Editing Jaffa (2013 film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Jaffa
| image = Jaffa Telugu Poster.jpg
| writer = [[Vennela Kishore]]
| starring = [[Brahmanandam]]<br>[[Ali (actor)|Ali]]<br>[[Fish Venkat]]<br>[[Thagubothu Ramesh]]<br>Dhanaraj<br>Sravan
| director = [[Vennela Kishore]]
| cinematography =Kiran
| producer = [[Ramesh Varma]]
| editing = [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]]

| distributor = Kiran Studios Pvt. Ltd.
| country = India
| released = {{Film date|2013|03|29|df=y}}
| runtime = 125 mins
| language = Telugu
| music = [[Anoop Rubens]]
| budget= {{INRConvert|15|m}}
}}

'''''Jaffa''''' is a 2013 Indian [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]]-language [[black comedy|black comedy film]] written and directed by [[Vennela Kishore]]. The film stars comedian [[Brahmanandam]] as the main [[protagonist]] for the second time in his career. The films also stars other comedians like [[Ali (actor)|Ali]], [[Thagubothu Ramesh]], [[Fish Venkat]] and even Kishore. The film is produced by [[Ramesh Varma]], with [[Anoop Rubens]] scoring the music. Brahmanandam was supposed to direct the film on a script written by Kishore, but eventually he opted out and handed the project to Kishore, due to hectic schedules.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metromasti.com/tollywood/news/Comedian-Brahmanandam-turns-director-with-the-movie-Jaffa/12473|title=Comedian Brahmanandam turns director with the movie Jaffa|publisher=metromasti.com|accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref> The film, one of the most awaited Telugu films in recent times, was originally scheduled to release in 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tollywoodgossips.com/2012/07/brahmanandam-jaffa-aug-release/|title=Brahmanandam's Jaffa looking at a Late August Release ??|publisher=tollywoodgossips.com|accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref> but after several delays,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.123telugu.com/mnews/brahmanandam-starrer-jaffa-gets-ready-for-release-hm.html|title=Brahmanandam starrer Jaffa gets ready for release|publisher=123telugu.com|accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref> the film finally released on 29 March 2013 amidst high expectations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.123telugu.com/mnews/brahmanandams-jaffa-releasing-today.html|title=Brahmanandam's Jaffa releasing today|publisher=123telugu.com|accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref>

==Plot==
The movie starts with Jasmine Falguna aka Jaffa (Brahmanandam), a former software engineer, narrating his story when he was in jail. He befriends all the prisoners in the jail, and subsequently becomes their leader. When prisoners face problems, Jaffa is the one who solves their problems. Eventually, he also befriends the jailor Nikki (Vennela Kishore). Nikki has been trying to get a terrorist in his custody to speak, but Nikki's tortures eventually lead to the terrorist hanging himself, putting Nikki in risk. Nikki pleads help from Jaffa, who is still in jail, for getting his job back. So Jaffa and Nikki together plan for Jaffa to escape from the jail. In the process, Father Suyodhana ([[Raghu Babu]]) is to be killed, and his corpse is to be placed in the coffin, and by the time the coffin is taken for burial, Jaffa will go inside the coffin. After the burial, Nikki will come to the graveyard to dig up the coffin and rescue Jaffa.

The movie moves to present day, where Jaffa is in the coffin. It is then revealed that, Nikki died when he tried to kill Father Suyodhana with poisoned milk, and ended up in the coffin. Jaffa, now trapped in the coffin has no one to help. Then he remembers that Nikki told him to call his friend Vishal if Nikki is not reachable. So Jaffa takes Nikki's phone to look for Vishal's number, only to turn the phone on and notice that the phone is configured to Hindi script, which Jaffa cannot read. Jaffa takes out Nikki's other phone, only to see that it has no battery. Jaffa now has only one option considering he can't read Hindi: Call every number on Nikki's phone.

Meanwhile, the police are searching for Jaffa, who is missing, and CBI Officer Katragadda (Ali) is on the mission to look for Jaffa. In order to get more information about Jaffa, Katragadda finds the three witnesses, who were prisoners in the same jail, but all three kill themselves before Katragadda is able to interrogate them. The rest of the story deals with whether Katragadda will catch Jaffa, and whether Jaffa will be rescued from the coffin.

==Cast==
*[[Brahmanandam]] as Jasmine Falguna/Jaffa
*[[Dhanraj (Telugu comedian)|Dhanaraj]] as Sujith
*[[Vennela Kishore]] as Nikki
*[[Shankar Melkote]] as Jaffa's Boss
*[[Ali (actor)|Ali]] as Detective Tapaswi Katragadda
*[[Thagubothu Ramesh]] as Graveyard Caretaker
*[[Fish Venkat]] as Police Informant
*[[Saptagiri (actor)|Saptagiri]]
*[[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]]
*Sravan
*Harish Koyalagundla

== Reception ==
The film received negative reviews from critics. 123Telugu rated the 1.5/5 and gave a verdict, "Jaffa ends up being a Jaffa film, like in other words, it is boring, slow and there is no rib-tickling comedy. In the past, Brahmanandam single handedly saved some films from being certain disasters. But sadly, even he cannot do anything here".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.123telugu.com/reviews/review-jaffa-a-jaffa-film.html|title=Jaffa - A Jaffa film|publisher=123telugu.com|accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref> Swathi of TeluguMirchi gave a rating of 1.75/5, saying that "Jaffa is a meaningless film, true to its title".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telugumirchi.com/en/reviews/jaffa-telugu-movie-reviews-ratings.html|title=Review : Jaffa|publisher=telugumirchi.com|accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref> GreatAndhra rated the film 1.5/5, and stated that "it sounds like a mad man's dream".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatandhra.com/movies/reviews/jaffa-review-insane-comedy-45188.html|title='Jaffa' Review: Insane Comedy|publisher=greatandhra.com|accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref> The Deccan Chronicle said, "Overall, Bramhanandam's Jaffa is a disappointing film".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130402/entertainment-movie-reviews/article/review-jaffa|title=Review: 'Jaffa'|work=deccanchronicle|accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref> Indiaglitz stated "Jaffa is strictly for the youth. If you are the kind who enjoys madcap humour which is logic-defying and grossly unsentimental, go for it with minimum expectations".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/review/15898.html|title=Jaffa Movie Review|publisher=oneindia.com|accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref>

However, OneIndia gave a positive verdict that "Jaffa has no astounding story, but Vennele Kishore has created wonderful screenplay and has given good scope to every comedy actor to play their magic on you. The movie is a hilarious comedy".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/telugu/reviews/2013/jaffa-movie-review-106434.html|title=Jaffa - Movie Review|publisher=oneindia.com|accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref> The film was mainly criticised for its direction, screenplay and its dragging story, nevertheless, Brahmanandam's performance was appreciated by most critics.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=2802390}}
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[[Category:Indian films]]
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[[Category:Indian black comedy films]]
[[Category:2010s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:2013 black comedy films]]