It is time high now for a terminology for a movie that is neither romantic nor comic but seeks to be both; the payoff being a grim-looking audience, desperate to fly to the future when the movie is over. ‘Jhootha Hi Sahi’ (JHS), though hard to believe, has been directed by the same Abbas Tyrewala who directed the breezy ‘Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na’. Was he suffering from severe diarrhoea or was he threatened with death by his in-laws when he decided to cast his wife Pakhi Tyrewala against John Abraham? She looked a decade wiser than John, boldly supported by the wrinkles on her face. What happened to the cosmetic industry?

Gen X - it takes everything in stride - pre-marital pregnancies, sexual orientation, double-timing - everything is cool. A group of friends excels in the leg-pulling game and has fun like you and I do. If only, they didn’t end up in a tiring climax that doesn't have a superlative or expletive to describe it. Quick quips are shot down by aimless sub-plots, songs and did I mention, awful climax.

This story seems to have it all – drama, love, humor, potential heartbreak, and I so wish it was better executed. To be fair, it does seem to come to life post intermission, where it sparkles with the warmth of camaraderie between the many characters. And there is humor, delivered ably by Sid’s buddies, Omar, played by Raghu Ram (of MTV Roadies fame) and Ankur, played by Abheek Sinha. Where the film fails miserably is in the screenplay, which seems to hinge upon some very quiet dialogues and slow, soulful (not very melodious) melodies. Low impact, little action and almost no character development (what is Mishka like really ?) make moi not so happy.

To a large extent the films undoing is an inability to balance the pall of death with the zest for life. While the intensity of neither impresses, the absence of a certain typical joi de vivre associated with the latter is surprisingly missing, bringing the film to a nought. This, despite a healthy weaving of circumstances, dialogues, mental frameworks and steady growth of relationships and emotions. In the final analysis it fails to add up, leaving behind a cold, unimaginative and ordinary line-up of events, the film ultimately becomes.

Surely Underrated..
A very fine movie...
SOmething that u can relate too...
John will surprise you..so very adorable..
A breeze of freash air..
Common every1 dnt get stuck to high profile anjana anajani..this ones way way nicer than that...