Jo Dooba So Paar - It's Love in Bihar!

Jo dooba so par, Its love in Bihar had the potential of becoming an interesting story. The film is set in small town Bihar where a school dropout l... read more

Jo dooba so par, Its love in Bihar had the potential of becoming an interesting story.

The film is set in small town Bihar where a school dropout lives with his family and works on a truck with his father. Enter an American girl who is doing some research on Madhubani paintings. A la Raja Hindustani he falls in love with her, wears a funny hat and goes to woo her. He impresses her with his knowledge of the paintings and she makes him her guide. Then her boyfriend shows up, our man is heartbroken and the girl warned against him by her doctor uncle who warns her that a Bihari man in live is a dangerous animal. She gets kidnapped by Naxalites and then after some action the story ends sort of ambiguously. There is also a side story of an alcoholic cop who has never got a promotion and who ignores the girl who is in love with him.

The locale is authentic, the accent and language ring true and the star cast looks appropriately country yokelish. But the story is too patchy to make any sense. Why is the cop ignoring the girl? You sense that there must have been a back story to explain his moroseness but the editing chops it out. Similarly, for the main hero. Though we see enough of him we dont enter his life really. Again, there are things that seem to have been chopped out to make the film tighter. All this choppiness leaves you with a sense of unease and incompleteness that robs the film of the potential I talked about.

There is a song with a nice folksy beat but thats about it in that department. On the acting front, the lead actor Anand Tiwari, has a passionate romantic attitude that does well for the character . His pals give a good version of what rural India does for amusement in its spare time. Rajat Kapoor as the suave cop plays up the contrast well. The American girl obviously worked for free, since no one could have paid for that kind of bad acting.

All in all, a pointless kind of movie. In spite of having a good story to work with, the writer cum Director has failed to flesh it out well. Avoid.
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Had it not been for Vinay Pathak and Rajat Kapoor it would indeed have been a miracle for 'Jo Dooba So Paar to have had an All India release in the... read more

Had it not been for Vinay Pathak and Rajat Kapoor it would indeed have been a miracle for 'Jo Dooba So Paar to have had an All India release in the first place leave aside it's fate at the box-office.More than a feature film meant for a paid audience it appears more like a show-case film by amateurs from an acting school who have submitted their project simply to clear their semester and move on in life.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nConsidering the film is about Love in Bihar maybe it would have been best if the film was made as a regional film and restricted to the the Bihar-UP territory alone where it may just have clicked as it comes close on the heels of Chirag Paswan's debut opposite Kangana Ranaut in Mile Na Mile Hum Doabara but his film is quite a different ball game alltogether. Considering he has ample political clout in the form of his dad Ramvilas Paswan. But Praveen Kumar seems to only have lofty ambitions or though that Vinay Pathak after Chalo Dilli was enough to draw in the crowds all over India if he had his Bheja Fry Partner in the film.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIt would come as no surprise that in the present times if this love story based in the interiors of Bihar can muster up an audience even there leave alone any of the major cities in Bihar. The only assured audience this kind of a film can possibly muster shall be from the extended families, friends and well-wishers of the cast and even they would expect free tickets to go and watch this film not sure how many close relatives leave alone friends would spend money just to lend support by going to watch this film in a theater.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSure luck does play an important part in the fate of films but in the case of 'Jo Dooba So Paar' like I said earlier only a hard-core miracle could this film a paid audience in any part of the country unless Bihar gets generous and makes this a tax-free film which also seems like a remote possibility unless Praveen Kumar has political connections to pull strings at least within Bihar and UP. That apart the film has virtually nil scope as in most parts of the country it's already been scraped out of theaters and quite frankly nobody is missing it really.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJo Dooba So Paar is about an NRI girl from Houstan who comes to live with her uncle so that she can complete her research project on Madhubani paintings. No sooner does she arrive in Bihar that she actually catches the fancy of a local school dropout who was rusticated as he had plugged thrice and was a bad influence on other students. Now reluctantly assisting his dad who is a truck driver he imagines this videshi babe in his town actually loves him since she talks politely to him and he takes that as a sign of love and thus he starts trailing her like a love lorn puppy little realising that she actually has her own boyfriend tucked away and so when he catches her kissing him his make believe world crumbles as not in his wildest dreams did he imagine she was not interested in him.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe film which has been crawling at a pace that would make even a snail appear like an Olympic sprinter finally changes gears albeit a moment too late when the NRI girl gets kidnapped and there is a a hefty ransom demand for her release. Now the onus falls on the lout to save the girl from the kidnappers even when he knows that she does not love him. While initially he is in two minds as to leave her to her fate or trace her and save her from the clutches of the kidnappers, eventually he agrees hoping this daring act shall win her heart when she finds out he rised his life to trace her. Thus he takes off to Bodh Gaya on a tip off with the cops that she maybe bundled there. Eventually the kidnappers are cornered but what comes as a shocker is whom they're actually working for and with who's patronage they had kidnapped the girl to get the ransom.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the end of it all, not sure how many folks wud even care to view it if and when it gets a television premiere as it's a no go even on the DVD circuit. So maybe if you want to get even wid your enemy send them free tickets for 'Jo Dooba So Par' and hope they bite the bait and go for it!!!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nREVIEWED BY DALIP SHANDIL\r\n view less

We rarely come up with small-town stories. That's because presenting the urban lifestyle has become a norm. Another reason could be the Indian dias... read more

We rarely come up with small-town stories. That's because presenting the urban lifestyle has become a norm. Another reason could be the Indian diaspora/NRI audience doesn't relate to small-town stories. The NRI audience contributes a big chunk of revenue and film-makers are keen on tapping the income generated from international shores. JO DOOBA SO PAAR, directed by Praveen Kumar, makes you travel to the bylanes of a town in Bihar that is populated with a bunch of engaging characters.

While the director has an interesting plot on hand, it's the screenplay that lets him down. The end result is that JO DOOBA SO PAAR is heart-felt and intermittently enjoyable, but not delightful in totality.
Kishu [Anand Tiwari] is kicked out of school. He assists his father [Dadhi Pandey] on the truck. One fine day, he spots an American girl, Sapna [Sita Ragione Spada], who has come to Bihar for research. Kishu falls in love with her, not knowing what her true feelings are. Kishu is crestfallen when her American boyfriend [Alexx O'Neil] comes visiting. The story takes a turn when Sapna gets kidnapped.

First things first! First-time director Praveen Kumar needs to be lauded for choosing an attention-grabbing story. His intent is earnest, but the screenplay, soon after the American girl is kidnapped, gets formulaic. The portions -- how Kishu and his friends bust the kidnap drama -- looks farcical. One wonders what prompted the director to take the easy route, when he was walking a new path all the while. Also, the film could've done without a couple of songs.

Most of the burden lies on Anand Tiwari's able shoulders and I wish to add that he delivers a sincere and genuine performance. Rajat Kapoor is perfect, while Vinay Pathak suffers due to a half-baked character. The love story between Vinay and Sadia Siddiqui doesn't work. Sita Ragione Spada makes a fine effort. Pitobash is cast in an inconsequential role. Dadhi Pandey is first-rate. Alexx O'Neil is passable.

On the whole, JO DOOBA SO PAAR is a strictly okay fare, with some endearing moments and some not-too-charming ones. view less

Nice movi 4 allllllllll....