Watched the movie?
The movie is based on the Jessica Lall case. This is how the case progressed. Put briefly, Jessica Lall was shot dead in April 1999 because she refused to serve a drink to the hotheaded Manu Sharma, the son of a politician. Manu Sharma was arrested and later released on bail. Media intervention began much after the case was declared as shut. The case was reopened and Manu Sharma was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Jessica was killed and Manu is going to spend his life behind bars - all for a drink.
I found the movie to be a good mix of reality and fiction. Vidya Balan does a competent job as Sabrina Lall, and I liked the way the investigating officer and Shayan Munshi were portrayed by Rajesh Sharma and Neil Bhoopalam respectively.
Who has delivered a knock-out performance? It is Rani Mukerji (her surname reads this way now?). She is awesome in her role as the foul-mouthed investigative journalist. She swears in English mostly, prompting laughter from me when my father remarked in a perplexed fashion, “The censor board allows language like this in movies now?”
I reminded him of “Omkara”.
It is an odd proposition to play the character of a woman lacking pluck – you mouth dialogues that might make you cringe, and then perhaps you start believing in them? If Rani had not played that silly character in “KANK” (or “Baabul” for that matter), my feeling is that this talented actress would not have lost track. “No One Killed Jessica” is exactly what she needs, and she is wonderful. “Yuva” had given me an indication of the strength that she is capable of bringing to her character, and this movie reemphasizes that.
Amit Trivedi has come up with an engaging composition. I had noticed the title song when it first started playing on channels because Delhi features prominently in it.
The movie makes a reference to the lecherous behavior of the average Delhi man on the road (or perhaps the difference in attitude of the two sisters). Sabrina and Jessica are walking down their street in broad daylight, when a pillion rider on a bicycle pushes Sabrina and she almost falls. Sabrina doesn’t object to the behavior, and Jessica does. She runs behind the cycle, pulls the man off the cycle and hits him.
It is not a coincidence that the Rani of Jhansi hailed from the North.
Watch the movie.
The movie is based on the Jessica Lall case. This is how the case progressed. Put briefly, Jessica Lall was shot dead in April 1999 because she refused to serve a drink to the hotheaded Manu Sharma, the son of a politician. Manu Sharma was arrested and later released on bail. Media intervention began much after the case was declared as shut. The case was reopened and Manu Sharma was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Jessica was killed and Manu is going to spend his life behind bars - all for a drink.
I found the movie to be a good mix of reality and fiction. Vidya Balan does a competent job as Sabrina Lall, and I liked the way the investigating officer and Shayan Munshi were portrayed by Rajesh Sharma and Neil Bhoopalam respectively.
Who has delivered a knock-out performance? It is Rani Mukerji (her surname reads this way now?). She is awesome in her role as the foul-mouthed investigative journalist. She swears in English mostly, prompting laughter from me when my father remarked in a perplexed fashion, “The censor board allows language like this in movies now?”
I reminded him of “Omkara”.
It is an odd proposition to play the character of a woman lacking pluck – you mouth dialogues that might make you cringe, and then perhaps you start believing in them? If Rani had not played that silly character in “KANK” (or “Baabul” for that matter), my feeling is that this talented actress would not have lost track. “No One Killed Jessica” is exactly what she needs, and she is wonderful. “Yuva” had given me an indication of the strength that she is capable of bringing to her character, and this movie reemphasizes that.
Amit Trivedi has come up with an engaging composition. I had noticed the title song when it first started playing on channels because Delhi features prominently in it.
The movie makes a reference to the lecherous behavior of the average Delhi man on the road (or perhaps the difference in attitude of the two sisters). Sabrina and Jessica are walking down their street in broad daylight, when a pillion rider on a bicycle pushes Sabrina and she almost falls. Sabrina doesn’t object to the behavior, and Jessica does. She runs behind the cycle, pulls the man off the cycle and hits him.
It is not a coincidence that the Rani of Jhansi hailed from the North.
Watch the movie.
