Junglee (2019 film)

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{{short description|2019 action adventure film directed by Chuck Russell}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Junglee
| image = Junglee film poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Chuck Russell]]
| producer = [[Vineet Jain]] Priti Shahani
| writer = Akshat Ghildhial Suman Adhikary {{Small|(dialogue)}}
| screenplay = Adam Prince Raghaav Dar
| story = [[Rohan Sippy]] Charudutt Acharya Umesh Padalkar [[Ritesh Shah]]
| starring = [[Vidyut Jammwal]] [[Pooja Sawant]] [[Asha Bhat]] [[Atul Kulkarni]]
| music = '''Songs:''' Sameer Uddin '''Score:''' Sameer Uddin Tanuj Tikku
| editing = Jayesh Shikarkhane Vasudevan Kothandath
| cinematography = [[Mark Irwin]] Sachin Gadankush
| studio = [[Junglee Pictures]]
| distributor = [[AA Films]] [[UFO Moviez]]
| released = {{film date|2019|3|29|df=yes|ref1=<ref name="rd">{{cite tweet|user=taran_adarsh| author=Taran Adarsh|date=11 March 2019|number = 1104950698964180994 |title=New release date for #Junglee... Will now release on 29 March 2019 [was slated for release on 5 April 2019 initially]... Official announcement: https://t.co/HcPToXS5G1}}</ref>}}
| runtime = 115 minutes<ref name=BBFC>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/junglee-2019|title=Junglee 2019 {{!}} British Board of Film Classification|date=25 March 2019|website=Bbfc.co.uk}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}22 [[crore]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/entertainment/box-office-box-office-prediction-for-film-notebook-and-junglee-19083986.html|title=Day 1 Box Office Prediction of Junglee and Notebook|publisher=Jagran|access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref>
| gross = {{estimation}} {{INR}}24.70 crore (domestic)<ref name="Bollywood">{{cite web |title=Junglee Box Office |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/junglee-2/box-office/ |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref>
}}

'''''Junglee''''' ({{trans|Wild}}) is a 2019 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action-adventure film]] directed by American filmmaker [[Chuck Russell]] and produced by [[Junglee Pictures]].<ref name="drd">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/movies-to-look-forward-to/Junglee-starring-Vidyut-Jammwal-up-for-a-Dussehra-2018-release/photostory/61628295.cms|title='Junglee' starring Vidyut Jammwal up for a Dussehra 2018 release|date=13 November 2017|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Starring [[Vidyut Jammwal]], [[Pooja Sawant]], [[Asha Bhat]], and [[Atul Kulkarni]] in the lead roles, the film revolves around a veterinary doctor who upon returning to his father's elephant reserve, encounters and fights against an international poacher's racket.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/hindi/ahead-of-junglee-trailer-launch-vidyut-jammwal-pooja-sawant-and-asha-bhat-visit-siddhivinayak-temple/videoshow/68252876.cms|title=Ahead of 'Junglee' trailer launch, Vidyut Jammwal, Pooja Sawant and Asha Bhat visit Siddhivinayak temple|work=The Times of India|date=4 March 2019|access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref> The film features martial arts and action [[stunt]]s performed by Jammwal.<ref name="gulfnews" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/vidyut-made-a-new-friend-while-shooting-for-junglee-4389711.html|title=Vidyut made a new friend while shooting for Junglee. The movie was shot at Chandaka forest in Odisha. Chandaka forest in Odisha also known for elwphant reserve.|work=Firstpost|date=14 March 2018|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>

The initial release date was moved up a week to give the action thriller ''[[Romeo Akbar Walter]]'' a solo release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/releases-scamper-date-junglee-gets-pushed-romeo-akbar-walter/|title=Junglee gets preponed by a week, Romeo Akbar Walter to get solo release|date=12 March 2019|website=Bollywood Hungama|language=en|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref>
Initially scheduled for release on 19 October 2018,<ref name="drd" /> and then for 5 April, it was released on 29 March 2019.<ref name="rd" /> Critics have given the film mixed reviews, praising the action scenes performed by Jammwal himself.<ref name="rotten" />

