Janasheen Explained

Janasheen
Director:Feroz Khan
Screenplay:Shairaz Ahmed
Suparn Verma
Feroz Khan
Story:Suparn Verma
Producer:Rajpal Narula
Feroz Khan
Starring:Fardeen Khan
Celina Jaitly
Feroz Khan
Cinematography:Neelabh Kaul
Editing:Feroz Khan
Music:Anand Raj Anand
Channi Singh
Mrunal Sampath
Sukhwinder Singh
Biddu
Studio:FK Films
Runtime:161 minutes
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Budget:[1] [2]

Janasheen is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romantic action thriller film co-written, edited, produced and directed by Feroz Khan who stars along with his son, Fardeen Khan, and Celina Jaitly. It was partly shot in Afghanistan.[3]

Plot

Lucky Kapoor (Fardeen Khan) lives in Australia and has no interest in taking over his father, Virendra Kapoor's (Harsh Chhaya) business in India. Meanwhile, Saba Karim Shah (Feroz Khan) has a great interest in a plot of land owned by Mr. Kapoor, but Mr. Kapoor has no interest in selling. Shah thus has Mr. Kapoor killed, making it look like an accident. Jessica Periera (Celina Jaitly), a childhood sweetheart of Lucky, has proof that Mr. Kapoor's death was not an accident—but she keeps it to herself. When Karim Shah meets with Lucky to renegotiate, he finds that Lucky is willing to sell—but he also discovers that Lucky bears a striking resemblance to his own dead son. Although Karim Shah will do anything to make Lucky heir to his own wealth and properties, Lucky remains unwilling.

Cast

Soundtrack

Janasheen
Type:Soundtrack album
Artist:Anand Raj Anand
Sukhwinder Singh
Channi Singh
Biddu
Released:19 July 2003
Genre:Feature film soundtrack
Label:T-Series

Reception

Critical response

Smitha Parigi of Rediff.com wrote "Overall, the film is eye-candy. Skin and the landscapes of Australia are in lush abundance. Like any Feroz Khan film, watch the film only for style."[4] Namrata Joshi of Outlook India gave the film 1 out of 5 stars stating "Watching the film is like feasting on cold and congealed leftovers of yesterday."[5] Anupama Chopra of India Today wrote, "what was edgy 20 years ago - think Dharmatma and Qurbani - is now archaic. So while the narrative hops continents (India, Australia, Afghanistan) and characters fight over a night club, you begin to ponder the peripherals."[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: rediff.com: Behind the scenes of Janasheen. in.rediff.com. 5 February 2024. 1 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230201200655/https://in.rediff.com/movies/2003/nov/21trivia.htm. live.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 5 February 2024 . 8 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230608083512/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=520 . live .
  3. Web site: Feroz Khan to shoot Janasheen in Afghanistan - ApunKaChoice.com. 2 January 2020. 5 February 2024. 8 June 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230608141823/https://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20011229-0.html. live.
  4. Web site: Eye-candy, skin and a lot of Fardeen!. Smitha. Parigi. Rediff. 27 October 2022. 28 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221028100825/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/nov/26jan.htm. live.
  5. Web site: Janasheen. 5 February 2022. Outlook India. 27 October 2022. 27 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221027221813/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/janasheen/222347. live.
  6. Web site: Film review: 'Janasheen' starring Fardeen Khan, Celina Jaitley. India Today.