Friday, 24th April 12:05 PM IST

Pluses:

Minuses:

bad performances, pathetic screenplay, bad dialogues, shabby editing

Critic Rating:

1.5/5

Business Rating:

0/5

Verdict:

Watch it for nice story idea

Detailed Analysis:

Lately there have been few disappointing films on politics and these films tried to to be satire but most of them failed miserably. Now one more such film 'Jai Ho Democracy' opening in cinemas today. 

The film kicks off with a rather funny incident that entices bombarding at the LoC of the two warring countries between India and Pakistan. And the incident happens to be that of a hen which enters the No Man's Land and both the countries claim their ownership over it. The problem gets worse when a young Indian military cook is sent into the No Man's Land to bring back the hen. As expected the young soldier gets stuck between the crossfire and has no escape. Just when he loses all hope, a Pakistani senior cook comes to his rescue with food and water risking his own life and the two bond immediately. The news of the 'invasion' in the No Man's Land spreads like wild fire and the media starts following up on the story, sometimes making up facts. In an attempt to win the situation, the India army wants their superiors' command to wage a war against Pakistan's army, but can't do so without the permission of a 'series' of ministers, including the Home Minister Dulari Devi (Grusha Kapoor).

In order to reach to a concrete decision about waging a war against Pakistan, a joint meeting is called for comprising of Pandeyji (Om Puri), Choudhry (Satish Kaushik), Mohini Devi (Seema Biswas), Major Baruah (Adil Hussain), Bashir Baig (Aamir Bashir), Mrs. Bedi (Rajni Gujral). The entire meeting is supervised under the 'able' leadership of Ramalingam (Annu Kapoor). What starts off as a collective meeting in order to come to a collective conclusion, lands up becoming a battleground for personal egos, self respect and clash of individual attitudes between the ones hailing from the old school of thoughts versus the ones hailing from the new school of thought. In the meanwhile, an impromptu friendship between the military cooks stuck in No Man's Land, changes the feelings of enmity into friendship. Will the two countries ever be able to make peace with each other, is the 'dosti' in No Man's Land between the two countries for real, what decision does the committee members ultimately land up taking, and who becomes the ultimate owner of the hen… is what forms the rest of the film.

Performance wise not a single performer stands out as every actor including senior ones ham and ham throughout. Om Puri, Annu Kapoor, Adil Hussain and Satish Kaushik suffer from caricature characters.

Film has interesting premise but screenplay lacks pace and events. Film has poor dialogues. Film has irritating background score. Art department is authentic and editing is poor.

DirectorRanjit Kapoor fails in bringing out some kind of tension, comedy and thrill as he has written real poor screenplay. Though climax is not bad but lack of events make it a tiring watch for masses.

Film released today and should release across 200 screens. Film had no chances at box office as its a film with very niche appeal and average reviews will kill its chances further. Film will depend on exceptional word of mouth to survive as it has no great buzz or marketing awareness.