==Plot==
Dipankar Nair runs an Elephant sanctuary but things have turned bad as hunters are frequently killing Elephants for their tusks. His son Raj, a veterinarian in Mumbai, arrives for the 10th anniversary of his mother's death and visits with Bhola and Didi, his elephant playmates when he was a child. Keshav, a hunter, has an eye on huge tusks of Bhola which could fetch good money. Keshav kills Bhola for his tusks and also Dipankar who tries to save him. The cops arrive at the funeral of Dipankar and falsely implicate him of being with hunters and also frame Raj for it. After being taken into the prison, he, whose hands are still banded. But he still fights them all, and frees himself after Didi pulls the window out with Shankara, Raj's childhood friend, as her [[mahout]], with Meera, a reporter who has come with Raj to write an article on the elephant sanctuary. Raj also reveals to them that the Inspector who framed him for being with hunters, is one of that group who supports elephant's tusk smuggling. Dev, Raj's best friend, is also revealed to be with the hunters. Dev and Raj fight, after which the hunters come. They injure Raj badly, but kill Dev, who in turn, was in a bid to save Raj. The hunters also capture Shankara, while Meera captures all this. Gajja Guru, Raj's teacher, treats Raj, with Meera. Raj, with a dead hunter's phone, gets to know that the buyers are in Paradip, where Shankara is also kept. Raj attacks the mansion, and kills all bodyguards and hunters. He saves Shankara, and there Meera and Jayesh(another childhood friend of Raj) also arrive. Raj attacks Keshav and makes him nearly fainted, and goes to save the others, in that Keshav picks up his gun, but Gajja Guru and Didi arrive, in which Didi kills Keshav. The buyers are captured by the police. Whereas inside, Didi is about to deliver her baby.
Three months later, Dipankar Nair's last message is shown, in which he tells that elephants are killed every 15 minutes for their tusks, and that we can still stop that by not buying products made of ivory. Didi's child Asha is also shown to Meera's millions of followers. When Raj receives a call from his office, he replies that it will be a while before he is back at work because 'Things have gotten a bit wild out here!'

==Cast==
* [[Vidyut Jammwal]] as Raj
* [[Pooja Sawant]] as Shankara
* [[Asha Bhat]] as Meera
* [[Atul Kulkarni]] as Keshav Kotian
* [[Akshay Oberoi]] as Dev
* [[Makarand Deshpande]] as Gajja Guru
* [[Thalaivasal Vijay]] as Dipankar Nair
* Kushal Menon as Don
* Lars Kjeldsen as Mr Vane
* Gaurav Dewasi as Ram

==Production==
In September 2016, it was announced that Jammwal will star as a veterinary doctor in [[Rohan Sippy]]'s film titled ''Junglee'' which will "mirror a unique friendship between man and an animal."<ref name=bh>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/vidyut-jammwal-star-rohan-sippys-junglee/|title=Vidyut Jammwal to star in Rohan Sippy's Junglee|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|date=5 September 2016|access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref> Sippy said that the idea of the film came to him after seeing the classic 1971 [[Salim–Javed]] film ''[[Haathi Mere Saathi (1971 film)|Haathi Mere Saathi]]'',<ref name=bh/> though it also has some similarities with ''[[Tom-Yum-Goong]]''. However, the film later went to American director Chuck Russell, who is known for directing ''[[The Mask (1994 film)|The Mask]]'' (1994), ''[[Eraser (film)|Eraser]]'' (1996) and ''[[The Scorpion King]]'' (2002).<ref name=tie>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/shooting-for-junglee-begins-to-release-on-october-19-4969047/|title=Shooting for Junglee begins, to release on October 19|work=The Indian Express|date=5 December 2017|access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref>

