
  • Loved the way two matches where Virendra Sehwag gets out are chosen.

What did not

Note: This section simply lists the things that I did not like in this movie. This is not the overall impression about this movie. Please read the full review here

  • How come there were no red marks made by the cricket ball on the bowlers trousers even at the end of the game? Hmmm...maybe he was bowling his first over!
  • How come all wrong-doers were Muslims, other than Arjun and Vishal?
  • That was a pretty huge house they were staying in when they were complaining about not having enough money!
  • Why exactly did they keep the hotel room door open while conducting such secretive business!?!

Nitty-Gritty

This section lists things that I think are not important to the overall impact of the movie. In most cases, it could be explained away by something like, "we noticed the glitch after the scene was shot and there were schedule/budget issues and thus we could not re-shoot it". I like giving the makers the benefit of doubt, but I am amused nevertheless. Hopefully, they will tickle you too.

  • How can anyone be so unaware of someone else staring at them the way Arjun was staring Zoya is beyond me.
  • They couldn't get a decent bundle of 500 Rupee notes? Did they really have to wrap white paper so visibly with two 500 notes on each side?
  • Why was Arjun wooing Zoya with a speaker phone on in the middle of a road?!
  • The newsreader towards the end of the movie was awful!
  • If someone has been brutally shot to death, wouldn't his shirt have holes in it?!

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External Reviews

22 reviewers have given Jannat an average rating of 1.8/5.0. 3 yays, 9 nays, 10 so-so. See all external reviews »

Readers' Ratings

1 readers have given Jannat an average rating of 5/5.0. 1 yays, 0 nays, 0 so-so. See all reader reviews »

Comments (13)

Rohit:

Hey meetu
This is not exactly a comment to Jannat review but something you'd like to see

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
http://www.kottke.org/08/05/1001-movies-you-must-see-before-you-die

Thought it might be of your INTEREST :)

posted 4 years ago Rohit has posted 2 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Rohit's page for more details.
Vikram:

This movie started off very well but then started to become boring. Some of the dialogues were ripped off from "Lord of War" with match fixing replacing arms-dealing. And the girl could dance in a bar (and still keep her "izzat") but betting and match-fixing were too "immoral" for her. And the way Emraan was killed at the end totally pissed me off. Couldn't he just tell cops he is going to pick up the ring?

posted 4 years ago Vikram has posted 2 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Vikram's page for more details.
meetu:

That's an interesting list there Rohit, I should check how many of them I've seen.

Vikram, I thought the point was that by dancing in a bar she wasn't doing any harm, but by betting and gambling, Emraan was making money that aided terrorism.

posted 4 years ago
silvano dsouza:

dude the movie is a good movie, plz go and check out ur tashan review which sucks, u overrated that crap

posted 3 years, 12 months ago silvano dsouza has posted 4 comments and has rated 0 movies. See silvano dsouza's page for more details.
silvano dsouza:

btw i like ur notepad
u write g8 facts

posted 3 years, 12 months ago silvano dsouza has posted 4 comments and has rated 0 movies. See silvano dsouza's page for more details.
silvano dsouza:

well said there are some flaws in the film but yet it's a good film thanks to the writing
btw she was dancing in the club to earn money
and was forced but emraan was doing it purposely and cos of greed

posted 3 years, 12 months ago silvano dsouza has posted 4 comments and has rated 0 movies. See silvano dsouza's page for more details.
silvano dsouza:

i mean writing, direction were good but there are some flaws i agree
emraan performed well while the girl sonal was good too,
the cop samir kochar seen last in ZEHER did a good job

posted 3 years, 12 months ago silvano dsouza has posted 4 comments and has rated 0 movies. See silvano dsouza's page for more details.
Navin:

@silvano, what are you talking about in the 4th comment (with respect to Tashan). What do you mean by "you overrated [it]"? It's already been given the worst rating possible.

posted 3 years, 12 months ago Navin Kabra has posted 7 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Navin Kabra's page for more details.
Showkat:

This is a nice movie. I like to watch Imran's all types of film. He is a sexy actor.

posted 3 years, 11 months ago Showkat has posted 2 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Showkat's page for more details.
Showkat:

Jannat is a very nice movie. I watch about 20 times this movie. Imran is the best actor. He is also a sexy actor of bollywood.

posted 3 years, 11 months ago Showkat has posted 2 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Showkat's page for more details.
osama:

very good movie, a must see with wonderful music....

posted 3 years, 10 months ago osama has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See osama's page for more details.
pooja:

""" super climax,
feeling of real love
super songs....... """"

posted 3 years, 8 months ago pooja has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See pooja's page for more details.
nitin:

after rahul roy , only imran can give musical blockbuster movies

posted 2 months, 1 week ago nitin has given this movie a Thumbs up . nitin has posted 1 comments and has rated 1 movies. See nitin's page for more details.

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