‘Jaane Jaan Movie Review: Jaideep Ahlawat Shines Next To Kareena Kapoor And Vijay Varma In This Hillside Thriller
I was heartbroken when the title of Sujoy Ghosh's new film was announced a month ago. Another Indian Netflix thriller named after a popular song from a Hindi film? I remember muttering to myself. This assembly line mentality is taken to the extreme and ridiculous. Rath Akheli Hai , Hasan Dilruba , Yeh Kali Kali Ankein and Monica, Oh Dear are Indian originals. And now comes Jan Jan , which, like last year's Monica... , is based on a book by Japanese writer Keigo Higashino. It is true that "The Loyalty of Suspect X" does not translate literally as a good title in Hindi. However, until I saw the movie, it was a dark endeavor.
It turns out there's a resonance between the new movie and the original song. "Aa Jaan-E-Jaan" featured in the 1969 thriller Entakam , a rare cabaret performance by Lata Mangeshkar, was performed by Helen, in which the protagonist Maya D'Souza (Kareena Kapoor Khan) is a former actress. A nightclub dancer who escapes from the past. Rajendra Krishna's seductive and deadly lyrics resonate with Maya's current situation and immediately two men enter her life. We see her singing these words at karaoke. Kapoor Khan appears on the TV screen as Helen in a dress.
Jaane Jaane (Hindi)
Director : Sujoy Ghosh
Starring: Kareena Kapoor Khan, Jaid Ahlawat, Vijay Varma, Sarab Sachdeva, Naisha Khanna, Karma Thakappa
Duration : 139 minutes
Plot: A single mother tries to escape a murder charge with the help of a caring math teacher who lives next door.
Maya was once Sonia, the wife of Ajith (Sarab Sakdeva), a ruthless cop who loves to make money. He left it 14 years ago and moved to Kalimpong, a foggy hill station in northwest Bengal. Since then, she has focused on raising her daughter and running a small cafe serving coffee and Chinese food to survive. One day, Ajit suddenly appeared at the bar; After being rejected, he breaks into Maya's house. Clear and serious threats against mother and child turn into violent conflicts. Ironically, before the soundtrack fades out, Ajit is found dead on the ground, strangled with a water heater cord, the simplest murder weapon in Himalayan cities.
Sujoy's best film Kahaani (2012) would have been meaningless without Nawazuddin Siddiqui or Sawatha Chatterjee with Vidya Balan. Likewise, Jane Jane has two artists who bring a lot of energy. Just as a desperate Maya, suspected of no crime, ponders her next move, help arrives in the form of Naren (Jaydeep Ahlawat), a brilliant but lonely mathematics teacher at her side. He immediately took care of his body, gave him instructions and an alibi and behaved normally. He loves Maya, it's an open secret he doesn't really know, but he feels compelled to take advantage of her intelligence.
Things get complicated when Inspector Karan (Vijay Varma) arrives in the city. Sujoy had a lot of fun playing these disparate characters and actors, two FTII students lined up to outdo the star who played Pune in Kabhi Kahi Kahi Gam (2001). Adding to the richness of this narrative is the sexual tension between the characters. Although Naren has kept his distance (not wrongly, except for his hair), he has been compared to Dara Shah Rukh Khan. Karan also has a good eye; Maya's description of Naren's "attractive" neighbor is harsh. All of this pays off in one well-crafted scene: any assumptions we have about the character's motivations and development are immediately shattered.
Jaane Jaan is touted to be Kareena Kapoor Khan's streaming debut. So it's nice that the film still feels part of a whole. Khan plays intelligently and convincingly as a team, supporting each other rather than trying to steal the show. He has fast and efficient performance, on par with Varma. But the film belongs to Ahlafat. This is one of his most interesting physical roles. He plays the role of a gentle giant, his enormous body cutting through the night fog in a dramatic manner. Sometimes a smile suddenly appears on his dirty face like a rain cloud in the desert. I also love the absolute calm and, I might add, the passion with which Ahlawat approaches Jiu-Jitsu training. According to Bruce Lee, it feels "like water in a crack."
Jaane Jaan is streaming on Netflix
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