JAZBAA starts off with the introduction of the super fit and health
conscious Anuradha Verma (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), who is Mumbai's
topnotch criminal lawyer with a cent per cent success track record. She
also happens to be a single mother to her darling daughter Sanaya (Sara
Arjun). And the reason for her to be a single mother is because she got
separated from her husband and her in-laws because they wanted a son
instead of a daughter. Needless to say that, Anuradha Verma happens to
be extremely close to her daughter Sanaya. One day, during Sanaya's
annual sports day meet, she gets kidnapped in broad daylight. Rather
than asking for ransom money, the kidnappers lay a condition that they
will release Sanaya only if Anuradha Verma fights the case of the
dreaded criminal Nayaaz (Chandan Roy Sanyal) and free him from the jail.
Left with no choice, Anuradha starts collecting evidence from all the
sources possible in order to free Nayaaz, the very man who has raped and
murdered Sia (Priya Banerjee), the daughter of the respected college
professor Garima Chaudhary (Shabana Azmi). Amidst all this, there exists
the 'street-smart cop' cop Yohaan (Irrfan Khan), who has been suspended
off his services by the Anti Corruption Bureau on the basis of
corruption charges against him. When all his repeated requests to his
'good friend' Anuradha Verma in order to fight his case yields no
results, he suspects something amiss in Anuradha Verma's life. Despite
her warnings and requests, Yohaan gets into Sanaya's kidnapping case.
Being her true friend and her secret lover, he stands by Anuradha like a
rock. Does Yohaan become successful in freeing Sanaya from the dreaded
kidnappers, who are the kidnappers and in what way are they connected
with the rapist cum murderer Nayaaz, does Anuradha Verma manage to find
her daughter Sanaya and what ultimately happens to the 'unspoken love'
between Anuradha and Yohaan…forms the rest of the story. Despite the
'towering' presence of the master performer Irrfan Khan, Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan with her 'initially-rusty-later spellbinding' performance,
carries the film on her shoulders. Her 'comeback' performance in JAZBAA
can undoubtedly be defined as one of her best till date. She makes an
impressively stunning impact, conveying a gamut of emotions with utmost
conviction and aplomb. Full marks to Sanjay Gupta for capturing (read
'extracting') a raw and stunning performance from her. Besides looking
beautiful and stunning, she also holds a strong screen presence. The
interval scene when she spots her daughter but is unable to rescue her,
shows Aishwarya's talent as an actor. JAZBAA can be termed as Irrfan
Khan's first main lead hero performance in a mainstream commercial film.
His screen presence, when added to his delivery of one-liners takes the
film to a different level altogether. Irrfan Khan mouthing his set of
one-liners (in his impeccable trademark style) are whistle and
clap-worthy. The veteran actress Shabana Azmi, on the other hand, comes
up with yet another stellar performance in JAZBAA. She lights up the
screen with her glowing presence in the film and shows her true
potential, especially towards the climax sequences. Other actors like
Jackie Shroff, Priya Banerjee, Siddhant Kapoor, Chandan Roy Sanyal and
Atul Kulkarni excel in their respective roles.
While the film's music (Amar Mohile) is not very massy, it is the film's
background music that keeps the film gripped throughout. The film's
editing (Bunty Negi) could have been a bit better in order for the film
to look sleeker. The film's cinematography (Sameer Arya) is decent.
On the whole, JAZBAA is a captivating thriller with good performances that make it a decent one-time watch.
Rating - 3/5 .........Courtesy - bollywoodhangama.com
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