Review of Janhit Mein Jaari, a brave Bollywood film about condoms
Janhit Mein Jaari movie cast: Nushrratt Bharuucha, Anud Singh Dhaka, Paritosh Tripathi, Vijay Raaz, Brijendra Kala, Tinnu Anand, Ishtiyak Khan, Sapna Sand Janhit Mein Jaari movie director: Jai Basantu Singh Pretty Manokamna Tripathi is a perfect candidate for a ‘good match’. She also markets condoms. Straight away, that is a problem. How can a good Indian girl do such a ‘ganda kaam’ (dirty work)? By making a ‘parivarik’ (family) comedy out of it, that’s what. Calling a condom, a ‘chhatri’ (umbrella) is an old joke, but it is turned into a perky element in ‘Janhit Mein Jaari’, which uses humor well enough up to a point, to make its point — that it’s no sin to talk up protection during sex. To that end, we have a solid ensemble. Manokamna (Nushrratt Bharuucha) desires a paying job. The one she gets offered, by a good-natured distributor (Brijendra Kala) of said condoms, has no strings attached, except for a loyal lovelorn best friend (Paritosh Tripathi...