Jalsa Telugu Movie
The protagonist of the movie rightly asks - what are a common man left with when the big shots distribute the sky (air spaces and satellites), earth, water, wind, and energy among themselves? A common man has to fight for everything from the air he breathes to the house he lives in. Life is a continuous struggle.
One such common man, Sanjay Sahu ( Pavan Kalyan) finds that life is a continuous struggle not because of God's design but because the plots and schemes of self seeking big shots. Growing up in a village Sanjay Sahu witnesses helplessly as his brother, father, and mother die. His mother dies within six hours of his father dying. The root cause of the untimely deaths is money, or more appropriately the lack of it. Frustrated, Sanjay Sahu hits back at the henchmen of the landlord (the biggest shot) of his village. At this juncture he is spotted by a naxal leader and invited to join in.
Kamaleeni Mukerjee is madly in love with Sanjay Sahu. They plan to marry. She asks Sanjay to talk to her father about the marriage. Her father (Prakash Raj, who else) instead of giving permission, gives a sound lecture and their marriage doesn't materialize. Kamaleeni Mukherjee marries a person that her father has picked up. Sanjay shamelessly takes his friends to the wedding reception to enjoy the food.
Ileana and Parvati Melton are friends. On their way back from a game of squash they are harassed by the same big shot's son and his group of friends. In comes a drunken Sanjay Sahu, a kung fu champion and multiple academic degree holders and stylishly bashes the guys to pulp. Both the girls get smitten with love for Sanjay.
Sounds like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle? These and other pieces when put together they present a beautiful picture in Jalsa.
And Jalsa is an excellent socially relevant movie if you can tolerate many bottles of blood (or ketch up) spilled in some scenes. Jalsa mixes social issues, with trendy love, and stylized fights. All the scenes are garnished with super comedy. Good comedy sustains the interest of the audience throughout the movie.
Trivrikram's brilliance in direction is palpable throughout the movie. The script and direction show a lot of depth of understanding human psyche. For instance, Sanjay refuses the love advances of Parvati Melton. Ileana rightly ponders whether her love will be reciprocated by Sanjay as he has refused the love of a more attractive girl. Or when Sanjay comes back from the cremation ground to find his mother dead, he just tells his friend "we have to go to the cremation ground again".
Sunil as a guy that's ten seconds faster than any other person in everything that he does and Brahmanandam as a cop whip up good comedy. But it's the talent of Trvrikram to present even the most serious scenes in a comical fashion that wins the viewers over. Pavan Kalyan has a hit after a long time. I almost forgot to mention, the music is good too.
