Watched Jai Gangajal today expecting it to be yet more explicitly brutal than Shool or, Gangajal - the raw & earthy rural India's continued resignation towards their fate of poverty and suffering while the rich and powerful have their way. It was all that, but quite a bit more - chiefly because of Prakash Jha, the actor. He has played an elegantly understated role and it is on his shoulders that this film's entire psyche rests. Priyanka Chopra as the chief female protagonist is commendable and more than adequate for this role following her Mary Kom & Quantico appearances and brings that action heroine persona alive wherever needed. But it's Prakash Jha who, as a mild mannered, experienced but corrupt policeman gradually moulting into a cop on a mission - the change catalyzed by sequential cinematic events and a deeply buried and awakening humanity, who totally steals the show. A trifle long, but fast paced by bollywood standards and with a well synchronized restrained soundtrack - this is definitely a must watch movie.
Review of Jai Gangaajal
