JugJugg Jeeyo—the new Dharma movie starring Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani, Anil Kapoor, and Neetu Kapoor—is in constant conflict with itself.
Is it a comedy or a drama? Does it want to portray emotionally evolved modern characters, or does it want to be a slapstick Govinda film from the ‘90s? Does it really want to expose patriarchal mindsets, or does it want to devote its entire runtime to torturing its female characters instead?
We unpack this—and more—as we talk about JugJugg Jeeyo’s tonal inconsistencies, the terror that it feels every time it comes close to examining a serious theme, and the tall claim that it is Dharma’s answer to Marriage Story.
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