The film appears archaic and caught in a time warp in many places and the reason for Meera backing out of the relationship makes her look silly rather than us feeling for her spiritual side and her unwavering faith in ‘Sir Jesus’, at the church that seems to have only the two of them at all times. It is the weakest element of the film and is plain boring with its main conflict totally unconvincing. This should have been the soul of the film but it simply fails to touch you. The biggest problem with Jab Tak Hai Jaan, which tells us how true love can defeat even (son of) God, is the central love story of Samar and Meera. Sure, there’s the A1 mounting with stunning locales, there’s the strong cast and brilliant technical crew with money spent on the production like water but ultimately the weak and (highly) illogical storytelling lets the film down ending in a 179 minutes dreary experience that just seems to go on and on and on and… But try as one might, one can’t help but feel that Jab Tak Hai Jaan (JTHJ) is nowhere the epic love ballad that Yashji wanted it to be. One so wants to applaud Yash Chopra’s swan-song for all that he’s given to Hindi cinema down the years.
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