Jack N' Jill
Poster
Directed bySantosh Sivan
Produced by
  • Gokulam Gopalan
  • Santosh Sivan
  • M. Prashanth Das
Starring
CinematographySantosh Sivan
Edited byRenjith Touchriver
Music by
Production
companies
Sree Gokulam Movies
SEWAS Films
Distributed byJoy Movie Productions
Santosh Sivan Productions
Release date
20 May 2022
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Jack N' Jill (pronounced as Jack and Jill) is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language science fiction comedy film directed by Santosh Sivan. It stars Manju Warrier, Kalidas Jayaram, Soubin Shahir, Shaylee Krishen, and Esther Anil in the lead role.[1] The film marks cinematographer, Santosh Sivan's directorial comeback in Malayalam cinema after nearly 7 years.[2] The film is released in theatres on 20 May 2022. The film is partially reshot in Tamil under title Centimeter with Yogi Babu replacing Soubin Shahir was also released on same day. The film was a box-office disaster.[3]

Plot

Kesh is a young scientist who returned from abroad to his grandfather's ancestral home in Kerala after winning an award in AI Robotics. He, along with his colleague, a miniature robot named Kuttaps, and childhood friends, plans to complete his deceased father's dream project named 'Jack N' Jill' which would boost the human brain to its maximum level. They search for a test object who is suffering from some a brain-related disease like dementia/amnesia and eventually abduct an elderly person. However, phase 1 of the project fails due to a mistake made by Kesh's friend. Afterwards, they find Parvathy, another potential test subject, as she is mentally unstable due to post traumatic amnesia. Kesh makes her their next test subject. They successfully complete Phase 1 and 2 of the project. After Phase 2, Parvathy regains her memories (but she pretends to be abnormal) and develops some combat skills. The antagonists of the story are Stephen Tharakan and his son, who want to establish a chemical factory, even though it would be detrimental to the environment. Stephen and his henchmen slaughter the entire family of Parvathy when her family tries to protect Aarthy, the daughter of Stephen Tharakan's deceased partner. Parvathy is injured badly during the incident and loses all her memories. Whether she avenge the death of her loved one forms the remainder of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

The songs are composed by Jakes Bejoy, Gopi Sundar and Ram Surendar.

  • "Kim Kim" - Manju Warrier
  • "Angane" - Sithara
  • "Jack And Jill" - Jithin Raj
  • "Enganokke Enganokke" - Ram Surendar, Sree Nanda
  • "Annatha Pokki" - Kavya Ajit, Ram Surendar

Release

Theatrical

The film was released theatrically on 20 May 2022.

Home Media

The digital rights of the film is acquired by Amazon Prime Video and started streaming on 17 June 2022.

Reception

Critical reception

The film received highly negative reviews from critics as well as audience. S. R. Praveen of The Hindu stated "A bad advertisement for AI and cinema".[12] Sanjith Sidhardhan of OTTplay gave 2 stars out of 5 and wrote "If Jack N' Jill was Santosh Sivan's attempt at making a quirky sci-fi film set against a village backdrop, it falls way off the mark with the screenplay all over the place. The actors look equally confused in this experimental film that fails to hold interest and gets bizarre as the story progresses.".[13] Anjana George of The Times of India noted "There is violence, drugs and women assault, if not, this could have been a good children's film for the summer vacation." and gave 2.5 ratings out of 5.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Santhosh Sivan shares a still from the set of 'Jack and Jill' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Kalidas-Santhosh Sivan movie titled as Jack and Jill". www.mangalam.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Manju Warrier: Jack N Jill is a fun, quirky movie that I enjoyed working in". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Manju Warrier turns action heroine for Santosh Sivan's 'Jack N Jill'; teaser to be out soon". 4 January 2022 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  5. ↑ "Kalidas Jayaram: Working with Manju chechi is a blessing". 30 October 2018 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  6. ↑ "Kalidas Jayaram: While working with Santosh sir, I kept asking him about Thalapathy". 9 September 2020 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  7. ↑ "Soubin Shahir plays the character named Kuttaaps, in 'Jack and Jill'". 19 May 2019 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  8. ↑ "Santosh Sivan calls Soubin Shahir the finest actor". 21 May 2019 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  9. ↑ "Shaylee Krishen: I wish to be a filmmaker someday". 14 May 2021 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  10. ↑ "I need more time to be ready for heroine roles in films: Esther Anil". 10 October 2019 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  11. 1 2 3 "Manju Warrier: Jack N Jill is a fun, quirky movie that I enjoyed working in". 28 November 2020 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  12. ↑ Praveen, S. R. (21 May 2022). "'Jack N Jill' movie review: A bad advertisement for AI and cinema". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Jack N' Jill movie review: Manju Warrier, Soubin Shahir can't save Santosh Sivan's bizarre sci-fi experiment". OTTPlay. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  14. ↑ "Jack N' Jill Movie Review : A sci-fi lacking intelligence". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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