`Jhankar
Beats': Funny and not Funny!
New
Delhi, June 20: Indian music legend RD
Burman has always been a remix specialist's
delight. And debutant director Sujoy Ghosh's
'Jhankar Beats' (Musical Beats), based on
Burman's influence on six youngsters, opened
to packed houses at cinemas across the country
on Friday. Starring Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose,
Juhi Chawla, Rinki Khanna, Riya Sen and new-comer
Shayan Munshi, 'Jhankar Beats' revolves around
a music competition which they want to win.
Burman's music, a rage in the 70's and the
80's, has inspired a bunch of films including
last year's moderate budget 'Dil Vil Pyar
Vyar' (Love and Heart). Actor Sanjay Suri
denied any comparisons between the two films.
"RD Burman has strong reference in 'Jhankar
Beats'. So I think everyone got confused,
- what's the similarity and thing about a
competition? In 'Dil Vil...' there was a competition,
a prize winning competition and here the main
aim is to win the 'Jhankar Beats' because
it's in the name of RD and he is their God
and idol of these guys," he said.
Though
a full-scale musical, 'Jhankar Beats' has
its whacky sense of humour. Actress Riya Sen
said the level of humour in the movie is different
and probably not everybody's cup of tea. "The
sense of humour is the first of its kind which
is being brought about in a Hindi film. Some
audience will probably not recognise it at
all and say `what's happening? I don't find
it funny'. But if you understand right from
the beginning and relate to that sense of
humour, the level of that sense of humour
is a little high. It's different and it's
great if you understand it," said Sen. Director
Ghosh, a former Reuters employee, said the
humour of the movie is inspired by MAD comics.
Actor
Rahul Bose, who learnt to play drums specifically
for the musical, said he took it as a challenge.
"I have never done this role because I have
never played a role like this before in my
life. I have never ever played a light- hearted
flirty. It's something people get it at the
beginning of their careers and then they move
on to more serious stuff. I have never done
this and I suspect most of them think I can't
do this. So I thought let's try and prove
them wrong," said Bose. Bose shot to fame
with parallel and cross-over films like 'Everybody
says I am Fine' and 'Mr and Mrs Iyer.'
