GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Bereamic Awesome Movie

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Dr Deena Padayachee Jolly LlbThis is not a jolly film at all. It probes the murky undercurrent of the legal world with a very sharp scalpel, exposing the most frightening secrets and the most dastardly deeds.We expect that those who act for the human rights of all to be absolutely honourable, morally and ethically upright characters. After all, how is a person supposed to have confidence in anything less than the most ethical and careful of beings to defend their human rights? One expects such highly schooled experts in the law to be fully conversant with all aspects of the law and to act always in the best interests of their clients, not in the best interests of their bank balances. We expect them to be students of human psychology, to understand human beings and not to play with their clients' careers, lives and families so that they can get more wealthy.We expect lawyers to behave with a sense of very great responsibility and respect, not only for their clients but for themselves, their profession and their country as a whole. They should not behave in a manner that brings their profession into disrepute.Well, we all know that, often, all that I have written does not happen. Many people are terrified of lawyers, and with good reason. From the days of ancient empires – whether Babylonian, Assyrian, Egyptian or Roman, tyrants have used clever, wily lawyers to create a strait- jacket of decrees and laws to keep their subject populations in check and pliable. They have used these beagles to extract the wealth of their subjects and destroy those who offended them. Sadly, most lawyers have over-valued themselves and over-priced their services. The Gandhis and Mandelas have been exceptions to the general rule. One must not be conned by these exceptions.The sum result is that the legal profession has often been at the sharp end of denying human beings their human rights and keeping them manacled. It all turned on power and money. Lawyers acted not upon on what was right but what was in their best interests. And we suffered. Boy, did we suffer.The depiction of India's legal profession in this film was graphic. Lawyers are shown in open-air 'offices' working on antiquated type- writers and in the most deplorable of circumstances – literally on the street. In the evenings they have to lock their equipment in steel trunks enclosed in chains. That's a lovely metaphor. And all around them, there is evidence of the dire poverty that is India, today – the filth, the disorder, the lack of planning, and the wretched souls who try, somehow, to survive.From this fetid cess-pit some men of the law, some men of words, like rats in a sewer, have been able to claw their way up to higher positions – but that was often done only by the most foul of means. Their means of survival are the tiny wealthy class that many societies sport all over the world. The off-spring of that class, spoilt,badly reared, arrogant, used to abusing everybody and having their own way, are the lawyers' meal-tickets.We see a lawyer from Meerut come to Delhi and tout for business. He is no paradigm of virtue. He notices another lawyer doing well by courting the media and the TV stations. So he does the same by delving into a case involving a young dilettante. A film which documents the clash between the young, aspiring lawyer and the experienced, sly, vicious, older senior counsel is the stuff of best-sellers and block-buster movies.However, this is South Africa. There were just six people in the cinema the night that I was there; at Gateway, the film was whipped off the circuit in double-quick time, no doubt to the relief of the legal beagles here, many of whinge about how they do so little business. The female lead, such as she is, is stunningly beautiful as Indian beauties can be – and she is loyal despite the penury of her beau – as long as he is ethical. More than that, she is, amazingly ethical and not materialistic at all. When her husband acquires cash by illegal means she promptly deserts him. She helps turn him away from his path of legal parasitism onto the road less well travelled. There might be females like this somewhere. I must say they are a rare breed.This is a film well worth watching and I savoured every moment of it as lawyers did all the things that we all know so well: steal from their clients, get their clients into further trouble so that they can benefit, give bad advice, and manipulate matters so that they can appear like supermen when, in reality they are vultures preying on those in trouble, those who are weak and those who have strayed from the path of the straight and narrow.Are there really so few in our country who are like me, and find such a well made film well worth watching? What kind of South Africans are we? Why do so many prefer to spend thousands at the casinos, at restaurants etc, rather than on supporting something well worth supporting.Ours is indeed a strange, often bizarre country.We have come through one of the greatest struggles for human rights in the world; we have made our mark on the history of the world and our planet has been the better for it, but, somewhere along the way, many seem to have lost their souls.

prianka-guru It is definitely worth a watch. You may not watch to watch it over and over again though. Arshad Warsi has acted well, but Boman Irani steals the show. What a performance. Not to forget Saurabh Shukla, who is as usual fantastic. The story is great, screenplay is good, the dialogs are fantastic and the direction is really good.It can be watched with family, though the language used in some scenes has a very rugged touch, but it is understandable. The songs I think were not needed.Its such a pity that good movies and performances like these go un-noticed because of lack of hype.All in all its a watchable movie, and I would say its a must watch for Boman Irani's performance.

