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Jayeshbhai Jordaar (2022)

Jayeshbhai Jordaar poster
Original title
जयेशभाई जोरदार
Directed by
Divyang Thakkar
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
India
Runtime
2h 01m
Rated
15
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Gujarati man who believes in gender equality tries to stand up to his traditional patriarch father. He navigates family pressure and societal expectations to do what he thinks is right.

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What happens

Jayeshbhai Jordaar is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Divyang Thakkar. It is produced by Maneesh Sharma under Yash Raj Films. The film stars Ranveer Singh as the eponymous lead, alongside Shalini Pandey, Boman Irani, and Ratna Pathak Shah. It follows Jayesh Patel, the son of a Gujarati patriach, who believes in equal rights between males and females in society. Principal photography commenced in Mumbai on 4 December 2019, which later shifted to Gujarat. Filming was concluded on 7 February 2020. The film was met with multiple postponements during 2020–2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was released theatrically on 13 May 2022. Upon release, it received mixed reviews from critics and emerged as a box-office failure. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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