IEating a big box of salty popcorn. As soon as you reach the halfway point of breakfast, you feel frustrated by the lack of salt in it. But somehow as you dig deeper, you find what you paid for – fluffy buttery salted corn. And you have to wonder if it was mixed well just before it was given to you. Well Jhanvi Kapoor good luck jerryNow streaming on Disney+ Hotstar, that’s what it seems.
In the nearly two-hour long film, director Siddharth Sen takes you on the frantic and messy journey of a young woman, Jerry (Jhanvi Kapoor), who turns into a drug mule to earn money for her mother’s cancer treatment. Is. After a brief hiatus, she decides to leave but as things go haywire, Jerry and his family are caught in a whirlwind of complicated situations.
Jerry, like Alia Bhatt’s pinky Udta Punjab (2016), is an immigrant from Bihar who lives in the northern state. But in Jerry’s world, when things go wrong, she fills fear with laughter. Jerry lives with his mother Sarbati (Mita Vashisht) and younger sister Cheri (Samta Sudiksha). Fans of all three women swarm around them, vying for their attention. Among them, Rinku (played by the immaculate Deepak Dobriyal) resorts to being the ‘harmless hunter’ – a trope that has been used in Hindi cinema since ancient times.
Remakes often have the advantage of revisiting previously tested (usually successful) stories. But if the last few Bollywood releases of this year (Jersey, Hit: First Case, Forensics) has taught us something, is that comparison often works as a disadvantage. good luck jerry Hindi version of Tamil hit Kolamavu Nightingale (with Katha anchoring by Nayanthara) which has a 7.3 IMDb rating. But luckily for Sen’s film, it attempts to add nuance and context to Jerry’s world and for Hindi-speaking cinephiles.
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Cast and crew to the rescue
If not for the great cast and cinematography, good luck jerry Would have sunk faster than a heavy rock.
Cinematographer Rangarajan Rambadran has done a good job, especially in stitching the colorful frames when the fans (Rupak) in the film hit. This will probably remind you of hilarious climax scenes from comedy movies Foul play (2000) and Ruckus (2003) Although with less laughter.
The cast as the drug lord, especially Sushant Singh, are flawless and blend in depending on the film. If only he had been introduced long ago. Every frame with Singh will either make you laugh or marvel at his acting skills. Over the last decade, Dobriyal has emerged as a credible actor who can impress any scene with his comic timing and energy. Tanu Weds Manu Chain, Hindi mediumAnd english medium) Even Vashisht as Jerry’s mother and Neeraj Sood as Jerry’s neighbor add surprise to the plot. Their experience as industry stalwarts helps the film stand on its own two feet. Jugalbandi The soul of the film lies in these eccentric characters played by fine actors. Except for a few scenes and his inconsistent accent, Kapoor, who leads this solid cast, has delivered a decent performance. To her credit, she portrays Jerry with an effortless mix of cunning and innocence.
good luck jerry you may not have ROFL but the latter of it will surely make you laugh out loud, In one scene Jerry says “We are not as many as we see (I am stronger than I look)”. Perhaps, the same can be said for the fate of this film.
(Edited by Zoya Bhatti)