Jolly LL.B 2
Director: Subhash Kapoor
Screenplay: Subhash Kapoor
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi, Anu Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla
Strength: Detailed Screenplay.
Weakness: Predictability.
Runtime: 140min
Rating: 8/10
Plot: Jagdishwar Mishra aka Jolly starts out as a prominent lawyer's sidekick in Kanpur and then moves to Lucknow. Driven by ambition, he tricks a pregnant widow, Hina Siddique, on the lookout for justice. He lands in the murder case of her husband and she finds out that he is a fraud. She soon kills herself, leaving Jolly with guilt on his conscience and an unresolved case in his hands. Now, he wants justice more than ever.
Review: The role of Jagdishwar is played by Akshay Kumar and Huma Qureshi plays Pushpa Pandey ,his wife. Director Subhash Kapoor has a gift for realistic films, and he's been rather good at handling most of them. For "Jolly LL.B 2", the expectations are of a different level because of Akshay Kumar. The accused is a cop named Suryaveer Singh (Kumud Mishra) and Jolly is against all odds in order to provide justice to his client. His opponent in the courtroom is an affluent and powerful lawyer named Pramod Mathur (Annu Kapoor). It is a losing battle for Jagdish who has neither the means nor the guile to win a case like this. But somehow at the end, he pulls out a trump card.
Askshay Kumar does a tremendous job as usual by holding the audience's interest as usual with some memorable one-liners. He changes shades from crooked to straight, like a chameleon. He puts up a perfect display of a street-smart lawyer who hasn't read legal tomes but who has instead picked up tips from courtroom corridors to become Jolly LL.B. As a whole, it is utterly delightful to watch him in this film. Huma Qureshi does justice to her role as a Gucci loving, wine swigging housewife. Annu Kapoor is excellent as the mendacious legal eagle who will go to any extent to further his cause. The problems faced by the Delhi judge in Lucknow are tragically funny, especially when lawyers call their friends and local criminals to fist-fight on their behalf, inside the courtroom, also with the use of local slangs. And Akshay Kumar ensures that you keep laughing at regular intervals. He makes you remember Warsi, but also adds his touch to Jolly. Overlook some of the minor flaws and you have a 140-minute solid entertainer on your hands.
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