Jolly LLB 2

My Rating: 3/5 stars

Starring: Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi, Annu Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla

It is a classic David vs Goliath story. Jagdish Mishra, alias Jolly (Akshay Kumar) is an assistant to a big shot lawyer in Lucknow. He hasn't been given much opportunity to practice law, only earning small sums by fighting petty cases. His reality is at odds with his ambition. He wants to have his own chamber, earn a lot of money and buy Gucci dress for his wife, Pushpa Pandey (Huma Qureshi). In comes a case for the big shot lawyer, and Jolly seeing this as an opportunity to get money, cheats the applicant, who is a pregnant lady. His actions nag at his conscience and Jolly decides to fight the case.

This potentially interesting movie suffers as a result of the shifting priorities of the contemporary film industry, where the focus is on dramatization and tangential story lines, rather than telling the story the film is supposed to tell.That is what plagues this seemingly interesting movie too. The case, the crime, the timelines have a step-child status and deemed unimportant. The prime focus shifted to the non-conventional relationship Jolly has with his wife and courtroom humour, delivered by the judge. The whole burden of making this movie interesting is borne by Saurabh Shukla, who delivers the performance of a quirky judge perfectly. In fact, all the actors are cast aptly and deliver what is expected of them. But there is no compensation for a poor execution of a good plot. Annu Kapoor is a good actor, so is Akshay Kumar. There was a lot that could be squeezed into 2 hours 18 minutes movie, like debates in the court, background on the accused, which would have made for a good movie. If anyone wants to watch the movie, go expecting good humor, good acting, and a few far spaced good dialogues. The rest is meh.