Jai Gangaajal
Tags: murder

Plot synopsis:
Babloo Pandey (Manav Kaul), the MLA of Bankipur district and his brother Dabloo Pandey (Ninad Kamat) run a jungle raaj in their town of Lakhisarai. They are grabbing land for a power plant whose financiers are backing their party politically. The home minister, Ramakant Chowdhary (Kiran Karmarkar) appoints Abha Mathur, IPS (Priyanka Chopra) as the SP expecting her to be soft towards the criminals and supportive to him, being her mentor as well as the home minister. But she goes all out against the criminal brothers. Her subordinates get encouraged by her brave acts against corruption and slowly bringing the jungle raaj to an end. Bhola Nath Singh aka B.N. Singh (Prakash Jha) is a corrupt circle Officer (DSP) who has helped the brothers for a long time by using legal loopholes and other corrupt ways to keep them out of harm's way in return for financial favours and political support.
As the brothers feel cornered, Dabloo, out of desperation makes the mistake of kidnapping an orphaned teenage girl Sunita (Vega Tamotia), who and her younger brother Nagesh (Ayush Mahesh Khedekar) refuse to give away the land. After the kidnapping, Dabloo rapes and kills the girl and hangs her from a tree showing this as a suicide just as her father had committed suicide too under pressure of selling the land. Singh comes to his senses after seeing this brutal crime and tries to arrest Dabloo Pandey, which starts a riot in the town inducing Nagesh, the younger brother of the murdered girl to use his belt throttle Dabloo's neck and killing him, seeing which the villagers gather around some more goons and the corrupt Sarpanch and kill them and hang them on the tree claiming it to be suicides. This also starts a chain reaction where corrupt people are killed in similar manner elsewhere. Abha is frustrated and is unable to control these illegal killings. She tries her best to control the law and order. Singh is attacked by Babloo and his goons and gets injured. Babloo frantically searches for Nagesh, who has killed Dabloo and is now hidden away by Singh from Babloo. Babloo's goons locate Nagesh and take him in a gunny bag to Babloo, who wants to eliminate him by hanging. But in a final showdown, Babloo Pandey gets arrested and the reign of corruption, terror, and anarchy comes to an end.

Review: Jai Gangajal is totally a PRAKASH JHA movie, literally.
The movie is no match to its predecessor but Priyanka Chopra's honest performance as Abha Mathur does make up for all the loopholes in the story.
Much like Gangaajal the movie makes an attempt to focus on the socially relevant topics like land grabbing, farmer suicides, rape etc.
Manav Kaul is the villain of the season but you do miss the presence of Prakash Jha regulars like Mukesh Tiwari, Ayub Khan, Yashpal Sharma who really add a touch of realism to such political dramas.
Overall a good watch that could have been a great sequel to a cult movie like Gangajal..
Just to make it clear JAI GANGAJAL has nothing to do with 2003's GANGAJAL, apart from the fact that both the films had the same director, both the movies deal with cops and both have something to do with police department against vigilante justice, in the former it was vigilante cops, here it is a whole neighborhood which resorts to vigilante justice.Abha Mathur (Priyanka Chopra) arrives as the New SP of Bankipur, Bihar a kind of recommended position by a minister with whom her family has good relations.
Bhola Nath Singh (Prakash Jha) the circle inspector is on the payroll of the local MLA (Manav Kaul) and gives them ample protection from the law.
The MLA's brother Babloo Pandey(Ninad Kamat) has a terror hold on the people and right at the moment they are trying hard to acquire land for a certain power plant.
Now Abha has to control the law and order in Bankipur where the people and the politicians/goons are with an internal war with one another and the police are forced to become mere spectators.The premise is awesome, but is completely drained out because of a weak screenplay, which goes wandering in the oft repeated scenes of honest police offer, corrupt police officer, politicians etc., in the first half, and even when the twist happens, the movie again seems like we are watching the same lady cop versus corrupt politician saga.Priyanka Chopra is excellent as Abha Mathur, she carries the film well, especially in the interrogation sequences and the final showdown.It is Prakash Jha as Bholenath who actually carries the film on his shoulders, as a corrupt cop turned vigilante supporter, the role has many shades.
Rahul Bhat is wasted, nothing much to discuss about him.It is Ninad Kamat, who steals the show as Babloo Pandey, he makes the role so loathsome that you in fact cheer for the fate which awaits him.Vega Tamotia is good as the unrelenting girl showing defiance even after being aware of the fate which awaits her.