Jammwal performs an animal flow style of combat for the film. His upbringing in [[Kerala]] and his background in the [[Indian martial art]] of [[Kalaripayattu]] helped him prepare for the role.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/entertainment/bollywood/vidyut-jamwal-learned-kalaripayattu-for-his-film-junglee|title='जंगली' बनने के लिए विद्युत जामवाल ने सीखी भगवान श्रीकृष्ण की विद्या, ऐसा करने वाले होंगे पहले एक्टर|work=Amar Ujala|language=hi|date=1 March 2019|access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/junglee-vidyut-jammwals-film-with-the-mask-director-chuck-russel-to-release-on-dusshehra-2018-4208819.html|title=Junglee: Vidyut Jammwal's film with The Mask director Chuck Russel to release on Dusshehra 2018|work=Firstpost|date=14 November 2017|access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref> As a Kalaripayattu practitioner, he grew up interacting with animals.<ref name="gulfnews">{{cite news |title=Vidyut Jammwal enters the wild in 'Junglee' |url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/vidyut-jammwal-enters-the-wild-in-junglee-1.62897023 |access-date=28 March 2019 |work=[[Gulf News]] |date=25 March 2019}}</ref> With his prior experience as a [[stuntman]], Jammwal performed his own [[stunt]]s for the film,<ref name="gulfnews"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/rough-ride-for-vidyut-jammwal-while-shooting-for-junglee/20449194|title=Rough ride for Vidyut Jammwal while shooting for Junglee
|last=Dedhia|first=Sonil|work=Mid Day|date=22 February 2019|access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref> which impressed Russell.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chuck Russell Impressed With Vidyut Jammwal's Stunts in 'Junglee' |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/bollywood/chuck-russell-interview-vidyut-jammwal-junglee |access-date=28 March 2019 |work=[[The Quint]]}}</ref>

While talking about his first experience directing an Indian film, Russell said that he wanted to make a film "that is true to India, but uses the music, dance and the wonderful artists in Bollywood to tell a universal story about returning to the natural world".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/get-ready-for-jumbo-sized-fun-with-vidyut-jammwals-junglee/articleshow/66245462.cms|title=Get ready for jumbo-sized fun with Vidyut Jammwal's Junglee|last=Nigam|first=Aarushi|work=The Times of India|date=17 October 2018|access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref> The principal photography of the film began on 5 December 2017 and was finished in the summer of 2018.<ref name=tie/><ref>{{cite news|title=Exclusive pic of Vidyut Jammwal from Junglee, on World Environment Day|url=https://www.femina.in/celebs/indian/vidyut-jammwal-pic-on-world-environment-day-92171.html|work=Femina|date=5 June 2018|access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref> Out of 100, four elephants were selected for the film after scouting in India and Sri Lanka.<ref name=ndtv>{{cite news|url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/bollywood/junglee-vidyut-jamwal-thailand-elephant-training-1782932|title=This is a selection of elephants from 100, will be the partner of this action star|last=Saini|first=Narendra|publisher=NDTV|date=3 December 2017|access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref> ''Junglee'' was shot in Thailand.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/vidyut-jammwal-upcoming-film-thailand-shooting-for-junglee-starts/161422|title=Vidyut Jammwal takes off to Thailand to start shooting for Junglee|publisher=Times Now|date=27 November 2017|access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref> The scenes involving elephants were shot in the presence of Thai crew members.<ref name=ndtv/> Few scenes were also shot in the Jungles of [[Odisha]] and [[West Bengal]]

==Release==
The film released on 29 March 2019.<ref name=BBFC/> The film was made available as [[video on demand]] through [[Hotstar]] on 25 May 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Junglee|url=https://www.hotstar.com/1000235906|date=April 2019|access-date=25 May 2019}}</ref>

