Jaat Movie Cast/Actors: Sunny Deol, Randeep Hooda, Viineet Kumar Siingh, Regena Cassandrra, Saiyami Kher, Ramya Krishnan, Urvashi Rautela, Jagapathi Babu, Zarina Wahab, Upendra Limaye, Mushtaq Khan, Ayesha Khan & Others
Jaat Movie Director: Gopichand Malineni
Jaat Movie Production House: Mythri Movie Makers, People Media Factory, Zee Studios & AA Films
Jaat Movie Release Date: 10th April, 2025
Jaat Movie Available On: Theatrical Release and (likely to be released on Netflix OTT Platform)
Jaat Movie Released/Available In Languages: Hindi
Jaat Movie Runtime: 2h 33m
Jaat Movie Critic Review:
Better than Sikandar. Not quite the ultimate compliment of this season but comparisons are inevitable.
It’s almost as if someone studied the screenplay of Sikandar and sat down to correct everything that was wrong with it. We know it didn’t happen that way but storyteller and director Gopichand Malineni does score over southern colleague AR Murugadoss in at least four major departments.
Topmost is that Gopichand delivers on his promise with punchy action, a department that could’ve somewhat salvaged the feeble Sikandar. When the unnamed Jaat hero (Sunny Deol whose name is revealed towards the end) starts off with a mild, “I was eating an idli, he pushed my plate, it fell to the ground. Sorry nahi bola,” and ends each such complaint with wild flying fists, the dhai kilo ka haath in full spate, there’s ceetee-podu energy. There are at least four such introductory scenes as the hero’s “Sorry bolo” moves up the chain from the lowest goon right up to the fierce Ranatunga (Randeep Hooda).
The audience (if it goes in, especially into single screen theatres) will be amused at the combo of idli, sorry bolo and action. An entertaining introduction to the hero for sure. With fight experts Anal Arasu, Peter Hein, Naga Venkat and Ram-Lakshman choreographing the sequences, there’s a watchable blend of variety and vitality.
The second point in favour is that the hero doesn’t cling pitifully to his youth by sleepwalking through a romance with a heroine three decades younger. In fact, Gopichand doesn’t get unnecessarily sidetracked by romance as he concentrates on serving maaro, maaro, more maaro. Deol is cast in an image and age-appropriate role.
Three, although the music (S Thaman) is unmemorable, mercifully, the heavy-footed hero doesn’t make cringey dance moves. But the compositions should have had take-home quality. Urvashi Rautela’s ‘Touch kiya…sorry bolo’ doesn’t touch any of the senses, quite unlike Samantha Prabhu’s ‘Oo Antava’ which oozed sensuality in Pushpa 1 and came from the same production house. ‘Jai Shri Ram’ is a well-photographed entry for Sunny as is the ‘Jaat’ theme which comes with the end credits.
A fourth point that puts Gopichand’s film on a higher rung is the cast. Instead of reducing supporting stalwarts like Sharman Joshi into effete sidekicks or fighting an ageing character artist like Satyaraj, main villain Randeep Hooda is a full-bodied criminal with family and origins in the violent Tigers of Sri Lanka. It is a man-to-man fight all the way between Deol and Hooda. Viineet Kumar Siingh also has a strong presence although the much-publicised ‘koyal’ sound which was supposed to carry the menace of Gabbar Singh, falls unnoticed.
Gopichand’s first foray into Hindi cinema does, however, have its faults. It descends into melodramatic, forehead-whacking misery and wailing which is a hallmark of Tamizh-Kannada-Telugu cinema.
The nod to feminism is also annoyingly forced. Women cops led by SI Vijaya Lakshmi (Saiyami Kher) look on like damsels in distress when the hero is being mauled and bashed and turn into tigresses only after he has handed the goons over to them on a platter. The President of India (Ramya Krishnan) stepping into the executive territory of the PM and his cabinet is curious but Ranatunga’s wife Bharathi (Regina Cassandra) and his wicked mother being partners in his inhuman cruelty and bloodshed is a new touch.
Jaat Watch Or Not?: Fans of dhai kilo ka haath, this one’s for you.
Jaat Review Score Rating: 2.5 out of 5 (i.e. 2.5/5)
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Credits: Mythri Movie Makers
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