Alia Bhatt’s new filmJigra’ The biggest quality is its direction. … ‘Jigra’ And ‘That video of Vicky Vidya’ The beginning has not been very good. If it doesn’t perform well at the box office, then the industry’s hopes will fall on Anees Bazmee.‘Bhool Bhulaiyaan-3’ And Rohit Shetty’s‘Singham Again’ But will survive. Both these films are being released on November 1st to take advantage of the festive mood and holidays.
Life getting entangled with the screen
Anurag Kashyap’s contribution to Hindi films is not only important in the sense that he gave a new style of direction. He also worked to reduce the filminess in our films. That is why he cast actors instead of stars and in the stories he chose, he presented crime, greed and passion in all their cruelty and futility. In his films, coincidence does not give you much relief while misfortune does not leave you. What’s more, most of the people whom Anurag gave the opportunity were later successful in proving that his choice was not wrong. Alia Bhatt’s new film ‘Jigra’ is directed by Vasan Bala, who was once Anurag Kashyap’s assistant. And the biggest quality of this film is its direction.
This is a film of Karan Johar i.e. Dharma Production and for the first time this company did not organize any show for the media before or at the time of release. There has been a complaint for a long time that big production houses pay critics to get favorable reviews of their films. Anyway, you will find many critics who say that every film is worth watching. Whenever any allegation is leveled against Bollywood, it is definitely blamed on Dharma and Yash Raj. That’s why Karan Johar did not show the film to the critics this time. This means that if you want to review, then buy the ticket and watch the film yourself. But the surprising thing is that despite his step, the reviews of this film did not show any change in the trend going on till now. The serious critics have also remained in their place while the attitude of the deceitful critics has not been affected.
However, after direction, the biggest quality of this film is the writing and Vasan Bala has contributed in that too. Her previous film was the crime comedy ‘Monica O My Darling’ starring Huma Qureshi and Rajkummar Rao, which was well received. Two years later, ‘Jigra’ came which has been placed in the action thriller category. There is a girl and her younger brother. There are no parents, so the sister has a sense of guardianship towards her brother. When the brother grows up, he goes abroad for work and is caught in a false drug case. For this, an imaginary country has been created in the film where there is a very dangerous jail. Brother is being tortured in jail. When the sister is unable to free him from the legal battle, she decides to escape him from jail. But this very simple story has so many twists and turns that it starts to seem unusual.
A few days ago, there was a news that when Vasan Bala left the script of this film with Karan Johar, Karan gave it to Alia Bhatt to read and Vasan did not like this. Perhaps they were thinking of casting some other actress in it. But this news was completely denied. Whatever the truth, Alia liked the script so much that she and her sister Shaheen are also associate producers of the film. Alia was crazy about action anyway. She is going to do the same thing in Yash Raj’s spy universe’s ‘Alpha’.
‘Jigra’ is a heroine centric film which is rarely made. Then its craft is far beyond Bollywood routines, in fact it seems to be of international level. Vasan Bala’s distinct personality as a director also comes to the fore. Thrill is very important in his way of storytelling. Anytime something suddenly happens that changes the situation, if you predict it in advance then you will be mistaken. The beauty of Vasan’s films is that his characters are constantly stuck in some trouble or the other. Many people including Alia, Vedang Raina and Manoj Pahwa have done excellent work in this jail breaking story. Look amazing, after spending four decades in the industry, now the importance of Manoj Pahwa is coming to the fore.
Although ‘Jigra’ has the tunes of Achint Thakkar, but Dev Anand’s ‘Hare Ram Hare Krishna’ tune by RD Burman and the song ‘Phoolon Ka Taron Ka’ sung for the sister in the voice of Kishore Kumar have been recreated in it. Is. It is sung by Vedang Raina. The original song was written by Anand Bakshi. Here it has been written by Varun Grover. Remember, Varun Grover also started with Anurag Kashyap. Using songs from old films has also become Vasan Bala’s style. But in ‘Viki Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video’ released along with ‘Jigra’, two old songs have also been taken. Its composers Sachin-Jigar have recreated Sunidhi Chauhan’s song ‘Sajna Ve Sajna’ from the twenty-year-old film ‘Chameli’ and Daler Mehndi’s ‘Na Na Na Re’ from 1997’s ‘Mrityudata’.
If a film is named ‘Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video’ then anyone can understand what kind of video is being talked about. What we are going through these days is what some people call the reel era. Whoever you see is busy making reels or videos. Some people are doing this as a hobby and some hope to earn fame or income by posting these videos on social media platforms. There are some who just want to impress the people in their circle. They went for a walk somewhere, went to a restaurant, went to a wedding or a party, wore a new dress, met a famous person, immediately made a video of it and uploaded it on WhatsApp or Facebook or X or Instagram. . They just have to show where I am, who I met or how much fun I am having so that friends say, wow, you are having fun.
But this habit of making videos makes you impulsive. Every now and then you pick up your mobile and start looking for something to make a video of. Some people become so impulsive in this matter that they even make their own ridiculous videos. Many times people end up in trouble by making such videos out of excitement, enthusiasm or curiosity. ‘Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video’ is a film made on such a problem.
Vicky i.e. Rajkumar Rao and Vidya i.e. Trupti Dimri get married. They make a video of their first night as a souvenir, but its CD is stolen. One can imagine their panic when they came to know about this. They try desperately to get the CD back. This is its story. The producers of this film include T Series, Balaji Pictures, Vakau Films and Kathavach Films while the director is Raaj Shandilya. He is also the co-writer of this film. Perhaps while writing, he thought that to make the film more interesting, it would be better for the CD to be stolen than for the mobile video to be inadvertently circulated. But now where did CDs come from in this era? That is why the story has been kept twenty-seven years old. At the end of the film, in a long didactic speech, the message is given that such thoughtless videos should not be made.
‘Jigra’ and ‘Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Video’ have not had a very good start. If it does not perform well at the box office, then the industry’s hopes will rest on Anees Bazmee’s ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaan 3’ and Rohit Shetty’s ‘Singham Again’. Both these films are being released on November 1st to take advantage of the festive mood and holidays.