Jodi Breakers reviews

Ashwani Chaudhary made his debut with a respectable film called Dhoop in 2003. There has been nothing mentionable post his debut. R.Madhavan has h... read more

Ashwani Chaudhary made his debut with a respectable film called Dhoop in 2003. There has been nothing mentionable post his debut. R.Madhavan has had a good 2011 with Tanu Weds Manu. Bipasha Basu has been struggling for a decent hit since Race(2008). The only thing that could have saved this combination and the film was good word of mouth. They arent getting it from me atleast.

Whats it about? R.Madhavan is a divorce expert who himself is just divorced. He meets Bipasha Basu who becomes his partner in this business and Jodi break karte karte you know what happens. All this happens on one of their case involving Milind Soman, Dippanita Sharma and Mrinalini Sharma.

How is it? Okey Dokey

Why? Even though the script thinks it has created enough complications to engage you there is nothing engaging except watching the beautiful locales of Greece for the little time that the film decides to shift there. Note to filmmakers when shooting abroad please set your scenes in the outdoors and please take lots of wide shoots. At least then some boring films can be watched as a travelogue. Madhavan tries his best to fit into a role that was clearly not meant for him. The kunwara kunwara song in the beginning is enough to put you off. Bipasha is thankfully bearable. Milind Soman is in a tintin like hairstyle and comes across completely disinterested. Dippanita has a why was I chosen for this role? expression. Mrinalini Sharma is the only one who fits the role and performs it well. From the time I saw DTBHJ I have become allergic to Omi Vaidya. I will have to carry Avil the next time I enter a film starring him. The only thing that brought a smile to my face was seeing Helen on screen.


Final few words Jodi Breakers is an attempted rom-Com filled with actors who are 30 and above but caters to neither Under -25 nor Over 25.

Rating - **

Ticket Meter not worth stepping into the theatre
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With Oscar fever gripping the country fast, there is room for some light frothy romcoms. Jodi Breakers had promised to be that. But what comes out ... read more

With Oscar fever gripping the country fast, there is room for some light frothy romcoms. Jodi Breakers had promised to be that. But what comes out is another trite mishmash of Bollywood bullshit.

Everything is wrong from the get go. Not only is the pairing of the leading couple completely off, but the story, dialogue and direction completely ridiculous. To top it all, there is a grotesque abuse of foreign locations, fine actors like Madhavan and Helen and a sheer wastage of the audiences' time and money.

A special mention for Bipasha Basu. Barring her raunch act in the namesake song, she becomes progressively bad with each passing frame. She can neither handle comedy nor emotions. There is just a pained expression on her face in response to some heavy weight (read a fat Madhavan) action on screen. The only saving grace would be the little sparkle between the second leads Milind Soman (looking jaded yet rakish) and Dippanita Sharma.

So in a nutshell my fellow viewers, stay far away from this one. You might want to break your heads. 1.5 stars view less

Jodi Breakers is a long meandering exercise in confusion. The zany title fools you into thinking it will be a comedy with lots of clever situation ... read more

Jodi Breakers is a long meandering exercise in confusion. The zany title fools you into thinking it will be a comedy with lots of clever situation involving couples who are trying to break up and are helped in this exercise by the team of professional break up artists. And of course, you assume there will be some cool romance involved also.

Sadly, the movie disappoints on both counts turning into a huge long yawn fest.
Maddy plays Sid, a divorced guy who breaks up other marriages for a living. He teams up with Sonali in this business and then he uses their services to break up a loving marriage so that his money hungry ex wife can seduce and hitch up with the rich industrialist. All this so that he gets his car (stupidly called Horny) back and stop paying alimony to the bitch ex wife. Well, Sid finds out the wife is pregnant and then tries to get the couple back together with the help of the grandmother and also salvage his love life with Sonali in the process. Thankfully, it all ends happily but then we knew that already.

