Mithun Chakraborty's son Mimoh, is the latest star kid to enter Bollywood in search of his fortune. His debut film had been delayed for quite a while now due to various reasons, but now that it is out, one can only say that he has a long way to go. Jimmy, directed by veteran director Raj N Sippy, is weighed down by poor production values and a very unimaginative script and screenplay. It is hardly the best of launch vehicles for Mimoh. But the good news for the youngster is that he has been picked up by Suneil Shetty and will be starring in his film Loot. It hears that he has also been given a new sleeker look in the film.
The problem with the film is that everything seems to be stuck in some kind of time warp. It seems as if one was watching film from the seventies or eighties. Everything in the film seems out of sync with recent trends. It seems quite unfair to judge Mimoh on what one sees in Jimmy. There is just so much that an actor can do. But with such poor direction and production values, it is unfair to accept an actor to bail out the film. Sure, the film has a lot of fight and dancing sequences and Mimoh gets a chance to do a lot of both but it hardly says anything about him as an actor. It would be only fair to reserve one's judgement for a later film.
However, coming to the film's story, it is rehash of a lot of films that one has seen over the years. In short, the story is about Jimmy (Mimoh), who does two jobs to clear his dead father's debts. He is a mechanical engineer by day and a DJ by night. He is a workaholic till he meets a rich young girl and falls in love with her. Quite like the Amitabh Bachchan starrer of the Seventies, Majboor, he is mistakenly told that he is about to die very soon. He therefore confesses to a murder in return for money which would help him clear his father's debts before his death. But on learning of the mistake in the diagnosis, Jimmy now makes it his mission to go after the guys who framed him.
It's not just in the script department that the film fails, but it also fails in its music department as well. Jimmy's musical score is quite mediocre and there is no added advantage to be derived from watching the picturisation of the songs.
Besides Mimoh, the other new comer in the film, Vivana, too suffers the same fate as Mimoh. She has even less to do. Like him, she too would have benefited from better styling. Veteran actors like Shakti Kapoor and Rahul Dev are quite wasted in the film. As for Mimoh, it is early days to pass judgement. He is very raw where acting is concerned and needs to work hard on his diction and expressions, besides getting a new stylist urgently. What truly jars in the movie is the fact that its look too is quite tacky. Raj N Sippy has a fairly decent track record in Hindi films and hence its surprising to know that he has directed a film like Jimmy.
Jimmy is hardly the kind of launching paid that any youngster could look forward to. It is disappointing to say the least.
