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A title like Jai Mummy Di makes you curious and interested in the movie instantly. Some stories are only interesting to read but not cut out for cinematic adaptations. That's the problem with this film. The subject material comes across as a hollow attempt. The screenplay tries to pack too much stuff, but how everything is spread out on the table makes you squirm in your seat. Seriously, one wonders after a point, what was the writer/director trying to say? The writing is not merely humdrum and dreary, but also amateurish at the same time. Things are presented in such an amateurish manner that it fails to cut ice. Even the culmination is so filmy. It's a screenplay of convenience!

When it comes to escapist cinema, a gifted writer can make his imagination run wild. Think of a crazy story, come up with outrageous and zany situations, rope in actors who'd look believable in those parts... hey presto, a crazy potboiler is ready to be served. But Navjot Gulati's writing is plain mediocre. Besides, the second hour is lengthy, it gets tedious. After a point, the writing doesn't spring any surprises. You know exactly what's in store next and that's what bogs the film down. It also tends to get a little melodramatic and overemphasized intermittently. But the dialogues are smart and in sync with the mood of the film.

Sure, Jai Mummy Di remains faithful to the ongoing trend of providing laughs at the oddest of things, but it's more of a masala fare that's reminiscent of the 1980s cinema. Packaged in a modern avatar, of course. More specifically, the writing relies on the age-old stuff to reach the finale. Too many cinematic liberties have been undertaken and it doesn't work at times. Agreed, you don't look for logic and reason in hardcore potboilers, but the least the writer/director (Navjot Gulati) could do is provide loads of entertainment. Sadly, he makes mincemeat of a plot that had the potential to woo viewers. On face-value, what do you expect from Jai Mummy Di? Laughter unlimited. But what's served on the platter is so insipid and lame. The comic scenes (that make you laugh) are few and far between.

Directorially, Navjot Gulati goes horribly wrong. Saddled with a poor screenplay, there's not much that the director can do to salvage the show. The songs are plain ordinary. Sanket Shah's cinematography lacks the picture-perfect look. Hitesh Sonik's background score is loud to a greater extent than necessary.

Sunny Singh is getting stereotyped. He looks ill at ease at places. Sonnalli Seygall is sincere, enacting her part with utmost conviction. The drama gets a little amusing thanks to Supriya Pathak, Poonam Dhillon and Danish Husain. It is difficult to imagine another pair of actors pulling it off as well. Supriya Pathak plays to the gallery. Poonam Dhillon is superb. Danish Husain is fantastic.

On the whole, Jai Mummy Di just doesn't work. Flop!

Apart from the observation about the pointlessness of making a film like Jai Mummy Di (Let Mummy Triumph) which is a rehash of all romantic comedies you have seen in Bollywood centering on arranged marriages previously, what stands out is the contrived plot. It involves two mothers (who were former college friends) who have gigantic hatred for each other now and which prevents their kids (the characters of Sunny Singh and Sonnalli Seygall) from taking their relationship to the next step. Although there is some comedy here and there, it was annoying to watch the mothers (Supriya Pathak and Poonam Dhillon) fight baselessly throughout the film, with none of their supposedly chafing remarks landing. It becomes too much of a stretch by the final act, by what time you are already bored to death. Not something you should spend your 90 minutes on. TN.

Comedy is a serious business. Indeed, everyone is not just a matter of comedy. If you did not mold the characters in the story in a comic manner, then you failed to make me laugh. The same has happened in director Navjot Gulati's 'Jai Mummy Di.' The film may be of comedy corner, but in the movie, you have fewer moments of laughter and more glimpses of superficial and force humor.

The problem of director Navjot's direction is that he has chosen a skinny line story, which he could not elaborate. That is why nothing happens until the Interval. The story moves at a plodding pace. There are some funny one-liners in the film, but they do not hold much.

The story moves a bit after Interval, but the irrational and childish scenes do not take the movie to any conclusion.

When the reason for Pinkie and Lali's enmity opens in the Climax, there is a feeling of being cheated as a viewer. The glut of songs in the film creates hindrance rather than complementing the story.

Sunny Singh, as Puneet Khanna, has tried his best to create an impact on his character. Sonali is glamorous as Saanjha but has not been able to catch the right tone of her role. Sunny and Sonali were earlier seen in 'Pyaar Ka Panchnama 2', but the chemistry between the two is missing here. Poonam Dhillon and Supriya Pathak have been given the titles of Mogambo and Gabbar in the film, but nothing like that appears in their characters. These two actors surely deserved more. Dhillon and Pathak, are sadly let down by the script. The experience of these two actresses is reflected in their performance, but due to loud and melodrama, they do not remain effective.