==Reception==

===Critical response===
{{As of|2020|08}}, 40% of the ten reviews compiled by [[Rotten Tomatoes]] are positive, with an average rating of 4.67/10.<ref name="rotten">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/junglee_2019|title=JUNGLEE|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> [[Saibal Chatterjee]] writing for [[NDTV]] rates the film with one and a half stars out of five and says, "Jammwal is about the only bright spot in a pulpy action-adventure film."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chatterjee |first1=Saibal |title=Junglee Movie Review: Vidyut Jammwal Only Bright Spot In Pulp Film By Hollywood Director |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/junglee-movie-review-vidyut-jammwal-only-bright-spot-in-pulp-film-by-hollywood-director-1-5-stars-ou-2014514 |website=NDTV |access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref> Renuka Vyavahare of [[Times Of India]] gives three and half stars out of five and says, "Watch Junglee for its spellbinding action, cute elephants and gorgeous jungles. Such an adventurous and brave attempt is rare in Hindi cinema."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vyavahare |first1=Renuka |title=Junglee Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/junglee/movie-review/68612291.cms |website=Times of India |access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref> Priyanka Sinha Jha of [[News18]] rates the film with two stars out of five and feels that the film is a big disappointment.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sinha Jha |first1=Priyanka |title=Junglee Movie Review: Vidyut Jammwal's Film Is A Jumbo Disappointment |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/junglee-movie-review-vidyut-jammwals-film-is-a-jumbo-disappointment-2081697.html |website=News18 |access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref> Writing for [[The Indian Express]] Shubhra Gupta gives it two stars out of five and finds the film comic book simple.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gupta |first1=Shubhra |title=Junglee movie review: Too comic-book simple |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/junglee-movie-review-vidyut-jammwal-5648163/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=29 March 2019|date=29 March 2019 }}</ref> Devesh Sharma of [[Filmfare]] giving three stars out of five says, "All-in-all, Junglee is an action-packed adventure which also tells us that we share this planet with lots of different species, who have an equal right to it..."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/movie-review-junglee-33032.html|website=Filmfare|title=Movie Review: Junglee|date=29 March 2019|access-date=29 March 2019|first=Devesh|last=Sharma}}</ref> [[Anupama Chopra]] of ''Film Companion'' gives two stars out of five with remarks, "The film’s intentions are admirable and the action is carried off with conviction, but the humans have the depth of cartoon characters."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/junglee-movie-review-vidyut-jammwal-anupama-chopra|title=Junglee Movie Review: Impressive Elephants But Not Much Else|website=Film Companion|date=29 March 2019|access-date=29 March 2019|first=Anupama|last=Chopra}}</ref> Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in writes, "The message of Junglee is deadly serious, but its solutions belong firmly in the realm of the children’s movie."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ramnath |first1=Nandini |title=‘Junglee’ movie review: Save the elephants (it helps if Vidyut Jammwal is around) |url=https://scroll.in/reel/918212/junglee-movie-review-save-the-elephants-it-helps-if-vidyut-jammwal-is-around |access-date=24 February 2021 |work=Scroll.in |date=29 March 2019}}</ref>

===Box office===
''Junglee'' earned {{INR|3.35 [[crore]]}} on its opening day in India. Its opening weekend earnings in the domestic market were {{INR|13.85 crore}}. It earned {{INR|21.20 crore}} in its opening week in India. It earned {{INR|24.70 crore}} in the domestic market.<ref name="Bollywood"/>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Junglee
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Sameer Uddin
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 29 March 2019 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/junglee/meDqalau0Uk_|title= Junglee – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |publisher=Jio Saavn}}</ref>
| recorded = 2017–18
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 11:15
| language = [[Hindi]]
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer =
| misc = {{External media
| audio1 = {{YouTube|JGX5wzsrIxQ|Audio Jukebox}}
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Sameer Uddin
| type = Soundtrack
| prev_title = [[Mitron]]
| prev_year = 2018
| title = Junglee
| year = 2019
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}}}

The music of the film is composed by Sameer Uddin while the lyrics are penned by [[Anvita Dutt Guptan]] and Kumar Suryavanshi.

{{Tracklist
| headline=Track listing
| total_length= 11:15
| extra_column=Singer(s)
| title1= Fakeera Ghar Aaja
| extra1= [[Jubin Nautiyal]]
| lyrics1= Anvita Dutt
| length1= 3:43
| title2 = Garje Gajraj Hamara
| extra2 = [[Navraj Hans]], [[Hamsika Iyer]], Abhishek Nailwal, [[Gulshan Kumar]]
| lyrics2 = Kumar Suryavanshi
| length2 = 3:38
| title3 = Dosti
| extra3 = Mohan Kannan
| lyrics3 = Kumar Suryavanshi
| length3 = 3:54
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|7463730}}
* {{Mojo title|junglee}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|junglee-2}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|junglee_2019}}

{{Chuck Russell}}

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