1. Kanoon

BR Chopra, a renowned film director directed this movie in 1960 with court room drama and suspense. The film presents a case against capital punishment, arguing that witnesses may be genuinely deceived, and their consequent unintentionally tendered false testimony may lead someone wrongly to the scaffolds.

2. Lakhon Ki Baat

In 1984, Basu Chatterjee, unfolded the heinous agenda behind the mind of debauches advocates who sees all opportunity as money making opportunity, but couldn’t  sustain the scaffolds as truth takes the front desk.

3. Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho

In 1984 only, Saeed Akhtar Mirza directed an art film which was a satirical movie on the poor judicial system. The film talks about cases which are being stretched in the court room for decades and plaintiffs lose all hope and money. Meanwhile, the corrupt run free, thanks to their corrupt lawyers.

4. Damini- Lightening

Rajkumar Santoshi in the year 1993 brought the story of a woman fighting for justice in the man- ruled world. The film is being considered to be the best women centric movie to be made at those times.

5. Shaurya

In 2008 Samar Khan written and directed the movie Shaurya. It had two more story writer Jaydeep Sarkar and Aparna Menon. The story has been set against the backdrop of Kashmir conflicts. The movie revolves around a case of court martial against a Muslim officer Javad Khan for shooting his commanding officer and the lead actor plays the role of Javed Khan Advocate.

6. Jolly LLB 1 & 2

Jolly LLB 1: Released in 2013, the story has been written and directed by Subash Kapoor. The story is inspired on the real accident of 1999 where Sanjeev Nanda is charged with hit and run case, and small reference is given to Priyadarshni Mattoo case. The story focuses on the fight of 6 innocent wage earners and their rights, and on the way to earn justice the monopoly of behavior of the rich and judicial corruption.

Jolly LLB 2:  Jolly LLB 2, starring Akshay Kumar and Huma Qureshi, tells the story of a small-time lawyer who is faced with a pivotal case in his career. Check out some pictures and trivia from the movie.

7. Shahid

In 2013, directed Hansal Mehta, based his story on the life of a lawyer Shahid Azmi, who was a human right activist as well. He was assassinated in 2010 in Mumbai.

8. Aitraaz

Aitraaz was an Indian Hindi romantic thriller movie which tells a story of a man accused of sexual harassment by his female superior. The movie has been directed by Abbas- Mustan and produced by Subash Ghai.

9. Awara

1951, it has been era of Mr. Raj Kapoor, an exceptional and phenomenal actor as well as director. He portrayed the court proceeding in a realistic and simple manner which is bound to be credited.

10. Baat Ek Raat Ki

A mystery story with courtroom drama of a lawyer defending the guilty and rightly investigating the case to find the actual mastermind of the murder plot..  Released in 1962 and directed by Shankar Mukherjee.

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Short answer : yes.

Director Ram Madhvani’s long overdue return (where did he go missing all these years, after his terrific debut ‘Let’s Talk’?) to the screen is invested with the urgency and the sense of impending doom which tells us just how those terror-filled hours must have been like for Neerja, who was on that hopping Pan Am flight, New Delhi-Karachi-Frankfurt-New York, celebrating her first time as chief purser.

She would have celebrated her 24th birthday on the 7th of September, 1986. Instead, her bullet-ridden body comes back to her devastated family, mother Rama (Shabana Azmi), father Harish (Tikku), her brothers, and the man who loves her (Shekhar Ravjiani).

The film slides swiftly into its stride, taking us back and forth between the early morning of the 5th of September, with Neerja (Sonam Kapoor) getting ready for the flight, with her parents up and gently fussing around her, and a terrorist cell in Karachi, packing guns and grenades and gearing up for the hijacking of the Pan Am jet from Karachi airport.

The atmosphere of dread and violence is created well, for the most part. We see the hijackers brutally put down any hint of resistance. We see the terrified passengers cowering in their seats. We see the crew being cowed into submission, being jabbed repeatedly by AK 47s. And we see the exact moment when Neerja draws upon her memories of being defeated in a past life, and reaching out for steely resilience: most importantly, we see Kapoor do this, believably.

The question was always going to be, can Kapoor, who has always played itty-bitty ditsy roles before (with patchy​ results in a string of others), carry off that demanding role?

Short answer again : yes.

Sonam Kapoor fumbles in a couple of initial phases, where we find a blankness rather than terror on her face. But those are only momentary. Then she locks onto the correct tone, and we get the whole complement of feelings flit across her face – from shaking with fear to finding a place of strength. Kapoor makes us believe she is, was, Neerja. And that takes us past the few places which slacken. The lead terrorist is given a couple of ultra-histrionic moments. The end threatens to become too maudlin. There’s a completely superfluous song bunged right into the middle of it all : yes, we know it’s a flashback, but a song in a film like this? Can Bollywood ever get rid of this ​mistrust​ of ​its​ audience​ ? This is a film which needs to be as taut as a drum​. Why hamstring it with a song?​ Minus the songs and the excessive schmaltz, ‘Neerja’ could have been outstanding. But still, the film holds, and hold us with it. Both Shabana Azmi and Tikku, as the parents hoping for the best and dreading the worst for their ‘Laado’ (Neerja’s ‘pet name’), are excellent. They shine a light on the tragically-cut-short life of their daughter, a true inspirational heroine whose deeds need more than a memorial. They need to be remembered. I came out of the theatre, wet-eyed.

Neerja star cast: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Yogendra Tikku, Shekhar Ravjiani

Director: Ram Madhvani

Review By: Shubhra Gupta, She is film critic and senior columnist with the Indian Express.

Legal Desire Rating: 4.5/5 

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