Star Studio18’s Jolly LL.B 3 (UA) is the third film in the Jolly LL.B franchise. It is the story of two lawyers who have a common nickname, Jolly. They hate each other because one Jolly (real name Jagdish Tyagi; Arshad Warsi) feels that the other Jolly (real name Jagdishwar Mishra; Akshay Kumar) steals his clients. They both practise in the same court and not only battle it out in the court but also outside it. Haribhai Khaitan (Gajraj Rao) is a wealthy, evil and manipulative businessman who is trying to usurp the properties belonging to farmers in a village near Bikaner (in Rajasthan) for what he calls an ambitious ‘Bikaner To Boston’ project. One such farmer, Rajaram Solanki (Robin Das), commits suicide when the court passes an order in favour of Khaitan. The dead farmer’s wife, Janki (Seema Biswas), drags Khaitan to court. She first appoints one Jolly but then seeks the support of both the Jollys to fight her case against the very influential Khaitan. In other words, the two Jollys, who can’t see eye to eye, are forced to represent one client in the court of judge Sundar Lal Tripathi (Saurabh Shukla). Arguing Khaitan’s case in court is advocate Vikram (Ram Kapoor).
Subhash Kapoor’s story, with additional story by Nandan Singh, is quite good but it doesn’t have very enjoyable comedy for which the Jolly LL.B franchise is actually well-known. The best part of the story is not the comedy between the two Jollys but rather the courtroom drama in the second half. Subhash Kapoor’s screenplay, with additional screenplay by Nandan Singh, is average in the pre-interval portion but once the real courtroom drama of Janki vs. Khaitan starts, the drama becomes extremely interesting and engaging. In other words, the first half is average while the second half is entertaining with some clap-worthy scenes too. The scene in which Jagdishwar Mishra talks about agent, dalaal, etc. is bound to evoke thunderous claps and laughter. Similarly, Jagdish Tyagi’s final arguments has excellent claptrap moments. The scene in which judge Sundar Lal Tripathi fires Haribhai Khaitan in court will bring the house down with thunderous applause. There are emotional moments too in the second half — for the weak-hearted, at least. The scene in which Jagdishwar Mishra helps Jagdish Tyagi in wearing the coat and the collar in the courtroom moistens the eyes. Likewise, the scene in which Janki cries loudly in the courtroom also evokes sentiments. Subhash Kapoor’s dialogues — both, comical and the serious ones — are very good. At places, they are clap-worthy too.
Akshay Kumar lives the role of Jagdishwar Mishra alias Jolly. He enacts the character with a lot of conviction and comes out trumps. Arshad Warsi is excellent in the role of Jagdish Tyagi alias Jolly. Both the actors complement each other well, but it must be mentioned that their comedy is not very entertaining. Saurabh Shukla is fantastic in a role that gives him great scope. As judge Sundar Lal Tripathi, he excels. Gajraj Rao performs brilliantly as Haribhai Khaitan. His outburst in court is exceptional. Huma Qureshi is alright as Jagdishwar Mishra’s wife. Amrita Rao does a fair job as Jagdish Tyagi’s wife. Seema Biswas shines as Janki. Ram Kapoor is superb as advocate Vikram. His expressions and body language are worth mentioning. Srikant Verma lends lovely support as Srivastava. Kharaj Mukherjee is natural as the district magistrate. Shilpa Shukla has her moments as police officer Chanchal Chautala. Sarah Hashmi leaves a mark in a brief role as Varsha Solanki. Vinod Suryavanshi impresses as Jagdishwar Mishra’s assistant, Birbal. Devendra Chaudhary is nice as the president of the lawyers’ association. Brijendra Kala is entertaining as lawyer Javed. Vibha Chibber leaves a mark as judge Poonam Aggarwal. Vishwa Bhanu (as judge Sundar Lal Tripathi’s PA, Qasim) makes an impression in the scene with the judge. Robin Das is nice as Rajaram Solanki. Rajshree Sawant has her moments as Laxmi Yadav. Avijit Dutt (as economist Desai) makes a mark. Mahesh Sharma (as Vasu), Raman Atrey (as MLA Iqbal Singh Shekhawat), Sukumar Tudu (as SP Madan Singh), Abhishant Rana (as Shashi Bala), Dilip Shankar (as the senior editor), Pramod Pandey (as Lalaji), Sameer Khurana (as Bade Babu), Sajid Akhtar (as the shooter), and the others lend very fine support.
Subhash Kapoor’s direction is lovely. He has narrated the film in an interesting manner, which keeps the audience entertained, more so in the second half. Music (Aman Pant, Anurag Saikia and Vikram Montrose) is fairly nice. Lyrics (Puneet Sharma, Megha Bali, Akhil Tiwari and Pradhan) are appropriate. Ganesh Acharya and Piyush-Shazia’s choreography is alright. Background music — by Mangesh Dhakde and Shreenath Mhatre — is excellent. Rangarajan Ramabadran’s camerawork is lovely. Parvez Shaikh’s action and stunt scenes are alright. Mansi Dhruv Mehta’s production designing deserves special mention. Chandrashekhar Prajapati’s editing is sharp.
On the whole, Jolly LL.B 3 is entertaining and will, therefore, do well at the turnstiles.
Released on 19-9-’25 at Inox (daily 10 shows) and other cinemas of Bombay by JioStar India Pvt. Ltd. Publicity: excellent. Opening: fair. …….Also released all over. Opening was fairly good at places but below the mark at some others. Collections are picking up as the day is progressing.