Review : Jurm

Jurm is the story of Avinash Malhotra (Bobby Deol), who one morning awakens to police presence in his home. His beloved wife, Sanjana (Lara Dutta) has apparently been murdered (there is no body), Avinash has blood stains all over him, and is arrested on murder charges. Avinash has no memory of the past night, but recounts his past for the benefit of the police inspector (Ashish Vidyarthi). The viewer is made aware of his romantic entanglement with Sanjana and of his subsequent marriage to her, leading to dashed hopes on the part of Avinash’s good friend Sonia (Gul Panag), who is secretly in love with him.

Avinash’s good friend and lawyer, Rohit (Milind Soman) steps in to defend Avinash in court, but doesn’t manage to get him off. Avinash then decides to hunt down Sanjana’s killer, and escapes from jail, only to face 3 bullets from his adversary. Avinash’s questionable survival (oh, yeah, survival of hindi film hero from numerous bullets – that one’s up in the air), and his quest for justice are what make up the rest of this pathetic movie.

OK, so why pathetic ? Firstly, guessable plot, there have been a spate of who-done-my-spouse-in murder mysteries lately. Secondly, lost reality, Vikram Bhatt, takes the viewer on another mindless, predictable hindi movie ride, where not much makes sense, and the laws of medicene (try and survive 3 bullets) and physics are flouted endlessly. Thirdly, actors who can’t act, namely Deol, Dutta, Soman, and Gul Panag. Fourthly, atrocious screenplay.

Music isn’t too bad, but for that you just need a CD, and can spare yourself visual trouble. So, unless you really have nothing better to do (and a dental appointment for a root canal is preferable to this) , AVOID.