Janasheen
- A Feroze Khan thriller, lavish and romantic
Janasheen
- darling son of two fathers - one the real
and the other foster. One is Virendra Kapoor
who abandons his family to become a millionaire
and the other is Saba, an Afghan who sees
in the youth the image of his own son who
got killed in Afghanistan back in 1981. The
cast of the film is led by Feroze Khan himself,
who has produced, directed and edited Janasheen.
Celina Jaitly is the star attraction and plays
daughter mothered by aunt Archana Puran Singh
opposite Fardeen Khan, a super-bike racer
aspiring to become champion.
Fardeen
is caught between his real father and the
sentimental father. Saba is determined to
acquire Kapoor's prime property, but the latter
is equally firm on not selling it off at any
cost. Fardeen holds father responsible for
mother's death and hence feels much like an
orphan. Archana Puran Singh is his foster
mother in the film.
The
film is about strange relationships, intrigues,
love and pure affection. Afghanistan flashback
is accidental, just to make certain key characters
and their bonds more convincing. But situations
look contrived, though some of the scenes
carry dramatic power.
The
film has a Muslim flavour running through
with Feroze Khan mouthing epithets and exclamations
to establish his Pathan-Pakhtoon identity.
But to take liberties from Muslim social usceptibilities,
Feroze Khan brings in Christian characters
like Jessica and the Australian connection
which is where the motor bike races are being
held and where he meets Fardeen and his friends.
This
allows him to justify all the semi-nude glamour
every few minutes that he flaunts on the big
screen on the drop of a hat, virtually. Pretty
girls in scanty swim suits popping in and
out of water or even erupting out of sands
in a desert titillate the audience.
Feroze
Khan attempts to produce a super entertainer,
a romantic thriller and a blockbuster in his
own inimitable style. But what about son Fardeen?
The latest Khan venture, produced on a very
lavish and very ambitious scale is supposed
to be his roadmap to success.
by
Our Film Critic
Nov 28, 2003