Jolly LLB

Jolly LLB
Directed by	Subhash Kapoor
Produced by	Fox Star Studios
Written by	Subhash Kapoor
Starring	Arshad Warsi Boman Irani Amrita Rao Saurabh Shukla
Music by	Songs: Krsna Background score: Sanjoy Chowdhury
Cinematography	Anshuman Mahaley
Edited by	Sandeep Singh Bajeli
Distributed by	Fox Star Studios
Release date	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹10 crore
Box office	est.₹37 crore

Jolly LLB is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film written and directed by Subhash Kapoor and produced by Fox Star Studios. The film stars Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani, Amrita Rao and Saurabh Shukla in titular roles along with Manoj Pahwa, Rajeev Siddharth, Sandeep Bose, Harsh Chhaya, Mohan Kapoor, Ramesh Deo and Sushil Pandey in pivotal roles. Released in India on 15 March 2013, the film is the first installment of the Jolly LLB franchise and revolves around the early life of lawyer Jolly (Warsi) and focuses on his attempt to earn six innocent deceased laborers their justice and his journey against the monopolistic behaviour of the rich and judicial corruption. The storyline is inspired by the 1999 hit-and-run case of Sanjeev Nanda and a minor reference to Priyadarshini Mattoo case.

Plot

In 2009, Jagdish Tyagi a.k.a. Jolly (Arshad Warsi) is a Delhi-based lawyer living with his brother-in-law Pratap (Manoj Pahwa), and is also in a relationship with Sandhya (Amrita Rao). He happens to see prominent criminal defense lawyer Tejinder Rajpal (Boman Irani) successfully defending Rahul Dewan (Rajeev Siddhartha), a boy from a high society family in a sessions court, who is accused of drunkenly driving his Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, causing the death of six labourers sleeping on the footpath five 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. Jolly's neighbor Kaul Saab (Ramesh Deo), whose daughter was raped and killed by a politician's son defended easily by Rajpal, gifts him his office as a chamber. After initially reprimanding Jolly for his mistakes in filing the PIL and taking the press reports as evidence, Justice Sunderlal Tripathi (Saurabh Shukla) warns Jolly to collect some evidence before the next hearing. Jolly then runs into Albert Pinto (Harsh Chhaya), 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 Dewan family's driver and the footage was fake. Jolly refutes it by successfully cross-examining the driver, who finally accepts that he has registered a false statement. Tripathi then orders the police to provide a bodyguard for Jolly after he is manhandled by Rajpal's assistants. Although Sub-Inspector Satbir Rathi (Sandeep Bose), who is also on Rajpal's payroll, tries to sabotage him, Jolly, with the help of his bodyguard Haldiram (Mukund Bhatt), leaves for Gorakhpur after learning that Sadakant Mishra (Sushil Pandey), 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 reveals the truth of the accident; that night, he and his relatives were sleeping on the footpath when Rahul Dewan drove his Land Cruiser over them, except Mishra. When he saw Mishra witnessing what he did, Rahul Dewan backed his car, hoping to run over him, but instead ran over his leg, resulting in it being amputated. Mishra also states that Rathi had threatened him after the accident and fabricated the investigation, and that he was only allowed to go after he offered his hard-earned money and jewellery for his sister's wedding to Rathi. Mishra also identifies Rahul Dewan as the one who drove the car.

After the emotional closing arguments by Rajpal and Jolly, Tripathi 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 of imprisonment 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

• Arshad Warsi as Advocate Jagdish Tyagi a.k.a. Jolly
• Boman Irani as Advocate Tejinder Rajpal
• Amrita Rao as Sandhya
• 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 as Guruji
• Mohan Agashe as Senior Dewan (Rahul's grandfather)
• Vibha Chibber as Meerut Judge
• 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 Constable Haldiram (Jolly's bodyguard)
• Vijay Gupta as Ramakant Shukla
• Vishal O Sharma as Lawyer
• Ishtiyak Khan as Vasu (Lawyer from Rohtak)

Production

The story is inspired by the events of the Sanjeev Nanda hit-and-run case of 1999.

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!". 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.

Music

Jolly LLB
File:Jolly LLB.jpg
Soundtrack album by Krsna
Released	22 February 2013
Recorded	2013
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	33:40
Label	T-Series
Producer	Krsna
Krsna chronology
Tanu Weds Manu (2011) Jolly LLB (2013) Tamanchey (2013)

The music of Jolly LLB was composed by 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 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

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Jhooth Boliya"	Kamal Khan	4:08
2.	"Daru Peeke Nachna"	Mika Singh, Shreya Ghoshal	4:17
3.	"Ajnabi"	Mohit Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal	3:55
4.	"Hans Ki chaal"	Kailash Kher	4:22
5.	"Law lag gayi"	Bappi Lahiri	4:31
6.	"Jhooth Boliya" (remix)	Kamal Khan	3:59
7.	"Daru Peeke Nachna" (remix)	Mika Singh	3:48
8.	"L Lag Gaye 2"	Bappi Lahiri	4:30

Awards

61st National Film Awards

• National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
• National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor: Saurabh Shukla

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 article: Jolly LLB 2

A sequel, Jolly LLB 2 was released in February 2017, with Shukla reprising his role.

Remake

The film has been remade in Tamil as Manithan (2016) and in Telugu as Sapthagiri LLB (2017). A sequel, Jolly LLB 2 was released in February 2017.

External links

• Jolly LLB on IMDb
• Jolly L.L.B. at Bollywood Hungama