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Jolly LLB

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{{Infobox film
| name = Jolly LLB
| image = Jolly LLB First Look.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| alt = Theatrical release poster with two leads, an angst looking Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani with the motto of the film ''We Believe In Justice''
| director = [[Subhash Kapoor]]
| producer = [[Fox Star Studios]]
| writer = Subhash Kapoor
| starring = [[Arshad Warsi]] [[Boman Irani]] [[Amrita Rao]] [[Saurabh Shukla]]
| music = '''Songs''': [[Krsna Solo|Krsna]] '''Background score''': [[Sanjoy Chowdhury]]
| cinematography = Anshuman Mahaley
| editing = Sandeep Singh Bajeli
| distributor = [[Fox Star Studios]]
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|3|15|}}
| runtime = 128 minutes
| budget = {{INR}}10 crore<ref name="BS">{{cite web|author1=Surajeet Das Gupta & Urvi Malvania|title=Most profitable films entertain no love for the Rs 100-crore club|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/most-profitable-films-entertain-no-love-for-the-rs-100-crore-club-113112900715_1.html|work=[[Business Standard]]|date=30 November 2013|access-date=7 July 2016}}</ref>
| gross = {{Estimation}}{{INR}}37 crore<ref name="BS"/>
}}

'''''Jolly LLB''''' is a 2013 [[India]]n Hindi-language [[black comedy]] film, written and directed by [[Subhash Kapoor]]. The film stars [[Arshad Warsi]], [[Boman Irani]] and [[Amrita Rao]] in the lead roles. The theatrical trailer was revealed on 8 January 2013.<ref name="LLB">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Arshad-calls-Jolly-LLB-wonderful-experience/Article1-834381.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125063036/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Arshad-calls-Jolly-LLB-wonderful-experience/Article1-834381.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|title=Arshad calls Jolly LLB 'wonderful' experience |work=Hindustan Times|date=2 April 2012|access-date=7 July 2016}}</ref>{{cbignore}} Released on 15 March 2013. It is the first installment of the [[Jolly LLB (film series)|''Jolly LLB'' franchise]]. the film revolves around the early life of lawyer Jagdish Tyagi a.k.a. Jolly (played by Warsi) and focuses on his attempt to earn six innocent wage earners their rights and his journey against the monopolistic behavior of the rich and [[Corruption in India#Judiciary|judicial corruption]]. The storyline is inspired by the 1999 hit-and-run case of [[Sanjeev Nanda]] and a minor reference to [[Priyadarshini Mattoo]] case.<ref name=ibn/>

==Plot==
It is the year 2009, Jagdish "Jolly" Tyagi is a [[Delhi]] based lawyer staying with his brother-in-law Pratap and is in a relationship with Sandhya. He happens to see prominent criminal lawyer Tejinder Rajpal successfully defending Rahul Dewan, a boy from a high society family in a [[sessions court]], who is accused of drunken driving in a [[Toyota Land Cruiser Prado]] causing death of six people sleeping on the footpath 5 months earlier.

Jolly, desperate to have some money and fame, decides to pursue the case and files a PIL in the court against Rahul Dewan. After initially reprimanding Jolly for his mistakes in filing the PIL and taking the press reports as an [[Admissible evidence|evidence]], Justice Sunderlal Tripathi warns Jolly to collect some evidence before the next hearing. Jolly then runs into Albert Pinto, who claims to have witnessed the accident but soon learns that he is a lackey of Rajpal and was a plan to extract more money from the Dewan family. As part of the deal, Pinto gives Jolly a share of the money and turns hostile in the court. Sandhya and Kaul Saab chide him for compromising on justice for his greed. He returns the money to Rajpal and challenges him to win the case.

With Pratap's help, Jolly collects the video footage of the car involved in the accident and presents it to the court. Rajpal counters that the car was driven by the driver of Dewan family and the footage was fake. Jolly refutes it by successfully cross examining the driver, who finally accepts that he has registered a false statement. The Judge orders the police to provide a bodyguard for Jolly after he is manhandled by Rajpal's assistants. Although Sub-Inspector Satbir Rathi tries to sabotage Jolly. Jolly, with the help of the bodyguard, leaves for Gorakhpur after he comes to know that Sadakant Mishra, a survivor of the accident stays there.

