JugJugg Jeeyo is a comedy drama, but there is neither a funny comedy in the film that makes you laugh, nor is the drama such that it shakes. The people associated with the film could not understand where the film has to be comic and where it is serious, it does not enhance the tone of the film.
There is a senior couple and a junior couple in the story. Bheem Saini (Anil Kapoor) seeks a divorce from his wife Geeta Saini (Neetu Kapoor) after 35 years of marriage, as Bheem believes that there is no romance left in Geeta. Till now, he has not told this to Geeta.
Bheem calls his son Kukku (Varun Dhawan) and daughter-in-law Naina (Kiara Advani) from Canada to Patiala for the wedding of his daughter Ginni (Prajakta Kohli), who have been married for 5 years. There is no heat left in Kukku and Naina’s relationship, and they both also want a divorce.
Since Ginni is getting married, everyone is silent, but during the drinking period, things open up. Seeing this condition of the marriage of her parents and brother, Ginni herself gets into thinking whether she should marry or not.
The story of the film is written by Anurag Singh and the screenplay is written by Rishabh Sharma, Anurag Singh, Sumit Batheja and Neeraj Udhwani. Things like marriage, love and compromise in marriage, divorce have been told in the story, but they do not emerge anywhere. Screenplay is not written properly.
Seeing Bheem and Geeta, it does not seem that there is any problem in their married life. Bheem seems to be a very good person in the film, but he has been called selfish and stoic. This is rarely reflected in his behavior. Admittedly, he is having a romance with Meera (Tisca Chopra), but this romance is shown in such a funny way that the seriousness of the matter ends.
Why is Bheem getting divorced after all, this question bothers me. When Geeta learns that Bheem is getting divorced from her, why doesn’t she ask any questions?
Meera and Bheem love each other very much, but when Bheem goes to Meera’s place to stay, she does not allow him to enter the house. This behavior of Meera is not understandable. The arguments given behind this behavior are childish. It is also incomprehensible to leave Bheem’s house before his daughter’s wedding.
Bheem tells his son that it’s not Meera, but I have rejected Meera. There is no point in this lie and the writers have written this thing only for their convenience so that the drama can be created in the climax.
The change of heart shown in the end by Kukku-Naina and Bheem is done to end the film, while the characters do not see any solid reason for it. There are flaws in the script and what the writers want to say, they have missed out because the characters are often seen behaving differently from the script of the film, which has lost the sharpness of the drama.
The first half hour of the film is boring. After this there are some light moments, but after the interval, things get messy again. There is no complaint with the length of the film, but it is natural to complain when the length starts to falter.
Director Raj Mehta, who had earlier made a great film like Good Newwz, could not tell the story properly. They could not decide where to laugh and where to be serious. The film is not even entertaining enough to admit all the weaknesses.
Anil Kapoor’s character is not written properly, but his acting is good. Neetu Kapoor has played Meera well. Varun Dhawan is acting similar and his limits are seen in many scenes. Kiara Advani was average in terms of acting. Maniesh Paul certainly gave respite and laughs in many scenes. Overall, JugJugg Jeeyo is an average film. Tries to do something different, but things don’t work out.