Shafiq Ul Hasan Siddiqui Movies based on judicial system and courtroom dramas have always been admired by cine-goers. It's not just because of the fact that audience love their favorite actors and actresses in black gowns, it's merely because most of the courtroom scenes are penned exceptionally. For instance we have huge list of some amazing courtroom scenes from movies like Damini, Meri Jung, Andha Qanoon, OMG Oh My God, Geraftar, Veer Zaara, Shaurya, Maine Gaandhi ko nahin Maara and Aitraz etc. In same list Jolly LLB also falls. It is based on a real life case with a few amendments. Subhash Kapoor, a talented entertainer, brings Jolly LLB in front of his viewers as a comical fare but in reality it is a serious movie with light hearted and situational comedy. Like his earlier movie "Phhans Gaye Re Obama", Jolly LLB also deals with day to day life experiences which one comes across. The strongest points of this movie are first rate acting, great script and simplicity.The plot of the movie is simple; Jolly (performed by Arshad Warsi) a suffering lawyer, leaves Meerut and arrives in Delhi in search of more cases and professional growth. Luckily he bumps into a case which was hyped by the media and won by Rajpal (Boman Irani) who only manages high profile clients with surety to win the case. Jolly, to earn fame, files PIL against the same case and his life turns after that.As far as the performances are concerned, in this movie everyone excels and shines no matter how large or small he has been projected. Arshad Warsi stands out undeniably. For those who have only seen him as "circuit" from Munna Bhai MBBS, and missed out Saher, this movie reminds them that he is an equally talented actor when it comes to serious and performance oriented roles. It is good to see that he is now trying to sign movies which offer him different kind of roles, like previously released Zilla Ghaziabaad. Boman Irani is like water, every character that is assigned to him, he manages to perform it with comfort and flawlessness. His character demanded to be portrayed as egotistical, cunning and bullish lawyer, to which he lived up to expectations. Saurabh Shukla (as Sunderlal Tripathy) amazes again. He is one finest actor who never runs after for every role that is offered to him. In this movie there are plenty of scenes where he shows his viewers that he is not less than any accomplished and finest actors of the industry. In scenes where he is silent, his expressions speak. On the contrary, the way he performs his dialogues is outstanding.Amrita Rao (as Sandhya) has a small role but when it comes to dramatic enactment of any scene, she has always excelled, ditto for this movie. Ramesh Deo (one of the veterans – I remember his "Anand") is first rate, though he only has 2 – 3 scenes in the movie but impactful. Brijendra Kala as advocate and Sanjay Mishra as Hawaldaar Ram Gopal Verma are good, same for Mohan Agashe.Jolly LLB has great screenplay and dialogue, kudos to Subhash Kapoor for maintaining his command over these departments. "Ajnabi" and "Makhna" are two songs which stand out and are easy to hum.

silvan-desouza Director Subhash Kapoor who earlier gave us PHAS GAYA RE OBAMA(2010) returns with Jolly LLB. The promos gave an indication that the film is a comedy which is far from the true picture. The film is a satire on lawyers and court, Frankly courtroom dramas have been far from realistic in Hindi films, In many films courtroom is used for dramatic effect and hence we have loud shouting and lot of things we never see in courtroom otherwise. Now I am not sure about how realistic is this film, but yet the satire aspects works well, Arshad's character is sort of very realistic though predictably filmy. The game of onemanupmanship in the first half is well handled, the cat and mouse game is superb, the only drawback is when the film goes into the romantic side which though important and limited could better be not there. The fights in the courtroom are well handled and the film manages to make you feel for the characters.Direction is superb Music is okayArshad Warsi lives the role to perfection, Often known for his comic characters though he has done great performances in serious roles like SEHAR too yet people hardly are aware of his range. Boman Irani is as always, brilliant Amrita Rao is good too Amongst rest Saurabh Shukla is flawless, Harsh Chaya, Manoj Pahwa, Sanjay Mishra are all good in their roles Ramesh Deo makes a comeback after 15 years and is okay Mohan Agashe, Mohan Kapoor and others are all adequate.