Jug Jugg Jeeyo Review: A good lighthearted family comedy drama worthy a watch with loved one’s despite flaws
Jug Jugg Jeeyo Movie Rating: 3 Stars
Just watched Jug Jugg Jeeyo 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: Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani, Anil Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Maniesh Paul & Prajakta Koli
Director: Raj Mehta
Release Date: 24th June 2022 in Cinemas & Digital premiere on 22nd July 2022 on Amazon Prime Video
Story: It revolves around Kuldeep aka Kukoo Saini (Varun Dhawan) and Naina Sharma (Kiara Advani) who were school sweethearts end up getting married. After five years both are leaving in Toronto, Canada where Naina holds a white-collar position in a reputable company while Kukoo works as a bouncer in a nightclub. Both are on the verge of a divorce due to due to prolonged silences, unfinished conversations, and resentful hearts.
They decide to keep the façade going for a few more days till Kukoo’s sister, Ginny (Prajakta Koli) is married off in India. The couple arrives in India from Canada but before Kukoo can break the bad news to his parents Bheem (Anil Kapoor) and Geeta (Neetu Kapoor), he gets a shock of his life when Bheem tells him that he is planning to divorce Geeta as having affair his 12th grade madam Mira (Tisca Chopra).
Meanwhile, Ginny is also not sure whether she wants to marry the guy she is getting married to or her ex-boyfriend Gaurav (Varun Sood). In short, all the members of Bheem and Geeta’s family are facing major problems in their lives. How whole family deal with their issues is all about this movie.
Positives
1. Performances
2. Story
3. Direction
4. Music
Negatives
1. Length
2. Screenplay
3. Climax
Durgesh Tiwary’s View: When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie on premiere day because movie looks like feel good family drama.
When estranged couple Kuku and Naina come to India from Canada, hoping to break the news of their impending divorce after the big fat desi wedding in the house, little do they know that there is an even bigger shocker waiting for them back home.
Jug Jugg Jeeyo story is also interesting and keeps the audience engaged because one doesn’t know which direction it will head in. It gives the impression of too many cooks having spoilt the broth. It also appears as if an entire building has been constructed without laying the foundation. Besides, their problems are sought to be explained through dialogues only as there are hardly any scenes to substantiate the spoken words. There are plenty of light scenes in the film, some of which don’t evoke laughter. But there are some really hilarious scenes too, which will make the viewers laugh, even guffaw. However, without a strong emotional undercurrent and some heavy-duty emotional scenes, the comedy looks lopsided. After all, divorce is a serious matter and if that can’t move the viewers emotionally, no amount of comedy is going to do the trick.
As a consequence of the aforementioned and other scripting flaws, the audience does not know whether to go home feeling happy or sad. For, it is not clear whether Bheem and Geeta will patch up their differences or not. More importantly, it is also unclear whether Bheem has mended his ways or not. Just like it is not clear whether Kukoo hates his father or adores him. While the light scenes are the writers’ strong point, the emotional, dramatic and melodramatic scenes seem to have been written in a confused state of mind. The audience almost gets the feeling that a lot of compromises have been made in the script in a bid to not show any of the four characters black.
Overall, it works for varied reasons, the most important one being it balances drama, humor and emotions seamlessly. The strong emotional quotient, in the second hour especially, is one factor that’s sure to attract families in hordes. movie has good light moments, but the drama is wrongly constructed and, therefore, does not hold much water. My view on this movie Recommended.
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