As usual by end of the day , Patidev's wallet had been bankrupt . No , he didn't buy expensive gift for me . He had lend some money to contract labours in his office . On an average, every month around 2k-3k is always in rolling in this interest free lending business . I asked him , do those people really need money ? ( I was hinting at alcohol problems ) . He said yes , one of the fellow who he lent money yesterday wanted it for getting LPG at home . He continued , they earn only 6-7k per month . They don't stay in their own house , its generally rented , food , daily travel , they survive with quite a lot of difficulty . Most have wives who are domestic maids . The good thing is all these people return him the money they take in less than a month or two and I haven't yet heard my husband ramble about money not being returned. Hence as they say , wheel of Karma keeps moving.
We decided to break the jinx of having not seen a movie in theatre for three months . I was expecting Jolly LLB to be some light humored comedy . It begins with nerve raising land cruiser speeding scene which ends up in an accident. Though it is indeed a comedy , I'd say a "dark comedy" . How the system is manipulated by the rich & affluent for convenience and how the middle class common man has found its discourse of making money at the cost of breaking or lets say ignoring ethics & principles . At no point the movie is preachy . It is what I say - ruthless to our judiciary , police and society .
The courtrooms are supposed to be mundane & rote . But this movie brings back the livelihood of courts . The arguments , the cases and the judges . The way a senior counselor (Boman Irani) is treated with respect by judges. Everything gels in & one starts enjoying the whole drama . Saurabh Shukla is so outstanding that I was trying to recollect when was the last time I enjoyed his performance . The fellow shows his true blue colours of stage actor . Every frame he has acted in , is so so wonderful. There are many high points in the movie, vague references to Sibal & Jethmalani , the quality of lawyers which we are churning .
In one scene Arshad Warsi tells a poor labour "Insaaf Maangne Se Nahi Ladke Milta hai" . The truth is there is lack of mechanism to provide basic needs to the poor , leave alone justice . In climax while concluding his argument Arshad asks , why a poor man has to run through dates from court while defence will go an every inch manipulate evidence & facts of the case . In the end even Saurabh Shukla says , he would always know on day one who is guilty , yet evidences & witnesses fail to appear in court .
This movie may not be a cult but will find its way to your movie collections . Me & Husband were glad that we spent 400 odd bucks on weekday on a low budget flick & it was worth it . The movie certainly leaves a lot of fodder for brain.
