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Forgettable narrative

No patch on Dad: ‘Jimmy’ fails to impress

Film: Jimmy

Direction: Raj. N. Sippy

Cast: Mimoh, Vivana

Mithun Chakraborty has been a reference point for a generation of aspiring actors. Unfortunately, closer home not many lessons have been imbibed. His son, Mimoh takes his baby steps in “Jimmy”, a Raj N. Sippy film that is lucky to finally see the light of the day. And like all babies, Mimoh falters, flounders, falls.

Comparisons can be odious, particularly if you compare a guy who starts off with a masala film like “Jimmy” with somebody who was way ahead of times with “Mrigya”. But frankly, Mimoh disappoints. He has neither the presence to set the screen afire, nor exactly the emoting ability to set your tear glands running.

Here in an author-backed role, he fails to score many points. He plays a DJ by the night and an automobile engineer by the day. No father, lots of debts, a terminal illness and a couple of dance floor numbers all are thrown in by Sippy in a desperate attempt to keep the masses occupied with the fare. Not to be. The story has a sameness to it that induces boredom. The pace of the film is slack and the flashback narration does little to keep the viewers engrossed.

The dialogues remain consistently forgettable. And music shockingly so.

Avoid “Jimmy”.

ZIYA US SALAM

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