Jhankaar Beats
Saw Jhankaar Beats on the first day of its release. As I wanted it to see it before Supari. Half an hour before the show started, I was one of just 4 guys out there at the theater. I had made up my mind to smile and bear through it. Boy, was I rewarded; it definitely is one of the funniest Hindi movie I have seen in recent times.

Synopsis
Jhankaar Beats is about two friends, Rishi (Rahul Bose, great as usual as a bratty misogynist) and Deep (Sanjay Suri, charming as usual but getting repetitive in his portrayal of Mr. Goody Two Shoes); who work in an advertising agency and moonlight as musicians at a local club. Their ambition is to win Jhankaar Beats, an annual music competition that they have lost for two consecutive years.
Suri has a wife Shanti (Juhi Chawla as gorgeous as ever; marriage has done wonders to her), who is seven months pregnant. The problem in his life is that his mother-in-law(Shashikala, who has grown quite hefty) is coming to visit them, and they do not exactly share the milk of kindness and love.
Bose is in the midst of a messy divorce with Nicki (Rinke Khanna; she should quit acting now that she even has a reason; that of being happily married); their bone of contention being Bose's obsession with R.D.Burman and Jhankaar Beats.
They have a boss Mr. Kapoor (Vijayendra Ghatge looking good after a really long time) who is after them to get a one liner for a condom ad. This gives them a lot of situations for cracking jokes. Vijayendra has a son (Shayan Munshi seems a complete bozo. Maybe he should get back to modelling, where he doesn't need to open his mouth, as every time opens it, he puts his foot in it) who is in love with Preeti (Riya Sen looking bad in the first half of the movie, and recuperating in the second half). Shayan's only problem is that he can't express his feelings to Riya and keeps following her. But the fact of the matter is, he has not talked to her even once. That makes him nothing more than a stalker in my dictionary.
Lots of characters like Raja Vaid (from SET MAX's Kahaani Poori filmi Hain as a neighbour with lots of mojo), Archana Puran Singh (Miss Voluptous heading a rival advertising agency), Parmeet Sethi (as Nicki's lawyer, he must have come as a package deal with his wife Archana Puran Singh), Dinyar Contractor (As Mr. Roy, the condom company owner), Kurush Deboo (as Bose's lawyer) and Goolistan Gandhi (as Mrs. Pinto, a neighbour who has a problem with Bose's rattletrap car) are thrown in to get a few laughs

Analysis
This movie has an irreverent DCH (Dil Chaahta Hai) feel to it.
Rahul Bose has got the meatiest part, and he does full justice to it. The jokes keep on flowing through his mouth. Sanjay Suri, as always, plays the foil for others and makes a good job of it. Juhi Chawla has got a better part, and she is good in it. Riya Sen and Rinke Khanna don't have much to do.
The chemistry between the actors is good.

Technique
This movie is written and directed by Sujoy Ghosh who impresses us with his debut. Earlier he had stated that he was or rather is a great fan of MAD comics, and he had tried to give a similar feel to this movie. After reading that statement, I was appaled, as for me MAD is like the bible, and anyone even trying to imitate is sacrilege. But though Sujoy Ghosh cannot even get to be even 1/10th as funny as MAD, that is more than enough to enjoy this movie.
Music by Vishal-Shekhar, who had earlier done the music of Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi is passable. The dialogues by Sujoy Ghosh, Milap Zaveri and Suresh Nair are good.
Editor Suresh Pai does a scissor job on the movie, and some pieces seem disjoint, but the pace is maintained.
Though the end product is not as polished as DCH, it certainly is worth more than a look.

Verdict
Would I recommend this movie to someone?
Go for it guys. It is a good movie, and funny Hindi movies which really prove out to be funny are very rare to come by in Bollywood. This happens to be a good movie which has come along in a very long time for us. Do encourage such experimental movies, or else we will always get to see movies like Andaaz.