In its most simplest form Jai Ho is about Salman Khan, a superman aam aadmi who plays a suspended army officer and is ever ready to help those who need it. His only motto is create a chain of goodness in society. Hence every time he helps somebody he tells them that instead of saying thank you, they should help three other people and ask them in turn to help three more people. there is no way of knowing why the number is three and not one, two or five. In between we see romance between Salman and debutant Daisy. This is followed by songs and dancing and of course loads and loads of action, much of it in slow motion.
What kept me surprised throughout the movie was its unending cast with actors popping up at random. Tabu being Jai's upright sister, always having his back just like the Hindi cinema sisters. However hers was not much of a role to play. It makes it strange to see actors like Tabu agreeing to roles like this. There are a number of popular and renowned faces in the film. Genelia D'Souza comes across as a handicapped girl, that shows desperation for roles! She could do way better. Vikhas Bhalla is showcased as her brother, Mahesh Manjrekar as an auto rickshaw driver, SURPRISING AGAIN, Mohnish Behl as the Chief Minister, Danny Denzogpa as the Home Minister and so on and so forth. Suniel Shetty makes a sudden appearance to give a lecture and vanish. Last but not the least Daisy Shah's role withers away through the movie. The only thing audience would remember about her would be her dancing skills. Hers is much a story in this movie like that of Zarine Khan in all her movies.
Directed by his youngest brother Sohail Khan, the movie is a typical Salman Khan movie, much similar to Dabangg and Dabangg 2 the only difference being this one has a social message attached. Salman as usual is all over the place snarling and kicking and scowling. The growling lead man is hilarious and will crack you up more than getting your respect. It's low on IQ and extremely lame. Jai Ho Salman is the version of Rajnikanth. When he roars goons literally run for their lives. This is a but too much to digest considering aam aadmi wouldn't be aam then! On top of this list is the horrible exploitative side-story of limbless little girls, beggar children being assaulted. The film stops at nothing in its attempt to move you to tears. If your heart does go out its for the few good actors who are wasted by being part of this silliness.
The screenplay is not as inspiring, the story cuts into too many episodes and is repetitive. The romance scenes are half done. There are these thunderous actions scenes blowing away 100 men at a stretch making it unbelievable and inlogical. The songs add on to the misery of the film. The preachings are overdone and had it not been for Salman Khan, the film would be entirely unwatchable. Despite a bullet in his shoulder and knife in his back, Salman rips off his shirt and shows off his rippling muscles and then pulverizes the bad guy. This was the first movie in which I felt sleepy due to its sluggishness. The film supposedly is about the victory of a man who lets his fist do the talking. Muddled message!
The only scenes worth watching for Salman fans are the scenes where he finally tears his shirt off and mere two action sequences. On the last note this movie is completely avoidable unless you are a diehard Salman Khan fan. Jai Ho simply furthers Salman's Being Human status!
