Jung (2000 film)

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Jung
Jung film poster.jpg
Promotional poster of the film
Directed by Sanjay Gupta
Screenplay by Abhinav Kashyap
Anurag Kashyap
Produced bySatish Tandon
Starring Sanjay Dutt
Jackie Shroff
Aditya Pancholi
Raveena Tandon
Shilpa Shetty
CinematographySameer Arya
Music by Anu Malik, Bappi Lahiri as a Background music score
Distributed byDigital Entertainment
Release date
  • 12 May 2000 (2000-05-12)
Running time
142 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹82.5 million [2]
Box office₹114 million [2]

Jung (transl. Battle) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Sanjay Gupta. The film features Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Aditya Pancholi, Raveena Tandon and Shilpa Shetty. [3] The film has some similarities to the Hollywood film Desperate Measures . [4] [5]

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The film was plagued with production problems due to creative differences between the main crew of the film. The film was finally released worldwide on 12th May 2000, just a week after Chal Mere Bhai , another film starring Dutt was released. Upon release the film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Tandon, Dutt and Shetty and the action sequences, but criticized the story, songs and length. The film was declared "Flop" at the box office.

Plot

Police Inspector Veer Chauhan is an honest and diligent man, who lives in India with his wife, Naina, and a son, Sahil. While Veer likes to go by the book, his partner, Inspector Khan, is exactly the opposite, reckless, and trigger-happy. When Veer is told that his son requires a bone marrow transplant, Veer does his best, but is unable to come up with any donor, and is told that Sahil may not live long. Veer finds out that the only person who has the same bone marrow is Bali, a criminal, and the only problem is Bali is not likely to even consider donating any organ of his body, as Veer was the one who had arrested him. A short while later, Bali appears to have a change of heart, agrees to be a donor, and is transported to the hospital, but escapes. So after escaping the hospital, Bali kills evil Inspector Khan. Bali manages to wear a police uniform, and he escapes the hospital.

Controversy

Producer Satish Tandon and Sanjay Gupta had differences during the making of this film. Gupta was disappointed by Tandon, who added unwanted scenes without Gupta's permission. This resulted in Gupta withdrawing himself from credits & he wasn't credited in the film. But in the end credits, he was credited. Sanjay Dutt, one of the best friends of Sanjay Gupta, refused to dub the film, and his voice was dubbed by another person. [6] [7]

Cast

Music

Songs were very popular upon release.

  1. "Aaila Re Ladki Mast Mast" – Alka Yagnik, Anu Malik
  2. "Kadi Te Aana Bali Di Gali" – Music Director: Anu Malik, Singer: Jaspinder Narula, Bali Brahmbhatt, Lyricist: Sameer
  3. "She Gives Me Fever" – Anu Malik
  4. "Dil Me Jigar Me Meri" – Kumar Sanu, Hema Sardesai
  5. "Mere Bina Tum Na Rahoge" – Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu
  6. "Ram Kare" – Pankaj Udhas, Karsan Sagathia
  7. "Yadaa Yadaa Hi, Jang" – Hariharan, Mahalakshmi Iyer
  8. "A Hu Maa Maa Miyaan" – Anu Malik

Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2/5 and ststed,"Performance-wise, if JUNG belongs to anyone, it is Sanjay Dutt who breathes life into his characterisation. His look is deadly and he carries the most difficult of scenes with aplomb. His performance in this film can be compared to the one in VAASTAV. He is that effective. It is indeed sad that the actor has chosen to disassociate himself from this project, for this role sees him in complete form yet again. Jackie Shroff manages to hold your interest in dramatic portions. Both the heroines ? Raveena Tandon and Shilpa Shetty ? spring a surprise by making their presence felt in a male-dominated show. Raveena impresses a great deal in emotional scenes, while Shilpa is equally competent in a role that was difficult to portray. Aditya Panscholi is effective, but his characterisation is not too well defined. Neeraj Vora's comedy falls flat. To sum up, JUNG has face value, ample masala for the masses and of course, 'Aaila Re', which is one of the major draws. Besides these aspects, the film has generated tremendous controversy, thereby attracting big publicity. Keeping the above factors in mind and also the fact that the opening has been very encouraging, the film is sure to reach the safety mark. However, trimming the film by at least twenty minutes (deleting the two songs is a must!) will make the second half more gripping and effective, thereby giving a boost to its box-office prospects". Rediff.com gave a negative review, stating "Dutt has been playing the antihero in so many films since Khalnayak that he sleepwalks through this one. Though someone with good diction has dubbed for him, the voice sounds nothing like his. Jackie Shroff wears the same confused expression through the film. Raveena Tandon underplays her role and gives a decent performance. Shilpa Shetty's role in the film is hardly worth a mention yet, as Dutt's hot girlfriend, she manages to deliver the goods".

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References

  1. ↑ "Jung". British Board of Film Classification .
  2. 1 2 "Jung – Movie". Box Office India.
  3. ↑ "This is Junk, Oops, Sorry, 'Jung'". chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "rediff.com, Movies: The Jung review". rediff.com. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Ji, Swami (21 December 2017). "Jung (2000)". Hot Spot Film Reviews. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Gomolo.com. "Jung review, story, songs, photos, videos".
  7. ↑ Kanchana Suggu (24 March 2000) I will not dub for Jung-Sanjay Dutt. Rediff.


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