{"id":1670,"date":"2016-06-11T03:43:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T03:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2016-06-11T03:43:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T03:43:10","slug":"julie-2-movie-review-pahlaj-nihalani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=1670","title":{"rendered":"Just How Sanskaari is Pahlaj Nihalani\u2019s Julie 2?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

N<\/span>ow that the much anticipated <\/p>Julie 2<\/em>, or ex-CBFC<\/a> chief Pahlaj Nihalani<\/a>\u2019s return to his roots (remember Khada hai<\/a>?) has hit theatres, we finally have the chance to investigate the one mystery that\u2019s been plaguing us all: Exactly how sanskaari is Nihalani\u2019s latest production?\nAccording to Nihalani, Julie 2<\/em> has no \u201cvulgarity, obscenity, or even a language problem.\u201d The film is a bold thriller about how talented people come into the industry and are then forced to compromise: An expos\u00e9 with a message for aspiring actors. But all it takes is the first 10 minutes of the film\u2019s 137-minute runtime to realise that Pahlaj Nihalani, a man with a reputation of being off-mark, has never been more off-mark.\n\nJulie 2<\/em> is proof that gifting Nihalani<\/a> a dictionary is the need of the hour. Neither is any part of Julie 2<\/em> bold, nor is it an expos\u00e9 with a message. What it is instead is a juvenile film that ends up romanticising the casting couch, encourages awful rhyming, and blatant objectification of women.\n\nEvery song in the film, for instance, is designed with the intent of either having a camera zoom in on Raai Lakshmi\u2019s (the eponymous Julie) breasts and stomach, or show her getting drenched: Julie gets drenched during the title track (there\u2019s actually a shot of water hitting her breasts, shown in two split frames); while shooting a song with Telugu superstar Ravi Kumar; and a random scene of her taking a dip in the water and getting baptised. She even finds a pool in the middle of the friggin\u2019 desert. Sanskaar level: non-existent.\n

Julie is a hardworking, naive, and extraordinarily kind struggler, adamant on becoming an actress without \u201ccompromise\u201d. Yet, she ends up not just compromising once, but several times over.<\/blockquote>\nJulie is a hardworking, naive, and extraordinarily kind struggler, adamant on becoming an actress without \u201ccompromise\u201d. Yet, she ends up not just compromising once, but several times over: With a Telugu superstar who cheats on her because she declines his vacation invitation (If there\u2019s anything worse than seeing Ravi Kishen act, it\u2019s definitely seeing him in a sex scene) and an underworld don who wants her to leave every place within four hours. In the name of being an expos\u00e9 on the film industry\u2019s casting couch, the film actually ends up glorifying it. Sanskaar level: non-existent times 100.\n\nBut what really gets my goat is the gall of the man. What passes for \u201cbold\u201d here, is a tacky kissing scene from the man who shortened a kiss in Daniel Craig\u2019s Spectre. The same CBFC chief who objected to a bra in Ayushmann Khuranna<\/a>\u2019s Dum Laga Ke Haisha has ensured that Julie 2<\/em> is essentially a lingerie showreel. The same man who was on a mission to protect \u201cIndian culture\u201d is backing a film littered with sex scenes<\/a> and the blatant objectification of women with songs like \u201cMain Chennai ka rasam, main tandoor garam.\u201d Sanskaar level: non-existent raised to the power of\u2026 oh, let\u2019s just give up.\n\nHalfway through Julie 2<\/em>, the film inexplicably forgets its intention of being an erotic film, and ends up as a love letter to Jesus. Julie 2<\/em> is two-hour-long evidence that Pahlaj Nihalani needs to make better use of his free time. And load up on some sanskaar, while he\u2019s at it.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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