Jump Jilani Explained

Jump Jilani
Producer:	Ambica Krishna
Music:	Vijay Ebenezer
Director:	E. Sathibabu
Cinematography:	Dasaradhi Sivendra
Studio:	Venkateshwara Art Productions Reliance Entertainment
Country:	India
Language:	Telugu
Runtime:	164 minutes

Jump Jilani is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by E. Sattibabu. The film stars Allari Naresh, Isha Chawla, and Swathi Deekshith in lead roles with Kota Srinivasa Rao and Posani Krishna Murali portraying supporting roles. The film was a remake of Tamil film Kalakalappu (2012). Naresh plays dual roles.^[1]

Cast

• Allari Naresh as Sathibabu and Rambabu
• Swathi Deekshith as Ganga
• Isha Chawla as Madhavi
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Sathibabu and Rambabu's grandfather
• Posani Krishna Murali as Ugra Narasimha Reddy
• Raghu Babu as Dharmavaddi Dharmaraju
• M. S. Narayana as Madhavi's grandfather
• Thagubothu Ramesh
• Hema as frustrated hotel customer
• Chalapathi Rao
  • Rao Ramesh Venu Madhav as Constable Pichheswar Rao
• Banerjee
• Chandramouli
• Dhanraj as Varam
• Duvvasi Mohan
• Bharath Raju as SI Nagaraju
• Jayaprakash Reddy as Veera Puli Reddy
• Fish Venkat as Basava, Ugra Narsimha Reddy's henchman
• Geetha Singh
• Khayyum

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vijay Ebenezer,^[2] who reused two of his songs from the original film. "Rangu Rangu" was reused from "Ivalunga Imsai" and "Khana Khazaana" was reused from "Mokka Manusha". For the audio launch, a hot air balloon was launched with the lead cast (Naresh, Deekshit, and Chawla) and Manchu Manoj aboard.^[3] The songs were released on 31 May 2014.^[4]

Reception

The Deccan Chronicle gave the film a rating of two-and-a-half out of five and stated that " In all, this is a time-pass film in which you can expect some good laughs in the film’s second half".^[5] The Times of India gave the film two out of five stars and wrote that "You better watch the movie to find out what happens, and know finer details like the plot, music, quality of acting, writing and cinematography and the likes".^[6]

Home media

The film was released on Gemini TV on 14 September 2014.^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: Jump Jilani. The Times of India. 17 June 2014. 23 August 2020. 23 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210623213026/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/previews/Jump-Jilani/articleshow/36718025.cms. live.
2. Web site: Jump Jilani - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn . . 22 December 2023 . 30 May 2014.
3. News: Jump Jilani's audio launch wows T-town. The Times of India. 30 March 2020. 23 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210623223659/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/music/Jump-Jilanis-audio-launch-wows-T-town/articleshow/35882576.cms. live.
4. News: Jump Jilani's audio to be launched on May 31. The Times of India. 30 March 2020. 20 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210620222936/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/music/Jump-Jilanis-audio-to-be-launched-on-May-31/articleshow/35779198.cms. live.
5. Web site: Movie Review 'Jump Jilani': It's a routine comedy. Suresh. Kavirayani. 13 June 2014. Deccan Chronicle. 19 February 2020. 22 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210622165835/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140612/entertainment-tollywood/article/movie-review-jump-jilani-it%E2%80%99s-routine-comedy. live.
6. News: Jump Jilani Movie Review : Critic Review of Jump Jilani by Times of India. The Times of India .
7. News: Jump Jilani to be aired on TV on September 14. The Times of India. 10 September 2014. 30 March 2020. 23 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210623221545/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/Jump-Jilani-to-be-aired-on-TV-on-September-14/articleshow/42184787.cms. live.