Jodi Breakers Movie Reviews

In the Indian societal setting, marriages mark a significant episode in an individual's life and Hindi movies have, very often, mirrored this fact. But the question is, can one snap off a relationship/marriage if it's not working? Is it easy for the respective individuals to start life afresh after a bad marriage? A lot of people I know are constantly under social and familial pressure to maintain the picture of contentment, even when they are not hitting off.

On the whole, JODI BREAKERS has an engrossing and smartly executed second half that tilts scales in its favor. The right dose of drama and romance, besides a trendy, harmonious musical score, only act as toppings.

At first glance, Jodi Breakers has a lot going for it: an unusual and interesting lead pair, fabulous outdoor location (Greece, in this case) and foot-stomping music. But the movie is let down by a script that lacks fizz and connect. Director Ashwini Chaudhary’s venture begins as a comedy but gradually morphs into romance and loses momentum in the second half. Jodi Breakers isn’t entirely without merit though. Madhavan is earnest. And Bipasha looks stunning. Together they try to make the film better than it actually is. But it simply isn’t enough.

R Madhavan, looking like he's just devoured an all-you-can-eat buffet, frolicks with a dozen-or-so bikini-clad extras by a sun-kissed pool. 'Jodi Breakers', directed by Ashwini Chaudhary, clearly doesn't bother with basic aesthetics. To be fair, the film doesn't bother with a coherent script either. Madhavan is Sid, a happily divorced 'break-up expert' who splits up couples for a living. Business booms when he takes on a partner in Sonali, played by Bipasha Basu

They are as different as chalk and cheese. And we are not talking just about their contrasting waistlines. Unusual pairing has been the trump card tom-tommed by Jodi Breakers. And at least on this count, the film lives up to its promise. Much like his sober NRI doctor acted as the perfect foil to a vodka-guzzling over-the-top small-towner in last year’s sleeper hit Tanu Weds Manu, R. Madhavan conjures unconventional chemistry with Bipasha Basu

Sid (R Madhavan) is freshly divorced and is now into the profession of breaking marriages when it becomes too much to bear for their clients. Sonali (Bipasha Basu) is his partner in the good deed. However, Sid for his own selfish interests uses Sonali and some wily ways to break the marriage of Mark (Milind Soman) and Maggie (Dipannita Sharma). This brings a rift between Sid and Sonali. A hatke love story this could have been. A fun, breezy comedy

Ashwini Chaudhary, the director of Jodi Breakers, is best remembered for nearly ending his career by walking out of Subhash Ghai's film. That film was Good Boy Bad Boy. After sitting through Jodi Breakers, you will still remember him for that. First, I can’t classify the film. The makers have said it's a film about dysfunctional relationships. It's neither a love story, nor a sex comedy. There are plenty of innuendoes and women in bikinis frolicking in foam

Jodi Breakers has a tagline to explain its quiddity: “Single rehne ka bejod formula.” But it’s entirely misleading. Director Ashwini Chaudhary’s film devotes all its energy, attention and time to getting two single personages commit to matrimony, which, as you know, is the opposite state of being from single rehna. For the brief period when the film and its leading stars are engaged in orchestrating divorces between incompatibles, they are messing around

Ashwini Chaudhary’s Jodi Breakers takes only a few minutes to establish that it’s set in a universe that doesn’t exist except in the Indian male imagination. This is a world in which every Indian man who’s gotten divorced is instantly provided with an unending supply of well-endowed white women in bikinis who throw themselves at him while dancing suggestively. All it takes for the ladies to line up, it seems, is for our hero Madhavan – expertly named Sid

He's finally free, but he's also broke. Our freshly divorced hero, Sid (R Madhavan), has been taken to cleaners by his ex-wife. She's got everything, including his much beloved car and a hefty alimony. After shaking a leg with a few friends and a number of bootylicous bikini clad babes, who all seem to find Sid inexplicably sexy -- do you seriously just need to be single to be irresistible? -- it's time to get down to the business of making money.

Ashwini Chaudhary's last film GOOD BOY BAD BOY was in 2007. It was a disaster. Five years later, he emerges with JODI BREAKERS. There's no difference between the two films. Only shift is that the hero himself is trying to be a good boy and a bad one! Madhavan is just divorced. His marriage has lasted two months. What he is angry about is not that his wife has left him but that she has gone away with his Rs-30 lakh Audi and an expensive watch

Jodi Breakers review by Komal Nahta. Biz rating: 1/5 stars. What’s Good: A few comedy scenes; the music. What’...