This is one great Courtroom drama played by Boman Irani and Arshad Warsi. Both are brilliant in there skills and make the audience involved to the story line. On top of that put Shaurabh Shukla in to the mix and you have an awesome time watching the movie. The movie basically revolves around getting justice to poor. Its also about how the riches have there way with the justice department. They manipulate the facts and present it in a way to prove the wrong as right and to save there clients. I have seen this movie many a times and every time this cheers me up. the acting the way the whole story flows and on top of that even being a 2 hour movie you never feel boring (except have to forward ahead in two songs). What!! Songs are an integral part of Indian cinema :). My advice, if you have not watched this movie just because you have not heard about it, because did not feature any main stream top commercial actor. Give this a chance.

I knew about Jolly LLB, but it didn't appeal to me to watch it until I saw it was winning 'Best Story' awards at the Indian film award ceremonies, and I must admit I was very pleasantly surprised how good the film was. Jolly LLB does not ride on star power,or chart topping music, but more so a simple but effective script with solid acting from the main star cast. Arshad Warsi is obviously known for his comic timing, and it was on full view once again. It is great how he manages the comedy and the serious roll so effectively. Boman Irani is such a fine actor, and reminds me of the current day Anupam Kher with the versatility he offers a Director. He plays his roll with supreme ease, showing off his vast ray of acting talent. I absolutely loved Amrita Rao in her short but powerful role. She is such an underrated actress, and seems like she won't be ever considered as a main stream heroine, but performances like these will certainly do a great deal of good of good for her. The music of the film is nothing to write home about - it's pretty average, but the film doesn't need good music as it relies purely on the solid script. Overall I really enjoyed Jolly LLB and recommend it to anyone who isn't after a 'masala' film.

Director Subhash Kapoor who earlier gave us PHAS GAYA RE OBAMA(2010) returns with Jolly LLB. The promos gave an indication that the film is a comedy which is far from the true picture. The film is a satire on lawyers and court, Frankly courtroom dramas have been far from realistic in Hindi films, In many films courtroom is used for dramatic effect and hence we have loud shouting and lot of things we never see in courtroom otherwise. Now I am not sure about how realistic is this film, but yet the satire aspects works well, Arshad's character is sort of very realistic though predictably filmy. The game of onemanupmanship in the first half is well handled, the cat and mouse game is superb, the only drawback is when the film goes into the romantic side which though important and limited could better be not there. The fights in the courtroom are well handled and the film manages to make you feel for the characters.Direction is superb Music is okayArshad Warsi lives the role to perfection, Often known for his comic characters though he has done great performances in serious roles like SEHAR too yet people hardly are aware of his range. Boman Irani is as always, brilliant Amrita Rao is good too Amongst rest Saurabh Shukla is flawless, Harsh Chaya, Manoj Pahwa, Sanjay Mishra are all good in their roles Ramesh Deo makes a comeback after 15 years and is okay Mohan Agashe, Mohan Kapoor and others are all adequate.

As suggested by the title the film is all about a confused struggling lawyer Jolly, who is still caught in the dilemma that, should a good lawyer fight a case for his own client or for the right justice which should ideally punish the culprit. Frankly, I was expecting a very light kind of comedy featuring Arshad Warsi in the lead, as shown in its promotional campaign on the channels. But it was really a pleasant surprise to see that it was not at all a comedy but a much important film than that, revealing the ugly faces of two primary social security institutions of our country namely The Courts and The Police Stations.So evidently here is another example of a strong film promoted wrongly by the makers with a misleading message, which is sure going to affect its overall performance at the box office in the opening days. However if one forgets this avoidable step taken by the commercial promoters of the film then JOLLY LLB is no doubt, one of the better projects made in this particular genre of Court Room Dramas in Hindi cinema till date, which is bound to pick up fast as the word of mouth spreads.The film starts off casually with the same old cliché elements and an unwanted song but soon gets on track after this initial weak 20 minutes. And the moment it gets on line, JLLB turns into an interesting sarcastic take on the judicial system of our country, giving the viewer a solid shock just before the interval. Further post the break it thankfully gives you some of the best scenes in the recent times on the subject of corruption, greedy lawyers, on-sale policemen, fake witnesses, easy going judges and the common man caught in between these dangerous termites of our society portrayed bluntly.For instance, you must have heard that there is actually an underground bid held on the posting of SHOs in some important police stations of every city in the country. Now JOLLY LLB literally tells you how it is done in its own hilarious take. Plus it also has scenes where an old trembling policeman is appointed as the security guard for Arshad, a judge who calls the reputed lawyer "Sahab" repeatedly and then the so called respectable lawyer who openly says, "Yeh Court Hai, Yahan Kuchh Jaldi Nahin Hota" in front of the same judge, without any respect or hesitation. Eventually such intelligently directed scenes lead to a thoughtfully written climax in the court room itself which forces the viewer to clap for the proceedings on screen just effortlessly.In fact, here the important distinctive plus point of the film is that it doesn't end on that normal routine Courtroom Drama sequence filled with immense tension and suspense. But here since one can easily predict the climax, the director puts in the much needed entertainment factor back in the last 40 minutes which in turn takes the film to a different level altogether. As a result the viewer has a great enjoyable time in its final reels where Arshad is highly emotional, Boman is extremely annoyed and Saurabh Shukla reinstates the spirit of justice back in the court quite impressively. In few words, JOLLY LLB fills you with great enthusiasm as it ends with Arshad winning the case against all odds being the honest representative of the common man.On the flip side, the film does has its flaws in its completely predictable plot line, deliberately inserted love angles, unwanted below average songs and a misguiding promotional campaign. Yet, JOLLY LLB covers all these weak points with its strong merits and emerges as a clear winner in the finale as I felt. Admittedly, at one end the film has a regular kind of background score and cinematography but on the other it has some exceptionally performed acts entertaining you well enough in return of your amount spent on the theater tickets unarguably. Both Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani are simply brilliant as the two opponents fighting in the court, well supported by a superb act from Saurabh Shukla as the judge. And you can easily watch the film for these three fabulous acts put together only, if not for anything else. Plus with the three above mentioned towering acts, JOLLY LLB also has few small gems to offer in its supporting cast which include, Mohan Agashe as the big industrialist,Ramesh Deo as the canteen owner, Manoj Pahwa as the Jeeja, Sandeep Bose as the corrupt cop, Harsh Chhaya as the fake witness, Mohan Kapoor as the father of the ignorant boy and Sanjay Mishra in a cameo as the Police bid organizer. However though it was nice to see Amrita Rao back after a long gap, still she doesn't get anything significant to do in the film as per its theme.Overall, JOLLY LLB has 'a Rajkumar Hirani film' kind of feel which gives you full on entertainment in its content post intermission (which should be taken as a compliment for its director Subhash Kapoor). And since Hindi cinema has not really made many thoughtful entertaining court room dramas in the last few decades, therefore I would like to rate it as a must watch indeed from this particular angle. So do give it a chance and enjoy this powerful enjoyable drama with Arshad, Boman and the impeccable Saurabh Shukla having fun together.