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List Price: $16.00 | | Label: Eros Entertainment
Salesrank: 52801
Released: September 22, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD-R |
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Editorial Review:
Starring: SHAHRUKH KHAN, AISHWARYA RAI, CHANDRACHUR SINGH, PRIYA GILL, SHARAD KAPOOR
Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of Goa - JOSH is a story about energy, youth, love and the zest for life. Max (Shah Rukh Khan), a cool Goan dada is the leader of the 'Eagle' gang who is constantly up in arms against the new inhabitants of Vasco town, Prakash (Sharad Kapoor) and his pack of the "Bichhu" gang. The two gangs revel in this immature enmity and love to showoff their strength with each other. This animosity is further complicated when Prakash's city bred brother Rahul (Chandrachur Singh) comes to town and falls in love with Max's twin sister Shirley (Aishwarya Rai). Rahul, a sensible young guy, does not agree with the mindless violence around him. Director Mansoor Khan's (Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Akele Hum Akele Tum) much awaited film recreates the formula of Action, Dance, and Music to tell a story of love found amidst strife and anger. Features the music of Anu Malik, and Shah Rukh's break through song "Apun Bola".
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Josh Reviews:
Must See 
2009-09-25 - Director Mansoor Khan took the classic American musical West Side Story and turned it into a distinctly Indian tale. While West Side Story harkens back to America's past, Josh is relevant to contemporary India--with its many contentious ethnic and religious factions--and the film is therefore tinged with an immediacy and realism that's missing from the Broadway musical. Josh takes place in Goa, a city on the western coast of India that was colonized by the Portuguese, and many Goans are Catholic and have European names. The opposing gangs in this adaptation are Catholic and Hindu. Max (played by Shahrukh Khan) is the leader of the Catholic gang and Prakash (Sharad Kapoor) the leader of the Hindu gang. Prakash's sensitive brother Rahul (Chandrachur Singh), who wants nothing to do with the gang, falls in love with Max's sister Shirley (Aishwarya Rai). The Indian version interestingly diverges from the American original with a complicating subplot about a shameful family secret and the reverberations of colonialism. - The Bollywood Ticket: The American guide to Indian movies (Subscribe: The Bollywood Ticket)
worth watching 
2009-05-20 - This movie is funny, yet sometimes its sad like most hindi films.What makes this movie worth watching though is the fact that shahrukh khan is playing a role that he never plays. And i think all his fans will enjoy this different style of his acting.
Must be a matter of taste 
2008-11-18 - My daughter and I are very much into Bollywood yet this one didnt hit the spot for us as it did another reviewer. Yes I have seen West Side story!
We actually found it a bit boring and not SRKs or Aishwaryas greatest roles. Rather low key and the dances didnt really grab us either.
The focus is on the tit-for-tat thuggery between 2 delinquent gangs (one headed by SRK who did a Fonzie impersonation but without his usual ability to bring something else out of the character)
West Side Story - eat your heart out.
2008-03-11 - I expected Josh to be a cheesy rip-off of West Side Story.
Surprisingly, I was wrong. While it had many elements of West Side Story, it had many differences which I loved.
Shahrukh Khan really got to shine as a gang leader, and the songs and dance were really addictive (I still have 'Sailaru Sailare' stuck in my head, and 'Apun Bola' will never stop cracking me up).
If you love West Side Story, you will love Josh.
