Nanu Ki Jaanu Movie Review: Traffic advisory garnished with emotional and comic overtones

This week saw the release of two different genre films Nanu Ki Jaanu and Majid Majidi’s Beyond The Clouds. While Beyond The Clouds was bearing emotional implications, Nanu Ki Jaanu lies on the other end of the spectrum. It belongs to the horror-comedy genre, which not many Bollywood films have exploited yet. Despite having an entirely different and experimental subject, the Abhay Deol and Patralekhaa-starrer hits the mark to create an impact. With the star cast boasting of acclaimed actors Abhay Deol and Patralekhaa, Nanu Ki Jaanu might come out as a ‘Feeka Pakwan’ for the movie buffs. 

Nanu Ki Jaanu Plot 

The film’s narrative revolves around a young woman, Siddhi (Patralekhaa) who loses her life in a freak accident. She falls in love with the man, Nanu (Abhay Deol) who tries his level best to save her life, but couldn’t.  Within the last few minutes of her life, she finds love in a complete stranger who extended a helping hand when no one did. Nanu, on the other hand, is a conman who dupes landlords into selling their property by blackmailing them. Siddhi leaves the mortal world  but stays by Nanu’s side, transforming him into an entirely different man who walks on ‘Imaandaari Ki Raah’. In return for her love, Nanu vows to find the man responsible for Siddhi’s death only to come face-to-face with an appalling reality.

Nanu Ki Jaanu Review

The film starts in a typical Bollywood way with the hero breaking into houses and throwing up his Munnabhai antics.  Abhay Deol tries to fit into the shoes of a gangster but his innocent dimpled smile gives it away. The first fifteen minutes of the film passes away giving us a glimpse of Nanu’s swanky life, which consists of his friends, guns, a black Scorpio car and lots of extorted properties. Abhay Deol comes back to his form when Patralekhaa enters the scene. To be precise, he’s more presentable as a lover boy in the film, than the conman. 

Patralekhaa on the other hand, has a short lived (visible) role in the film. Just like Nanu, we can only feel her presence in the form of blue-tinted hands and heavy breathing. The actor who floored the movie buffs with her debut performance in Citylights, had little to do in Nanu Ki Jaanu. 
The supporting cast, especially Manu Rishi deserves a special mention here. He has played the role of Nanu’s close aide Dabbu in the film. The screen lights up whenever Rishi makes an appearance. He has also contributed to the film as a writer. The triumph of his character is so massive that audience begins wishing for his role to never end in the film. 

All in all, Nanu Ki Jaanu could’ve been an average masala entertainer film, but the climax somewhat ruined an otherwise fair movie. In the end, it sums up as a ‘Janhit Me Jaari’ traffic advisory which asks its viewers to always wear helmet and don’t text and drive. However, it was necessary for the generation glued to their smartphones. 

Conclusively, Nanu Ki Jaanu is an entertaining movie. If you can survive a few glitches here and there, you will enjoy this movie on a weekend. This week no other entertainment movie is releasing giving the film a vast corridor at theatres. 

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