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NO ONE KILLED JESSICA MOVIE REVIEW |
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by : Behindwoods review board |
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| Starring:
Vidya Balan, Rani Mukerji
Direction:
Raj Kumar Gupta
Music:
Amit Trivedi
Production:
Ronnie Screwvala
As
headlines flip through, a coarse feminine
voice narrates the journey of a female
journalist right through the World Cup
to the Kargil War and then it stops when
the soldiers of the Kargil war appear
celebrating their victory, though with
heavy hearts of having lost their brethren
and that’s not reel but real. The
scene shifts to the night of a happening
party in Delhi with all the young and
old drenched in ‘nashe’, an
ocean of intoxication, a real picture
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of
a night club a decade ago remaining as is where is
today. Jessica the glamourous model is seen dancing
to heart’s content.
Absolute
darkness, nothing on screen, a mobile rings and when
the light flashes we find a girl fast asleep. Half
asleep she attends the call, ‘Jessica is hurt.
Jessica is shot’ and then Sabrina Lall (Jessica’s
sister) jumps out of bed and rushes to the hospital
and catching hold of Jessica’s friend Vikram
Jaisingh screams, ‘Who killed Jessica?’
and the rest is the story. Jessica a bartender is
shot dead by the son of a politician not intentionally
but for the sake of a glass of drink. The worst follows
when along with the pistol the case is also buried
for a while by the politician dad.
The movie beautifully traverses through the happenings
over the decade right from the killing to the criminal
being sentenced flowing through nuances of the ever
emerging challenges and the silent washing away of
solutions. The movie clearly portrays the roller coaster
ride the two main characters of the film, Jessica’s
sister Sabrina lall (Vidya Balan) and the journalist
Meera (Rani Mukherjee) go through to fight for justice
and push the killer behind bars.
Vidya balan fits the bill of the not so glamourous
sister of Jessica Lall, the beautiful model cum bartender.
As the loving and responsible sister when Jessica
is alive and the strong yet silent force tirelessly
fighting for justice after her murder, Sabrina’s
performance jumps multi scales very effortlessly.
She has handled all situations very well right from
when she plays around with Jessica, when she sees
Jessica breathing her last, when all the main witnesses
withdraw due to political pressure, when she loses
her mother, etc in a subtle but a stamp of determination.
Rani Mukherjee, an extremely versatile actress, has
adorned the role of the journalist and added pounds
to the character by fitting it ‘just right’.
She looks the ‘take it easy kind’ but
just contradicts that looks are deceptive in her never
say die professional commitment..The way she walks,
talks, smokes, romances, swears, uses the F and B
words very often, she attracts every heart out there.
Her lightning speed actions all along and her slow
walk in the end when Sabrina says, ‘Thank you
Meera’ overflows with pride and pleasure sans
a bit of exaggeration engulfed in the satisfaction
of fighting for the right.
Off screen, director Rajkumar Gupta has very deftly
handled the story and screenplay that the reality
is not lost anywhere or overdosed. The director has
transfused energy into every scene of the movie which
would have otherwise shaped up like a documentary.
This heavy subject is made light with the script interlaced
with a slight tinge of humour sprayed in right quantities
here and there. The ‘baarah baje’ 12 ‘o’
clock comedy tickles ribs though in real it’s
painful to see people withdrawing as witnesses for
fear of consequences.
Kudos to the director for handling the hairline difference
between reality presented unblemished, uncoloured
and the reel projection too rightly matched with soulful
performances and presenting a product that lives upto
the viewer’s expectation. Though pragmatism
forms the seed for any movie, it usually ends up camouflaged
by songs, comedy and family dramas thus diffusing
the crux. Music essentially has to keep the pace sans
any drowsiness and luckily Amit Trivedi has done it
to the fullest, though at times quite loud that makes
the viewers miss out punch lines. ‘Pistol in
hand and power in head, life has become cheaper than
a glass of drink’ is a strong statement when
justice is initially denied before the entry of the
journalist Meera into Jessica’s case.
Overall, ‘No one killed Jessica’ is a
portrayal of a breakthrough in journalism that will
infuse the spirit to fight for justice atleast in
a small percentage of viewers. This story of justice
which is not denied, though delayed, gives a satisfied
feeling with no fretting of having lost three precious
hours. A perfect start to the New Year as this movie
warrants a dekho in theatres.
Verdict: No One should Miss Jessica.
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One Killed Jessica,
Rani Mukerji,
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Raj Kumar Gupta |
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