Jashnn - A little too late.

Jashnn was supposed to be a launch pad for Adhyayan Suman, the latest star(?) kid on the block. Directors Raksha Mistry and Hasnain S Hyderabadwala (after making straight copies in their previous movies, Killer and The train) decide to get inspired from a desi flick this time. Rock on you guys :)

Jashnn is about a young man and the mess in his life. With all that's happening in his life how he finds a way to succeed in the field of music, his true love is what this movie is about. This movie really has some nice emotional moments which makes me believe that the rumors of Mahesh Bhatt ghost directing this movie actually hold some sense.

Akash(Adhyayan) is a young boy for whom music is his life. He dreams of being the country's best singer. His sister Nisha(Shahana) is a mistress to a rich businessman, Aman Bajaj(Humayun) so that she can afford a good lifestyle for herself and her brother. Akash is disgusted by her attitude and walks out of the house one day. To add fuel to the fire he falls in love with Aman Bajaj's sister, Sara(Anjana).

The rest of the story is about how Akash continues with his journey to becoming a successful singer. This movie was being promoted for around a year and hence could have been more effective if it would have released before Rock On.

Jashnn is a performance oriented movie. It needed powerful performances from every character. All the actors do justice to their roles with putting in powerful performances. Adhyayan is great in his role and proves Raaz was not a fluke. Shahana was great as expected. Anjana surprised me with her performance. Humayun as the baddie was good too.

Music is the soul of the movie and new comers Toshi-Sharib and Nauman Javed really do a good job. I don't know what or how Toshi has impressed the Bhatts but he is getting tremendous footage in the Bhatt camp. For those of you who don't know, Toshi was one of the contestants in singing reality shows and 80% people including me hated his singing :)

Direction is well done. The movie flows at a nice pace. The songs fit into place. A couple of emotional scenes were handled really well and the baddy's transformation in the end was well shot too and credit to Humayun for some splendid acting in the climax.

Rating *** (Deserves 1 watch)