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Himani Thank u so much yaar🤗 Yay looking forward to this film. no wonder why amrita was promoting this film on twitter so I got confused. Yay so happy to see her back in a film. Bollywood started making good films now👏

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Cast:Arshad Warsi, Amrita Rao, Boman
Irani
Director: Subhash Kapoor
SPOILERS AHEAD
A Mumbai film that sets out to make a point
about something that is wrong with the
world around us often ends up losing its
way in a maze of preachy pomposity. Not so
Jolly LLB. It knows exactly where it is going.
Despite a somewhat thin storyline, or
probably on account of it, the film stays on
course for the most part. It addresses a
serious theme – the anomalies inherent in
India's judicial system – in a jocular manner
but steers well clear of unwarranted
flippancy.
Jolly LLB has its heart in the right place. And
it's a heart that is backed by a ticking mind
and a responsive conscience.
The film, which relies on both humour and
pathos for impact, is buoyed by a clutch of
outstanding performances and a directorial
style that is marked by admirable lightness
of touch.
Writer-director Subhash Kapoor keeps it
simple and shipshape. He pulls no punches
in poking fun at the loopholes in the
country's justice delivery system. But he
does not let the critique degenerate into
objectionable mockery.
Nowhere does he seek to call the audience's
attention to either the technical aspects of
the film or the cinematic elements that
constitute its spine.
He lets the screenplay do all the arguing on
his behalf. The writing holds up rather well –
it has legs strong enough not to give way
under the weight of the 'big picture' that
Jolly LLB seeks to project through a plain
David-versus-Goliath skirmish in the court of
a judge who is always a step ahead of the
duo.
A cynical legal eagle, Tejinder Rajpal (Boman
Irani), locks horns with a small-town eager
beaver, Jagdish Tyagi, alias Jolly, who is a
Johnny-come-lately in a tearing hurry to
make a mark in the district and sessions
court of Delhi.
A spoilt brat, at the wheels of an over-
speeding Land Cruiser, has mowed down a
whole lot of people sleeping on a pavement.
But thanks to his affluent and influential
family's money power and the
aforementioned topnotch lawyer's
insuperable legal acumen, the boy is
acquitted by the court.
The struggling eponymous advocate is a guy
who is down on luck. He has just moved
from hometown Meerut to the big city in
pursuit of fame and wealth but is nowhere
near achieving his ambition.
Not averse to adapting to the wily ways of
the legal frat, Jolly figures out a way to
attract instant media spotlight. He files a PIL
seeking a reinvestigation into the Land
Cruiser hit-and-run case.
A mightily riled Rajpal throws all he has into
the ring and his means are more foul than
fair.
Jolly, on his part, has to dig deep into the
reserves of his Meerut-bred tenacity to stand
up to the bullying, both psychological and
physical, of his more seasoned opponent.
Like so much else in this country, this legal
tussle assumes the dimensions of an
unequal clash between the haves and the
have-nots. So it is easy for the audience to
decide who to root for – the underdog of
course.
The director however refrains from settling
for a simple reductionist approach to the
good-lawyer-pitted-against-bad-lawyer
drama and adds several believable layers to
the narrative.
Jolly has a schoolteacher-girlfriend back in
Meerut and this no-nonsense damsel
(Amrita Rao) is his bellwether when he is in
moral distress and needs course correction.
Our man also has a steady supporter in the
aged owner of the courthouse cafeteria
(Ramesh Deo).
The latter is another hapless victim of a
system that is often manipulated to deny
justice to those that don't have the
necessary means and connections, those
that are doomed to sleep on pavements and
are run over by the cars of those who
couldn't care less.
The plot is also littered with allusions to the
realities of a law enforcement structure that
is steeped in corruption.
The most notable of these is a sharply
satirical scene in which a creepy cop called
Ram Gopal Varma (Sanjay Mishra in a brief
but crucial cameo) auctions a plum posting
in an old Delhi police station as a host of
tainted officers seated before him bid for
the transfer.
It is difficult to imagine this film without the
first-rate pivotal performances by Arshad
Warsi and Boman Irani. The two
consummate actors match each other step
for step.
Even when the courtroom exchanges touch
emotional tipping point and threaten to turn
overtly shrill, restraint remains their stock in
trade.
But, equally, Jolly LLB wouldn't have been
half the film it is without the sterling show
that Saurabh Shukla, as the all-knowing
Judge Tripathi, puts up. His is a delightfully
effortless performance that etches out the
core of the satire.
Barring the off-kilter musical score, which is
completely out of sync with the
predominantly naturalistic drift of the film,
Jolly LLB is a jolly good film.

i loved this tweet about amrita
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Amrita Rao. Under rated. Competent.
Watching JollyLLB, one realized what a
fluid actress she is! Not easy to hold
one's own with THAT cast!

movie looks promising and would like to see amrita rao

Awww !!
M sooo glad Ammu got noticed...amidst Boman and Arshad inpite of her small role...

I hope she backs it up with a brilliant performance in Satyagrah...Hope she gets good films now...shez better than many actresses who are getting work today...

I'm so watching this movie this weekend! Have been looking forward to it ever since the trailer released. Finally a sensible comedy film 👍🏼