Janhit Mein Jaari Review: A light-hearted film with a strong message which could have been packaged and delivered way better
Janhit Mein Jaari Movie Rating: 2.5 Stars
Just watched Janhit Mein Jaari movie on Zee5 Premium. Let’s focus on the complete details, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Nushrratt Bharuccha, Vijay Raaz, Tinnu Anand, Anud Singh Dhaka, Sapna Sand and Brijendra Kala
Director: Jai Basantu Singh
Release Date: 10th June 2022 in Cinemas & Digital Premiere on 15th July on Zee5 Premium
Story: Movie revolves around Manokamna Tripathi (Nushrratt Bharuccha) aka Manu lives in Chanderi with her father Purushottam (Ishtiyak Khan) and mother Manju (Sapna Sand). Her parents want her to get married at the earliest as she has younger sisters as well.
Manu is not interested and insists that she’ll tie the knot only after landing a job. Manju gives her one-month time to secure a job, failing which she’ll be married off. Manu then gives several job interviews, but none click. Finally, she meets Aadarniya (Brijendra Kala) who offers her a job in his company Little Umbrella and even promises to pay a handsome salary.
But his company sells condom and Manu job profile is to go on field and increase the sales of the contraceptive. She first hesitant but remembering her mother’s deadline, she takes up the job. She meets Ranjan (Anud Singh Dhaka) and both fall in love. Her authoritarian father-in-law, Kewal (Vijay Raaz) does not approve of her job as he feels, it would bring disrepute to the family.
At first, she bows down to the patriarch’s wishes but an incident prompts her to take up the same job again. She expects her husband Ranjan to stand by her. Does he? What is the incident that makes Manu reconsider her choice of job? What happens to the peace in the large joint family of Manu and Ranjan?
Positives
1. Performances
2. Story
3. Direction
4. Noble Intent
Negatives
1. Length
2. Screenplay
3. Music
4. Climax
Durgesh Tiwary’s View: When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie on digital premiere because loved the trailer and its noble intent.
The film follows a young girl selling condoms to make a living. She juggles her work towards improving women’s lives, explaining the importance of protection and dealing with the resistance from her family members and in-laws regarding her job.
Janhit Mein Jaari has an interesting story about gender politics and how certain jobs are looked down upon as taboo. The story has a lot of fun elements and, therefore, entertains as long as the comedy drama unfolds, but it does not have the same magic once it takes a serious turn. That’s because the correlation between the job and its seriousness is not dealt with convincingly. The main thrust of the drama about the connection between use of condoms on the one hand and abortion rates and delivery deaths on the other has not been brought out in a manner that can make an impact. Consequently, the otherwise fun drama starts looking preachy and gets boring.
Of course, the thread of comedy continues throughout the film, but the serious part dilutes the impact. The change in the thinking of the people is not half as convincing as it ought to have been. Why, even the track of Kewal’s own daughter to drive home the point of the importance of condoms does not have the desired impact. Whatever the reason, the effectiveness of the second half of the drama is far less than what it ought to have been. The climax also looks hurried and does not match the comic flavor of the film.
On the whole, movie gives out a nice message and is replete with some funny moments and one-liners. However, the weak script, average direction along with the long length go against the film. This one’s a light-hearted film with a strong message which could have been packaged and delivered way better. However, what we get to see is a breezy and witty movie with its intent in the right place. My view on this movie Recommended.
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