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A gambler turns into a cricket bookie banking on his sixth sense for the game. But his urge to make quick money pushes him into match-fixing and he loses control of his life and love.

Emraan Hashmi as  Arjun Dixit
Sonal Chauhan as  Zoya Mathur
Javed Sheikh as  Abu Ibrahim
Sameer Kochhar as  Shekhar Malhotra
Vishal Malhotra as  Sachin
Vipin Sharma as  Arjun's Father
Abhimanyu Singh as  Shakeel
Vineet Kumar Singh as  Cricket team captain

Reviews

azzam smail
2008/05/16

when i watched this movie for the first time, i did not like it to much, because i'm not one of EMRAAN HASHMI' fun, but when i saw it yesterday, i must see it's a masterpiece for an actor like EMRAAN HASHMI.Jannat is the story of a man caught in a quagmire of crime and consumerism as he struggles to find heaven on earth. Arjun is a reckless young man with an obsession for making money at card games. A chance meeting with a girl in a mall, Zoya gives him the reasons he was looking for to move out of his ordinary life. He steps up from playing small-time card games to becoming a bookie. Stuck in a triangle of sorts between the woman he loves and his addiction to make a quick buck, Arjun moves on from being a bookie to a runner for the mafia. He steps into the world of match fixing. Arjun switches on the limelight to bigger, better, faster, more, until his dizzying rise attracts the attention of the police. Arjun has to now choose between the love of his life, Zoya, and this new found success and power. As Arjun struggles to choose between the two, the Don offers the forbidden apple of limitless wealth in exchange of his soul and draws him into his core entourage of money spinners. How far will the horizon of reality stretch as Arjun and Zoya tread a fine, fast-blurring line between right and wrong to find the heaven they have been looking for?just see this movie, i believe that you will enjoy it, if you are looking for a good story, BHATT gives you as usual one of the greatest stories of all the time, if you are looking for acting, EMRAAN HASHMI is at his best, and also K.K makes the music very fantastic. but don't forget: you will cry when you see the end.

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akash_papercut_sethi
2008/05/17

I sat through the entire movie wondering when it was going to end, i could have left the hall sooner but decided not to do so because of the comfort of a pvr cinema. Alright, the movie , sucked big time, the only good thing about it was the song zara sa, and it as a disgrace to the singer when imraan hashmi lipped it. The acting was sloppy, the story could have been handled much better by a director of such class, a nice song and a hot actress don't make for a good movie, a good script, powerful acting , are key features. Imraan hashmi is a very bad actor, and ugly looking too.People who say this movie is good haven't seen a good movie in a very long time and i kinda feel sorry for them too. my advice, stay away at all costs!

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Sambit Dattachaudhuri
2008/05/18

