NO ONE KILLED JESSICA - great subject,average execution

When one goes to watch a flick which is based on true life incidence there bound to be some expectations especially if that incidence occurred few years back and caught everybody's attention. After watching NOKJ, it was a mixed feeling as one feels strongly for subject but execution lacked depth and intensity.


Jessica Lal murder case and its investigation was a case where media pressure and pubic anger resulted in justice and this part comes across quite impact fully in NOKJ. But Rajkumar Gupta really fails to showcase phenomenon of underdog gaining supremacy over powerful opponent as ending is abrupt without revealing any proceedings of how all victims sentenced.


Second, characters of Rani and Vidya are one dimensional where Rani is dominating from bed to boardroom and Vidya is so mellowed from courtroom to streets.These characters fail to create long lasting impact like Kabeer Khan of 'Chak De India' or Mohan Bhargava of 'Swadesh'.


And above all, the over dramatization of content is real culprit as you really crave for more sensitive and simplistic handling of subject. Like culprit's mother keep asking for his son in comic way and Rani continues with her abusive avatar. These tactics may evoke few claps but trivialize the whole thing.


After directing a complete stunner in 'AAMIR', Rajkumar Gupta falls short this time although he should be praised for his choice of subject and music (by Amit Trivedi), the high points of the film.