Jaan-e-Mann: Bollywood goes Baroque

[dangermousie]

Today's pic-spam are stills from Jaan-e-Mann, a Bollywood movie that opened last week, starring Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta. Yes, it's the love triangle so beloved of Bollywood. However, it's also apparently a bit of a tongue-in-cheek, phantasmagoric fantasy, with some surreal imagery thrown in. And huge points to Salman Khan, the wild child of Bollywood, to be so willing to poke fun at his persona and image. I was going to post it last week and had the images ready and everything, but then it slipped my mind. Oh well, better late than never.

Salman plays a narcissistic, immature, big-headed actor-wannabe failure, who, through a crazy twist of events, ends up helping the socially awkward Akshay Kumar woo his ex-wife (and the mother of his child!!!) played by Preity Zinta. And he grows up in the process, too. Mix in crazy hijinks and angst (mmmmm, crying Salman=HOT) and we get the movie in a nutshell.

I am planning to see this within the week, if it's still playing. Any takers? It doesn't look like any other Bolly movie so far, visually. And Preity and Salman always have rocking chemistry (this is their third movie together and I really hope they finally end up together in this one), and, if you are still not convinced? How can you not want to see the movie where someone can really put something like the following in his review "Anupam Kher is funny as the midget" and mean it. (Some IMDB reviewer). Come on!

My favorite still from the movie. Salman Khan and Preity Zinta:





Larger Version:



Preity and Salman when they were mushy:



Preity:



Salman. I just love this weirdly surreal image:





How very Gene Kelly:



Akshay, Preity and something that looks like a Busby Berkley set:



Salman can read!!!



And angst:



No idea but it looks scary:



Salman in NY:



'Daaaaance with me...'



Awwww:



Seriously, this looks like s 30s musical:



Preity's house seems to have a quick turn-over:



Akshay Kumar, being business-like:



Salman Khan:



Western? Meet Ali Baba:



It looks like Salman has loved and lost yet again. Or does it?



Salman and Akshay:



Akshay woos Preity:



I don't even want to know:



Akshay doing Tai-Chi:



Hellllloooooo, Indian Elvis:



Toreadors?



And we close on a romantic note:

Comments

[thelana.livejournal.com]

;p

Still waiting for Salman/Rani and Baabul.

BTW? I really enjoyed Kank, to my own surprise! I'm not sure if I'm 100% down with the story, but I was entertained. All the fun drama scenes rather made it worthwhile.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. Babul has the potential to be good.

Glad you enjoyed KANK. I find Karan always entertaining, whatever else is going on in his movies.

[katranna.livejournal.com]

I wanna see it with you! Dammit.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Come over? There is a Space Sequence. And Midgets. And Salman mocking himself.

[klmorgan.livejournal.com]

Divine Miss M,

Have been sick as a cat and not doing much besides staying in bed and reading, but am better now. Will call you tomorrow about Bollywood stuff. I think you called on my cell, but I was probably (always) asleep. "Asleep" has been my constant state of being recently. But I will get out of bed for Bollywood.

And popcorn. Will there be popcorn?

I'll call!

~ the silly sick Miss K

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hope you feel better! *sends good wishes and warm tea*

There WILL be popcorn :P

[autumn-yaar.livejournal.com]

Ah, some of those are scary.

I'm so jealous of how beautiful Preity Zinta is. It's not fair.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heh. Scary indeed. Just be thankful I ommitted some of the Elvis stuff.

And she IS gorgeous.

[ameyadevi.livejournal.com]

GUH!!! PRETTY! XD

I want to see!! too bad its not playing here. It actually did play almost a week here (until today!) in ohio.. which ive only seen happen before with KANK.. but i didnt know that til today, not that i woulda had a ride anyway. sad face.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know. I can't wait to see this.

[fivil.livejournal.com]

Salman can read!!!

Roffle. I'm pretty sure I'm going to LOVE Sallu in this movie. He & Akshay look awesome in every still. And they're sure to be hilarious. And Preity looks pretty. *insert usual angst about waiting for DVD*

Akshay doing Tai-Chi
Well, it's not far from his weapon of choice, which is karate or something.

Also, man this year's been full of interesting Bollywood projects. Wonder if 2007 can top it.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I don't know if 2007 can top. This has been probably the best since 2001 year for Bollywood IMO

[fivil.livejournal.com]

And you haven't even seen Lage Raho Munnabhai! (Which I recommend you get on DVD when it comes out, which should be early November - I don't want to overhype it for you but let's just say I'm definitely getting it on DVD myself.)

2006 still has some really cool releases coming up, like Mani Ratnam's Guru with Abhishek and Aishwarya. 2007 has some curious releases (Salaam-E-Ishq, Eklavya!!) but most are coming out in early 07 so I don't know what the rest of the year will look like.