Jigarthanda (2014) :
Briefing Review -
A big joke/spoof on the name of Gangster Comedy gone fortunately RIGHT for the sake of entertainment. Believe me, making a gangster film is easy but making a gangster comedy is difficult and that's why there are only few countable good films in this genre. In 90s decade, Hollywood and British Cinema both made many fine products in this genre which have been loved by audience as well as influenced many filmmkers. Jigarthanda is a nice attempt but it's bit lengthy and risky. In Bollywood, we saw classic like 'Hera Pheri' (2000), if that can be called a gangster comedy, and then it's sequel 'Phir Hera Pheri' (2006) also came out as a very good product if not a Classic. And then we saw 'Welcome' (2007) which is certainly the last brilliant film in this Gangster comedy genre and somewhere I feel like, watching Jigarthanda after watching 'Welcome' so many times has taken away lot of impact. It has also left with me vision to see several flaws in the film because it's quite difficult to make such good comedies nowdays. There was Film like Soodhu Kavvum (2013) as an exception though and Jigarthanda is sort of close to that one, but surely not better. An aspiring director targets a ruthless gangster because he wants to make a violent gangster film. His discreet attempts to research the gangster fail miserably. Finally when he gets caught snooping, things hit the fan and chaotic gesture of the situations makes a fine comedy out of it. Performances, dialogues, screenplay, music and direction all things are fine at their places but there's nothing special to make a fuss about it. The film is nowhere suitable to the IMDb standards of 8+ Rating (only if you believe it) but sometimes it's good to have fun than quality, no? Jigarthanda is that Fun but not Quality. Choose what want and then only watch it.
RATING - 6.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.
A big joke/spoof on the name of Gangster Comedy gone fortunately RIGHT for the sake of entertainment. Believe me, making a gangster film is easy but making a gangster comedy is difficult and that's why there are only few countable good films in this genre. In 90s decade, Hollywood and British Cinema both made many fine products in this genre which have been loved by audience as well as influenced many filmmkers. Jigarthanda is a nice attempt but it's bit lengthy and risky. In Bollywood, we saw classic like 'Hera Pheri' (2000), if that can be called a gangster comedy, and then it's sequel 'Phir Hera Pheri' (2006) also came out as a very good product if not a Classic. And then we saw 'Welcome' (2007) which is certainly the last brilliant film in this Gangster comedy genre and somewhere I feel like, watching Jigarthanda after watching 'Welcome' so many times has taken away lot of impact. It has also left with me vision to see several flaws in the film because it's quite difficult to make such good comedies nowdays. There was Film like Soodhu Kavvum (2013) as an exception though and Jigarthanda is sort of close to that one, but surely not better. An aspiring director targets a ruthless gangster because he wants to make a violent gangster film. His discreet attempts to research the gangster fail miserably. Finally when he gets caught snooping, things hit the fan and chaotic gesture of the situations makes a fine comedy out of it. Performances, dialogues, screenplay, music and direction all things are fine at their places but there's nothing special to make a fuss about it. The film is nowhere suitable to the IMDb standards of 8+ Rating (only if you believe it) but sometimes it's good to have fun than quality, no? Jigarthanda is that Fun but not Quality. Choose what want and then only watch it.
RATING - 6.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.