Sanjukta Chawla, sure is what can be termed as a, “safe copy cat”. So as a story writer she surely keeps looking at the least obvious places that people would look at to draw inspiration. Can someone tell me whether she is related to Pritam (music director) in some way? How else could you explain Miss Chawla partially lifting the story of the 2010 French movie L'arnacoeur starring Romain Duris and Venessa Paradis? Unluckily for Sanjukta, L'arnacoeur aka Heart Breakers released just a few days back in this country. Luckily for Sanjukta it didn’t last for too long.
I would have been inclined to give the lady some credit for not having generated a colour photocopy of the original but the changes that she has made only deteriorated the story line for her. Heart Breakers was an average romantic comedy. With some bad changes and atrocious script writing, Jodi Breakers, finds itself a few steps away from the Bollywood graveyard. Thankfully, a few steps away and not in it.
Sid (R. Madhavan) has lost everything in a messy divorce to his money mongering wife Ira (Mrinalini Sharma). Leading his table of losses is Horny (red Audi TT convertible) that supposedly costs only 30 lakhs. With support from his friends, led by the agonizingly irritating and predictable Nayansukh Bhai Chamanlal Patel aka Nano (Omi Vaidya) he finds his feet back. He now dedicates himself to the social cause of saving people from marriages that they are not happy in. Small price to pay in lieu of a lifetime of alimony right? But what happens next is predictable – Sonali (Bipasha Basu) and full louv.
I can’t quite make up my mind on whether it was the complete absence of any form of acting talent or as previously mentioned the atrociously slapstick script that got to me. It would be safe for you to assume that both were just as bad. In terms of acting, Helen is absolutely endearing and one cannot fault her at this age. But I am sure that is the lack of cash flow that forced someone as talented as Madhavan to go down this path.
In between this entire melee of gorgeous looking bodies – Bipasha Basu, Mrinalini Sharma, Milind Soman, Pradeep Kharab, Kubraa Sait – there are a few people who show some semblance of acting. Dipannita Sharma is the only one who is not only very confident on screen but stands head and shoulders above the rest of the cast. She continues from where she left off in Ladies v/s Ricky Bahl. Sadly despite his gut wrenchingly irritating antics, Omi Vaidya will continue to have a fan following – one of the unexplained mysteries of show business.
I haven’t seen Ashwini Chaudhary’s previous attempts but I am told Dhoop was a good movie. I can’t say that Jodi Breakers inspires any confidence in me. The list of flaws would be endless and so I will sign off with my standard statutory warning – watch this at your own risk. 4 on 10. Oh yes and by the way the music isn’t too great either.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czJk9maek-I0
I would have been inclined to give the lady some credit for not having generated a colour photocopy of the original but the changes that she has made only deteriorated the story line for her. Heart Breakers was an average romantic comedy. With some bad changes and atrocious script writing, Jodi Breakers, finds itself a few steps away from the Bollywood graveyard. Thankfully, a few steps away and not in it.
Sid (R. Madhavan) has lost everything in a messy divorce to his money mongering wife Ira (Mrinalini Sharma). Leading his table of losses is Horny (red Audi TT convertible) that supposedly costs only 30 lakhs. With support from his friends, led by the agonizingly irritating and predictable Nayansukh Bhai Chamanlal Patel aka Nano (Omi Vaidya) he finds his feet back. He now dedicates himself to the social cause of saving people from marriages that they are not happy in. Small price to pay in lieu of a lifetime of alimony right? But what happens next is predictable – Sonali (Bipasha Basu) and full louv.
I can’t quite make up my mind on whether it was the complete absence of any form of acting talent or as previously mentioned the atrociously slapstick script that got to me. It would be safe for you to assume that both were just as bad. In terms of acting, Helen is absolutely endearing and one cannot fault her at this age. But I am sure that is the lack of cash flow that forced someone as talented as Madhavan to go down this path.
In between this entire melee of gorgeous looking bodies – Bipasha Basu, Mrinalini Sharma, Milind Soman, Pradeep Kharab, Kubraa Sait – there are a few people who show some semblance of acting. Dipannita Sharma is the only one who is not only very confident on screen but stands head and shoulders above the rest of the cast. She continues from where she left off in Ladies v/s Ricky Bahl. Sadly despite his gut wrenchingly irritating antics, Omi Vaidya will continue to have a fan following – one of the unexplained mysteries of show business.
I haven’t seen Ashwini Chaudhary’s previous attempts but I am told Dhoop was a good movie. I can’t say that Jodi Breakers inspires any confidence in me. The list of flaws would be endless and so I will sign off with my standard statutory warning – watch this at your own risk. 4 on 10. Oh yes and by the way the music isn’t too great either.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czJk9maek-I0
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