Jo Dooba So Paar – It’s Love In Bihar Review

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Film: Jo Dooba So Paar – It’s Love In Bihar (U)

Director: Praveen Kumar

Cast: Anand Tiwari, Vinay Pathak, Sita Ragione Spada, Alex O’Neill

Rating: *

After the fun we had with Dabangg, what Subash Kapoor presented in Phas Gaye Re Obama, and more recent spicy Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, expectations from stories set in the badlands of UP and/or Bihar have soared.

But this Praveen Kumar film set in the notorious titular state of India disappoints on all counts. From the skeleton of a story to talented actors trapped in the shortcomings of an inefficient screenplay, it’s clearly a doobti naiyya (sinking boat).

Expelled from school for disrupting an examination as a favour for friends, Kesu (Anand) is forced to help his father deliver goods in their family truck. Back home, Kesu falls for an Italian-Indian girl Sapna who’s in town on research work. The father with the perpetual ‘oh the world is crashing down on me’ look is obviously against the one-sided romance. Yawn… Nothing exciting ever happens before the interval, which is not to say a lot does after it. It only stumbles, and stumbles more never to pick up. Sapna’s kidnapping subplot only adds to the weariness.

Kumar conveniently ignores explaining the existence of so many characters -- Kesu’s friends, the mysterious woman living in policeman Tokan’s (Vinay) home, Kesu’s horny mother, his father’s smuggling business and the most vital turn, the kidnapping of the heroine.

The only reason the audience could tolerate all this is the hope they bring with them, of steering the plot in a direction where it becomes bearable. Nothing of the sort happens. And they’re all reduced to mere sketches from the writer’s imagination.

Lead actor Anand Tiwari is so expressive he makes Jo Dooba…look like one long play. No problem with that. Slipping into dreamy daze every two scenes is not the most exciting scene on screen. Sita Ragione Spada’s accent is plain annoying, and none of the characters stand out or impress. The usually dependable Pitobash Tripathy also fails.

Manish J Tipu’s music could easily be the hero of the film, if some restrain was exercised with the songs. The title shows promise of dangers/excitement of falling in love in Bihar, but falls miserably short of making any impact even on the love story front.

All in all, Jo Dooba So Paar is nothing you should waste your money on. This love in Bihar is bland and boring.