The term 'timing' is defined as a choice, judgment, or control of when something should be done. A Ganguly cover drive, an Anna hunger strike- all fine examples of usage of this word.Combining the mood-of-the nation-capturing strengths of Raju Hirani with the nonsensical brutality of Michael Bay, the Brothers Khan have churned out an idealistic smartly timed allegedly patriotic drama that clocks 'mental' (incidentally its former title) on a scale of 1-to-Gadar. An official remake of Chiranjeevi-starrer Stalin, which itself was an unofficial remake of the Helen Hunt-starrer Pay It Forward, Jai Ho puts the Bhai in Munnabhai. Here, Salman Khan plays Haley Joel Osment. Or perhaps Osment played Salman 14 years ago without even knowing it.READ: B'town and fans react to Salman's Jai Ho
The basic premise revolves around the guileful idea of the power of three: Do a good deed for a person and convince this person to do a good deed for 3 more people and so on. I know you're already tearing up as you read this.Purely as a superhero film, Jai Ho works on far greater levels than, say, a Krrish 3. Petty powers like flying, web-spitting palms or acting aren't required, because the man has hands. And they're not the 2.5-kilo version. He even has legs that can kickstart an ambulance.
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In one partially believable adrenalin-pumping sequence, Jai even uses a ballpoint pen to stab three vile villains. Not sure if there's a subtle message for film critics in there somewhere...
In 2013, every trade analysts' calculator was put to rest with 2 of the 3 Khans presiding over their last rites. With the original Khan completing the triple whammy this weekend, here is some of my own number crunching- with minor liberties taken (the sort these heroes take while destroying public property to make their cities a better place):
5000: the rumored screen count of 'Jai Ho' in India, not counting abroad.
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4500: the number of supporting actors using 'Jai Ho' as a comeback vehicle. I will mention Tabu separately because she deserves her own sentence.
12: The number of body parts (facial only) displayed before a full-frontal shot of Salman Khan's entire face.
12: The number of viewers at the screening (including 12 cops stationed outside) unaffected by this entrance.
155: Body count at the hands of Jai.
1.55: number of heartbeats skipped per viewer (male or female) at the sight of a routine shirt-ripping climax sequence.
30 crore: Expected box office opening-day collections.
20 crore: The number of viewers disinterested in Daisy Shah's eclectic dance entrance to the backdrop of Navi Mumbai.
94: The number of records that will be broken by a non-holiday non-Eid January Winter-spring 3rd-week Friday new-decade non-YRF non-SRK starrer.
94: The number of (my) body parts in danger after mentioning SRK in this review.
On a serious note, the one flaw that annoyed me was a continuous sound loop of a hungry cat lapping at milk during several intense Bhai gazes. When the lights came on, the adult woman next to me was still blowing wet kisses to the screen.
