Out of the many films and storytellers that Vikramaditya Motwane's period drama, "Jubilee", pays homage to, one that stood out was the notable resemblance of Jay Khanna (@sidhant ) to Raj Kapoor.
In one of the show's most stunning scenes - of which there are plenty - we watch Jay and Niloufer Qureshi (@wamiqagabbi ) out in the drizzling rain in the middle of a dark night. An homage to Raj Kapoor's extraordinary 1955 classic, "Shree 420", the scene comes at a key point in Jay's struggle against finding out his own purpose as an artist - whether to settle for the mainstreaming of art in the wide desire for commercialization, or to preserve his artistic ambitions for something worthwhile. It's the same dilemma that the newly born nation of ours at the time was going through.
More interestingly, one of the key themes in the Raj Kapoor starrer film remained of ‘class’ - one that also becomes a key factor in reinforcing the dichotomy between Binod Das (@aparshakti_khurana ) and Jay. The imagery of cramped roads and footpaths remained prevalent throughout the film, one that posed in front of a grand, spacious mansion, which further conveyed the vast inequality between the two classes of society.
While Raj’s interactions in the film brought about themes of corruption and nationalism, the journey of Jay in "Jubilee" acts as a reminder of how the commercialized wheels of the Hindi film industry weren't devoid of inequality even then. Hence, it's this clever acknowledgement of the darker side of the era (and showbiz in general) that keeps "Jubilee" from turning into a silver-coated nostalgia-fest.
•The remaining five episodes of the show start streaming on April 14th on Prime Video•
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