''Jugjugg Jeeyo'' () is a 2022 Indian

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directed by

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and produced by

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and

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. The film stars

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, and debutante

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. ''Jugjugg Jeeyo'' was released on 24 June 2022 and received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics with praise towards the performances, screenplay and humour. The film grossed in India and overseas, for a worldwide gross collection of . At the

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, ''Jugjugg Jeeyo'' received six nominations, including Best Supporting Actress (Neetu Kapoor), Best Supporting Actor (Paul) and Best Female Debut (Koli), and won two awards – Best Supporting Actor (Anil Kapoor) and Best Female Playback Singer (

Plot

Kuldeep "Kukoo" Saini and Nainaa Sharma marry each other, having loved each other ever since they had gone to school together. The couple relocates to

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for Nainaa's job in a corporate company while Kukoo is employed as a bouncer in a nightclub. Within five years, the couple's marital life gets strained due to prolonged silences, unfinished conversations and resentful hearts while Nainaa is offered a new position as the vice-president of HR in

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and Kukoo is frustrated with his job. On their wedding anniversary, Nainaa and Kukoo confess to each other about their stressed marital lives and plan to divorce each other once Kukoo's sister Ginny is married. They fly to their hometown of

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to attend Ginny's wedding with Baljeet and are received by Kukoo's happy parents Bheem and Geeta and Ginny. Nainaa and Kukoo pretend to be happy, unwilling to disturb the vibes of Ginny's marriage while Ginny has conflicted feelings for her former boyfriend, Gaurav. As Nainaa's boss urges her to decide soon about her promotion, she insists that Kukoo reveal their divorce plan to his parents. Kukoo parties with his father Bheem and tries to tell him about his plans to get separated from Nainaa but rather learns that Bheem intends to divorce Geeta after Ginny's wedding. Puzzled, Kukoo attempts to confront Bheem and is informed of the latter's extramarital affair with Kukoo's mathematics teacher in 12th grade, Meera. Meanwhile, Nainaa becomes frustrated when the women of the house arrange a small prayer for her to bear children and angrily discloses her plans to get separated from Kukoo to her mother and Geeta. Next morning, a shocked Geeta confronts Kukoo and Nainaa and tries convincing them to sort their problems out. Frustrated when Bheem tries to do the same as Geeta, Kukoo reveals Bheem's affair with Meera to Geeta and Nainaa, shattering the former while Bheem fakes a heart stroke and requests the doctor, their family friend, to play along with his act. Meanwhile, Geeta plans to unite Bheem and Meera after Ginny's wedding and informs them, Nainaa and Kukoo of the same at a temple much to everyone's despair. Due to Geeta's act, Kukoo picks an argument with her and Nainaa at home, leaves the house and drinks with Gurpreet, his best friend, confidant and Nainaa's elder brother. At night, Bheem leaves the house to live with Meera but the latter doesn't wish to be with him as she feels that she could never be like Geeta. When Kukoo meets Bheem on the road, the latter pretends to have left Meera for good and realized that Geeta is his better half. Convinced of his act, Geeta forgives Bheem while Ginny, who is unaware of all the drama taking place at her home, arranges for her parents to renew their wedding vows on the occasion of their wedding anniversary. On the day of Geeta and Bheem's re-wedding, Kukoo and Gurpreet call Meera to mock her as Bheem "kicked her out" in favour of Geeta but realize that it was Meera who rejected Bheem. Infuriated by his father, Kukoo simultaneously discloses it all publicly and insults Bheem, for which Geeta slaps Kukoo but ultimately decides to file for divorce. Having learnt of Kukoo and Nainaa's plans of divorce and her parents' conflict, Ginny bursts out about her insecurity in marrying Baljeet as she still loves someone else while she was all along ready to marry Baljeet as Geeta had once assured her that everything would be right after marriage whereas it did not work out for both the couples. The divorce proceedings begin for both the couples. While Bheem and Geeta are given six months by the court to reconsider, Kukoo refuses to accept for divorce, apologizing to Nainaa for not being part of her success all along and being jealous of it instead. They reconcile and set to leave for New York City while Bheem plans to reconcile with Geeta within these six months, having realized his selfishness and also thinks of having Ginny marry Gaurav.

