Comedy, Crime  •  2017  •  140 min

Jolly LLB 2 (2017)

Jolly LLB 2 poster

Jolly LLB 2 (2017)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Strongly Traditional
Islam: Positive

Viewer Rating
7.1

Overview

Jolly LLB 2 follows Jagdishwar Mishra, a scrappy small-town lawyer who relocates to Lucknow and takes on a wrongful-death case against entrenched legal and police corruption. The sequel to the 2013 original keeps the franchise's signature blend of courtroom comedy and pointed social critique. Its Leans Progressive label comes primarily from the film's sustained focus on systemic accountability, centering justice for a marginalized victim against powerful institutions. Moderating that lean is a strongly traditional home life: the protagonist's nuclear family is warm, stable, and built around conventional gender roles. The film does not engage LGBTQ themes, and its treatment of religion skews positive toward Islam. The result is a film with progressive instincts in the courtroom and traditional ones at the dinner table.


Starring Cast

Akshay Kumar  •   Huma Qureshi  •   Saurabh Shukla


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High

The film critiques systemic corruption and abuse of power within the legal system, championing justice for a marginalized victim through individual integrity and adherence to legal principles, aligning with progressive values of social justice and accountability.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High

The film features an all-Indian cast, reflecting its cultural origin without engaging in explicit race or gender swaps of roles traditionally associated with other demographics. Its narrative focuses on a legal battle against corruption and injustice, rather than explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering on specific DEI themes.

Secondary

Family Values: Strongly Traditional
Confidence: Medium

The film portrays a stable, loving nuclear family with a committed heterosexual marriage and generally traditional gender roles, where the wife is a supportive homemaker and the husband is the primary earner. The family unit serves as a positive moral anchor and source of motivation for the protagonist.

Islam: Positive
Confidence: High

The film portrays Muslim characters, particularly Hina Siddiqui and her deceased husband Iqbal Qasim, as sympathetic victims of injustice. The narrative champions their fight for justice against corruption, aligning with the dignity of the characters and condemning the wrongful actions perpetrated against them.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

Jolly LLB 2 is a legal drama centered on a lawyer's quest for justice against corruption within the Indian legal system. The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, nor does it address issues related to sexual orientation or gender identity within its narrative.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

Jolly LLB 2 does not feature any identifiable transgender characters or themes. The narrative centers on a lawyer's fight for justice in a wrongful encounter case, with the plot solely focused on legal proceedings and the protagonist's personal and professional journey. There are no elements within the story that depict or relate to transsexual identity.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is an original sequel and does not adapt characters from external source material or historical figures. All characters, including the titular protagonist and any recurring roles from the previous installment, maintain their established genders.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is an original Indian production featuring characters created for the franchise. There are no instances where a character, previously established as one race in source material or history, is portrayed as a different race.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High

Hinduism is present as the cultural backdrop for many characters, including the protagonist Jolly Mishra and the judge. However, it serves primarily as incidental detail without significant positive or negative narrative weight on the religion itself.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.2
The Movie Database logo
7.0

Critic Ratings

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7.1
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N/A

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