Jada is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language sports drama film. The film stars Kathir and Roshini Prakash, while Kishore and Yogi Babu play supporting roles.
| Jada | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Kumaran |
| Produced by | Vignesh Rajagopal |
| Starring | Kathir Roshini Prakash |
| Cinematography | A.R. Soorya |
| Edited by | Richard Kevin A |
| Music by | Sam C. S |
Production company | The Poet Studios |
Release date |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
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Jada is a fearless young football player in North Chennai. His coach tells him to play well so that he can get selected in Santhosh Trophy and eventually secure a job in sports quota. But Jada wants to avenge the death of his childhood football hero Sethu who died in the violent 7s football. The local government has banned the 7s football but the neighbourhood football committee lifts the ban after ten years. Jada and his teammates enroll in the 7s football tournament.
Cast
edit- Kathir as Jada
- Roshini Prakash
- Yogi Babu as Messi
- Kishore as Sethu
- A. P. Sreethar as Naren
- Rajkumar as Raju
- Arun Alexander as Elango
- Lijeesh as Aravind
- Shanmugam Muthusamy as Dheena
- Kulothungan
- Nishanth as Jada's friend
- Gowtham Selvaraj as Anto
- Arun Prasath as Jada's friend
- Aruvi Balaji as Jada's friend
- Mahesh G
- Swathishta as Lakshmi
- Prajuna Sarah
- Adithya TV Lokesh Pop Aady as commentator
- Tiger Garden Thangadurai as Football commentator
- Anjana KR as Sethu's Wife
- Joshua as Childhood Jada
Production
editThe film was announced by debutant director Kumaran with the concept of sports based film with the lead actor Kathir playing the role of a footballer. The filmmakers hired Kathir in the male lead role after his breakthrough performance in the film Pariyerum Perumal and newcomer Roshini in the female lead role.[1][2][3][4]
Soundtrack
editSoundtrack was composed by Sam C. S.[5]
- "Apdi Paakadhadi" – Anirudh Ravichander, Swagatha S. Krishnan
- "Olamikka" – Sathyaprakash
- "Tarrake" – Benny Dayal
Reception
editThe Times of India's Thinkal Menon wrote, "Having set up a predictable, but decent premise in the beginning, the screenplay goes downhill in the second half".[6] Sify wrote, "Tamil cinema has come up with yet another half-baked sports film Jada. Debutant filmmaker Kumaran has delivered a disappointing film with poorly written characters, shoddy screenplay and diametrically two opposite halves. While the first half revolves around 7s football, the director introduces horror elements in the second half and unfortunately both the genres are not justified".[7] Sreedhar Pillai wrote for Firstpost, "Jada is a confused mess that lacks a proper script and narration and is neither a sports drama nor a horror thriller and falls between two stools".[8] Mani Prabhu of The New Indian Express wrote, "what must have been a high-stakes emotional drama ends up as a dull genre-bender, because of the uninspired writing".[9] Baradwaj Rangan wrote for Film Companion, "Whether pure genre or a mix, what matters is the writing. And that’s all over the place. The football itself is reduced to a lesser version of the game we saw in the first half…".[10]
References
edit- ^ Rajendran, Gopinath (16 January 2019). "Kathir to play a football player in Jada". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Narayan, Adithya (16 January 2019). "Jada: First Look of Kathir's Next Film Unvieled". Silverscreen.in. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "Dhanush launches the first look of Kathir's sports drama Jada, check it out here". Times Now. 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ ""ஜடா" - கதிர் நடிக்கும் அடுத்தப் படத்தின் ஃபர்ஸ்ட் லுக்கை வெளியிட்ட தனுஷ்!". Samayam (in Tamil). 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "Jada (2019)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ Menon, Thinkal (6 December 2019). "Jada Movie Review: Kathir does justice to his role while Yogi Babu's one-liners do not entertain". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ "Jada review: A half baked sports drama". Sify. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ Pillai, Sreedhar (7 December 2019). "Jada movie review: Kathir's latest film is a confused mess that's neither a sports drama nor a horror thriller". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ Prabhu, Mani (7 December 2019). "'Jada' movie review: A generic, supernatural revenge-drama masquerading as a sports film". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ Rangan, Baradwaj (6 December 2019). "Jada Movie Review: Kathir stars in an unremarkable sports drama that switches midway to an unremarkable ghost story". Film Companion. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.