Jil (film)

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Jil
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Directed by Radha Krishna Kumar
Written byRadha Krishna Kumar
Story byRadha Krishna Kumar
Produced byV. Vamsi Krishna Reddy
Pramod Uppalapati
Starring Gopichand
Raashi Khanna
Kabir Duhan Singh
Cinematography Sakthi Saravanan
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao
Music by Ghibran
Production
company
UV Creations
Distributed byLorgan Entertainment
(Australia & New Zealand) [1]
Release date
  • 27 March 2015 (2015-03-27)
[2]
Running time
130 min
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box office₹12.56 crore [3]

Jil (transl.Shivers) is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by debutant Radha Krishna Kumar. [4] It was produced by V. Vamsi Krishna Reddy and Pramod Uppalapati under UV Creations , [2] The film stars Gopichand, Raashi Khanna, and Kabir Duhan Singh in lead roles, with the music composed by Ghibran. Released on 28 March 2015, the film was commercially successful and later dubbed into Hindi by Goldmines Telefilms and released in 2016, as well as in Kannada by Mango Kannada and released in 2020.

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Plot

In Mumbai, A gangster named Chota Nayak escapes from police custody and sets out to look for his aide-turned-foe Ranganath, who turned police informer and stole Nayak's money worth ₹10,000 crore (US$1.2 billion). Jai is a fire department officer in Hyderabad who happens to help Ranganath who soon dies due to the fire accident. Nayak suspects Jai to be an accomplice of Ranganath and reaches Hyderabad to enquire him about Ranganath. Jai meets Savithri and they start dating to know about each other.

Meanwhile, Nayak traces Jai and enquires him to reveal about his conversation with Ranganath, to which Jai objects and warns him not to trouble him again. Nayak threatens to kill whoever is close to Jai and keeps his word when he kills Jai's friend Ajay and Jai's uncle in a fire accident, after which Jai kills Nayak's brother. Jai then sends his family to a safe place, but Savithri, unaware of Nayak's presence, talk to Jai. Nayak then finds out about Savitri and captures her and he threatens to kill her if Jai does not hand over the money. Jai realizes where the money is and rifles through Ranganath's coat, where he finds a book containing the bank account and password where the money is located.

Jai calls Nayak, and they meet at a desolate market for the exchange, but the exchange goes wrong when ACP Parasuram tries to capture Nayak. Nayak escapes, much to Parasuram's dismay. Later, Nayak gains access to the bank account and finds it empty as all the money had been transferred to the injured Savithri's account. Nayak tries reviving Savithri in an abandoned construction site with the help of doctors, who revives her from the injuries and reveals her account number. Jai arrives and sets fire to the building where he sends Savithri in the hospital ambulance and defeats Nayak's henchmen and stops the financial transaction. Jai faces Nayak and brutally kills him, thus avenging Ajay and his uncle's death. After this, Jai goes on a date with Savithri.

Cast

Soundtrack

Jil
Film score by
Ghibran
Released
  • 12 March 2015 (2015-03-12)
Recorded2015
Genre Soundtrack
Length19:22
Label Junglee Music
Producer Ghibran
Ghibran chronology
Amara Kaaviyam
(2014)		Jil
(2015)		 Uttama Villain
(2015)

The film's music was composed by Ghibran and released by Junglee Music Company.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Man on Fire" Sri Mani Yazin Nizar, Bianca Gomes3:35
2."Jil Jil Jil" Ramajogayya Sastry Yazin Nizar, Shalmali Kholgade 4:24
3."Swing Swing Swing"Srijo Blaaze, Sangita Santosham 3:40
4."Emaindi Vela" Krishna kanth Clinton Cerejo, Sharanya Gopinath, arman hossain3:40
5."Pori Masala Pori" Ramajogayya Sastry Nivin Bedford, Sharanya Gopinath, arman hossain3:38
Total length:19:22

Promotion and release

The first look teaser of the film was released on 6 March 2015 on the occasion of Holi. [5] The movie was released on 27 March. [6]

Reception

123telugu gave 3.25 out of 5 stars and wrote "On the whole, Jil is one of the most stylized films that has come out in the recent past. Stunning visuals, peppy music and decent performances are basic assets. If you end up bearing the routine story and a predictable second half, you can definitely watch the masala entertainer this weekend." [7]

Idlebrain rated the movie 3 out of 5 and reviewed that first half of the film is nice compared to the second half. It identified technical standards, production values, and songs as being strong components. [8] The Times of India gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "The tone of the film flip-flops from being drab to extremely violent within a matter of few minutes, which never lets you to sink your teeth deep into the story.". [9]

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