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Cast: Alia Bhatt, Vedang Raina, Manoj Pahwa, Aditya Nanda, Harssh A, Singh, Rahul Ravindran and others
Director: Vasan Bala
Vasan Bala’s Jigra is an emotional saga which talks about sibling bonding and to what extent an elder sister can go to save the life of her little brother. A truly dedicated elder sister who is more like a mother and the only support system, Alia Bhatt has nailed the role of Satya with her brilliant craft. It is her doggedness that makes the film engaging.
_Jigra_ brings back the fond movies of the nineties which depicted the brother-sister bond in commercial movies and that being the central theme. But this film has got much more finesse and newness in it, considering it is a Vasan Bala film who knows how to think differently. Not denying that the film is mostly unrealistic, but isn’t that what big screen action films are all about. Jigra is one such film which shows how special sibling bonding can be. The backstories of the main characters are beautifully weaved in the story.
The movie shows Satya’s ( Alia Bhatt ) determination to free his younger brother Ankur (Vedang) from jail who was wrongly imprisoned. Staya and Ankur are two orphans and they were brought up by a rich distant relative. Ankur was pronounced death by electrocution on false charges in a foreign land.
In this foreign land there is no mercy for drug abuse. He was wrongly accused and was made to say that he was consuming drugs to save the life of his foster father’s son. A bright engineer, Ankur (Vedang) falls into the trap. Throughout the film, Vasan Bala takes us back to the young Jigra, the bond that Satya (Alia Bhatt) and Ankur (Vedang) shared with each other. And not just Alia Bhatt and Vedang Raina, both Manoj Pahwa and Rahul Ravindran does justice to their roles.
Ankur (Vedang) and his other friends in jail plan an escape from route but sadly they get caught. But his sister, Satya (Alia Bhatt) doesn’t give up. She is ready to go to any extent to save her innocent brother who has been wrongly accused. Her vulnerability is truly justified. Jigra is a truly immersive movie and the escape plan will keep you glued to the screen.
There is never a moment that you will get bored and most importantly Alia Bhatt’s honest performance and her expressions through her eyes makes the movie worth watching. She makes it very clear that she is going to save her brother and is ready to bomb or kill anybody who comes in her way. She at any cost will not let her kid brother rot in jail.
Vedang Raina is the young star to look out for. This is his first big screen debut after Netflix’s The Archies. He truly has the power to win the hearts of the audiences through his acting skills. He is truly a promising actor. The only negative in the film is the first part which is a bit of a stretch, otherwise the second half is fast-paced, engaging and immersive. The best thing about Jigra is that despite all the action and giggling of guns, it never loses emotional touch. But the question remains will Satya (Alia Bhatt) be able to rescue his brother?
Rating: 3 (out of 5 stars)
WATCH the trailer of Jigra here:
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