'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom'

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom is the story of two young couples who fall into a complicated quadrangle that leads to a lovely mess.
‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ promises to be a very sleek and stylish movie revolving around four young characters played by Abhishek Bachchan , Preity Zinta , Lara Dutta and Bobby Deol .
Abhishek Bachchan plays Rikki Thukral – a hardcore Punjabi, who is born in Bhatinda, living in London. Preity is Alvira Khan – more Brit than the Queen herself, however with Lahori blood in her veins.
Lara Dutta is Anaida – Rikki’s fiancé. Bobby plays Steve – the fiancé of Alvira and a lawyer by profession.
The scene is set at a busy London station at which a delayed train is coming from Birmingham and two strangers – Rikki and Alvira – are waiting for the train.
Crowded café. One table to share. Two hours to kill. Both Rikki and Alvira are engaged and have come to pick up their fiancés who are coming by the same train. To kill time, they end up telling each other their “how I met my fiancé” stories.
Rikki met his fiancé Anaida at The Ritz (Paris), the same night that Princess Diana and Dodi walked out of the hotel and into the paparazzi. As Rikki says, “When two lovers die, another two are a born”. They dance... they sing... they're in love!
Alvira, a princess by nature discovers her prince at Madame Tussaud’s. When a gigantic wax model of Superman falls from the ceiling, Alvira is a sitting target. But Steve the Prince saves her life but steals her heart! They also sing, they also dance and they also fall in love.
Stories unfold, time passes and the two strangers start enjoying each other. That Alvira is a Pakistani Brit and Rikki originally from India...that Rikki is crooked, earthy, and rakish: dabbler in various businesses, that Alvira is prim-n-proper, wannabe blue-blood, stiff upper-lip: Asst. Manager at House of Fraser’s...none of these details matter. They have gotten alarmingly attracted to each other!
Their brief encounter has created a complicated quadrangle. Rikki and Alvira have gotten themselves and Steve and Anaida into a lovely mess. To get out of it both of Rikki and Alvira bend over backward, thinking quickly on their feet, dancing around each other’s emotions like playing musical chairs with love.
‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ also has Bollywood mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan in a marginal role. Initially, Shaad Ali had approached Big B for a trendy sutradhaar's song that was shot in London. Later, the superstar’s cameo was extended and he shot for the continuation of the same song that will feature at the movie’s end. The title song ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ shows Bachchan dressed in an overcoat, jeans, a black hat (with a feather) and playing a guitar.
After making successful films like Saathiya and Bunty Aur Babli , director Shaad Ali comes up with this musical entertainer. Unlike his previous films that were set in rural India or cities, ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ is mostly set in England and France.
Preity pairs with her good friend Bobby in this film after a very long gap since ‘Soldier’. ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ brings Abhishek and Bobby together on the silver screen for the first time. Earlier, John Abraham was approached for the role that eventually went to Bobby. Preity and Lara share screen space for the first time in ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’.
Meticulous attention has been paid to the styling of the movie’s main actors. Abhishek will be seen sporting a different hairdo (long tresses) and sharply tweaked moustache. Even his dresses (designed by Aki Narula ) are very trendy and colourful.
Bobby will also don different looks in the film. Some scenes have him in straight black hair. Others have him sporting long, blondish hair. Even the film’s leading ladies, Preity and Lara, are looking stunning in the promos.
‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ is produced by Aditya Chopra . The film’s music is composed by Shankar Ehsan Loy while lyrics are by Gulzar . Vaibhavi Merchant has done choreography for the movie’s songs.
A Yashraj Films presentation, ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ has been shot in London, Paris and Agra. It is slated to release on June 15