Jigyaasa

Jigyaasa (Indian-Hindi-Subtitled) is a story of an innocent girl and her journey from nowhere to super stardom in film industry of bollywood. According to me this is one of the best film i've ever seen on the life of an actress. Hrishita Bhatt has performed very well. Her character transformation from an innocent girl to a devilish diva has been captured and explained very well. The best part of the movie was the flashback narrations. The three different characters in the movie shows three different flashback of the actress and that is what keeps you tight. The film's duration is of 140 minutes and believe me not a single minute makes a bore view. The camera work is very good. The editing was tight and crispy despite of a drama genre. The direction and story-telling reminds you of a Quentin Tarantino cinema. For the first time on Indian cinema, Scenes of Sadism & S&M have been incorporated. These scenes are decently pictured and do not look vulgar or cheap. Finally a good film to look for!!!

Being a Journalist myself from Afghanistan i can very easily relate to the Character Jigyaasa Mathur. After reading so many reviews i purchased this movie from amazon.com and i was really very thrilled by what i saw on my screen.

The film talks about the journey of a Super Star. The story is very well told. The lead actress Hrishita Bhatt performs very well and from her heart. Especially when she becomes manipulating and dominating devilish diva. It makes you believe that how a cruel world can make a Innocent Girl's life so miserable that she becomes so cruel. The camera work of the film is however to be ignored. But it is the film that keeps you Tight and Going.

The film according to me is somewhere related and inspired from the life of Late Actress Jean Seberg. Her lifestyle, Her way of treating men and especially her mysterious death. I saw that everything in this movie Jigyaasa. I have read and researched a lot about Jean Seberg and i found that out in this movie. The only hitch was that Jigyaasa was an Indian film with an Indian Language. But still!! Daring and Gutsy at the same time.

However i will not agree with other viewers comments about this film reminding of GIA. Because this film is the life of an Actress. But yes! It does reminds a lot of Late Jean Seberg!!!

One thing that i liked most about this movie was some very brilliant performances by the players. The film somewhere lacked glossiness that all Indian Films required. The camera work must be totally ignored. The editing was good. However i think that the first half must have been trimmed a little. Too much of explanations did not required.

The second half was good enough and racy. The story telling and direction was simple and good enough. According to me the performance of all the actors especially Hrishitaa Bhatt was daring! The actor who performed Jigyaasa's Mother was simply superb. This film also reminds you of GIA somewhere. But here we get to see the life of a Super Star and in GIA we saw the life of a Super Model. This film also have shades of late actress Jean Seberg. But it is clearly not mentioned i suppose.

A good film with some Brilliant Performances!

I think this film is more of a decent drama of the year 2006. It had some very brilliant performances from the stars like Hrishitaa Bhatt (Who according to me acted very well for the first time).

The only thing that made me sat and watch the whole film was Direction and Story Telling which was pacey.

The serious Hidden Personality/Celebrity attack in the film was hilarious!! Something special to look for!!

The camera work was really boring! I think that this cameraman is a First Time cameraman who does not know the Angels. The editing was really sharp and moving. The music again was a let down.

The actors were Mind Blowing again. The story has the power to keep you a hold of the film. The direction was simple and very decent. Scenes look was again in a decent way handled and did not look vulgar at all. A good film to look for.

I have seen Hrishitaa Bhatt previously acting as a Girl Next Dorr kind of image in her every film. But this film was different. I heard this every where that people called it a Bad Film in India and blah! and blah! I saw this film the other day when our cable guy was screening this film.

Actually all that i heard Bad Reviews about this film were baseless. The producers may have brought this film as a Sex Drama but it turned out to be a message filled film. The camera work of the film was somehow bad and the music too. But over all it was a decent film to see. According to me, This could be Hrishitaa Bhatt's most genuine and best performance till date. She was good in "Haasil" but as i said, A girl next door kind of role again. But in this film she totally plays Mallika Sherawat.

I would recommend this movie to every thought provoking cinema lover.