- Content-driven movies have never missed stealing the spotlights and public attention in Gujarati film industry
- Debutant director Harshil Bhatt has written and directed this Gujarati crime thriller
- The film theme is based on a real life story and produced by sociopreneurs Nilay Chotai, Dipen Patel, and veteran director Krishnadev Yagnik
GOWRI MANICKAVASAGAM
Debutant director Harshil Bhatt has written and directed ‘Jagat,’ Gujarati crime thriller, which espouses the need for awareness on child trafficking, drug abuse. The film theme is based on a real life story and produced by sociopreneurs Nilay Chotai, Dipen Patel, and veteran director Krishnadev Yagnik.
Content-driven movies have never missed stealing the spotlights and public attention in Gujarati film industry. Significantly, ‘Jagat’ garnered phenomenal response from both critics and film enthusiasts as one of the finest crime thrillers, has witnessed a decorous success.
The writer emphasizes the role of parents, teachers, law-enforcing agencies and the society at large in containing the menace of child trafficking, drug abuse. He has succeeded in his mission to some extent by creating the awareness to safeguard our children from falling in the traps of all evils.
Superstar Yash Soni (police sub-inspector Jagat Pandya), Chetan Daiya (police sub-inspector Bhavik Vyas), and Riddhi Yadav (Dipa, mother of 12-year-old boy) have done exceptionally well and infused life into their characters.
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing on his way to school, things don’t seem what they appear to police sub-inspector Jagat Pandya. As he digs deeper, the one thing he has to keep is his patience. A tiny detail leads him to the sinister truth he wasn’t prepared for. Police sub-inspector Jagat Pandya cracks the missing boy’s case only to stumble upon a drug addiction by tiny tots. Even amidst kite-flying celebration with family his police eyes zeroes in on a paedophile in an adjacent building and preventing the animal instinct shows his dedication to the profession.
Police sub-inspector Bhavik Vyas is a multifaceted personality. While he deals criminals with an iron hand to bring out the truth as a no-nonsense cop, his one-liner jokes give the much-need relief to the viewers.
Riddhi Yadav portrays her pains well as the mother of the missing boy.
The film not only keeps the audience at their seats’ edge but also goads them not to turn a blind eye to happenings around them.