Jolly, after passing through many hurdles, successfully brings Mishra to the court. Rajpal tries to scuttle proceedings but the hesitant Tripathi overrules him. Mishra states that Rathi had threatened him after the accident and fabricated the investigation. He was only allowed to go after he offered his hard-earned money and jewelry. Mishra also identifies Rahul Dewan as the one who drove the car. After the emotional closing arguments by Rajpal and Jolly, the judge directs the police department to suspend Rathi and initiate a criminal inquiry against him and also declares Rahul Dewan as guilty of the crime and sentences him to seven years in jail under Section 304 of the [[Indian Penal Code]]. As Jolly walks out receiving praises, Rajpal sits crestfallen over losing a case for the first time.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Arshad Warsi]] as Advocate Jagdish Tyagi a.k.a. Jolly
* [[Boman Irani]] as Advocate Tejinder Rajpal
* [[Amrita Rao]] as Sandhya a.k.a. Sandhu
* [[Saurabh Shukla]] as Justice Sunderlal Tripathi
* [[Harsh Chhaya]] as Albert Pinto
* [[Manoj Pahwa]] as Pratap (Jolly's brother-in-law)
* [[Ramesh Deo]] as Kaul Saab
* [[Mohan Kapoor]] as Yograj Dewan (Rahul's father)
* [[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]] as Guruji
* [[Mohan Agashe]] as Senior Dewan (Rahul's grandfather)
* [[Vibha Chibber]] as Meerut Judge
* [[Sushil Pandey (actor)|Sushil Pandey]] as Sadakant Mishra
* Sandeep Bose as Sub-Inspector Satbir Rathi
* [[Rajeev Siddhartha]] as Rahul Dewan
* [[Brijendra Kala]] as Suresh Vashishth (in opening scene)
* Mukund Bhatt as Hawaldar Haldiram
* [[Vijay Gupta]] as Ramakant Shukla
* [[Vishal O Sharma]] as Lawyer
* [[Ishtiyak Khan]] as Vasu (Lawyer from Rohtak)
{{colend}}

==Production==
The story is inspired by the events of the [[Sanjeev Nanda]] hit-and-run case of 1999.<ref name=ibn>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jolly-llb-review-the-films-not-a-bad-way-to-spend-the-evening/379058-47-84.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317021018/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jolly-llb-review-the-films-not-a-bad-way-to-spend-the-evening/379058-47-84.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 March 2013 |title='Jolly LLB' review: The film's not a bad way to spend the evening |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |access-date=25 April 2013}}</ref>

==Release==

===Critical reception===
[[Taran Adarsh]] of [[Bollywood Hungama]] gave the film 3.5 stars and said "''Jolly LLB'' is a power-packed courtroom drama. But, most importantly, it celebrates the spirit of the common man seeking justice and impartiality most effectively. Just don't miss this jolly good film!".<ref>{{Cite web | title = Jolly L.L.B. Review | last = Adarsh | first = Taran | work = Bollywood Hungama | date = 13 March 2013 | access-date = 2016-07-07 | url = http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/541266 }}</ref> [[Anupama Chopra]] of the ''Hindustan Times'' said parts of the film are "laugh-out-loud funny, but underneath the humour is an angry critique of the system, so easily manipulated by the rich and so difficult to penetrate for the poor." Chopra gave the film three stars, saying that the love angle is clumsy and that Rao "stumbles badly" in a key scene.<ref name="HTreview">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Reviews/Anupama-Chopra-s-review-Jolly-LLB/Article1-1027091.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317043654/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Reviews/Anupama-Chopra-s-review-Jolly-LLB/Article1-1027091.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2013|title=Anupama Chopra's review: Jolly LLB -|last=Anupama Chopra|date=15 March 2013|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=25 March 2013}} (slow loading)</ref>{{cbignore}}

==Music==
{{Infobox album
| name = Jolly LLB
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Krsna Solo|Krsna]]
| cover = Jolly LLB.jpg
| alt =
| released = 22 February 2013
| recorded = 2013
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 33:40
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = Krsna
| prev_title = [[Tanu Weds Manu]]
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = [[Tamanchey]]
| next_year = 2013
}}

The music of ''Jolly LLB'' was composed by [[Krsna Solo|Krsna]]. Lyrics were penned by Subhash Kapoor and Vayu (for "Jhooth Boliya"). The first song promo, "Mere Toh L Lag Gaye" by [[Bappi Lahiri]], was released on 13 February 2013. In the soundtrack, the song has been cut into two different songs, one titled "Law Lag Gaye" while the other "L Lag Gaye". The second song promo, "Jhooth Boliya" by [[Kamal Khan (singer)|Kamal Khan]] was released on 15 February 2013. The full soundtrack was released on 22 February 2013 under the label T-Series. It consists of eight songs.

