Plot
Friends-turned-foes
Laali
Khurrana
(Supriya
Pathak)
and
Pinky
Bhalla
(Poonam
Dhillon)
are
next-door
neighbours
who
cannot
see
eye-to-eye.
Unknown
to
them,
their
kids
Puneet
(Sunny
Singh)
and
Sanjh
(Sonnalli
Seygall)
are
secret
high-school
sweethearts.
When
Sanjh
proposes
marriage
to Puneet,
the
latter
develops
cold
feet
citing
their
family
animosity
as
the
reason.
An
upset
Sanjh
decides
to
get
hitched
to
another
man
suggested
by
her
mother
Pinky.
When
this
news
reaches
Laali,
she
too
decides
to
get
her
son
Puneet
married
on
the
same
day
at
the
same
venue.
What
follows
next
is
how
the
star-crossed
lovers
decide
to
get
out
of
this
sticky
situation.
Direction
While
the
basic
idea
of
two
warring
mothers
is
appealing,
writer-director
Navjot
Gulati
simply
fails
to
translate
his
vision
on
the
big
screen.
Barring
a
few
detailed
moments, he
brings
to
the
table
all
the
cliches
associated
with
Punjabi
characters.
The
one-liners
fail
to
tickle
your
funny
bone
after
a
while.
The
sluggish
direction
brings
more
trouble
than
relief.
In
a
nutshell,
Jai
Mummy
Di
can
be
defined
as
a
comedy
sketch
which
is
made
up
of
songs,
food-eating
sequences
and
smooches.
Performances
Sunny
Singh's
acting
is
nothing
different
from
his
Pyaar
Ka
Punchnama
series
stint.
One
wishes
that
the
actor
picks
up
films
belonging
to
other
genres
as
well
to
showcase
his
versatility
as
an
actor.
While
Sonnalli
Seygall
looks
glossy
on
the
big
screen,
the
girl
still
has
to
hone
her
acting
skills.
Sunny
had
more
chemistry
with
Kartik
Aaryan
in
Pyaar
Ka
Punchnama
series
and
Sonu
Ke
Titu
Ki
Sweety
than
what
he
has
with
Sonnalli
in
Jai
Mummy
Di.
It's
disheartening
to
watch
veteran
actors
like
Supriya
Pathak
and
Poonam
Dhillon
being
reduced
to
loud,
caricaturish
characters.
Further,
director
Navjot
Gulati
fails
to
create
fireworks
on
screen
with
their
conflicting
dynamics.
Also,
the
back
story
which
he
gives
as
the
reason
for
their
rivalry
is
insipid.
Technical
Aspects
Sanket
Shah's
cinematography
aptly
captures
the
middle-class
milieu
of
Delhi.
Dev
Rao
Jadhav
and
Chetan
Solanki's
editing
could
have
been
sharper.
Music
Barring
'Mummy
Nu
Pasand'
and
'Lamborghini', the
rest
of
the
tracks
barely
hold
your
attention.
In
fact,
the
makers
could
have
easily
done
away
with
some
of
them.
Verdict
One
of
the
songs
in
Jai
Mummy
Di
has
lyrics
which
goes
like,
'Ho
meri
mummy
nu
pasand
nahio
tu'.
Well
it's
not
just
mommies, this
Sunny
Singh-Sonnalli
Seygall
starrer barely
has
enough
elements
to
make
it
likable
for
the
rest
of
us
as
well.
We
give
1.5
stars
out
of
5
for
Jai
Mummy
Di.