The State vs Jolly LL.B 2 or commonly known as simply
Jolly LL.B 2 is a 2017 Indian black comedy film,
[3] written and directed by Subhash Kapoor. A sequel to the 2013 film Jolly LLB,
[4] the film stars Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi, Saurabh Shukla and Annu Kapoor in lead roles. A courtroom drama
which satirizes the notion of the Indian legal system, the story
follows Jagdishwar Mishra (Kumar), a lawyer who fights a case against
the ruthless and powerful lawyer Sachin Mathur (Kapoor)
Cast
- Akshay Kumar as Jagdishwar Mishra (Jolly)
- Huma Qureshi as Pushpa Pandey
- Saurabh Shukla as Justice Sunderlal Tripathi
- Annu Kapoor as Sachin Kantilal Mathur
- Manav Kaul as Iqbal Qasim
- Inaamulhaq as Suryaveer Singh
- Nikhil Dwivedi as Siraj Alam
- Sayani Gupta as Hina Siddiqui
- Arshad Warsi as Jagdish Tyagi a.k.a. Jolly (cameo)
- Shubhangi Latkar
JOLLY LLB 2 STORY:
Jagdishwar Mishra aka Jolly (Akshay) starts out as a prominent lawyer’s
sidekick in Kanpur. Driven by ambition, he hoodwinks a pregnant widow,
Hina Siddique (Sayani Gupta) on the lookout for justice. He lands the
murder case of her husband, but when she realises he is a fraud, she
kills herself. Leaving Jolly with guilt on his conscience and an
unresolved case in his hands. Now, he wants justice more than ever.
JOLLY LLB 2 REVIEW: On
the face of it, apna Jolly is a novice indulging in petty crimes
because he knows the loopholes in the law. At home, he is the hen-pecked
husband of lush, Pushpa Panday(Huma) who loves whisky, Gucci dresses
and her chubby son in that order. But these are just asides and not the
main premise of courtroom drama, which in many ways follows the template
of the 2013 prequel, Jolly LLB.
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Writer-director Subhash Kapoor who has studied India’s burgeoning legal
system of `I-will-see-you-in-court’, definitely knows as much about the
Indian Penal Code as most legal sharks because of his deep study of the
subject. While the last instalment dealt with a hit-n-run case, this
one deals with the case of mistaken identity of a J & K terrorist.
The plot has enough laugh-out-loud situations and emotional outbursts to
keep you invested especially in the razor-sharp first half. The film
also provides the right dose of action inside and outside the courtroom.
With cops playing villains and terrorists changing religions, legal
greenhorn Jolly finds himself dodging bullets in Kanpur, Lucknow and
Manali(doubling up for Kashmir.)
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Post interval though, the film hits a pause button at times. The maker
tries to pack in too much legal diatribe between Jolly and his
adversary, the topnotch, Pramod Mathur(Annu Kapoor), in Judge Tripathy’s
(Saurabh Shukla, delightful as always) Lucknow courtroom. Their weighty
arguments do educate and entertain to some degree. But there are
portions that seem contrived.
Akshay changes shades from
crooked to straight, like a chameleon. In top-form, he puts up a perfect
display of a street-smart lawyer who hasn’t read legal tomes but who
has instead picked up tips from courtroom corridors to become Jolly LLB.
Huma and Annu are also compelling enough. It is the fine display of
histrionics by all these refined actors, which makes the movie, worth
seeing.
Release
The film was cleared with no cuts and has been set for release on 10 February 2017 from the Central Board of Film Certification
Budget : 30 crore
Box Office : 13.20 crore
