Jigra movie review : Alia tune kya kiya, Bala tune yeh kya kar daala

Jigra movie review  Alia tune kya kiya, Bala tune yeh kya kar daala

What: ‘Jigra’ the talented director Vasan Bala and the talented actress Alia Bhatt attempt an action-packed mainstream movie based on brother sister (bhai behen) emotions but are not clearly up to task and neither their talents get well-served by a predictable and unmoving screen play. Even the tribute to ‘Bachchan’ with scenes from ‘Agneepath’ and songs from ‘Zanjeer’ fail to help.

Jigra movie synopsis

Satya (Alia Bhatt) has suffered the loss of her mother, followed by the suicide of her father. Satya has a younger brother Ankur (Vedang Raina) and Ankur is her only world. One night at a remote south Asian island somewhere between Singapore and Thailand called Hanshi Dao, Ankur gets wrongly booked for supplying drugs. In Hanshi Dao there is death sentence for drug consumption. So, Alia’s becomes the lady Bachchan, plans a jail break with the ex-gangster Bhatia (Manoj Pahwa) and get his brother Ankur back.

Jigra movie review

‘Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota’ and ‘Monica, O My Darling’ fame Vasan Bala begins the movie very well and we get connected with Satya (Alia Bhatt) and Ankur (Vedang Raina), the strict Nazi inspired Jail settings and that sanki jail in charge Landa (Vivek Gombre).

It’s the second half that ruins everything, its utterly astounding to see that spy type action thriller which is not convincing at all. Bala wants to be different from the sibling dramas then why he has to use that certified Raksha bandhan song ‘phoolo ka taaro ka’ and the way Satya finds amazing Indians in this remote island are all examples of screen writing with convenience.

Muthu (Rahul Ravindran) an ex police officer who was posted in the same jail and Bhatia a retired gangster? Who carries a bullet less gun?. As the patience of the audience goes dishkiyaao dishkiyaao on seeing the ultimate obsession of Landaji to give electrocution to Vedang and two of his colleagues even after knowing that the jail is burning. With heavy background music, the makers want to compensate on the lacking in character development.

To add more chutni, achaar, ketchup and mirchi to the wounds, Alia Bhatt tries and tries but she is sadly not up to mark. Vedang is raw and shows lack of intensity. Vivek Sombre as the sanki jail in charge leaves a very good impression but we don’t know why he behaves like this. How Bhatia became a gangster, why he left and how amazingly by just saying ‘I am back’ on phone, he is back to his gangster ways.