They are so bad that just these sequences can be tried in a real court for perjury. Courtroom sequences are nicely carved jokes here, where the judge is sleeping and the advocates themselves reaching a verdict, even making few educated guesses in front of him it was unintentional humor.
It reminded me of its actress and I was done for the day.
There's even a hip hop song by Badshah somewhere which had great similarities with his number in Khoobsurat. Trying to slip in few songs between a thriller film is the lowest thing Gupta has done for Jazbaa. The protagonist plays a lawyer who only defends known, guilty offenders because, she claims, "those who are not guilty cannot afford her." With this attitude, I had Arybhatta's greatest invention of cares to give. Reacting throughout the film like you hate everybody is not the appropriate type of characterization that one adds into a story whose climax is more apparent than the actors' ages. Bachchan's performance is particularly cringe-worthy as she moves here and there with a dead stare in her eyes and a lion's roar for a throat. Do you think you would scream "Where are you?" to a kidnapper who has just abducted your baby? Mr. Apart from those delivered by Khan, all the dialogs are preposterous. Throwing green and more green at you just because it's your signature style does not work anymore. What follows is neither new to our thriller senses nor is novel by any of its look-good approaches. To our surprise, she agrees to pay the unique ransom, and helping her in her child-saving mission is her childhood friend (really?), rustily played by Khan who is himself fighting an alleged graft case for heck's sake. Suddenly, her school-going daughter is kidnapped by a tech-savvy abductor-cum-hacker-cum-righteous mamzer who demands that she fight the case of a convicted drug dealer and let him walk free. Boy, she can scream anywhere, anytime, and at anybody. After showing the audience that she is fit and fine to come back to the screen by running through Marine Drive, Bachchan starts portraying the roles of a criminal lawyer, a marathon sprinter, a helicopter mom, and a Gold medalist screamer.
Had it been 7 years, you would have got Jazbaaa, 8 then Jazzbaaa, 9 then Jjazzbaaa, and so on, but that's not the issue here. Take the recipe, add an actress who had a hiatus of at least 5 years, and you get Jazbaa. Take a city, add bombastic dialogs, add lots of green, and you get a Sanjay Gupta Film. On the whole, 'Jazbaa' isn't a bad watch, but it could've been sharper nonetheless! Siddhanth Kapoor & Jackie Shorff are wasted. Shabana Azmi is quite effective, while Chandon Roy Sanyal hams it up as the convict. Despite being given the most filmy lines, the fantastic actor has a ball playing the cop. Performance-Wise: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan returns on-screen after a hiatus & the actress is very sincere in her portrayal of a desperate mother. Gupta's Writing needed to have more force! Gupta's Direction, on the other-hand, is stylized. The corny dialogue, however, seem too filmy for a thriller such as this. The Protagonist's struggle to win back her daughter, with many twists & turns, sometimes arrest, but are predictable otherwise. But, Gupta's Adapted Screenplay appeals in bits & pieces. The pace is fast & the visual appeal holds. 'Jazbaa' begins tepidly & remains dull for its most of its first-hour, but it gathers tremendous momentum in its second-hour. She's accompanied by a disgraced cop, who realizes there is much more to what's happening, than what it appears to be. 'Jazbaa' Synopsis: After her daughter is kidnapped, An idealistic lawyer has to defend & bail out a heinous criminal, in order to get her child back. A remake of the 2007 South Korean film Seven Days, 'Jazbaa' Directed by Sanjay Gupta, is a stylish thriller, but sadly, its soulless! Though not without its share of moments & a cast that willingly delivers, this visually striking film, lacks depth.