Jago Jago Ghar Jana Hai. Review on Koi Mil Gaya

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Prelude

Koi Mil Gaya was released all over the country on 8 Aug 2003 and I saw the movie on 10 Aug 2003. Within 72 hours of release. That in itself was a miracle. “Jadoo.” Wow! I think “Jadoo” the alien had mesmerized me. I lost all control over my rigid authority and succumbed to the dictates of my daughters and followed them meekly to the theatre. Were they in contact with the aliens? I was hoping that we would not get the tickets and would go and see “Hungama”, which had also been released at the same time, but when aliens have invaded can mere humans have their say??

Despite the near stampede and surging multitudes, the majority of which were girls (school and college students), we managed to get tickets. For a change, the ladies line was longer than the gents!!

In their over zealousness to curb black market in tickets, the management of the theatre had come up with a novel idea. They did not do any advance booking and were giving only two tickets per person. With one single window catering for the gents and ladies line, two tickets were sold to a gent and two to a lady. As a result, groups were split and did not get adjoining seats. This created chaos inside the theatre.

When we managed to enter the hall after being jostled by the surging crowd we found that we had two seats on the left of the central passage and two on the right side. This was the case with most of the groups. Everyone was haggling and requesting different people to adjust so that their group could get back together. I managed one seat but one boy was not willing to change his seat on request. Then I had to throw my weight and naturally he got cowed down and moved. Finally we were seated, the movie had sarted but the chaos took another 15 minutes to subside.

The Movie Begins….

Over the din in the hall, I vaguely recollect watching Rakesh Roshan (I forgot his screen name) punching some keys on an alien looking computer and weird sounds coming out of it causing lightening strikes and power failures. By the time we could concentrate on the movie, the aliens had put in their first assault and Rakesh Roshan’s car had been overturned. The first thing that I noticed was Rekha skating along the road on her stomach and rakesh Roshan succumbing to injuries. The action had begun. So far so good.

Then Hritik Roshan (Rohit in the film) appeared on the scene and there was a deafening yell. The row behind us was occupied by a group of about 20 College girls, all fans of Hritik Roshan Each word he uttered was a cause for them to swoon and yell. My God! I did not know that girls could be more boisterous than boys when in a group. I ofr a moment thought that I was sitting in the lower stall with rickshaw wallah rather than in the balcony.

Hritik Roshan was looking every bit the mentally retarded child that he was portraying. I thought this was his natural self and he was enjoying being himself.

When Priety Zinta (Nisha in the film) appeared on the scene, another bout of yelling from the back row. I was beginning to enjoy their mirth more than the movie. It is good to see people happy.

The Movie in Progress Zzzzz…….

As the scooter and motorcycle chases started and the poor Rohit started getting harassed by the local bully, and his love for Nisha started blossoming, I was getting ready for my afternoon nap now. For my afternoon siesta, I require plenty of noise as I am used to my daughters channel surfing while I sleep. The moment the TV is switched off I get up. As long as the peels of laughter were emanating from the rear row and the sound system of the hall was reverberating I slept soundly.

I got up intermittently when the sounds died down. On one such awakening I saw the alien. The blue coloured creature “Jadoo”. I was wondering who he looked like and finally realised he resembled Johnny Lever in the role of the police man or rather Johnny Lever looked more like an alien and was competing with “Jadoo”. Imagine a policeman breaking the glass panes of his house! I am not used to such policemen. They build huge walls around their houses so that no one can spot where the ill gotten wealth has been stashed away. This one has to be an alien.

Whenever I looked at Jadoo blinking with happiness, I expected him to burst into a dance and start singing “Mera Jadoo chal gaya…,” then I realised that oh! this song is from a different movie. None-the-less his Jadoo was working and he made super humans of mere humans.

The next time I awoke, I saw a basket ball match in progress. When the clouds parted and the sun light shone through, “Jadoo” started blinking his eyes. The cute kids and their over grown friend Rohit started flying and jumping 5 to 10 metres high. No need of Bournvita or Complan or Horlicks. The ball was not thrown up but down into the basket.

I stayed awake for a while when the police came into action captured “Jadoo” and Rohit the unarmed, super human commando out smarted them and secured his release. I was assessing the suitablilty of recruiting him in the army. He can be used in Kashmir to combat the terrorists effectively.

Has the movie ended?

After Jadoo was released from the clutches of the police, satisfied that I had a good new recruit, I went back to sleep only to be awakened later by my wife saying “Ghar nahin chalna hai?” (Don’t you want to go home?). I got up with a start. I asked her what the ending was? My daughters said in unison “You see the next show after dropping us home and find out.” Huh see the next show? Am I on punishment?

Ok dear readers, I may not see the movie a second time but if you do want to know what happened to “Jadoo”, you may go and see the movie, but just once please!! Have a good nap before you go or else you may be asked to see it a second time. If you are a teenaged fan of Hritik Roshan, you need not have a nap. You will enjoy the punishment and the movie will gross good averages.