
Congratulations to music director Pritam. Jalebi: Barfi has the freshest music released in the last 10 years. Just when both have agreed about the sheer brilliance of the movie, Jalebi makes the mistake of lavishly praising the music. The problem starts when they start talking about the film’s music. The direction and screenplay are brilliant, and the performances by Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D’Cruz are first-rate.” Both say in chorus: “The movie is great, one of the best released after the year 2000. The first 30 minutes are very different from their usual encounters, as they don’t disagree on a single thing. This time, they meet just after watching Anurag Basu’s ‘Barfi’. In short, Jalebi can be very sweet, and Karela extremely bitter. Jalebi keeps dripping with oily praises, Karela is a bored gourd.

Jalebi loves pop music, Karela hates paap music. Jalebi likes all kinds of music, Karela is stuck in the 1960s and 1970s. Jalebi is open-minded, Karela is a stickler for perfection. Jalebi is an optimist, Karela is a pessimist. In terms of their personality and musical taste, they are diametrically opposite. They do this once a month, greeting each other with a hug, choosing a topic for debate, slowly disagreeing with each other over various things, quarrelling and cursing each other, and finally reaching a compromise. FRIENDS for 20 years, Jalebi Bhai and Karela Boy meet over a cup of tea and pakodas, for another round of discussions on Hindi film music.
