Jai GangaJal- Formulaic story; Prakash Jha, the actor blows you away.

In a village run amok by reprehensible goons and corrupt, creepy MLAs , hand in glove with the police, Jai GangaJal is a predictable plot which does not borrow anything from GangaJal , another Prakash Jha movie a decade ago and plods a predictable line. The land mafias rule the roost with the cops lying low, the perfect nexus, only to be thwarted by the resolute and honest PC, the new SP of the village.

Prakash Jha making his acting debut steals the show in this average, formulaic movie, who simply knocks your socks off.  From being a heavily compromised cop to a transformed conscientious police, he takes the goons (literally) and the movie(figuratively) by the scruff of the neck. While PC does an average show, mildly convincing, Jha is the one to watch out for as the towering, seething man, out there as a crusader of justice.  He looks his part to the tee, with the smirk in the first half turns into a brew, foaming and fuming in the second half. To me, he’s the one who steals the thunder. I really wish to see more of him and where was he all these years.

The movie is average and you may watch it once. There is a spine-chilling scene which might disturb you well before it’s executed as you foresee the worst fear coming true; some extra throbbing beats there.