# Janhit Mein Jaari

Janhit Mein Jaari (transl. Issued in public interest) is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Jai Basantu Singh and written by Raaj Shaandilyaa. It stars Nushrat Bharucha, Paritosh Tripathi, and Vijay Raaz among others.
It was released theatrically on 10 June 2022 and later premiered on video on demand on ZEE5 from 15 July 2022. It received positive reviews from critics and the audience, with praise for the message, humour and performances.

## Plot

Manokamna "Mannu" Tripathi Nushrratt Bharuccha is an ambitious and smart girl who lives with her parents and two younger sisters. She is adorned by her childhood friend Devi who is secretly in love with her but never expresses in front of her. In order to escape the pressure of her family to get married, Mannu takes a high paying job as sales executive at a condom manufacturing factory, which Devi joins later. While she excels at her job despite the hurdles, she meets and falls in love with Ranjan Prajapati, a freelance nautanki artist who lives in a join family lead by his overbearing father Keval Prajapati.
Mannu and Ranjan bribe the Pandit to make their match seems natural as Keval Prajapati is against love marriage. After marriage one day the family finds out the true nature of Mannu's work and force her to leave the job. Manno starts selling plastic boxes where one of her colleague gets pregnant and is killed during the abortion as suggested by the village elders. This shocks Mannu who decides to rejoin the previous job and use it as a mean to create awareness for protective sex as in the end it's only women who suffer the humiliate, physical and mental challenges. He father in law, who is contesting municipality elections calls in her parents and asks them for a divorce. Mannu meanwhile confronts Ranjan for not taking stand for her and willing to divorce her despite his love for her and only to please his father. Ranjan promises to stand up to his father. Court gives the couple six months to reconcile the differences before finalizing divorce.
Mannu is determined to create awareness among women especially. She appears in a tv add to promote the use of condom as protection for women as against the previous marketing strategy where it was sold as pleasure for men. She is reached out by a misogynistic reporter but she responds carefully. He interview and ad become talk of the town much to anguish her father in law. On the election day when he wins the election he is told that his victory is infact public support for Mannu. He walks away from the ceremony and throws Ranjan and Mannu out of the house when Ranjan refuses to sign the divorce papers. Ranjan's sister goes into labor . At hospital the doctor scolds the husband for conceiving yet another child after very complicated first delivery, which now has put the life of his wife and the child in danger. Hearing his daughter's life is in danger, Keval Prajapati asks his son in law, why did he not use protection to avoid to protect his wife. His father, Dadaji, points out that Mannu was trying to do the same but he could not accept that. Later doctor announces that the mother and child are safe and out of danger. Keyal, after realizing his mistake accepts Mannu's job and welcomes her back in the family. Movie ends with Mannu addressing the audience to be responsible and use protection.

## Cast

* Nushrratt Bharuccha as Manokamna "Mannu" Tripathi
* Vijay Raaz as Keval Prajapati
* Tinnu Anand
* Anud Singh Dhaka as Ranjan
* Brijendra Kala
* Ishtiyak Khan
* Sapna Sand
* Vikram Kochhar
* Ishan Mishra as Achaanak Kumar
* Paritosh Tripathi
* Shaan Yadav as Maqdoom
* Sukriti Gupta as Babli
* Amit Jaat as Girish
* Satyam Aarakh
* Jyoti Dubey
* Aashi Malviya
* Mohit Shewani
* Gaurav Bajpayee
* Deepak Rai
* Sahiil Sagar

## Production
### Development

The film was announced by Indian boxer Mary Kom in November 2021, starring Nushrratt Bharuccha.

### Filming

The principal photography of the film started in mid-September 2021 at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. However production was halted in November 2021 owing to COVID-19 pandemic in India. The film was wrapped up on 17 December 2021 in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh.

## Release
### Theatrical

Janhit Mein Jaari was released theatrically on 10 June 2022.
Janhit Mein Jaari earned ₹43 lacs at the domestic box office on its opening day. On the second day, the film collected ₹82 lacs. On the third day, the film collected ₹94 lacs, taking total domestic weekend collection to ₹2.19 crore.
As of 13 June 2022, the film grossed ₹2.50 crore in India.

### Home media

The digital streaming rights of the film is owned by ZEE5. The film was streamed digitally on ZEE5 from 15 July 2022.

## Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by Prini Siddhant Madhav, Amol - Abhishek and Sadhu Sushil Tiwari with lyrics written by Sameer Anjaan, Abhishek Talented, Raaj Shaandilyaa, Niket Pandey, Sadhu Sushil Tiwari and Rohit Sharma.
On 12 May 2022, the first song titled "Parda Daari" sung by Javed Ali and Dhvani Bhanushali was unveiled.

## Reception
### Critical reception

Janhit Mein Jaari received mixed to positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 25% of 8 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10.
Rachana Dubey of The Times of India gave it three and a half stars out of five and found that "A punch-line heavy discussion on safe sex".
Akash Bhatnagar from Bollywood Bubble gave three and a half stars out of five and wrote, "Janhit Mein Jaari is a good and entertaining film. Nushrratt being the one with the most star-power here delivers to her promise. It's a good, clean film and deserves at least one viewing with the whole family."