Janhvi Kapoor’s ‘Good Luck Jerry’ On Disney+ Hotstar Movie Review

Janhvi Kapoor and Deepak Dobriyal starrer 'Good Luck Jerry' on Disney+Hotstar is a remake of Tamil movie 'Kolmavu Kokila'. Is it really well worth seeing? Or is it only a useless copy of South film.

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Unfortunately, circumstances bring his whole family into the drug trafficking business.

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[{"selector":"#anim-68fad0f0-1194-47c6-b2e4-f4b175cf4f64 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-0.6789298332230255%, -4.314251221989253%) scale(0.7751937984496124)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f2915d26-ce65-4d80-9c33-78e11241d7fe","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-122.93907%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ce4b761b-130f-45a1-94ef-f61a0598a207","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Dark comedy as a genre is very tough to pull off and not many filmmakers make the effort to do it. Congratulations to Siddharth Sengupta for trying a dark comedy in the guise of a thriller.

[{"selector":"#anim-013fb0e8-f8be-4cab-a7f4-1dbb86002548 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(42.34388525427832%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.14,.34,.47,.9)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-10acc3fa-4bee-4c12-b110-73a9afef378a","keyframes":[{"transform":"rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","opacity":0},{"transform":"none","opacity":1}],"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both","iterations":1}] The way he has handled the screenplay is commendable because it has many twists and turns that will hold you hooked until the end.

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