She performs ably and holds her own against Prakash Jha and Priyanka Chopra.
The rest of the cast do what is expected of them, nothing to write home about .Salim-Suleman's music is OK, not so great, just flows along with the movie.If only the screenplay had been tighter, we would had a classic, but this where Prakash Jha falters, Disappointing fare, but not a bad movie.Watch it if you are a PC fan, otherwise stay put till you get to watch it on TV..
"Jai Gangajal" is a sequel Prakash Jha's much acclaimed "Gangajal" released in 2003.
A village entirely ravaged by the fear of the goons and a ferocious lady superintendent, trying to regulate law and order against the corrupt officials form the crux of the movie, which has been seen umpteenth of times in movies.
A Prakash Jha show, where he manages an above average performance in all acting, writing and direction..
But it gains a good pace towards the end of first half and bleakly manages to create its own identity.It has been underplayed by all the actors and that is the best part of the movie.
Manav Kaul as the prime villain is also a good watch.This movie remains a Prakash Jha show where he does everything from writing, acting and directing.
This brings down the direction levels a little bit but still the goodness of the movie lies in the repeat of a wonderful direction.There's a good support of an enthralling background score.Overall, a Prakash Jha show, where he manages an above average performance in all acting, writing and direction..
Why Priyanka was promoted when maximum role was for prakash jha.
The acting presented by ajay devgan coupled with prakash jha's direction made gangajal a peace to watch many time's but that was wasted in jai gangajal.
Although the concept and story was so good audience might stay with it till the end but will be left unsatisfied after half hearted acting and an attempt to introduce jha himself.
Even if jha acted in the lead role twisting the story in a different line it could have looked better.
Writer-Director Prakash Jha explores The Actor in him, in his very own 'Jai Gangaajal'.
Jha denominates the narrative, but a stronger Screenplay would've enhanced the impact!'Jai Gangaajal' Synopsis: A newly appointed Senior Inspector (Priyanka Chopra), finds herself against very powerful goons and having people from her own department against her.'Jai Gangaajal' has an absorbing, disturbing first-hour, where our protagonist fights it out with evil within politics & her very own department.
The fight between the good & bad, including Jha's transformation from a corrupt cop to a complete hero, could've done with a sharper pace & better Writing.
Background Score merits a special mention.Performance-Wise: Priyanka Chopra is convincing as the honest & tough cop, enacting the central part emotively.
Others lend adequate support.On the whole, 'Jai Gangaajal' has its moments & Jha emerges as an actor!.
Prakash Jha is famous for his contribution to hard-hitting political drama released in 2001 "Gangajal" starring Ajay Devgan which left no stone unturned in divulging the corruption and hypocrisy that is very much predominant in our society.
Let us check it out."Jai Gangaajal" tells the story of first female SP Abha Mathur (played by Priyanka Chopra) who is appointed to Bankipur district in Bihar where she combats against the Local MLA of Bankipur (played by Manav Kaul) and gangs of Lakhisarai district.Prakash Jha is famous for his contribution to hard-hitting political dramas like "Mrityudand" , "Gangajal" , "Rajneeti" and "Satyagraha" which left no stone unturned in divulging the corruption and hypocrisy that is very much predominant in our society.
"Jai Gangaajal" starts off with a bang with initial reels showcasing the introductory fight scene where Priyanka Chopra bashes the goons.
The few scenes in the first half are engaging but the actual drama unfolds when the corrupt cop B.N.Singh (played by Prakash Jha himself) has change of heart.
The movie follows series of events which is engrossing like the confrontation scene between Priyanka Chopra and Manav Kaul, the scene where Manav Kaul beats Prakash Jha and the climax scene.
However, the screenplay falters later and you began to loose interest in this elongated tale.Direction wise Prakash Jha chooses his favorite genre of "political drama" but loses the balances tripping down the rabbit hole.
Prakash Jha lends in a good support.
Manav Kaul is good as wicked politician.Overall , "Jai Gangaajal" is a sincere attempt to portray the stinking truth of Indian politics.
Its good to see a female solo in films stand out really well.The second surprise is Jha himself!
He really stands out as the corrupt cop who gradually recovers into a good one.Overall, see this film for its fine performances and really well made characterizations.Not perfect!
