Jigra Review: Decent action thriller despite flaws
Jigra Movie Rating: 3 Stars
Watched Jigra movie in Cinema. Let’s focus on the complete details, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Alia Bhatt, Vedang Raina, Manoj Pahwa and Rahul Ravindran
Director: Vasan Bala
Release Date: 11th October 2024 in cinema
Story: Movie revolves around Satya (Alia Bhatt) and Ankur (Vedang Raina) are orphans who witness the traumatic suicide of their father as children. Their filthy rich uncle Mehtani (Akashdeep Sabir) had raised them but the two were always treated as outsiders.
Satya works as a household manager and handles their day-to-day affairs while Ankur studies to become an engineer. Ankur and Mehtani’s son Kabir (Aditya Nanda) are buddies and have worked on a project. Both travels to fictional South Asian country Hanshi Dao to pitch for a tech startup and eventually.
But the same night they caught by police with Drugs used by Kabir. Mehtani uses his money and contacts to get his son freed from jail while the incarcerated Ankur is tricked into taking the blame upon himself. Convinced that Ankur is innocent, Satya reaches the foreign land to free her brother who has been held guilty by the court and sentenced to death.
While Satya is struggling to get justice for Ankur, she meets Shekhar Bhatia (Manoj Pahwa) and Muthu (Rahul Ravindran). Shekhar Bhatia is a retired gangster whose son Tony (Yuvraj Vijjan) is also on death sentence in the same jail. Muthu is an ex-police officer who is trying hard to have the death sentence on Chandan (Dheer Hira) cancelled as he had wrongly implicated Chandan in a crime while he was a police officer.
Chandan is also serving jail time in the same prison. While Ankur, Chandan and Tony become friends in the jail there’s a fourth jail inmate, Rayyan (Ankur Khanna) on death sentence who is also a friend. How Satya attempts to get justice for brother Ankur by means fair and unfair is what the latter part of the film is all about.
Positives
1. Performances
2. Cinematography
3. Background Music
4. Story
Negatives
1. Length
2. Screenplay
3. Direction
4. Climax
5. Dialogues
Durgesh Tiwary’s View: When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie in cinemas as loved the concept of brother-sister bond. In this emotional prison break drama, a sister goes on a daring mission to free her brother when he is wrongly implicated in narcotic charges. With just three months to his death sentence, will she succeed and reunite with him?
Revenge and prison break dramas thrive on robust scripts and screenplays, delivering edge-of-the-seat thrills and impressing viewers with sharpness. Jigra premise had immense potential to portray the journey of a sister who makes morally questionable decisions and takes on a foreign land’s staunch system. However, what should have set the viewer up for an engaging and awe-inspiring ride soon turns out to be chaotic. The film has moments of brilliance credited to cinematography and action director who excel in delivering slick and well-executed stunts and action sequences. Scenes like Satya sliding down a sloping rooftop and the pyrotechnics are impressive. The music of the film, which includes a recreation of RD Burman’s famous son Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai, hit all the right notes, leaving the audience humming long after the end credits roll. The film expertly blends high-stakes action with emotional depth, showcasing Satya’s resilience and cleverness as she hatches a daring plan to infiltrate a prison. Alia Bhatt delivers a compelling performance as a brave sister, her expressions shining particularly in the film’s climactic action scenes.
For audiences seeking captivating storytelling, movie disappoints with its predictable plot. Those familiar with the trailer may find nothing new in the film. The pacing falters, and the emotional bond between the siblings is insufficiently developed, which may leave viewers wanting more. Furthermore, the film lacks memorable dialogues and engaging action sequences, causing the runtime to feel unnecessarily long. Director Vasan Bala missed a significant opportunity to craft a more engaging narrative. With Alia Bhatt as the lead, he could have placed greater emphasis on a stronger story and screenplay. Many dialogues spoken in English and in the foreign language restrict the drama’s appeal to the classes only. While Jigra showcases moments of brilliance, particularly through Alia Bhatt’s remarkable performance and impressive action sequences, its chaotic narrative and focus on style over substance hinder its overall impact. A more streamlined narrative and stronger premise would have elevated this film greatly. Overall Watch it for its realistic action scenes, its strong emotional core and for strong performances. It promises to keep audiences on the edge of their seats while delving into the powerful connections between family, justice, and the fight against oppression. My view on this movie Recommended.
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