Re: Jagga Jasoos Download Tamil Dubbed Movie
Marnie Monteverde
Dispensing with the notions of realism, Basu sets up a frothy space around his adventure fantasy that revels in its lavish imagination, meddlesome inquiries and delicious Bongness, never once pausing to catch a breath or make sense.
The experience is akin to watching an animated musical where its charismatic, cartoonish leads (Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Saswata Chatterjee) and spectacular supporting cast (Saurabh Shukla and Rajatava Dutta) know exactly which buttons to press when and engage the audience into its colourful, chaotic journey.
It's easy to see now why Jagga Jasoos took so much time in execution and, perhaps, an awful lot got left behind at the editing table. Govinda's no show and Sayani Gupta's blink and miss appearance certainly point out in that direction.
From a viewer's point of view, I couldn't be bothered. Jagga' breezy, breakneck jasoosi kept me entertained through and through. My mind is still processing the afore-mentioned imagery's influx as I write this.
But Basu is a master of nuance and tender sentimentality. An attribute that comes forth in the manner he bonds a shy, stammering Ranbir and ingenious Saswata over a brain-walnut analogy that acquires a giant heart as it progresses.
Katrina's comfort for action is well documented in Ek Tha Tiger but it's the winsome, easy air she displays in her sense of wonderment and playfulness in donning dungarees and doing kangaroo moves that made me wish to see more of her light side.
S R Varman's rapturous frames give the film its distinctively fanciful appearance while the composer-lyricist team of Pritam, Amitabh Bhattacharya and Neelesh Mishra infuses the proceedings with irresistible spontaneity.
Jagga Jasoos isn't a particularly bright caper. It's about seeking nirmal anand whose playful ingenuity is held together by a bag of unending tricks that lend the trip wind in its wings and cheer in its will.
Ranbir Kapoor Katrina Kaif Sayani Gupta Saswata Chatterjee Saurabh Shukla Denzil Smith Ivan Rodrigues Nawazuddin Siddiqui Chitrak Bandhopadhyay Saravajeet Tiwari Yulian Shchukin Sarika Singh Rajatabha Dutta Harsh Khurana Richard Bhakti Klein Mir Sarwar Chittaranjan Tripathy
What happens when a Bengali director decides to bring his childhood world to life - filled with references to Tintin & Feluda, Bengal-centric historical events (Purulia Arms Drop, Netaji), a most amusing reference to Satyajit Ray - films it through a Wes Anderson lens and wants to be socially aware at the same time?
I wish I could call this a secret, underrated masterpiece like many others here but sadly it's not. Pretty clearly botched in the edit. Full marks for Basu dada's ambition, direction, Ranbir's performance, Ravi Varman's images, the music, and the potential this film had, but the over-complicated plot that completely loses steam by the end, a less-than-impressive Katrina, and the lack of a direct focus really brings this down quite a bit. Not to mention it's way WAY too fucking long.
maybe it overstays it's welcome, and perhaps the overtly energetic and whimsical tonalities get unbearing at certain moments but this is still such a fascinating oddity amongst the rather dire slate of bollywood in 2017.
basu takes all the goodwill he got from barfi and crafts one of the few actual musicals in bollywood. borrowing aesthetics of tintin and then smashing them into bengali culture to form a wholly unique film. this manages to do something interesting and unexpected almost every 30 seconds or so ??? whether it be a staggeringly well composed shot, a creative "song", or a narrative turn that noone expected, jagga jasoos is never content at being "by the numbers", which is simultaneously it's biggest positive and negative.
The pacing was so off-putting for me, and as soon as I started getting into the film properly, it would suddenly just change into a whole other mood. I can see how it could have been a true classic, full of charm and quirkiness, but it simply didn't work out that way for me.
It's a shame this was stuck in production hell for as long as it was, and that the film is now more known for the Katrina-Ranbir split than this film's charm. I remember the trailers really didn't do this any favors either -- just showing off the visuals rather than the charming story.
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