Jolly LLB

Jolly LLB poster for sale.

Featured here is a rare original Bollywood poster of the 2013 cult courtroom drama written and directed by Subhash Kapoor that starred Arshad Warsi in the titular role along with Boman Irani and Saurabh Shukla in key roles.

A dark satire on the common man’s frustration to seek justice from a legal system that is often misused by the rich and powerful, Jolly LLB (2013) also starred Amrita Rao, Manoj Pahwa, Sanjay Mishra, Harsh Chhaya, Mohan Kapoor, Mohan Agashe, Ramesh Deo, Mukund Bhatt and Vijay Gupta in supporting roles.

At the 61st National Film Awards, Jolly LLB (2013) bagged Best Feature Film in Hindi and Best Supporting Actor for Saurabh Shukla who played the unforgettable role of the judge presiding over the trial. The film marked a major milestone in his film career and turned him into one of the most formidable supporting actors in Indian cinema, making this Jolly LLB poster, highly collectible!

Printed and circulated during the first release of the film in theaters (somewhere in 2013), this Bollywood courtroom movie poster was originally designed for publicity of the film but never ended up being used.

Large close up faces of the two lead actors of the film, Boman Irani and Arshad Warsi are seen prominently in this original Jolly LLB poster. Lady justice is seen blindfolded at the center with her arms outstretched, pressing against the cheek of each actor.

The scales of justice appear tilted towards Boman Irani, who plays the rich and powerful advocate “Rajpal.” He appears calm and confident, looking at his opponent from the corner of his eye with a smile on his face. Arshad Warsi who plays advocate Jagdish Tyagi aka “Jolly,” the underdog who files a PIL against the rich and powerful “Rahul Dewan” is seen screaming, while looking at his rival from the corner of his eye.

A gavel (judgement hammer) is seen on the top right of this Jolly LLB poster. The tagline on the top features an interesting play on words: We Believe Injustice.” There is no space dividing the words “In” and “Justice” and the former appears in red, resulting in a double entendre.

Typography used in this Bollywood courtroom drama movie posters is entirely in English, with the title of the film seen in typewritten font on the top.

The soundtrack album of Jolly LLB (2013) was composed by Krsna and became very popular at the time of it’s release. Songs like “Daru Peeke Nachna” sung by Mika Singh, “Mere Toh Lag Gaye” sung by Bappi Lahiri and “Jhooth Boliya” sung by Kamal Khan are fondly remembered and played till today.

Jolly LLB (2013) was inspired by the sensational BMW drunk driving hit-and-run case of 1999 in which Sanjeev Nanda (the son of an arms dealer and grandson of Naval Chief) ran over 7 people, killing 6 of them. A landmark trial followed that lasted for nearly a decade, with the accused released after serving only two years in prison.

Owing to the massive success of the film, a sequel called Jolly LLB 2 was released in 2017, with Saurabh Shukla reprising his role as judge. The film was written and directed by Subhash Kapoor as well. A third installment called Jolly LLB 3 is planned by the filmmaker starring Saurabh Shukla again along with Akshay Kumar and Huma Qureshi.