Cheap and tacky!. Review on Jigyaasa

Cast-Hrishita Bhatt

Director-?

Released on-10th March

The dreams and aspirations of a small-town simpleton to make big it in Biz world and how this world uses them to suit their interests, have been witnessed umpteen times before .Jigyasa follows the same path!

Jigyaasa Mathur [Hrishita Bhatt] wanted to be different!

She didn't want to be on of those thousands of girls who formed a major part of the percentage who go back to their homes dejected, disappointed, and unsuccessful. In fact she wanted to be a part of that miniscule, yet existing percentage of girls who achieve what they have set out for.

Even if that means throwing away one’s values, one's principals!

A middle class girl, she belonged to a respectable middle class family and lived with her mother Malini Mathur [Varsa Usgaonkar], a school teacher. She was innocent yet dreamt that she had it in her to make it to the top. And soon she realized that the only way to be there was to sell everything that she ever had. And that's not just her values, principals and teachings. It's much more than that...her own body!

She had the talent, willpower and ambition, but that didn't seem to be sufficient enough to give her what she aspired for. But as soon as she combined the power of her own self to these traits, things started falling in place for her.

The director and writer of the film seem heavily inspired by Bollywood scandals. Coincidentally, the story of the flick also bears a slight resemblance to the recently released Page 3. Unfortunately, in this case, the drama is not riveting and the effort is half-baked .

The story starts in such a fashion that you take time to grasp the goings-on.

Also, the pace of the film drops alarmingly soon after the intermission and with no strong content to talk of, the proceedings tend to get boring. Even the climax is a complete letdown.

Direction is very cheap. Music is also of the fast-forward quality.

Among the cast, it is Hrisitha who leaves a mark. In fact, it is her performance that infuses life in an otherwise drab film.

On the whole, Jigyasa is a cheap product. It may appeal to a very, very small segment of cinegoers – the front benchers – but even they won't come out feeling satiated. Poor.