Producer: Bubby Kent
Director: Andaleb M. Sultanpuri
*ing: Salman Khan, Urmila Matondkar, Shammi Kapoor, Jaspal Bhatti
Music: Anu Malik

Released on : April 02, 1999

Reviewed by: Tanmeet Kumar
tanmeet@indolink.com

out of 
Jaanam Samjha Karo is the latest love story out of Bollywood. The film has a new pair, Salman Khan and Urmila Matondkar, music by Anu Malik, and direction by Majrooh Sultanpuri's son. Sounds promising, doesn't it? Unfortunately, JSK didn't quite reach the height of my expectations, however, I didn't find the movie to be too bad. The story  sounds very unoriginal upon first hearing it. A rich playboy (Khan) falls in love with a nightclub dancer (Urmila) and does whatever he can to woo her, with the help of his tubby secretary, Tubby (Jaspal Bhatti). The nightclub dancer, quite obviously, resists her alcoholic admirer's advances at first (There wouldn't be a story otherwise), but slowly realizes, through a string of situations and a very interesting sub plot (which I will not give away), that she does indeed love him.

Sure sure, the story sounds quite dull, but great performances by a talented cast, breathtaking locales, and plot twists galore earn the movie watchable status. The lackluster direction certainly slows the film down some pre intermission, but post intermission, you're in for a fun ride. As for the performances, Salman Khan does his usual rich alcoholic brat bit and pulls it off rather well (Considering he's had practice). He's passable but certainly nothing to brag about. Urmila is the show stealer as the nightclub dancer being wooed by Salman. She acts very convincingly and looks quite amazing. Urmila fans, do not fear! Yes, she shows more that a little leg in this movie and she dances quite well. Of the supporting cast, the only one worthy of mention Jaspal Bhatti, who plays Salman's overweight secretary. Music by Anu Malik is just average but is certainly passable when viewed on screen, thanks to the videos for the songs. Direction is bad in the first half, however, newcomer Andaleb Sultanpuri does a good job in the second half. If it weren't for Urmi, Tubby, and a semi interesting plot combined with Sultanpuri's decent direction (The film would have fallen flat on it's face otherwise), JSK would have been a washout. However, these few tasty ingredients make JSK to be an interesting experience. Hopefully, Salman's hat trick of hits continues with JSK. It's a lot better then some drivel that's being mass produced in Bollywood these days (Soldier, Aarzoo, Aaag Hi Aag -- Awful even for a Mithun movie, etc.), but could be a lot better.