Jolly LLB 3 Movie Review: An Entertaining Ride Of Courtroom Drama And Comedy Dhaval Roy TNN, Sep…  

Jolly LLB 3 Movie Review: An Entertaining Ride Of Courtroom Drama And Comedy Dhaval Roy TNN, Sep 19, 2025, 9:15 AM IST 3.5 Story: A farmer and poet from Parsaul, Rajasthan, dies by suicide after losing his ancestral land to industrialist Haribhai Khaitan (Gajraj Rao) for an ambitious project. When his widow, Janaki Rajaram Solanki (Seema Biswas), files a case in the Delhi court, lawyers Jagdishwar Mishra (Akshay Kumar) and Jagdish Tyagi (Arshad Warsi) both nicknamed Jolly - clash with each other, with Justice Sundar Lal Tripathi (Saurabh Shukla) presiding over the trial. What follows forms the rest of the film. Review: The third instalment of the courtroom comedy-drama by writer-director Subhash Kapoor stays true to its predecessors' template of tackling a serious issue through a quirky narrative. This time, the focus is on corporations usurping farmers' land and the system's repeated failure to protect the vulnerable. The story moves between the chaos of the court -where the two incorrigible Jollys constantly try to outwit one another, poach clients, and land each other in trouble and the underlying gravity of the case, which exposes systemic apathy and corruption. While the film retains the franchise's quirky tone, the rivalry between the two Jollys doesn't peak the way it could have, and the narrative takes time to gain steam. The courtroom exchanges are hilarious, with Justice Tripathi blaming both Jollys for his stress. The second half is more engaging, especially with the entry of a high-flying, London-based lawyer Vikram (Ram Kapoor), who comes in to defend Haribhai. There are some digressions, such as Justice Tripathi wooing inspector Chanchal Chautala (Shilpa Shukla), which do not move the story forward but still add to the film's mirth. The main courtroom scenes are intense and thought-provoking, even if they are occasionally overdramatic like a district magistrate having a change of heart and delivering his testimony from a hospital bed being rolled into the courtroom. Akshay Kumar and Arshad Warsi shine as similarly roguish lawyers and share crackling on-screen rapport and comic timing. While Akshay enjoys longer screen time in the climactic court battle, with a fiery argument where he highlights how subsidies for farmers are dismissed as khairaat (charity), but benefits for corporations are viewed as incentives. Arshad balances it out in his closing statement. His sharp rebuttal questions why farmers are always expected to give up their land in the name of progress, while powerful industrialists refuse to part with their homes for similar projects. Saurabh Shukla delivers a knock-out performance once again, his typically star-struck demeanour shifting into a fiery diatribe when Khaitan insults him and the court. Gajraj Rao is outstanding as the vile industrialist, often conveying more through his expressions than his dialogues. Ram Kapoor and Seema Biswas are equally formidable, while Amrita Rao and Huma Qureshi make the most of their limited roles. Verdict : An Average At Box Office. But, for me it's Hit