Judge Singh LLB

Adapting subjects similar to the recent hit Hindi films is one of the biggest blunders being made by the Punjabi Cinema since the past few years, simply ignoring the fact that the viewers of Punjabi films are actually the same people who regularly watch all Hindi films too widely released in their regions at a large number of screens. Still for a reason better known to them, they strangely keep on making films on many identical subjects and the latest example of the same is JUDGE SINGH LLB conceived on the lines of the much appreciated Bollywood movie JOLLY LLB released in 2013.

Thankfully this latest inspired project does have a novel twist added into the storyline making it different from the original but the twist unfortunately comes too late in the script and also not executed in any amusing manner by the writer-director Atharv Baluja along with his co-writer Chandan Prabhakar (of "Comedy Nights with Kapil" show fame).

Yet giving the team their deserving credit, JUDGE SINGH LLB cannot be rated as any bad film at all due to many noticeable merits such as being the first courageous attempt in the courtroom drama genre in Punjabi Cinema, presenting the same in a realistic form using the actual court settings in the local region, a commendable lead performance from Ravinder Grewal playing the dumb lawyer turning into a smart one, a fine supporting act from the 'ever dependable' B. N. Sharma as the father and some catchy tracks with 'Pari' already scaling the charts in the musical circles.

However with an equal number of negatives, the film is unable to rise above the average. And these downers include a quite lazily written and directed first half that is painfully long with nothing happening at all (the film actually begins post intermission), a poor background score and art direction giving you a feeling of watching a Tele film (particularly in the indoor sequences shot in various homes), wastage of potential actors in the supporting cast such as Chandan Prabhakar, a weird 'no attention attitude' shown towards the female lead, a completely silly and immature casting of the laughable lady judge and loads of (unexpected) overacting from the veteran Sardar Sohi (who takes his own references from Amrish Puri of DAMINI, Boman Irani of JOLLY LLB and the pissing sequence straight from again Rajkumar Santoshi's HALLA BOL). Above all with a poster design (showing the visiting card) straight away lifted from YRF's ROCKET SINGH, it was indeed a highly questionable move to promote the film as a pure comedy movie when it was actually a light hearted thriller cum suspense based court room drama revolving around a brutal murder.

In all, JUDGE SINGH LLB largely gets saved by its interesting subject and the worth praising, sincere performances of both Ravinder Grewal and B. N. Sharma together. But a better writing, direction and vision could surely have resulted in a much brighter product than just an average one time watch for the end user.

All rise…to see Punjabi film Judge Singh LLB, which is a first Punjabi courtroom drama that has dollops of suspense and a decent seasoning of humour.

This is director Atharv Baluja's second film after Aiven Raula Pai Gaya, which also starred Ravinder Grewal as the lead.The dialogs are witty, serious and to the point Judge Singh LLB only has a faint resemblance to Jolly LLB in some scenes, but it still doesn't look copied. The film catches pace towards the second half, where all the suspense is established. The first half, however, has more melodrama, which could have been cut short a wee bit. The other misplaced element in the film is the background score, which one feels is out of sync.

FANTASTIC FILM JUDGE SINGH LLB...CAN BE SEEN WITH FAMILY...VERY WELL ATTACHED Scenes NO LOOPS...SONGS ARE VERY GOOD...B.N SHARMA JI AND RAVINDER GAREWAL DONE FANTASTIC JOB...GOOD DIRECTION..ONLY 1 THING CAMERA WORK COULD BE BETTER...REST FULL PAISA WASOOL...DO WATCH IT

I watched this movie because I like courtroom dramas.. but it was a typical drama with impractical court scenes. The worst scene was the lady judge doing makeup in middle of a hearing. Certain characters like public prosecutor ( mr. Brar) and police officers kept laughing in really annoying way without any reason throughout the movie. I guess it was an attempt to make them look vicious or villainous. The storyline wasn't that bad to be honest but the dialogues , overacting, unnecessary shouting, exaggerated scenes of cruelty of certain characters in the movie really killed the movie.. Storyline was ok but direction really bad..

This was a hugely refreshing Punjabi movie without the usual suspects, the lead being Ravinder Gewal who played the part exceptionally!

I did at first wonder if this would be a clone of the Hollywood flick 'My Cousin Vinny', which also features a newbie lawyer, however thankfully it wasn't!

Judge Singh LLB provides a good mix of comedy and suspense, you won't regret watching this - press play!

Boaring movie at the end its just disgusting movie its story turns like it started again dialogues are so so and movie is not good to watch