All reviews by Tanul Thakur
| Director: | Vasan Bala |
|---|---|
| Cast: | Alia Bhatt, Vedang Raina, Manoj Pahwa, Vivek Gomber, Akashdeep Sabir, Harssh A. Singh, Aditya Nanda, Adhiraj Singh, Rahul Ravindran, Ankur Khanna |
| Writer: | Debashish Irengbam |
Jigra
Crime, Drama, Thriller (Hindi)
The Alia Bhatt-starrer Doesn’t Fire but Fizzle Out
Fri, October 11 2024
Vasan Bala’s directorial is marred by bland writing
The trailer of Jigra promised a coup too delicious to resist: Alia Bhatt as the Angry Young (Wo)man. At one point, Manoj Pahwa tells her, “Arre, [Amitabh] Bachchan nahin banna hai. Bach ke nikalna hai.” A stone-faced Bhatt replies: “Ab toh Bachchan hi banna hai.” This exchange hides loaded meanings: reverence (Bhatt, the best Bollywood actor right now, paying tribute to the best Bollywood actor of the ’70s), inversion (a heroine playing an anti-hero), and nostalgia (a drug always in short supply). There’s a bit of serendipity, too: the movie’s release date, October 11, coincides with Bachchan’s birthday.
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