"Jaane Jaan (जाने जान)"
Watched Hindi movie 'Jaane Jaan (जाने जान)'.
This film is directed by Sujoy Ghosh. Produced by Jay Shewakramani and others. Written by Sujoy Ghosh. Music by Sachin-Jigar. Cinematography by Avik Mukhopadhyay. The film stars Kareena Kapoor, Jaideep Ahalawat, Vijay Varma, Naisha Khanna, Saurabh Sachdeva, Lin Laishram, Uditi Singh, Karma Takapa, Shyam Gopal. The film runs for almost 2 hours 19 minutes and was released in 2023. I watched it on Netflix on 14th Nov 2023.
Kareena, a single mom, lives in Kalimpong. Jaydeep, a maths teacher, likes her but can’t say to her. He is also unattractive. One day a man comes to Kareena’s eatery. She is terrified. The man is her ex husband. He comes to her home, things happen, Kareena kills him. Jaydeep offers to help. Vijay, a police officer, comes to Kalimpong looking for the dead man. He also happens to be Vijay’s classmate from college days.
Although the story is slow, it keeps the audience interested. Thanks to Jaydeep and Vijay. Backdrop of Kalimpong is a welcome change. It makes things a little exotic. Kalimpong is beautiful.
Kareena acts ok and looks good only in one scene. Jaydeep is good. He has underplayed the character very well. Vijay plays the nosy police officer well.
I was left with a couple of questions. What jurisdiction does a police officer from Mumbai have in Kalimpong? At least he should have shown as CBI officer. What happened to the body? Why sacrifice when it was possible to do without?
This movie is based on a book called ‘The devotion of suspect X’ by Keigo Higashino. I haven’t read the book, so can’t say how true it is to the book.
Positives: Jaydeep. Direction.
Negatives: Slow pace.
Recommend watching.
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