Jazbaa– It’s a Mixed Bag !


Director: Sanjay Gupta
Producer: Sanjay Gupta, Aishwarya Rai, Anuradha Gupta, Nittin Keni, Akash Chawla, Sachin R. Joshi &Raina Sachin R. Joshi
Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Irfan Khan, Shabna Azmee &Jackie Shroff.
Duration: 152 Minutes

Touted as the comeback movie of Aishwarya Rai, Jazbaa is a Indianized version of Korean movie Seven Days directed by Sanjay Gupta. Coming to the plot Anuradha Varma (Aishwarya Rai) is renowned advocate in Mumbai, who has never lost a case yet. On personal side she is a single parent to her daughter Sanaya.

Plot thickens when Sanaya gets kidnapped and in return the kidnapper demands Anuradha to defend the case of rape and murder convict who is to be hanged in 4 days in return for her daughter’s life. How Anuradha defends this case with help of his school friend and now police officer Yohan (Irfan Khan) is to watch out for.

The problem with Jazbaa is, in spite of having a fantastic story the movies do not emotionally grip the audience, which only goes to prove that a better screenplay would have worked for the movie. A part from it there is nothing much to complain about the movie, may be few unnecessary item songs would have been avoided which only diluted the plot.

Sanjay Gupta sticking to his tradition has used his unique yellow-green colors on the screen with some quirky dialogues to add it up.

Performance of Aishwarya Rai seems ok in most parts of the movie, but for me personally Irfan Khan stands out in spite of his limited screen space in the movie. Shabana Azmee appears pale in such a emotional character.

Watch Jazbaa, without expecting much, it’s a good one time watch. Its crisp, quirky and engaging!

My Rating: 2.5/5



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