All Eyes On Janhvi &  Junglee This Week

Ulajh is in the same league of excellence as the producers Junglee Pictures’ Badhaai Ho, Raazi and Talvar. All eyes are now on the  Jahnvi -helmed  Sudhanshu Saria directed  Ulajh, coming Friday which casts  Janhvi Kapoor as an Indian diplomat drawn  into  a dungeon of deceit.In the central role, Janhvi has given the performance of  a lifetime which would have made her mother proud.

Speaking  exclusively to this  writer Janhvi Kapoor says, “I’m very, very, very excited about Ullajh. I don’t think I’ve ever been this invested and involved in any film. And honestly, the credit for that goes to my director and everyone at Jungi for empowering me so much to have so much of an opinion and be involved at this level in the film.

Karan Johar who mentored Janhvi and cast her in the complex  debut film Dhadak, says, “I am so  proud to see Janhvi evolve into such a  sorted dependable performance.”

Roshan Singh a wellknown Bihar exhibitor says, “After Bad Newz last week, this week is  pretty thanda at the  boxoffice except for the Marvel movie(Deadpool  & Wolverne) which may  attract the metropolitan youth.  Ulajh  has  the  look of a winner. Taut, wellmade  political  thrillers  never fail. Ulajh seems to be in the same  league  as  Alia Bhatt’s Raazi.”

While Janhvi, after a sudden  health scare, has gone  back to  promoting the  film(“because I believe blindly in this project.”) the  Ulajh  producer  Junglee Picture are quietly confident that this would be their  next Badhai Ho as far as  critical and  boxoffice impact are  concerned.

Roshan Singh adds, “Solid  powerful female-hero films, or what  you call the shero film, never fail, be it  Nargisji’s Mother India,  Nutanji’s Bandini,  Meena kumariji’s Sahib Biwi Aur  Ghulam , Shabanaji’s Arth, and in more recent years  Kangana Ranaut’s Queen and Rani Mukerji’s  Norway Versus Mrs  Chatterjee.”