*Ram Gopal Varma** is one director who looms large over his works. May be its the low-key star cast He chooses for his film or just the small-house feel He lends them, Its ultimately Ram Gopal Varma You praise or Bash at the end of his films.
And I finally caught another of his low-key affairs this weekend. Jungle was indeed a sleeper hit(Well, atleast an above average one) at Box-office. It gave a new birth to **Fardeen Khan**’s doomed career, and even more importantly made Rajpal Yadav a known name.
Jungle is a peculiar blend of Mush and Darkness. A Love story which starts on a bright note and ends somewhere as dark as a Jungle ruled by A Veerappan kinda character. But somewhere, Varma fails to do justice to the love story part. May be its Fardeen’s inability to breathe life into a part written casually or Varma’s dark side himself, but somehow the Romance is not that infectious. **Urmila Matondkar** too is just about average.
Where Jungle actually scores is while establishing the character of Durga(**Sushant Singh)** and his henchmen and the maniacally terrorising ambience. Its at complete contrast to the Picnic Anu’s(Urmila) family comes to the Jungle for, where weird men fight on which part of a Woman’s body to chop but still burst into tears after seeing what the Law has done to one of their men.
Its something really impressive. **Rajpal Yadav** is marvellous and somehow ends up overpowering Sushant Singh and his restrain. And surprisingly enough, **Suneil Shetty **does a commedable job. **Makrand Deshpande** is good too.
The camera-work is top notch. And the editing is first-class too. But post-interval when Fardeen and Urmila get lost in the Jungle, Somehow The film didnt manage to grab my attention. I was quite hooked up till Durga releases everyone except. Anu!
Thats where I felt the movie began dragging despite some endearing coversation between the lovers and the wonderfully sung***’Do Pyaar Karne Waale Jungle mein’.***And though the film picks up towards the end, I had lost most of my interest somehow. Sad!
Never-the-less, Jungle is a good one time watch for sure, what with some truly hummable music by **Sandeep Chowta**(unusual for a RGV Film now-a-days) and a decent drama quotient. Its also one of the fewer times Ram Gopal Varma actually cared to think about the audience while writing his script. I can’t recollect when was the last he did that(***Sarkar Raj*** being an exception).
Rating - 2.75/5
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