Jia aur Jia Reviews

A random relationship, involving pretty pink gowns and bewildered priests and marriage vows, crops up.

In Sweden, the two run into an Indian lad, Vasu Bergman (newcomer Arslan Goni) – Ingmar must be turning his grave – and go on a wild romp on a beach with him.

Jia Aur Jia has little interest in showcasing its scenic landscapes, glorious architecture or lively cafes. This same vapid approach dumbs down the talents of Kalki and Richa into pictures of hollow passions and iffy motives.

Jia Aur Jias saving grace is that it resurrects Jiya o jiya, the title song of the Asha Parekh-Dev Anand classic Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai, for its background score.

One Jia wants to die and the other is dying and before you come to the 'Babumoshai' moment you loved in Anand (Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan), you have plotted their demise several times over.

Chick flick, road trip drama, slice of life, this Richa Chadha-Kalki Koechlin starrer is anything but any of these.

Any promise that Jia aur Jia may have held of taking a fresh, original approach to the idea of a girl-bonding story is dispelled literally minutes into the film.

The worst thing about the unbelievably juvenile Jia Aur Jia is that it beams out, repeatedly, an inaccurate and potentially damaging message about liver donation. For the record, no one has to die to be a donor.

'Jia Aur Jia', starring Richa Chadha and Kalki Koechlin, seems promising at the start. It follows two women as they embark on a road trip to Sweden, which proves to be life-changing.

Howard Rosemeyer, who has choreographed for movies like Parineeta and Laaga Chunari Mein Daag has miserably failed to mould a half-baked into a story.

A random drunk dude in Sweden of mixed heritage (Arslan) bumps into these women and makes one of them go weak in the knees by spouting gems like, “Main ameer hoon, main kuch nahi karta.”Even terminal illness comes across as a…