===Track listing===
{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Jhooth Boliya
| extra1 = [[Kamal Khan (singer)|Kamal Khan]]
| length1 = 4:08
| title2 = Daru Peeke Nachna
| extra2 = [[Mika Singh]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length2 = 4:17
| title3 = Ajnabi
| extra3 = [[Mohit Chauhan]], Shreya Ghoshal
| length3 = 3:55
| title4 = Hans Ki chaal
| extra4 = [[Kailash Kher]]
| length4 = 4:22
| title5 = Law lag gayi
| extra5 = [[Bappi Lahiri]]
| length5 = 4:31
| title6 = Jhooth Boliya
| note6 = remix
| extra6 = Kamal Khan
| length6 = 3:59
| title7 = Daru Peeke Nachna
| note7 = remix
| extra7 = Mika Singh
| length7 = 3:48
| title8 = L Lag Gaye 2
| extra8 = [[Bappi Lahiri]]
| length8 = 4:30
}}

==Awards==
; [[61st National Film Awards]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]]<ref name=diff>{{cite web |title=61st National Film Awards For 2013 |url=http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf# |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |date=16 April 2014 |access-date=16 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf |archive-date=16 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor]]: [[Saurabh Shukla]]<ref name=diff/>
; 2014 Screen Awards
* [[Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor]]: Saurabh Shukla
; [[59th Filmfare Awards]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Story]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue]]
'''Kids Choice Awards 2014: Bindass!'''
* favourite song- mere Toh L Lag Gayi (won)
* favorite Geet Sensational - jhoot bolliya

==Sequel==
{{main|Jolly LLB 2}}
A sequel, [[Jolly LLB 2]] was released in February 2017,<ref>{{Cite web | title = Eager to start Jolly LLB 2: Arshad Warsi | author = IANS | author-link = Indo-Asian News Service | work = [[India Today]] | date = 1 November 2014 | access-date = 2016-07-07 | url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/eager-to-start-jolly-llb-2-arshad-warsi/1/398671.html}}</ref> with Shukla reprising his role.

==Remake==
The film has been remade in Tamil as ''[[Manithan (2016 film)|Manithan]]'' (2016) and in Telugu as ''[[Sapthagiri LLB]]'' (2017).<ref>http://www.sify.com/movies/udhayanidhi-stalin-to-remake-jolly-llb-news-tamil-pgmkvvbdghhch.html</ref><ref>https://www.indiaglitz.com/saptagiri-llb-says-prosecution-is-prostitution-telugu-news-199968</ref> A sequel, ''[[Jolly LLB 2]]'' was released in February 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-akshay-kumar-to-star-in-jolly-llb-2-to-star-opposite-this-actress-for-the-first-time-2231282|title=Akshay Kumar to star in 'Jolly LLB 2'; to star opposite this actress for the first time! |work = Daily News & Analysis|date=2016-07-04|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-05}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2621000}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|jolly-l-l-b|Jolly L.L.B.}}

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{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Hindi}}

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John Day (film)

2021-07-02T02:09:43Z

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{{Infobox film
| name= John Day
| image= File:John Day Poster (2013).jpg
| alt=
| caption=Theatrical release poster
| director=Ahishor Solomon
| producer=Anjum Rizvi, Aatef A Khan and K Asif
| writer=Ahishor Solomon
| starring=[[Naseeruddin Shah]] [[Randeep Hooda]] [[Vipin Sharma]] [[Shernaz Patel]] [[Sharat Saxena]] [[Elena Kazan]]
| music= Kshitij Tarey & Strings
| cinematography=Prakash Kutty
| editing= Arindam Ghatak
| studio=
| distributor=
| released={{Film date|df=yes|2013|9|13}} (India)<ref>{{cite web|title=Film Review: John Day is a muddled affair|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1888397/report-film-review-john-day-is-a-muddled-affair|date=13 September 2013|accessdate=13 September 2013|publisher=DNA|author=Tushar Joshi }}</ref>
| runtime=
| country=India
| language=[[Hindi]]
}}

'''''John Day''''' is 2013 Hindi [[thriller film]] directed by Ahishor Solomon and produced by K Asif, Anjum Rizvi and Aatef A Khan. The film features [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Randeep Hooda]], [[Vipin Sharma]], [[Shernaz Patel]] as main characters. It is an [[plagiarism|unofficial remake]] of the Spanish thriller ''[[Box 507]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Randeep Hooda - Naseeruddin Shah On The Sets Of John Day |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iaIqR1chDg| accessdate=17 May 2013}}</ref>

==Plot==
John Day is a bank manager of Royal Citizen Co-operative Bank and lives with his wife Maria Day. The couple has recently lost their only daughter Pearl in a forest fire accident while she was on a trip with her boyfriend Kanishk. Maria is always depressed and never opens up with anyone. One day when John is away for office work, a courier-boy enters the house and takes Maria as a captive. He then calls up John informing him about his wife is a hostage and tells him that a man will visit him at his bank and John has to do his work. It is shown that actually it was a planned bank heist where the visitor gagged John, opened up the cash locker and fled. Meanwhile, the kidnapper hammered Maria causing her a serious brain damage and she got admitted to the hospital in a state of coma.

