I bought this film in a discount 3-box (together with Ram Jaane and Army, which make much more viewing fun), and as usual read the comments here, all of which were devastating.
I'm certainly not saying it's a good movie - but it isn't outright bad either. For a cineaste, it may be called "interesting" - when watching it, one tries to find indications of the meta-story as well.
"Jadoo" was somehow half-way produced in 1992 (the year SRK made his first movies - he won Filmfare Best Newcomer in 1993), and for some reason not finished, but shelved.
12 years later, given the commercial value of SRK, it was reanimated and "somehow" turned into the movie "Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke". Watching it, one may wonder which scenes were from the original, and which were padded in. (And which are obviously missing...) I see a three-part structure:
(1) Childhood of the sisters Jaya and Sheetal, and their poorer friend Dushant (SRK), whom they help to get musical training. This roughly ends with the night "picknick" scene (where SRK funnily only watches and smiles), and Jaya sneaking in late only to meet the butler (a memorable role).
(2) Ten years later: Dushant has become a top star singer, but also gives a miserable impression: cynical, depressed, alcoholic. He distrusts the people around him, who are really only interested in his fame and money. Nisha tries to draw him into a relationship, but he resists. Jaya tries to contact him, but gets intercepted by Nisha, who lies to Dushant that Jaya has only come to collect money. Dushant angrily pushes an attache case full of banknotes to Jaya and sends her away, totally desperate.
(3) Now the criminal part begins (in which SRK almost never shows up): Nisha's father arranges for a truck driver to kill Jaya on her way out. Police open a case, star agent Rahul travels to the place where Sheetal (Jaya's younger sister) lives, and makes contact with her incognito. Throw in some romance. Meanwhile, the murders continue: Nisha, Sujit (a corrupt false friend of the gang), Nisha's father (the film let me think it was a heart attack, but later someone mentions he was stabbed to death). Rahul and Sheetal fly to Mumbai, she discovers rope and rubber gloves. Arrest. SRK comes back one last time to say "Thank you." - "For what?" - "For everything."
The latter part is the most questionable - it just sketches a story, starts interesting subplots just to leave them open (e.g. the black-bearded truck driver crashing Nisha's father's birthday party...) I'm not advocating to buy this movie for enjoyment. But if you get it anyway (say as part of a DVD set), it was not boring for me, like many others wrote. It has memorable scenes (I liked Sheetal most, from little girl to grown-up), and for better understanding it even helps to watch it twice. But not much more, thereafter...
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