Also the Hinglish overdose makes the masala flick a wee bit pretentious.There are far too many loose ends.

The off-colour condom jokes, too much use of English at key moments and the staccato flashbacks detract from the narrative. For a presumably feel-good film, the narrative is too jumpy.

The numbers run steadily throughout, Ghosh weaves his narrative passages into the music score, with the lyrics and images trying to offer a symbiosis of storytelling methods. Get the groove? In the vein of Great Balls of Fire or That Thing You Do, one goes with the flow about a music band trying to make it good in bad times. Amidst the frenzy, Deep and Rishi have to come up with a zingy one-liner for a condom ad. Add to the melee is the love struck Neel (Shayan Munshi) and Preeti (Riya Sen). Deepaâ€™s wife Shanti (Juhi Chawla) is seven-months preggers with their second child, while Rishi is about to go through a divorce with his wife, Nicki (Rinke Khanna). Deep (Sanjay Suri ) and Rishi (Rahul Bose) are advertising wiseacres, who moonlight at night clubs as musicians, fancying themselves to be rock stars whoâ€™s only aim is to win the Jhankaar Beats competition. Reminiscent of the recently released Dil Vil Pyar Vyar, Sujoy Ghosh makes his directorial debut in this tepid comedy, set in the hubble bubble of advertising and the world of music. Meet the remix duo who, when not making babies or bickering with theirwives, dream of winning the mother of all competitions, Jhankaar Beats. Star cast: Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose and Rinke Khanna Director: Sujoy Ghosh Rating:**1/2 Music makes their world go sound.

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