Jogi

Every character in the movie plays there role to brilliance .... Even the supporting cast specially mother of jogi.. she is just mind blowing ... coming to Diljit Dosanjh .. I think he is most underrated actor in bollywood because the level of acting he does in the movie is just amazing .. looking forward to see him in more bollywood movies ... movie is gripping , full of tension till last , and obviously emotional ride. From the starting of the movie it finds the path ... extra ordinary well directed first half by Ali abbas Jaffar .. can say loose grip in second half but acting level in the second half was just unbelievable.

A few movies have been made on the communal violence in Punjab following the assassination of Prime minister Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984 by her Sikh bodyguards. Talented director Ali Abbas Zafar has made an absorbing and emotional movie which moves you in a big way as it unfolds. A good point of the movie is the superb acting of Diljit Dosajnh as a young Sikh ( Jogi) and Zeeshan Ayyub as his childhood friend Inspector Ravinder. Both have given superlative performances which could get them awards .Kumud Mishra has acted well as a local politician. It is difficult to judge how correctly the movie recreates the actual events that took place. ( This can best be done by people who were there during those days.) The movie keeps the audience engaged with the emotions of the characters. However the film has two negative points. One, a backstory about Diljit's tragic romance ( girl friend Amyra Dastur in a cameo), which becomes an unnecessary diversion from the serious plot. It could have been avoided. Two, the climax looked rather too filmy and not a suitable conclusion to the heart wrenching story.

The biggest achievement of Jogi is that it depicts all characters as human beings--flawed and broken--but humans nonetheless. There are no knights in shining armours and no evil demons. Even the bad guys are not religious fanatics but political opportunists, depicting a reality that has played out far too many times in modern-day India. There have been better films on communal violence but very few as layered and as real as Jogi.

The film may be unpalatable for some given its realism and bold depiction of administration's complicity in violence against a community, but it is an important watch nonetheless, and a step forward for Hindi cinema.

I must say that this movie took me by surprise. I didn't expect this movie to be that good.

This movie is based on true events, which took place during the mid '80s. Those were the times when many countries had racial and religious riots.

I wasn't aware of these bitter events that took place in India during the '80s, so it was so sad to see that the assassination of one human being, led people in attempting to take revenge and brutally ethnic cleanse one whole race from one particular country just because two members from their ethnic group happened to be the ones who assassinated their Prime Minister.

I think the cast did an excellent job and the movie was produced and directed perfectly, so this one deserves a perfect 10 stars from me as it's one of the best films I've seen in a very long time.

This is one film which is not to be missed and I would highly recommend it.. I recommend the dubbed in English version if Hindi/Urdu isn't your first language.

The truth is too scary and it would have taken immense courage for one to be brutally honest in the depiction of 1984 riots against a particular minority community (Sikh) that took place in almost all part of the country (specially Northern region) in the same time duration.

They chose the narrative from a single person perspective, thus limiting the story line to a man and a lane in a city (that happens to be the national capital as well). Considering the limited approach to one of the terrifying incident in the history of mankind, I would say team Jogi did quite well.

Very intense screenplay, specially the escape sequence and commendable acting by all the main characters. The makers were also successfully in embedding the love story of the lead character without compromising the intensity of the plot (this has something to do with editing department).

This movie wouldn't disappoint you, just watch it with an open mind without too much expectation.