The best thing about a Mukhesh Bhatt release is that no one expects much from it. And more often than not, his films turn out to be quite entertaining. He is also credited with having launched budding directors in this new age of Bollywood (Recall : Anurag Basu). Jannat is the directorial debut of Kunal Deshmukh, and among all the flops that have come out of the Indian Hindi film industry this year, Jannat happens to be a huge surprise.Jannat has two parts to its story. The former set in India, the later in South Africa. Essentially, like most Bhatt films, it is a love story. However, its main storyline deals with betting and match fixing in the cricketing world. Arjun, the character portrayed by Emraan Hashmi, is a man with, what he calls, a 'sixth sense'. He is a master predictor of cricket matches. He becomes a bookie and soon gains attention in the eyes of underworld don Abu Ibrahim, who buys arms and ammunitions with the money he makes from betting on cricket matches. Torn apart by his love for the girl of his dreams, Zoya, and his greed for money, Arjun is left with making a choice between living a normal hard-earned life and an easy, yet deceiving one.The first good thing about Jannat is that it has a solid storyline. Whether it is the childish, yet well defined love story, or the complexities of a man who is clearly suffering from some obsessive compulsive disorder or other. Then there is the cricketing world and underworld bit. This is one of the most original and well written story lines to come out of Bollywood this year so far. When it comes to being effective, it achieves that in its entirety in its two hours and twenty minute running time. With everything from the mention of a cricketer turned comedy show host, to the murder of a coach at the World Cup, the storyline is the strongest point of the movie.The music is not as good as one expects it to be. Judai being the pick of the lot. However, the version sung by Kamraan Ahmad is not there in the film. Zara si is just okay. Characteristic of a Bhatt film. Rupam Islam's Hindi singing debut is noticeable, although miss-able. The song is too similar to the songs of his band, Fossils. The background score is very good. It gels in very well with the pace of the film.Emraan Hashmi, apart from having earned the tag of 'serial kisser', happens to be a freakishly good actor. The versatility of the roles that he has done clearly shows that. From being a wife-thief, to an undercover agent, and now a simple man with quite a serious mental disorder. He is like what his dad states in the film - 'A compulsive liar'. And in order to get himself out of any situation, he does what is characteristic of him. He lies some more. Newcomer Sonal Chauhan is okay, making the transition from a sweet and bubbly Mumbai girl to a sexy bar dancer in South Africa. She does look quite anorexic in certain scenes, but as a whole she looks great. Javed Sheikh, as Abu Ibrahim is cold. Effective. Vishal Malhotra, as the sidekick serves the humor quotient well. The lad has come a long way from hosting Disney cartoons on Doordarshan.Bollywood's only great film this year happens to Jodhaa Akbar, with Mithya and Shaurya being the other two 'good' films. Race might be a commercial success, but it is a highly frustrating film. Even Bhootnaath failed to click. Tashan is a no brainer! In a year when Bollywood is churning out flop after flop, Jannat serves as a breath of fresh air. Although far from heavenly, Jannat has a lot to offer at a time when cricket is on the lips of almost every Indian (Read : The IPL).The IPL has come to a stage when it gets boring to sit down and watch an entire game. Do yourself a favor, grab a Jannat ticket and spend two and a half hours in an air conditioned theater watching a film which redefines all the 'Ishtyle' and 'Pharmoola' that Bollywood has been coming up with off late.7/10. Worth it!

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Sabse Bada Chodu
2008/05/19

Considering their huge experience in dealing with sensational subjects, the Bhatt camp are a complete Bollywood institution in themselves. After covering human trafficking last year with Awarapan, this time they hit the nail on the spot with a well-researched plot on cricket match-fixing. Even though repeat news telecasts have made the theme a bit clichéd, the writers did a brilliant job except for some minor gaffes.Imran Hashmi (I don't remember how he likes to spell his first name) plays a debt-ridden, happy-go-lucky gambling addict suddenly striking rich with his Nostradamus-like ability to predict cricket match scores. Thanks to an underworld Don on the loose called Abu-something, he quickly establishes what he calls his "import-export" business -an international cricket bookmaking syndicate. Even though cops are on his trail and his girlfriend threatens to desert him, Mr.Bookie is convinced this is what he was really born to do because he's just soooo good at it. Obviously, he has no moral compunctions and will meet his just desserts someday - the entire story moves at an even pace and there isn't a single moment of bore. The "good prevails over evil" theme is thrust on you and I must say, it has been executed well.To be honest, Imran does comes across very natural when portraying all those shady, no-morals-no-dilemma characters; what seems to be the reason? Is it about his crooked Semitic nose - you never know? I won't want him to portray straightforward characters - it seems he's finally found his image.Here's a spoiler: this movie documents events vaguely similar to those which led to the death of Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer in a West Indies hotel room. Even the character portraying the movie coach has a facial resemblance to the real Bob Woolmer - considering that the murder case is still being probed, this was indeed a very brave thing to do.The only reason I'm not giving this movie a higher rating is because of some fantastical, ludicrous premises which weaken the technical plot e.g. Imran's instinctive ability to predict the outcome of each and every ball, down to the sixes, wickets and final scores is simply too hard to sink in. The Bhatt camp writers could have been a little more creative in depicting those calculations. I'm sorry this is crucial to the movie theme and a little original thinking could have done more justice to it.Definitely don't watch it more than once.

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