The best part about 'Jai Gangaajal', director Prakash Jha's latest foray into the country's badlands, is a surprise acting turn by Jha himself: as a corrupt-cop-with-a-latent-conscience, Jha looks as if he has been doing this all his life, so comfortable is he in front of the camera.Too bad you can't say the same for the leading lady.
You can see she's trying hard, especially in some of the 'action' sequences in which she has to kick and punch and thrash, but she's far too smooth for this part.Everything else in this sequel of 'Gangaajal', which replaces the khaki-clad Ajay Devgn with Priyanka Chopra, and pouring acid in the eye with a hanging from the nearest tree/post/fan, falls strictly in the seen-before-category.
Bankipur, a village over- run by greedy politicians, 'bikey-huey-cops', and self-serving locals, could be any Jha 'gaon' from his previous films.The detailing is just a little different—an effeminate 'chamcha' (Sharma), a young girl refusing to give up her patch of land (Tamotia), a podgy baddie in colourful shirts (Kamath; nice to see him in a substantial role)—but overall, this is Jha's much-traversed universe, in which the lawless rule and the law is an ass, till the hero (or in this instance, the heroine) shows up to clean up the mess..
And yet again Prakash Jha on silver screen, this time as a full time character lacks certain expression and acting, could have been more better.
This time Priyanka did a appreciable job,but Prakash Jha failed to create a wonder..
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.
Prakash Jha's movie shows the corruption that is so rampant in India.
After knowing that PC has been involved in some sleek Hollywood projects of late , it was expected to see her in a smart movie in Bollywood as well.It was with that expectation, I went to watch this movie.But 10 minutes into the movie, I could make out that it is nothing but a glorified Bhojpuri cinema without any panache, story line or substance.After watching trashes like Chakravyuha, Satyagraha,Arakshan or Rajneeti, hope was never high on Prakash Jha though.
This movie is more of a Bhojpuri street drama with loud dialogs, poor acting skills and very less common sense.I heard that Mr Jha is himself a politician of some sort.However the way scenes are depicted after the notification of Election, you rather can not stop chuckling at the immaturity and lack of knowledge of the Director.Being a civil servant myself, I was seriously irritated at the level of insensitivity of Mr.Jha. There is practically nothing to take home from a movie like this.Ms Chopra looks stunning in a scenes or two.Otherwise she is very average to say the least.The content of the movie is clichéd.In every frame there was a visible effort to recreate the magic of Gangajal, in which the director fails miserably.The movie drags unnecessarily without any substantial plot development.Character development is comical.Use of camera, a very essential ingredient for a movie like this is pathetic.
LIKE THIS PAGE : English Hindi TAMIL TELUGU Facebook : Movie Review by Yunus Irshad https://www.facebook.com/YunusIrshadsMovieReviewJai Gangaajal (U/A) Hindi ----------- my Rating: ★★★ SAME OLD POLITICAL DRAMA STRENGTHS:- * First half was awesome with crisp editing....
* Prakash Jha's performance from start till end....
it is a one time watch movie with some good performances of priyanka and prakash jha...
One thing is guarantee in Prakash jha movie, he covers 200 people in one shot.
having watched both gangajal and jai gangajal movies both have same motive but part 2 is better then part 1.
Director Mr. Prakash Jha had done better acting than direction.
Movie fantastic many people's showed the Movie, Hero's ya actor was doing Good acting.
Jai Gangaajal Review: Tough cops do not make a tough movie.
Reviewed by: Dare Devil Kid (DDK)Rating: 2.3/5 starsIt's been thirteen long years since the release of Prakash Jha's classic crime drama, the cop film Gangaajal.
Jai Gangaajal is neither a direct sequel of its predecessor nor does it pack as many gut-wrenching punches as the first film did.
Does the film live up to the lofty standards of the 2003 classic and Prakash Jha's direction in general?
Amidst all this is one of the region's main cops, B.N. Singh (Prakash Jha), who does have the guts and shrewdness of an astute policeman to set things right, but would rather pander to the miscreants for a share in the pie.Thrust into this volatile scenario is Abha Mathur (Priyanka) the district's first ever female S.P. She's as ballsy as she's sharp, and is in no mood of letting the most powerful of evildoers get away even with an inch of unlawful behavior.
