JL 50 REVIEW : HONEST ATTEMPT AT CONCOCTING A TALE OF TRANSTEMPORAL TRAVEL
STORY: A passenger aircraft AO 26 is hijacked and in a distant hamlet close to Bagdogra, one other aircraft JL 50’s simply crashed. The catch is that the latter had taken off from the Kolkata airport 35 years in the past and was by no means seen since that fateful day. How did it crash in spite of everything these years? And what transpired?
REVIEW: The yr is 1984 and pilot Bhiu Ghosh (Ritika Anand, additionally the producer) is gorging on some fast breakfast whereas her thoughts wanders again to the ideas of a misplaced beloved one. “Kab tak aisa chalega? Bahut kuch hota hai zindagi mein par kuch ruk nahin jaata…” explains the mom. “Aami bhaalo achhi, Maa,” Bhiu assures her and leaves the desk, saying she is getting late for her flight. Bhiu Ghosh just isn't seen for 35 lengthy years till sooner or later, she does.
On a winter morning, within the far off neighbouring hills of Bagdogra (West Bengal), a aircraft crashes into its dense forests and JL 50 is discovered. Evidently, the flight was hijacked and there have been solely two survivors – Bhiu and a sure Mister Biswajeet Chandra Mitra (Piyush Mishra). The suited-booted Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer Shantanu (Abhay Deol) arrives on the hospital for routine questioning – the 2 survivors haven’t aged a day and the group is now baffled at this revelation.
Written and directed by Shailender Vyas, the air surrounding ‘JL 50’ is intense and the characters concerned converse a definite matter-of-factly language (apart from Rajesh Sharma’s Gaurango; he’s for comedian aid). True, in current instances, this present is by far some of the bold sci-fi/time journey tasks in Indian cinema and is off to a rocking begin. Initially, this four-part sequence showcases the potential to set a fairly excessive bar for all the films/exhibits that comply with on this style within the years to come back. But that spark runs out of steam because the present progresses – as is, time travel-meets-noir is a posh composite and ‘JL 50’ may have been so many issues however it chooses to over-simplify the subject and be yet one more half-baked tackle transtemporal journey as a substitute. Perhaps in an try to make it simpler for the viewers to understand, Vyas fast-forwards the small print and provides a splash of drama to it – once more, our hunch is that it was to overcompensate for selecting an clever theme and cater to the style buds of the native content material shoppers.
Acting-wise, main the pack are two sweethearts of parallel cinema – Pankaj Kapur as Professor Das and Abhay Deol as officer Shantanu. Deol is restrained and means enterprise because the devoted high cop exhibiting shades of cynicism whereas being cautiously curious in regards to the unknown. Kapur is good because the dodgy man of quantum physics sandwiched between ill-intentions and inquisitiveness. Das is each delusional and omniscient, and the veteran actor juggles each the aspects of his character's persona with utmost ease. Despite being the catalyst, Mishra's Mitra makes a short but impactful look. It would have been fascinating to see extra of him in the identical body with Pankaj Kapur. Ritika Anand’s portrayal of the recovering pilot was unconvincing to start with however she bounces again in direction of the tip and will get a grip on Bhiu. However, Anand nonetheless wanted to sharpen the sides and was the weakest hyperlink of the present.
‘Jl 50’ is a fruits of mythology, warfare, historical past and science however it wanted an in-depth dealing with which the plot-line sadly began to lack proper after the very first episode. But we firmly imagine that it could be prison to not encourage one thing as daring as this and so the sporadic VFX hiccups are forgiven simply this one time. Why? Because, as Professor Das, mentioned, “America mein ho toh phenomena, humare country main ho toh only a story?”
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