Cast

as Bheem Saini *

as Geeta Saini *

as Kuldeep "Kukoo" Saini *

as Nainaa Sharma Saini *

as Gurpreet Sharma *

as Ginny Saini *

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as Meera Malhotra *

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as Gaurav Kapoor * Savant Singh Premi as Baljeet "Ballu" Sodhi * Naman Arora as Vishal Verma * Suparna Marwah as Nainaa and Gurpreet's mother * Elnaaz Norouzi - special appearance in the song "Duppata"

Production

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commenced on 16 November 2020 in

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. The shooting

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in November 2021.

Release

''Jugjugg Jeeyo'' was released in theatres on 24 June 2022 in 3,375 screens with 11,384 shows per day. It premiered digitally on 22 July 2022 on

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Lawsuit

On 21 June 2022, Vishal Singh, a writer from

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, India, accused Karan Johar of plagiarizing the plot for ''Jugjugg Jeeyo''. Singh claimed the story was copied from his story ''Punny Rani'', demanding Rs. 1.5 crores in compensation. As of 23 June 2022, the matter was before a local court.

Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by

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, Diesby, Shamsher Sandhu, Ginny Diwan, Dhruv Yogi and Ghulam Mohd. Khavar. The first song, titled "The Punjaabban Song", was recreated by Tanishk Bagchi from the 2002 Pakistani music album ''Nach Punjaban'' by

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. The second song, " Rangisari", is a re-release of the song "Rangi Saari" by

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, recreated from the late classical vocalist

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’s popular thumri. The third song, "Duppata", was a recreated version of the 1994 hit Punjabi song ''Dupatta Tera Satrang Da'', composed by

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, written by Shamsher Sandhu and sung by

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. The remix version is sung by Diesby, Chapter 6 and Shreya Sharma, with Diesby writing and composing the remix. The fourth song, "Nain Ta Heere", is an original romantic number sung by Guru Randhawa and Asees Kaur with lyrics by Ghulam Mohd. Khavar translated by Kumaar. The song marks composer Vishal Shelke's debut, and replaced a song "Ik Mulaqaat" originally composed and written by

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, which would have marked the composer's first collaboration with

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reel audio, was sung by Advani.

Reception

Box office

It earned 9.28 crores at the domestic box office on its opening day. On the second day, the film collected 10.55 crore. On the third day, the film collected 12.10 crore, taking a total domestic opening weekend of 28.93 crore. , the film grossed in India and overseas, for a worldwide gross collection of .

Critical reception

''Jugjugg Jeeyo'' received mixed reviews from critics.

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'' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, "''Jugjugg Jeeyo'' balances drama, humour and emotions seamlessly." Ronek Kotecha of ''

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'' rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Just like its characters, ''Jugjugg Jeeyo'' too has its flaws but at the end of the day, it’s all in the family and this is just the kind of wholesome family entertainer." Tushar Joshi of ''

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'' rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "''JugJugg Jeeyo''’s biggest strength lies in the fact that it is able to showcase the strength of its entire star cast in the best way possible." Zinia Bandyopadhyay of ''

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'' rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "''Jugjugg Jeeyo'' will make you laugh, cry and join the characters on the emotional roller coaster." Himesh Mankad of ''

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'' rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "''Jug Jugg Jeeyo'' marries comedy with drama and emotions and is a full on package that will entertain the audience." Sukanya Verma of ''

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'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "''JugJugg Jeeyo'' is a David Dhawan comedy, not directed by David Dhawan." Tina Das of ''

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'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Comedy is often not a great tool to discuss tense topics, but Anil Kapoor and Neetu Singh's ''Jugg Jugg Jeeyo'' passes the test."

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'' rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "''JugJugg Jeeyo'' feels like a set-up for a modern-day dive into post-marriage shenanigans."

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'' rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Neetu Kapoor strides through the film with striking poise. Full marks to Varun and Kiara for trying to keep up with Anil Kapoor."

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'' rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "''Jugjugg Jeeyo'''s apologetic feminism aims to cater to both feminists and conservatives. As a consequence, it is neither here nor there and may as well be nowhere." Monika Rawal Kukreja of ''

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'' stated, "Varun Dhawan, Kira Advani, Anil Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor bring a fun family drama to life." Anuj Kumar of ''

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'' stated, "Director Raj Mehta’s family drama can evoke a few hearty laughs and some animated dinner table discussions, but the movie ends up only scratching the proverbial surface of male entitlement and chauvinism."

Accolades

References

External links

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