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जॉली एलएलबी 2 (2017)

JOLLY L.L.B 2 Movie Review :

The premise of the film is a lowly lawyer working as an assistant for a famous lawyer is faced with life changing decisions and an complicated case which no one else will take.

Courtroom drama / lawyer films and TV shows have always been part of my favorite genre, from Boston Legal to Pink I like to see every single one of them. But these days this genre of movie has become too similar. First half the good lawyer will appear to lose, then he will gain an upper hand, then the opposition will somehow demean that, then again he is about to lose, finally at the last possible second he will pull out some googly and win the case! Sounds familiar?

This film too offers nothing new in that regard…

Plot / Story: The movie’s plot is realistic enough, conveys the premise well and sets up the events adequately. But apart from a few scenes, it has no zing. Its not tense or crackling like PINK or over blown like Damini. It’s just there, plain and normal.

Direction: This is where both the part 1 and part 2 completely fail. This guy is NOT a good director. Somehow the scene which need to have impact often fall flat or are just shot weirdly and seem like a parody. It’s not unwatchable, but it’s nothing like the tense Special 26 or Rustom which was electrifying. A courtroom drama REALLY needs to have that extra factor.

Acting : Akshay Kumar is FLAWLESS and spot on. He doesn’t miss a single beat. He has grown big time as an actor and now is easily one of India’s best leading actors. His lawyer opponent Anu Kapoor is also PAR excellence, the best parts of the film is the two of them sparring. But that’s just a few scenes. Saurabh Sukla plays an eccentric judge who is presumably reprising his role from the first part. He is also rather good. But despite these 3 stellar performances, somehow the film isn’t very tightly wound
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The film’s main events are revealed too early and there is no air of mystery to what happened and why. In that regards PINK got it right, they didn’t show the main events till the end keeping the audience wondering who did what and what REALLY took place…

Rating : 6/10. If you LOVE lawyer/courtroom dramas, you might like this one. If you are an Akki fan, you will also like this film.

I didn’t dislike the film, but it didn’t punch hard enough in its dialogs and scene until the VERY end. The climax was already revealed in the trailers so even that lost its punch!

Mild Spoilers ahead :

P.S : Why the heck is this movie called State VS Jolly LLB 2, in the film its one private firm vs jolly. the police dept abandons the tainted officer in question!

P.P.S : In the first scene, the mic Jolly is speaking into has NO WIRES connected to it! its like a internet meme waiting to happen!

Nowhere near to 1st part.
The story starts in the same way, Jolly is not getting any case. He need money to buy a chamber so he took money from Hina(a pregnant lady) for recommending her case to his senior Rizvi Sahib. But when Hina finds out that Jolly bluffed her, she commits suicide.
Feeling with guilt, Jolly decided to fight Hina's case(where her husband is killed by police in a fake encounter). He fought with the system, find out the evidences and proves that the encounter is fake is the whole story of the film.
When we compare with first part, I think Arshad Warsi played Jolly role better than Akshay Kumar. Saurabh Shukla as Judge played his cameo well, but this time his part was unnecessarily exceeded a bit. Annu Kapoor performance as opposition is good.
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Jolly LLB 2 - A Jolly-Good film. So, my 100th movie in a theatre is nothing short of a BLOCKBUSTER. I won't compare it with its prequel as I haven't watched the latter yet. After Rustom, here comes another court-room drama from Akshay Kumar and as usual, he never disappoints us. This satirical drama which is directed by National Award winner Subhash Kapoor of Jolly LLB fame, tackles many issues such as terrorism, corruption, etc. and surprisingly Kapoor manages to handle all these with ease and perfection. Huma Qureshi does a commendable job as Pushpa. Sayani Gupta is strong as an actress and emotes well in all the scenes. Annu Kapoor is the perfect cast as the opposition's lawyer. His one-liners do work for the film. Kumud Mishra comes as a surprise as he is seen in a negative character for the first time. Saurabh Shukla doesn't need to be applauded. He deserves much more for elevating the level of humour in this flick. He shines in every frame, what with the 'Gulaabo' dance being one of the best. Akshay Kumar must be on cloud nine after delivering back to back superhits. He fits in as the titular character perfectly and we can't think any one else in his place. Kapoor never tries to be preachy and that's a winner in itself. In spite of portraying certain serious scenes, it never loses its humour and that works and justifies its satirical genre. Dialogues, direction, story and screenplay are managed by the director single handedly. The first half is a bit slow with the stretched 'Go Pagal' track, but it suddenly paces up from the commencement of the second half and never lags again. Some scenes are so touchy that it would force you to leave the theatre with a heavy heart.
Note :- Everything works for this seeti-maar entertainer except the abrupt songs.
Warning :- Akshay is in a winning streak. You just can't afford to miss this eye-opener.

The movie is consistent with its previous part in term of humor, patchiness, courtroom drama. Saurabh Shukla as the judge was better in the previous part. His part was unnecessarily more verbose in the movie.
The movie pulls out humor, current issues and emotions in a patchy way. Overall it is a good watch with solid performances.