#JaiMummyDi is the story of two warring mothers - but their kids fall in love n complications arise - why exactly r the mothers fighting like morons - u need a lot of patience to wait till the end n find out - the climax is absurd - the music is atrocious - performances r irritating - running time needs to be reduced by 25 minutes - avoidable - rating 1/5.

Horrible acting and stupid story writing No expression and bogus dialogues

Who the hell made her acting , she cant act !! And the film is so stupid there is no comedy at all , i wish they gave the role to another actress who can actually act , maybe it will be better movie if they didnt chose her .

I absolutely hated the movie at the end coz there was no strong reason that the mummy's in this movie are fighting about and the story is dragged so so much there are too many flaws and completely predictable story waste of time

Totally dumb comedy. Time pass. Couldnt have been worse.

I don't understand the ratings and reviews. Some films are just meant to be timepass and this film is like that. Very light film with no over emotional lines and mood. I liked the film throughout and actually laughed at some points and overall a film.is a good watch.

Again another movie based on Delhi style of wedding with stupidity and more stupidity and then extreme stupidity. I stopped watching movie after 30 min. I guess even that was too much to waste. The movie has no plot, no idea, no story, no acting , forced comedy ( its yuk anyways) and another name added in crap getting produced in India. Advice : Kindly do not think to even watch. There is nothing to write about it.

This movie depicts our everyday lives in hilarious way! Fighting mummies to get married to your lover! The resulting warring situations are simple funny! Definitely recommending!

The concept is familiar with Romeo and Juliet except there no war or anything just a modern desi era where the enmity is with the lover's mothers and not the society. This is a comedy film but there really wasn't much humor as expected with the story being pretty vague. Just a time pass kind of film overall.

Pathetic ,waste of time, useless, no comedy. Pathetic ,waste of time, useless, no comedy Pathetic ,waste of time, useless, no comedy

Concept was interesting and start of the movie was good. But as time passes, the story & direction loosens its grip with lots of unbelievable flaws. How can directors consider their audience so dumb while creating such mindless movies. End was hopeless.

Some would say this movie is meant to be a light hearted comedy. Well, that does not mean you create a movie with no plot, no real flow or sense at all. Comedies are the best genre out there (at least for me) and this one just does not make the cut. A story thats going in circles with nothing really great to say. Don't waste your time with this one.

Movie is funny and nice although the directing could have been better..

Weak Screenplay, Poor Direction with no punch lines in Humor is what I concluded after watching this movie. Luv Ranjan being producer of the movie surely misses this time to connect with its audience. Supriya Pathak and Ponam Dhillon both seasoned actresses were wasted with respect to their character development and repetitive monotonous dialogues which also can be said for sunny Singh as he is now doing such roles from quite a few time to which I would say that he needs to diversify his roles as actor posses a lot of potential

At the beginning, the film did appear promising - the opening song and dancing was enjoyable and resembled a typical Bollywood film. The aesthetics were beautiful. The plot did sound somewhat promising - particularly the conflict between the mothers.

However, over time, the film became a bit odd. There were some plot holes - for example, we never met Irene or fully understood what the tension was between the two mothers. There were a lot of scenes that were quite random and a lot of random characters which did make it hard to follow. The ending was random (e.g. the Lamborghini song) and disappointing as it did not answer several questions I had.

The chemistry between the couple (Saanjh and Puneet) seemed a bit awkward and not particularly convincing at times. It would have been nice to have seen more of the rest of the families, such as the mothers - especially because the title did make me assume they would be central to the movie. Also, it would have been nice to have seen more of the other characters such as the family members as I found those scenes more enjoyable and funnier to watch.

Overall, the film is cliché and decent to watch when you're bored and it is quite funny. However, with some improvements it could have been a lot better to watch.

I watch this movie with my full joint family and we experienced so many similarities we face with our neighbours and relatives. Fantastic watch and great comedy.

This is a typical Bollywood rom com. Having said that its understood that the movie has a very non hysterical plot and will not offer anything fresh. This movie will give you some moments of uncontrollable laughter and is filled with double meaning jokes. I would see this movie if its the last comedy left in the universe other than that its a complete time wastage with old nonsensical plot. I would rate it 5/10.

Waste of time to watch. Song was good in this fim but not a good story.

You should avoid this film because it lacks a proper storey line and has poor direction. Although there are a few good actors, they irritate you. And the songs in the movie doesn't make sense.