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Khele Hum Jee Jaan Se

Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Sikander Kher, Vishakha Singh Dir: Ashutosh Gowariker
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quick review: Khele Hum Jee Jaan Se certainly evokes emotion. Even if it's only towards the end. By climax time if you don't want bad things to happen to the characters, however small their roles were, something has gone right somewhere. Only, I wish it got me involved right from the beginning. On the other hand, the closing credits themselves made the film for me, doubt they would have worked if I had not seen the story that was told before them. So yeah, mixed feelings because of the execution, and because it's a perfect history lesson. A must-know story with dull narration.
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Plot Summary

A young Congress leader wants to deviate from the party's decision to take the non-violence route to fight against the British. In 1930, they set-up a plan to shake the foundation of the British administration in their small village. The setup, the execution and the aftermath is what we see on screen

What Worked

  • The casting. Superb especially when you see the end credits.
  • The makeup for burns and bullet shots.

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

  • The phrase "svatantrata sainani" is a tongue twister of sorts. Almost all characters were having trouble saying it, especially the teenagers. Sounded really out of place because it wasn't coming out in the flow of the dialogue.
  • Everyone greets everyone by their name. When I meet my friend Ritu, the first thing I say to her isn't "Ritu", especially in a tone that implies I'm trying to confirm her name. Also here it was as if they wanted the audience to get the names right.
  • Surjya asks Ananto who was at the door when Ananto opened the door. Like he couldn't hear what was going on from 20 feet away!
  • The interviews
  • The pink sky shot.
  • How did Preetilata get caught
  • Only the names of people were being called out with a Bangla accent. Nothing else in the language implied Bengalis were speaking

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External Reviews

54 reviewers have given Khele Hum Jee Jaan Se an average rating of 2.0/5.0. 17 yays, 28 nays, 9 so-so. See all external reviews »

Twitter Reviews

On twitter, 51 twitterers have given Khele Hum Jee Jaan Se an average rating of 3.2/5.0. 30 yays, 16 nays, 5 so-so. See all tweets »

Readers' Ratings

13 readers have given Khele Hum Jee Jaan Se an average rating of 4/5.0. 9 yays, 1 nays, 3 so-so. See all reader reviews »

Comments (13)

Swetha :

Excitement apart, don't you think the posters look uncannily like Lagaan? 11-12 people standing in a line together, as if revolting! The flavour is the same, the title is just creepily lending to this thought of mine. Lagaan could've have been called that.

When I first saw the poster, I was like, "Who's this ape trying to make a Lagaan?" and then I saw the director's name. Gulp. Maybe it's just me. But for my sake I hope there's a different in the treatment.

posted 1 year, 5 months ago Swetha has posted 8 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Swetha's page for more details.
meetu:

@swetha actually, it looks like any movie that is about reprisal. No? All I'm looking forward to is a non-romcom, non-nonsense-comedy, non-wannabe-action, non-hollywood-inspired, non-Bombay-underbelly film. :D

posted 1 year, 5 months ago
Samir:

In Indian period films the dhoti and kurtas will invariably have an unworn look. The dialect of the protagonist will be very contemporary and may have no relation to the geographical area being covered. This takes away immensely from the verisimilitude of the period.
I saw nothing different in the promos of this film. Can anyone name a few Hindi films which have taken care of this aspect?

posted 1 year, 5 months ago Samir has posted 19 comments and has rated 5 movies. See Samir's page for more details.
Arcopol:

While I appreciate Gowariker's honesty towards the subject - he, Rajkumar Santoshi, Shyam Benegal are the select few who do justice to periodicals - KHJJS is his most thanda film, so far. The promos don't look interesting, they're devoid of great lines, and full of shouts of Vande Mataram, the cliche of every periodical made in India. But can't help, since he's being honest with history. Had this film been made in 1960, it would have been a blockbuster, but doubt if it works today. We need a revolutionary way of storytelling, something which Rakesh Mehra did in Rang De Basanti.

posted 1 year, 5 months ago Arcopol has given this movie a So-So . Arcopol has posted 5 comments and has rated 3 movies. See Arcopol's page for more details.
minesh modi:

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey Movie Review

http://www.bollywoodchaska.com/content/khelein_hum_jee_jaan_sey-2056/

This is a paragraph from our history books that filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker elects to expand into a full-fledged three-hour-long feature! His intention is very noble but sadly his execution of the narrative is not.

posted 1 year, 5 months ago minesh modi has given this movie a Thumbs up (So as I leave the theatre, all I recall is the rolling titles depicting the real revolutionaries.) . minesh modi has posted 6 comments and has rated 5 movies. See minesh modi's page for more details.
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Bollyfan:

Shweta : The resemblance with Lagaan goes far beyond the poster. This was the story of the Chittagong Uprising forcefitted into the Lagaan mould.

Minesh : I wouldn't even credit Ashutosh with honesty of intention here. He's quite an experienced filmmaker and if his intentions were honest, he should have known that retrofitting a true story into the mould of a fictional one just because the struggle for independence was a common theme between both was not the right thing to do.

Any emotion that the film evokes is purely on the strength of the story itself and to some extent, the production values. But its a complete fail for Gowariker as a scriptwriter and a director.

posted 1 year, 5 months ago Bollyfan has given this movie a Thumbs down (Vintage wine in a country liquor bottle) . Bollyfan has posted 53 comments and has rated 1 movies. See Bollyfan's page for more details.
Debjani:

Khele Hum Jee Jaan Se is Great...We love this movie...It reminds us the forgotten history of our Freedom Fighters...Abhishek Bachchan as Masterda Surya Sen is great...

posted 1 year, 5 months ago Debjani Nandy has given this movie a Thumbs up (Khele Hum Jee Jaan Se is Great...We love this movie...It reminds us the forgotten history of our Fre) . Debjani Nandy has posted 1 comments and has rated 1 movies. See Debjani Nandy's page for more details.
meetu:

@bollyfan regarding your reply to Swetha - what?! forcefitted in to Lagaan? How? Just because they interviewed to set up a team?

Yep! ALL emotion that the film evolved might have been based on the story ONLY. But what worked, worked. And you gotta give credit for that.

posted 1 year, 5 months ago
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posted 1 year, 5 months ago monty aggarwal has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See monty aggarwal's page for more details.
Indian movies lover:

Liked it. I am generally fan of truth based stories though and do not care for Abhishek as such....

posted 1 year, 5 months ago kay has given this movie a Thumbs up . kay has posted 16 comments and has rated 11 movies. See kay's page for more details.
pet insurance:

Really it's a awesome movie.Abhishek and deepeka done well job. twitter given Khele Hum Jee Jaan Se an average rating of 3.2/5.0. 30 yays, 16 days,

posted 11 months ago pet insurance has given this movie a Thumbs up . pet insurance has posted 1 comments and has rated 1 movies. See pet insurance's page for more details.
Hema:

Bahut achhya hein. Very ncie blog. Good looking.

posted 10 months, 3 weeks ago Hema has given this movie a Thumbs up (I like any of Avisheks moovie) . Hema has posted 1 comments and has rated 1 movies. See Hema's page for more details.
Reputation Management:

best patriotic movie ever I seen.Abhishek Bachchan or Deepika PAdukone get in the way of their characters.And they all do just fine.

posted 8 months, 4 weeks ago Reputation Management has given this movie a Thumbs up (mind bolwing) . Reputation Management has posted 1 comments and has rated 1 movies. See Reputation Management's page for more details.

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