Jhoom Barabar Jhoom flops

'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' has flopped.

Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Lara Dutta, Preity Zinta and Bobby Deol, this movie from Yash Raj films has viewers all over the world yawning their way through it. It's being considered too long and boring. Weak music has also worked against it. Critics have panned the movie too. Rediff has called the movie 'Jhoom Bore-abar Jhoom', to quote them, 'The first half is merely, mindnumbingly boring, while the second gets exasperating'.

While Yash Raj films which has released 250 prints of the movie in Bombay territory alone will certainly make some money from the first week ticket sales to unsuspecting cinema-goers, a few more movies like this and people may forget that Yash Chopra gave us classics like 'Lamhe' and 'Kabhi Kabhi' and out-and-out entertainers like 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge'.

On another note, Amitabh Bachchan in his heyday would create a long gap after a succcesful release and hasten to release a movie after one of his movies bombed. If a new promising film was not ready for release, he would revive his last hit to divert the attention from the flop.,

On the same lines, Bachchan Jr., not having an impending release has apparently had posters of his last release, 'Guru' pasted at strategic locations in the city, following the debacle of 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' to remind people that he did figure in a successful flick not too long ago. While 'Guru' was certainly no 'Sholay', it was a moderate success especially in urban Indian cities and overseas.