Jhund Movie Review: Directed by Nagraj Popatrao Manjule Amitabh Bachchan Starr Movie ‘Jhund’ Releasing in theaters this Friday. By the way, many films have been made in Indian cinema adding sports, which have had a huge impact on the audience. But this film by Nagraj Manjule does not just show a game like football, but through the playground, brings the ‘backward India’ of our society to the cinema screen. In this film, a slum child asks ‘Yeh Bharat kya hota hai…’ If you also want to know the correct answer to this question, then you should watch this film.
Story: The story of ‘Jhund’ begins in the slums of Nagpur, where chain-snatching, fighting, rioting, theft, intoxication, drugs or whatever is called evil in the society, from children to youth. . These slum children are called ‘scum of society’, but victory rained (Amitabh Bachchan) , who is a professor in the college built near this slum, sees talent in these children rather than filth. By investing his own money, Vijay not only helps these slum children play football, but also prepares them like a team. But does this happen, and does the society give a place to these marginalized children, you will get to see this in this film.
Before starting the talk of ‘Jhund’, let me tell you that Nagraj Manjule is there, who created a ruckus across the country with his Marathi film ‘Sairat’. ‘Sairat’ is originally a Marathi film (which has been recreated in Hindi by Karan Johar’s production house as ‘Dhadak’) and the success of this film can be gauged from the fact that people who do not know Marathi Also saw Sairat and praised it fiercely. I mentioned this here because if you have seen ‘Sairat’ then you know that Manjule is not the director who shows the magical world on cinema. He keeps the truth on the screen, in a very desi and sour style and sometimes this truth is so naked that we feel ashamed. ‘Jhund’ is also such a naked truth.
The story of Jhund is based in Nagpur.
From the very first scene of the film, you see such a face of the world of slums and slums, which is absolutely true. In which there is no attempt to forcefully ‘painting’. In this 3-hour film, the initial time has been spent in setting the character and the environment, whose story you have to listen to further. Although I found this film a bit long and it could have been shortened a bit. Many scenes may seem long to you. There is not much use of background score in the film, but the music of this film is good. Music director Ajay-Atul in their signature style has also composed some emotional and ‘Zhingat’ type song ‘Jhagda Jhala…’.
Talking about acting, I do not think it would be right to judge Amitabh Bachchan for acting, because he himself has now become an institute of acting. But the commendable thing is that the children who have played the character of slum children in front of Amitabh Bachchan are amazing. His style, body language, you will appreciate everything. There is no dishum-dishum of Bollywood style, but you will get to see what is called the real fight.
Amitabh Bachchan has become a professor in Jhund.
There is also a football match in this film, seeing that you may remember that scene of ‘Chak De’ like me… when the team that reached the World Cup wins the match by tie-breaker. In the end, it is a good effort by a Marathi director for the audience who have been watching Hindi films, who shows cinema in a different way. Sometimes you will feel like this film documentary, but this is also a way of telling the story and according to me it is a fun way. 3.5 stars to this film from my side.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : March 02, 2022, 16:00 IST