The characters are all supposedly cool and hang out at a bar owned by one of the gang but that is as superficial as the cleavage that Bipasha shows in her item number. The men and women who come looking for help in breaking up their marriages are all sad caricatures and then their cases are solved in a jiffy. A few compromising pictures here and there and voila the judgment is pronounced in court. If you saw Heartbreakers that was recently in the theatres you would have marveled at the clever situations and the efforts the team there takes to break up a couple.

The romance between the lead pair is cold and vapid. There are no sparks as the couple progress from being buddies to soul mates. The story of the married couple who is torn apart for the bitch ex wife is also shallow. Apparently all it takes to break up a couple who were all over each other a scene before is a condom packet in a dustbin, a masseur in the room and bang! Baby we are through!

Maddy is very natural in his acting. IT is almost like he is playing himself on a lazy Sunday afternoon. He is still charming but way, way too fat to be appealing to anyone except 5 year olds who like to cuddle up to their paunchy dads. Bipasha looks ravishing. Every muscle in her body is toned and taut. Unfortunately her facial muscles are as taut and do not move too much irrespective of her state of mind. Omi Vaidya as the cool bartender is mildly amusing. Helen does not have much to do but is a refreshing presence in the sea of stony faces. Milind Soman has an amazing hairstyle that reminds you of Elvis.

Very long, very confused, very pointless and very, very boring. Avoid.


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When I saw the first few promos of Jodi Breakers I was far from impressed. From day 1 it looked like a disaster waiting to happen. But as a profess... read more

When I saw the first few promos of Jodi Breakers I was far from impressed. From day 1 it looked like a disaster waiting to happen. But as a professional hazard, I had to go in and risk this cinematic offering and what was the outcome?
An infuriatingly mind-numbing affair that makes you want to shoot the makers.

From here on, I shall refer to the protagonists as Booby 1(R.Madhavan Sid) & Booby 2(Bipasha- Sonali) for obvious reasons.

So Booby 1 is a professional divorce specialist who wears 3 layers of clothes while dancing in a pool with half naked women. He has a funny friend called Nano(Omi) whom he calls on for odd favours and such. He encounters Booby 2 at a bar and they suddenly become business partners. A case takes them to Greece where Booby 2 has a song named after her where she displays her assets. A misunderstanding occurs and they split. The second half is their return and them undoing a mistake which they committed.

The screenplay is ridiculous and is assisted by some audacious editing. Random cuts with random scenes mashed up make it an irritating viewing experience.
The best part of the film is the music by Salim-Suleiman as there are 2 good tracks and 1 half decent one thrown in amongst others.

Of the actors Booby 1 a.k.a Madhavan looks obese. It is appalling how a mainstream commercial actor would not get a gym membership for the larger good of the viewers. Seeing him romance Booby 2 a.k.a Bipasha is cringe worthy as she has lost all her sex appeal and seems completely out of it. The cast is salvaged by stereotype Omi Vaidya & a spirited effort by Milind Soman.

Director Ashwini Chaudhary provides film schools with a DVD of how to frustrate your audience. A film that started off with some hope ends with an intention to kill. Complete failure.

To sum it up, Booby Breakers is a waste of time & money. Towards the end Madhavan says a line which is apt. Mein khaane ke ilawa kuchh nahi karta. We believe you Sir and hence I recommend all of you out there to run as far as you can.
And FYI the battle of the Boobiest is won by Booby 1. Sorry Bipasha.
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nice movie

Average film of Madhvan

Average film at all.

Sid and Sonia,(both divorcees from their separate first marriages,)have teamed up as a Jodi to enable their client couples to seek divorce from one... read more