How Mathur deals with these offenders; whether she is able to restore some semblance of law and order to the land; do the villagers finally get justice; and does Singh finally have a change of heart forms the rest of the film's narrative.While the above elements may seem like a step in the right direction to take Gangaajal's legacy forward – beside being something Jha is known to handle adeptly – the problems begins when Jha and his writers try to cram too many issues in the screenplay.
The outcome is a tad messy film that disappoints when so much more was expected form the combination of Jha and Chopra.Priyanaka, who's on a roll with her Hollywood projects, proves yet again why she's our most convincing actress in action scenes and while delivering tough dialogues.
If only, the proceedings on screen unfolded as evenly as their performances.Alas, Jai Gangaajal will go down as a film with some good punch- lines, few emotional moments, believable raw action, and nothing much else..
A typical cop drama, thats elevated by some good performances,and punchy dialogues.
Some topical issues of farmers committing suicide etc are highlighted in the film which makes Jai Gangaajal a very relatable, film about today times( there still is a 90s bollywood cop drama hangover feeling though).
Also the film springs a surprise in the acting department.But is JG worth your hard earned cash, well lets analyze.Story wise Bankepur is just another town in Central India that is plagued with corruption, land grabbing, rape and farmer suicides.
Will she be able to bring peace to a town that is being ravaged by its own politicians?Acting wise the newcomer/veteran director ( director of this film) Prakash Jha, is a revelation in the film.
I never knew PJ could be such a spectacular actor, the way he transforms from bad guy to good guy in the film is really surprising, his act is so nuanced for a first time actor( he is in his 60s).
Ninad Kamat is loud, and over acts at times but is passable as the MLA's land grabbing brother.Honestly I have been a huge fan of Prakash Jha, and his brand of cinema.
The film does hold ones attention, and the films topical issues like farmers committing suicide due to poverty, rape, and land grabbing make for grim riveting, realisticish watch.
And when Prakash Jha turns good and wreck havocs( when the kid takes revenge for his sister).
However JG is way over the top at times, for example people die so easily without any repercussions, and people grab land like there M&M's, the cops and Indian democratic system is not that impotent as shown in the film.
The films music is average, the background score is okay, and the production values are okay, they suit the rustic vibe of the film but there could have been more real locations rather than sets.Overall Jai Gangaajal is not a must watch, but its a one time watch for sure.
The great performances, the enjoyable political story, and punchy dialogues make for a good watch.People going in excepting a Priyanka Chopra show all the way will in for some of disappointment/surprise its a Prakash Jha film all the way acting and directing.3.25/5* 66% C+.
The situation changes when a new officer under the selection of a government officer moves into the territory, instead of bowing to the whims of the corrupt politicians and turning a blind eye to the brutality of goons she takes them on using the force of the law.The lead actress Priyanka Chopra plays SP Abha Mathur the honest Inspector who takes on MLA Babloo Pandey (Manav Kaul), chief land grabber (Ninad Kamat) and finds herself having to protect the rights of the bad guys has she tries to find out the truth about a series of brutal hangings.
The cinematography is good and this viewer could see how well it captured a dying town and a beaten people.This film uses its actors well and the characters though clichéd are good especially Prakash Jha (also the director)as the corrupt police officer, whose conscience is finally opened to what hes condoned.The only disappointment is the run of the mill ending..
More like a showreel for Prakash Jha the actor.
When GANGAAJAL was released, it was mistaken to be a normal cop drama but the film became famous and won awards, it is still remembered as Ajay's one of best performances and films.
In Jai Gangaajal, he also debuts as an actor and the film has him play an almost parallel lead to Priyanka Chopra.
The film is also too predictable and except some scenes there is nothing worthy to talk out.Direction is decent but the writing plays spoil spot Music is okay mostly playing in the background but as i said it spoils the impact.Priyanka Chopra gets to play a cop and she tries hard, she is decent but yet could've been more impactful at times, yet she gives a good performance- 7/10 Prakash Jha gets the most meatiest part(like Manoj Kumar in his heydays) and though he does a good job, giving him too much importance was not required - 6/10 The film has Ninad Kamat who played a small role in Airlift, playing a villain looking overweight he does a decent job at times he hams though - 5/10 Manav Kaul is getting typecast sadly in negative roles Murli Sharma seen mostly in Jha films does a decent job as usual Rahul Bhat has a small role and he does a good job Nitin Karmarkar is good too rest are okay.