Jayeshbhai Jordaar Review: Movie has its moments with social message but fails to entertain due to inconsistent writing and poor 2nd half
Jayeshbhai Jordaar Movie Rating: 2.5 Stars
Just watched Jayeshbhai Jordaar movie on Amazon Prime Video. Let’s focus on the complete details, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Ranveer Singh, Shalini Pandey, Boman Irani, Ratna Pathak Shah and Jia Vaidya
Director: Divyang Thakkar
Release Date: 13th May 2022 in Cinemas & Digital Premiere on 10th June on Amazon Prime Video
Story: Jayeshbhai (Ranveer Singh) lives in Pravingarh, Gujarat with his orthodox father Pruthvish Patel (Boman Irani), Mother Jashoda Patel (Ratna Pathak Shah), wife Mudra (Shalini Pandey) and young daughter Siddhi (Jia Vaidya). His father is the sarpanch of the village and is very orthodox and patriarchal.
Mudra is pregnant for the eighth time. The first pregnancy had resulted in the birth of Siddhi but after that, she had had to undergo abortions six times because the illegal sonography each time revealed that it was a female foetus. His parents want the daughter-in-law to give them a grandson. However, Jayeshbhai is modern in his thinking, and he doesn’t distinguish between the girl child and the boy child.
He has the courage to stand by his wife and ensure that she delivers this time in spite of being aware that it would be a daughter. But Jayesh does not have the guts to tell his parents so. He, therefore, pretends to be on their side while all the time protecting Mudra from his wily parents who want her to leave him so that he can marry some other girl who would give the family a male heir.
On the internet, he comes across a video of a group of men in a village in Haryana. Their old-aged sarpanch, Amar (Puneet Issar) and the rest of the men are unmarried. This is because there are no girls left in the village after the villagers ruthlessly practised female infanticide. Amar, in the video claims that he’s ready to take care of any woman who comes to their village and would protect them.
Jayeshbhai draws a plan and decides to run away with Mudra, Siddhi and their unborn baby girl from Pravingarh to Amar’s village, Laadopur. Does Jayeshbhai succeed in ensuring that Mudra delivers their second daughter? Or do the evil parents have their way?
Positives
1. Excellent Performances
2. Screenplay
3. Climax
Negatives
1. Length
2. Music
3. Story
4. Direction
Durgesh Tiwary’s View : When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie on digital premiere because of Ranveer Singh and story looks interesting.
Jayesh Patel is an educated son of a traditional Gujarati sarpanch Pruthvish and Jashoda. He lives with his pregnant wife Mudra and his daughter Siddhi. The family wants Mudra’s second child to be a boy, who can take their lineage forward and be the next sarpanch after Jayesh. When Jayesh finds out that, his second child is a girl too, he decides to protect his wife from his family and village. The story follows Jayesh journey, where he protect his unborn child and make people believes in equal rights for males and females in society.
Jayeshbhai Jordaar story is the need of the hour and blends entertainment and a social message. He takes up a burning topic but peppers the narrative with some light-hearted, funny and emotional moments. As a result, it never becomes heavy or niche. At the same time, the writing is not consistent and the impact falls in a few scenes. The execution is neat and impactful. What’s also impressive is the unique nuances incorporated in the film. Scenes like the ink getting mixed in the aata, Siddhi opening the window while Mudra is driving, the truck driver offering the blanket to Mudra, etc or even the way the humble soap has been used to drive the plot shows that Divyang has a very creative mind. On the flipside, the humour quotient dips in the second half.
The intro scene is superb and Jayeshbhai’s narrative explains the whole setting beautifully. The scene where he pretends to beat up Mudra is unexpected and lovely. The real fun begins once he escapes with his wife and daughter and pretends that he’s being forced to do so against his wishes. Post-interval, the track at the home stay is fine but gets repetitive. Overall. movie has its share of jordaar moments, performances and the right message and manages to deliver a social message in a light-hearted manner. However, it suffers from inconsistent writing. My view on this movie Recommended
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