Sid and Sonia,(both divorcees from their separate first marriages,)have teamed up as a Jodi to enable their client couples to seek divorce from one another.The modus operandi adopted by them is to create suspicion on cheating among partners.They have succeeded in doing the same in case of Mark and Maggie Periera. A one off incident,makes the Jodi Breakers realize their guilt and make amends to re-construct the marriage of the Perira's.
Do they succeed?
The first half is devoted to the Jodi Breaking part of several couples.The second confines to re-construct one such marriage gone sour.
The Jodi Breakers themselves have come closer in a relationship.Do they get married?
The negatives first: R Madhavan (41) and Bipasha Basu(33) fail to carry the movie on their shoulders .Most of the time they are shown to be boozing in their friend's ( Omi Vaidya) pub,less in their main business. Soman and Deepanitta Sharma Atwal go through the motions as the estranged Periera couple.Helen,as the grannie is the via- media to unite the Perieras.She should have been used in a dance number as well.Bipasha's item number in her own name is so-so.The choreography of Raju Khan,Rajeev Surti and Bosco-Cesear has been seen in all movies as a routine.Music by Salim-Sulaiman is too loud .It lacks the spark of the earlier offering in Band Baaja Baraati.The scripting is ordinary.The Kamdev Sammelan is crass.
The only positive lies in the different kind of an adult theme put across.
All in all,Jodi Breakers doesn't break ice at the box office.A sparse audience watches the movie with disinterest in the proceedings view less

JODI BREAKERS narrates the story of a couple [R. Madhavan and Bipasha Basu, in this case] who help break up miserable, disgruntled couples. What ma... read more

JODI BREAKERS narrates the story of a couple [R. Madhavan and Bipasha Basu, in this case] who help break up miserable, disgruntled couples. What makes JODI BREAKERS an innovative experience for Hindi moviegoers is the fact that a majority of our films are about people falling in love, but this one is about a pair that specializes in separation. It tells you to break the shackles and find a path of your own, after love goes wrong. To put things in the right perspective, JODI BREAKERS is routine, clichd and formulaic, at least initially. Add lazy and unenergetic too. Director Ashwini Chaudhary doesn't get a grip of things, except in a couple of sequences. But the twist and turns in the post-interval portions are of an interesting variety [writer: Aakash Kaushik], with a major chunk of the second hour succeeding in making you erase whatever misgivings you may have had from the first hour.

Sid [R. Madhavan], a divorcee, realizes that happy marriages are a myth. He decides to become a break-up specialist on a rebound. He comes into contact with Sonali [Bipasha Basu] and the duo decides to become jodi breakers. But a major incident changes their lives and the duo decides to rectify the wrong they had committed.

Director Ashwini Chaudhary has the makings of a fine raconteur. This, one realized much earlier [DHOOP] and now, in JODI BREAKERS, Ashwini proves his credentials yet again. What's noteworthy is that he keeps the drama straightforward, unfussy and unpretentious. Besides, he makes his lead pair shine magnificently in the radiance of a well-tailored script.

The songs of JODI BREAKERS have already merited a place in popular charts and ace composers Salim-Sulaiman deserve credit for it. It's a damn good soundtrack, with several tracks staying fresh in your memory -- 'Kunwara', 'Darmiyaan' and 'Bipasha'. Even the song in the finale, which may give an impression that it's forced in the narrative, helps the story move forward. The cinematography [Arun Varma] is of standard, with the scenic locales of Greece and Goa giving the film that rich texture.

JODI BREAKERS holds your attention for a key reason. It doesn't fall prey to the conventional pairing. While he captured the hearts of cinegoers playing the conventional good boy in TANU WEDS MANU, Madhavan does a somersault in JODI BREAKERS. He underplays his character ingeniously and is incredible when he communicates his sentiments. Bipasha looks fresh, glamorous and most importantly, one hasn't watched her in the way you will get to see in JODI BREAKERS. Part of a rom-com for the first time, let me tell you, she is very good in the film. Besides, she's sure to send viewers into raptures in the 'Bipasha' track. The tender moments between Madhavan and Bipasha are tastefully handled.

Milind Soman and Dipannita Sharma are truly wonderful. Mrinalini Sharma portrays her part with gusto. Omi Vaidya provides some laughs, especially in the Baba Kamdev sequence. Tarana Raja is first-rate, while Helen adds sparkle to her part.

On the whole, JODI BREAKERS has an engrossing and smartly executed second half that tilts scales in its favor. The right dose of drama and romance, besides a trendy, harmonious musical score, only act as toppings.
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