The news spread like wildfire in all TV channels. An impatient and short tempered Police Officer Gautam (Randeep Hooda) is shocked and calls his girlfriend Tabassum (Elena Kazan) to collect a very important document stored in a locker of the bank. Inside the bank, the bank authorities in the presence of the police are giving away claims to bank customers, when Tabassum approaches and claims her documents which are revealed to be some property papers called "CASABLANCA ESTATES". This surprises John Day and he follows the duo in his car and observes them depositing the file in a government property office. John bribes the office personnel and procures the original Casablanca files and investigates.

During his investigation he comes to know that police Officer Gautam is also in pursuit of the files and wants to sell them to a Mafia-based organization in Dubai. Gautam is under pressure from the Mafia to handover the original documents of "Casablanca Estates". John vows to take revenge on the people who has injured his wife and actually eliminates all the informants including the kidnapper, the bank robbers and others involved. He then takes Tabassum as a captive and calls Gautam and another powerful Mafia Khan Saab(Sharat Saxena) at Gautam's place and there the truth is revealed.

Casablanca estate is nothing but 8000 acres of forest land being acquired illegally on papers by Mafia Lord Khan Saab and Dubai based Al Hunain along with the help of Police Officer Gautam who works for Khan. They had acquired the land, registered it with the insurance company and then set fire to the jungle in order to get heavy compensation. It was revealed that on that fateful day when the fire erupted John Day's daughter Pearl was there for a jungle trip and perished in the same while her boy-friend escaped unhurt.

Meanwhile, Gautam has a plan to sell the papers for billions to the Dubai-based AG group and settling with his girlfriend abroad. When Khan is about to shoot Gautam for his treachery Tabassum opens fire to save him. An ensuing shoot out occurs in the room and results in Tabassum being killed, Khan and his associates badly wounded and finally, Gautam getting shot multiple times by John. John then shoots Khan Saab too. Later he is shown weeping at the graves of his daughter and wife. The film ends with a Biblical quote by Mark "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Mark 8:36".

==Cast==
*[[Naseeruddin Shah]] as John Day
*[[Randeep Hooda]] as Gautam, a police officer
*[[Vipin Sharma]] as Inspector Mangesh Shinde
*[[Shernaz Patel]] as Maria Day, wife of John Day
*[[Sharat Saxena]] as Sikander Hayat Khan Saab
*[[Elena Kazan]] as Tabassum Habibi, Gautam's girl friend
*[[Anant Mahadevan]] as Vinod Pandey, Editor-in-Chief, The News
*[[Kenneth Desai]] as Prakash Nair
*[[Makarand Deshpande]] as Krishnan
*[[Bharat Dabholkar]] as Ex-Mayor Deshmukh
*[[Denzil Smith]] as the Priest
*[[Sushil Pandey (actor)|Sushil Pandey]] as Ranade
*[[Deepak Shirke]] as Wagle
*[[Sujata Thakkar]] as Chitra Nair
*[[Vikrant Ghosh]] as Pramod Pathak
*Sikander as Moosa
*[[K.C.Shankar]] as Anis Pathan
*[[Dinesh Lamba]] as Liyaqat
*[[Arika Silalchia]] as Pearl Day, daughter of John Day
*[[Pavel Gulati]] as Kanishk
*[[Ravi Singh (actor)|Ravi Singh]] as Shafiq
*[[Akhilesh Tiwari]] as Pramod Pathak's land-lord
*[[Taran Bajaj]] as Rajinder Singh, Ventura Bank Manager
*[[Shanvi Sharma]] as baby Pearl Day
*[[Amaan]] as Liyaqat's helper boy
*[[Nazneen Madan]] as Doctor
*[[Diwakar Prasad]] as Mambo, bookie
*[[Asif Akhtar]] as hawala guy
*[[Sukhwinder Chahal]] as RDO Officer

==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack of John Day is composed by Kshitij Tarey & Strings & lyrics are penned by Sayeed Quadri & Strings. The Music was released on 26 August 2013. Songs are as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Track No !! Song !! Singer !! Composer
|-
| 1 || Charon Taraf || Strings || [[String instrument|Strings]]
|-
| 2 || Kis Lamhe Mein (Female) || [[Aditi Singh Sharma]] || Kshitij Tarey
|-
| 3 || Kis Lamhe Mein (Male) || Kshitij Tarey || Kshitij Tarey
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{BH movie|john-day}}
* {{IMDb movie}}

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